Arizona republican., 1896-11-28

city and who would not be a recipient of charity. AS soon as Justice John stone heard of the circumstances of the case he commissioned Judge Will Hams to return the watch to the wo- man. N,sas
 Howard Withrow and Rafael Ruiz, the prisoners who escaped from the custody of Sheriff Greenleaf at Mari copa a few days ago, have not as yet been captured, although posse is still on the trail. It is supposed that the daring couple are now safe from pursuit across the Mexican border.
 The total weight of Princeton's foot ball eleven is 1884 pounds; total height, 65ft, Sin This makes their average weight 177 pounds and aver age height, 5ft, Il 7-11in. Yales com bined avoirdupois is 1,S15 pounds, and they all together stack up 65ft, Bin. Their average weight is 165 pounds and average height, 5ft Il 2-11in.
 w. w. Nicholl of Jerome is in the city for the purpose of purchasing dairy COWS. MT. Nicholl is we'll known to all old Arizonans, having resided in the territory for twenty years. He is especially noted for his hospitality and his cheery invitations to Come in, stranger, and stay for dinner" has been accepted by hundreds. He is in terested in a promising mining group, which has been bonded for $100,000, and which will net him $35,000.
 Several members of the Phoenix Gun club returned yesterday from Tucson, where they had been partici pating in the Thanksgiving shoot. There were three events and John Hal lowell of Tucson scored the highest number by killing twenty seven out of thirty-one birds, thereby winning the medal. The territorial champion ship now held by J. H. Holmes of this city will be contested for at the an nual meet to be held in January at Prescott. F 4N.
 Henry Coleman, who escaped re- gently from the Juarez carcel, has gone to Deming on business, while his brother, J. Roy Hudspeth, goes to San Antonio to attend school MT. Cole man does not think it will be safe for Mormon Brown to appear in Deming for a good long time, and says the judge of letters in Juarez acknowl edged in the presence of Senator Dean that he was under obligations to the Mormons to sentence the cowmen, as he did.-El Paso Herald.
 A few select oil paintings will short ly arrive from the east just in time to be elegant Christmas gifts for those who appreciate positive works of art. They are from the brush of Miss B. D. Devereux, sister of the assistant sec retary of Arizona Miss Devereux is an artist of high rank in the east, having graduated several years ago from the first art studios of Paris, where she spent seven years of hard work. The pictures have been framed under the direction of the artist her self, who, at her brothers instigation, has put Hard times prices" on them, so that home lovers of art will be cas- fly able to adorn their walls with a really beautiful picture.
 Attorney Thomas Flannigan yester- day instituted habeas corpus proceed ings in the district court to secure the release of M H. Howard The pris- oner was sentenced by Justice Kalten- bach of Gila Bend to serve ninety days in the county jail, having been con- victed of obtaining money under false pretenses. Howard had borrowed 50 cents from the Gila Bend postmaster, promising to repay the next day. Not being able to do so he was arretsed and sentenced The grounds for ha- beas corpus are that the prisoner was tried on Sunday and that the post master was complaining witness and prosecuting attorney as well. Judge Baker heard part of the case and post pOned it for further authority