Arizona republican., 1896-02-04

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 The Territorial Bar association held a meeting last night, but owing to the slim attendance and the fact that com mittees on resolutions were not ready to report, adjournment was taken l "A meeting for the discussion of the i Christian citizenship movement will be held Friday night at the Presbyterian church under the auspices of the Chris tian Endeavor societies of the city. Yesterday morning eleven cars of cattle were shipped over the Santa Fe to California by Messrs. Gray & Dunn. Ten carloads were shipped over the Maricopa & Phoenix by W. R. Patter- son.
 James Reed Gilmore, 35 years of age, died yesterday morning at the Hotel Ford of consumption. The re mains will be shipped to Pittsburg, Pa., today, accompanied by the mother of the deceased.
 From Los Angeles more than 200 business men may be expected to come by the special excursion train for which arrangements are now being made. Three days ago 125. names had been subscribed for the trip.
 < Eleven carloads of stock, shipped to Los Angeles by Dunn & Grey, went out yesterday morning over the Santa Fe. The run to Wickenburg, a matter of fifty-seven miles, was made in the re- markedly fast time of one hour and forty-five minutes.
 The ladies of the aid society of the First M. E. church will give a social and supper this evening at the resi- dence of Mrs Griffin on North First avenue from 6:3O until g o'clock. Everybody is most cordially invited Proceeds for the benefit of the new church.
 Two Chinamen undertook to lick a solitary white man yesterday morning on Washington street. They made a grave mistake, for in about two min utes both celestials had two lovely pairs of black eyes and spilled a good deal of amber colored fluid from their nasal organs.
 John Bolton, father of Walter Bol- ton, died yesterday morning at his sons residence at Tempe. Deceased was advanced in years and had only resided in the valley a few months, coming hither from California to seek the benefits of this cline for an aggra- vated case of asthma.
 Chas. F. Hoff of Tucson is trying to arrange for a special train to this city during the carnival The principal feature is that the train will be con- posed of tourist sleepers so that the passengers can occupy the cars during the stay at Phoenix should lodging &C., commodations prove inadequate
 Johnson, the Kansas City cattleman, is buying heavily of range cattle and next week will commence shipment of several trainloads. After the long lull in the cattle business stockmen' are again feeling encouraged by the in- ] creased demand for beef steers. Rev Ehlers of Riverside was badly bruised yesterday while driving to Phoenix. His team ran away and he was thrown out of the buggy. He was removed to his home when found in the roadway. The team parted con- pany with the buggy and continued their mad journey.
 County Surveyor Frank P. Trott started yesterday with a corps of as sistants for the mouth of the Verde, 1 there to start work of surveying the dam and reservoir site located by him. self and associates as outlined in The Republican of late date. The work of this, the preliminary survey, will take at least two weeks.
 It may not be generally known, but it is nevertheless a fact, that there are siXty-one grocery stores in Phoe- nix. Every one of them seems to have a share of patronage and to thrive. Certain it is that city of 10000 popu- lation that can support that many grocery stores is not suffering greatly from financial depression.
 The Southern Pacific company an- nounces round trip rate of $2O9C from Los Angeles to Phoenix during the carnival. Tickets will be on sale February IS and 19 and will be good to return to February 25 At this low rate there is no doubt but that Los An. geles and other southern California towns will be well represented during the coming festivities.
 w. R. Quinn, a brakeman on the Southern Pacific, was accidentally sho in the leg by another brakeman neal Yuma Saturday. Quinn was standing on top of a. car and the other brakeman was standing on the ground trying tt eject some hobos from the car wher the gun he held was discharged witt
 the result noted. The injured mar was removed to Tucson for treatment
 Charles Mehan and Deputy United
 States Marshal Ezekiels Sunday ar
 rived from Yuma, having in custody
 two Chinamen who are charged witl being unlawful residents of the United
 States. Sam Chung, one of the pris
 oners, was not long since pardoned ou of the penitentiary. where he was serv