Arizona republican., 1896-05-12

From Tempe and Nest thiS afternoon
 a train wil bring passengers at hati rates, giving a chance for all friends ito
 come to tine funeral of the late J. Roe
 Young, Jr. On the same account the train which usually leaves at 5 will ba he'd till 6:9O..s
 1.-The Navajo Democrats have elected the following named delegates to the
 territorial convention: R. c. Drydn
 Jas. M Flake, E. A. Sawyer, o. D.
 Flake and J. E. De Rosear. The dele gates go uninstructed, but it was un-
 derstood they would support Hugh Campbell of Cocon;no county as one of the delegates ito the Chicago conven- tion. The Republican county convention of Maricopa county when it adjourned | its session llsst month did so to meet again in Phoenix May Il. Pursuant to the adjournment the meeting was held yesterday, a quorum of the dele gates i'm their seats but there appeAring g no business before the convention ad- journment was again taken this time till July 6.
 The city police made a great catch of hobos at the Maricopa & Phoenix depot yesterday. In a boXcar in l,he morning were taken in four and in the after noon another cast of the net brought four fish to land. Three of the men arrested showed themselves to be work[ngmen and were discharged and four were given ten days each. A sleeping drunk paid fine of $4
 Heading outfits are now preparing and wtJdhin ten days gral.l cutting will commence in the Salt River valley The cold weatIher has retarded rtpen- ing, but. has in only slight degree af- fected the crop. The yield is not ex- pected ito approach that of last year, the acreage being less. The crop w.I.. comprise more of wheat and less of barley Thfeshing will not begin till about the middle of June.
 Few are aware of ste fact that the usual reiatrietion of the Catholic church regarding the keeping of Friday as a fast day is not officially observed in diocese of the church, according ito a dispensation issued by Pope Plus, meat may be eaten upon Friday as upon any other day of the week. This allow ance is supposed Ito have been given owing to tlhe difficulty of secuTing fish on the inland plains of this region. Tucson Citizen: An idea of the ex- tent of the cattle business in southeast ern Arizona may be gathered from the 1 Following figures. There will be | shipped from Tucson 600 cars, from Willcox 1,20O, from Benson 800, from Geronimo 200 and from San Simon 200. The average capacity of a car ils thirty | five head, so that the total shipments will amount to 94,500. These figures are in round numbers and are likely to be below rather than above the real figures.
 Jack Halbert while east in Arkansas attended reunion of the two com pantes that went to the civil war from his old home and who participated in the historic battle of Shiloh They called it a Shiloh reunion and the talk was mainly of the way they moved the Yankees down on that memorable oc- casion. But there was a note of sor- TOW among Itihe "reminiscences for of the 230 gallant fellows who marched from Little Rock, there were present but mine, and only four more tlhan that nine are known to' be yet.in the land of the living.
 The supervisors yesterday found that road district 8, which lies north of Phoenix and which has but a single road and no overseer, had $1,30535 in its treasury, something abnormal in road district history As it was plain that the district had no need for such an amount, all was taken from it save S100 and divided up among districts 5, 6, 12, 16, F, g and 13 To No. F, a new district down the river, was given the lions shore of $5O367, giving it a good start, in the absence of other ap- propriation.
 Bisbee Orb: Juan Ramos, a Mexi- can wood chopper, was severely burned on Monday night, having a lot of hot slag thrown on him. He laid his blankets down alt the side of the stream of water "a little below the siag dump, as the heat from the slag makes it quite comfortable these cool nights. During the night a pot of slag rol,ed down from the dump and broke, throw ing the hot slag al over him. His head and throat are badly burned, and it was thought for a time that it would result fatally. At last accounts he is resting easily and will recover, at- though he will carry the marks for life.
 Globe Silver Belt: Charles Dickin- son exhibited last Friday natural curiosity which would be highly prized