Arizona republican., 1896-12-08

Other Matters. There are now twenty prisoners in the county jail.
 The Santa Fe reports heavy and con- tinuous travel to Randsburg. A newspaper has been started at Randsburg, California's boom mining camp. g.1
 One week from today-the beginning of the session of the irrigation con gross.
 J. J. Ellis died at the county hos pital and was buried by Randall & Davis yesterday.
 The ladies of the Presbyterian church will hold their bazaar on Thursday and Friday of this week. Jesus Preciedo, convicted of burg lary, was sentenced by Judge Baker yesterday to one year in the peniten- tiary.
 There are at present 22S convicts in the territorial penitentiary- the larg- est number in the history of that in- stitution.
 The social that was to have been given at thePresbyterian church next Friday night has been postponed for one week.
 The weather bureau predicts a se- were frost for tonight and warns citrus growers that it will be dangerous to that fruit.
 The Williams News says the major ity of Coconino county's teachers will attend the teachers institute here De- cember 2S.
 Superintendent M. J. Nugent of the territorial penitentiary has filed the appeal bond in the big canal and pris- on contract suit.
 The Florence Tribune reports that George D. Tantau is on the rapid road to recovery and that he will return to Phoenix this week
 The remains of John Bursey, the young man who died in a cyanide tank at the Union mine Friday night, were shipped Sunday night to Madison, Wis.
 Grand Master Workman Pierce of the A. o. U. w. is delayed in his tour of visits to the different territorial lodges by illness. He is in the city at present.
 ''Mr Harvey Westhorp, late of the Hotel Arcadia" says the Santa Monica Outlook, "has been offered a lucrative position at Phoenix, and may leave for that city early in December
 A very interesting game of baseball was played at the park Sunday be- tween the Pioneer and Victor hose teams. The game was won by the Victors, the score standing S1 to 16.
 The delegates from Missouri to the irrigation congress will be J. G. Stowe and B. Lalley of Kansas City and A. F. Mowry of Sedalia. The local com mittee will meet tonight to name re- ception committee.
 Sundays gun club shoot at Prescott resulted as follows: Hill, IS; Stevens 10; Ferguson, 16; Jackson, 16; Mander- felt, 8; Andrews, 8. Doubles-Jack- son, 4; Hill, 6; Stevens, z; Ferguson 6; Manderfelt, 4; Andrews, l.
 Charles Hill, a young fellow aged 14 years, was arrested yesterday after noon in this city by Deputy Sheriff Buggeln of Coconino county The boy is charged with grand larceny at Will Hams. He was taken north last night
 Editor C. D. Reppy of the Florence Tribune. who has been commissioned by Governor Franklin as honorar! member of the board of irrigation, say he's coming to the congress nex week.
 Tomorrow night at Redewill hal will occur w. w. Cooley's lecture ol Prison Life" It will be graphical, illustrated and, as MT. Cooley is bright and ready platform speaker, tn evening promises to be interesting an instructive.
 Acting Territorial Secretary Dev ereux has received the full election re turns for delegate to congress from al the counties in the territory. The re suit was as follows: Smith, 6,065 Doran, 4,090; ONeill, 3,S96. Mar Smiths plurality was 1,975.
 E. E. Abel speaking of cowbo tournaments, said yesterday that Bi Jackson in 1890 at Winslow roped an tied a steer in ffty-eight seconds, tn animal having risen after bein thrown the first time. This beats tn record Albuquerque Democrat.
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