The herald., 1896-08-30
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Rather an interesting case was on
trial in the police court Tuesday and
continued until 10 o'clock the next day
in which a well dressed, rather good
looking man, evidently a Hebrew. was
on trial charged with vagracy, says the
Phoenix Gazette. According to the
mans statement he left Los Angeles
some months ago, where he was engaged
as an auctioneer and came to Williams,
Ariz. peddling spectacles, soap os his
own manufacture, and other trinkets,
along the way. He came to Phoenix ten
days ago, has ordered supplies from
Coffin Bros. of Los Angeles to continue
his line of livelihood, and is waiting for
said supplies to arrive. This statement
Is corroborated by A. l.. Barber, the
auctioneer, who six months ago was
running an auctioneer's stand in Los
Angeles.
One of the largest land sales made
in the Salt River valley for two years
was consummated last week in Chicago
by w. j. Murphy, president of the Ari-
iona Improvement company, says the
Phoenix Gazette. The purchase consists
of 100-acre orange grove near the Ari-
zona falls for 10000. and d 440-acre tract
or apricot peach and pear orchard west
of Glendale for $4,000, making a $780,
900 deal The deeds were filed yester-
day and the trasfers made. The east
ern syndicate which made this large pur-
chase will incorporate under the title
of the Glendale Fruit Packing compa-
ny, and will erect large packing houses
and prepare to handle the fruits of the
Salt River valley on large scale.
The rain storm of Wednesday was ter
rifle north and east of the city, says the
Tucson Star. At one point it resem-
bled a cloudburst and was of longer
duration than violent rain storms usu-
ally are. The Rillito became raging
torrent and became impossible, so that
persons who started in that direction
late in the afternoon were turned back
The cattlemen of Pima county Wednes-
day began organized opposition to the
encroachments of Papagoes against
their herds in the country south of Tue
son. The herds have been almost the
sole support of those Indians for years,
and cattlemen have suffered losses run
ming up into the thousands. Maish and
Driscoll alone, according to the Star
of Tucson, are losers by not less than
$4,000, and their ranch, to establish
which cost them not less than $4,000,
has been abandoned.
F. @. Story of Los Angeles, one of the
property owner in Marfcopa county. ar
rived in Phoenix Tuesday Mr.. Story is
one of the best men in the west, and Is
always sure of warm welcome in Mar
icopa county.-Arizona Gazette.
JOTTINGS.
An encampment of the national guard
will probably be held at Phoenix this
fall.
A new postoffice has been established
at Geronimo, the terminus of the Globe
and Bowie railway.
Ten Apache scouts have been enlisted
from the Apache reservation for Fort
Bayard and Huachuca.
Watermelons have fallen to a pitiful
price at Tucson wagonload of them
We're dull Wednesday at cents apiece.
Florence has been "enjoying" an ice
famine, with the thermometer at 10 de-
grees in the shade.
The sale of the orange and apricot
orchards for $15O,OOO in Maricopa county
is the largest transaction of the kind
ever made in Arizona.
The Arizona Pythian. with Lewis B.
Hayes as editor, is the latest in the field
of journalism in Arizona. 1t is month.
ly magazine.
Describing the dollar which the Re-
publicans and gold bugs are endeavor-
ing to force upon the country, Judge
Barnes, in his Phoenix speech Monday
night. said: 1T is the dollar of Mark
Hanna and his syndicate of contributors
to his campaign fund 1t is the dollar
of Mckinley. That dollar has made
tramps enough to free Cuba or conquer
Sapin or any one of the enlightened ma
tions Of Europe
Richard Coker has returned to Pres
colt from Chaparral. where he made
drawings of the Little Jessie camp.
Mr.. James j. Kennedy and Miss M. M.
Preston were united in marriage by Pro-
tbate Judge Wood in Tucson last Tues
day. Both are from Graham county.
Geo, w. Skinner, member of the ter
ritorial board of equalization, has re-
turned to Phoenix from Los Angeles,
and Wednesday evening started for his
nome In Graham county. His family
have been visiting for some time at
Mesa. They Joined him at Tempe.
Supervisor Williams the first and only
man who has appeared in Tombstone
with Mckinley badge, returned to Bis
bee today. He has been kept busy ex.
planning, but found no sympathizers
here.-Tombstone Prospector
A report Is current that E. F.. Kellner
is very sick man in Los Angeles, saws
the Phoenix Herald His ailment is not
known. but 1t is said to be In the nature
of brain fever. He was on the way home
from California when he was taken Sc
riously down, and was almost to Yuma
when he was ordered back to Los An
geles by an attending physician Mrs.
Kellner, we are informed, will leave for
his bedside tomorrow or as soon as she