Arizona republican., 1896-08-29

the park theater last night to Very good audience. It is considered by some to be the best play produced this season and it certainly is worthy of be- ing seen and enjoyed by all. The same play will be- produced tonight and Mon day night when a benefit performance will be given for the Labor Day fund.
 A siren of the block was interviewed by the city recorder yesterday She was charged with being so hopelessly drunk that the services of an express wagon were found necessary to re move her to jail. She was fined S5, but not having the sum was sent be- low. The recorder says he will let her assist the chain gang by picking caterpillars from the trees.
 People who have nothing to fear should not attempt to fit caps to their heads that were probably intended for some one else. It is not the intention of The Republican to throw out groundless innuendo and although the article which appeared yesterday morning may pinch somebody, it is nevertheless a truth, and will bear fruit to the extent that the parties to whom it referred will be more circum- spect in the future.
 Night Policeman Steve Bailey has two very able assistants in a couple of young bloodhounds recently received from Los Angeles. The hounds are five months old and already under stand their business. Bailey has no trouble with a prisoner, the dogs will grab the prisoner where his clothes hang loose and march him to the jail. One of the hounds is named Jack and the other Dick George, after the pop ular owner of that name
 Jim Bark is in from his mine near the Salt river box canyon. The mine is looking up well and already an eighty foot shaft and two tunnels, one sixty and the other thirty feet, have been sunk The ledge is about twenty feet wide and extends clear across the river. He will do about 300 more feet of work this year. MT. Bark uses an aras+ra and nets about s1O day. He also has five other good claims in the same district, three being bonded, one 1 for S25,000.
 Ivory Shields. who worked for a short while here for local paper in the business department and then va mosed for Tucson, where he enjoyed a brief season as publisher of the Tue son Leader, has come to grief in Fl pasc, where he is now nursing a hrcken nose and a sore head, in a hospital He disputed his right to ride on a freight train free of charge with brakeman and the latter had the sat isfaction of taking the fare from the person of Shields with the assistance of a club.
 Captain Minnie Logsdon, formerly commander of the local Salvation Army, but who is now located at San Diego, has interested herself with other Salvationists in the care of Kid Thompson, the train robber under sen tence of death. Captain Logsdon visited the train robber at San Quentin and there had long, earnest talk with him. The air of bravado worn by the desperado during his trial and impris- onment disappeared and he broke down, crying like child He made a confession of his guilt to her. An effort is being made to have his sen tence commuted to life imprisonment.
 The Park Theater company returned yesterday from Prescott, where they played to two nights excellent busi- ness. The company was royalty re- ceived, especially John Burns. The latter is a prominent Elk and assisted in the organization of the lodge at that place. MT Burns was called to the front of the curtain between the acts and an Elk presented the popular comedian with a large head of cab bage garnished with other vegetables and in the center of the cabbage was a flask filled with the richest of noun tain dew. A neat presentation speech was made and after Burns responded 7 the merry Elks in the audience show cred bouquets at his feet.
 Thursday afternoon as young lady was crossing Washington street al First, a double team in which was seated two men almost ran over her One of the horses heads struck hel shoulder and almost threw her down To her frightened and indignant pro. | test against such reckless driving the driver told her to get out of the way He then turned the horses heads ir the endeavor to repeat the offense, buT [ the young lady escaped to the side
 walk and almost tainted Severa 5 men on the sidewalk observed the af e fair and not one made any effort tt