Arizona republican., 1896-06-17

excessive use Of morphine ana cocaine, and has taken the case under advise ment till this afternoon.
 Prescott Courier: John Uesller, a popular railroad man, who has filled the position of night hostler of the s. F., P. & P. at this place4for the past two or three years, left for Phoenix last night to take the day hostlership at that place.
 Despite the warm weather ship ments of cattle still continue. Twenty five carloads went east yesterday from Del Rio station, six carloads will leave Phoenix this morning for Denver and twelve carloads more will leave over the northern route within a couple of days.
 Harry Leonard, presumed to be Handsome Harry of Phoenix, was slightly wounded Sunday night at Yuma in Shaughnessy's saloon. The occasion was a holdup, the several gambling tables being robbed of $42O, and several shots being exchanged in the melee.
 Superintendent Harwood Hall will be pleased to let out number of the
  in the city and vicinity for the sum- mer, good treatment and a trifle in the way of instruction in household duties comprising the compensation to be given for their services.
 Jerome. Mining News: Phoenix is now one of the most flourishing cities on the coast. She has the metropolitan air of any city we have ever visited with twice her population. It is lit- tie hot at the present time, but as there is an abundance of ice and mint there it is an easy matter to offset the heat.
 The residence of Victoria Para, op- posite the M & P. depot was robbed Sunday morning while the family was at church or guitar, a pistol, overcoat and pair of spurs. Yesterday the ar ticles were found at Tempe aud have been returned to the owners. The thief has not been apprehended, but is known
 Yuma Sun: At the recent Demo- cratic convention in Phoenix Judge Murat Masterson was elected an alter nate to the National Democratic con- vention at Chicago. The judge has a fine presence, splendid voice, is an eloquent speaker and in fact is the peer intellectually of any of the dele gates from Arizona to that convention. He ought to go to Chicago. Yesterday morning the probate court was occupied in hearing of consider able warmth (outside of the weather) 1 in connection with the Trask estate. The trouble lay in the production by the widow of a number of claims, transferred mortgages, as liens on the estate, liens that would shut out the balance of the creditors There were three lawyers engaged. The case was well argued and was by the court taken under advisement.
 Williams News. Messrs. Salzman and MorreH are quite elated over the selection of Williams for the holding of the territorial convention. It will occur early in September and the town will be substantially benefited there by. The citizens should be well pre- pared to care for the large number of visitors that will gather here on that occasion. The coming convention will choose a congressional delegate, coun- cilman at large, central committee and transact other important business.
 The district court yesterday morn ing heard the closing arguments in the mandamus of the State of Arizona Im- provement company against the Terri tory and took the matter under advise ment. During the afternoon a hearing, uncompleted, was granted in the United States court on the cases of the Chinese detained for a violation of the registration law. Judge Baker will close court Saturday, to go to Prescott to attend the session of the supreme court at that point.
 Jesus Miranda will be examined this afternoon by Justice Johnstone on a charge of burglary Jesus has for few days been accepting the hospitality of the county jail for beating up brother paisano named Bernal. In the meantime the officers have been SCOUT ing the town looking for an individual of his description, as the one who sold a set of harness belonging to and stolen from George H. Newton. Finally he was located in the tank and will be taken thence for examination.
 Last nights train on the Santa Fe bore away a delegation of ''thirty Lit tie Injuns," bound for the Carlisle school, there to finish their education in the manner most approved by the Indian bureau. They were accompa- nied to the depot by number of friends from the Phoenix Indian school, who, in the Indian tongue, wished them all good luck that could come. The pilgrims are all from the iSacaton school and are accompanied east by Mrs. Young, wife of Indian Agent J. Roe Young.
 An Englishman, proprietor of small vegetable farm southeast of the city, was thrown from his wagon on First