Arizona republican., 1896-06-11


 the Tempe Canal company. The case is being heard before a jury and will probably also take the greater portion of today. The issues involved. are fla -miliar to the Phoenix public and the decision is looked forward to with in- terest. v
 "The Great West" is the name for the newest aspirant for public favor. It is to be published at Denver, Colo., commencing June 25, and is described in it's prospectus as Thigh class il- lustrated journal of Travel, Recrea tion, Finance, Mining, Manufacturers, Agriculture and Investment" It is to especially contribute to the upbuilding of the southwest and the fact that it's editor will be B. H. Talbot is assur- ance of literary ability.
 Tucson Citizen: Henry Whitlock, a boy of 13. shot and instantly killed himself at Mammoth last Friday after noon. He was the stepson of B. B. Putnam, bookkeeper for B. w. Childs No one knows how the shooting oc- cured, but it was doubtless accidental The boy was alone in a room at his home. His mother in an adjoining room heard the discharge of revolver. When she entered the room her son was already dead. The ball had en- tered the left breast and had passed nearly through the body.
 Mohave Miner: While prospecting on Shirttail mountain in the River range few days ago, Steve Bedell dis covered an immense vein of gold ore He was sitting on a boulder and care lesSly broke off piece of the rock He was dumbfounded to find that it was full of gold. More rock was brok- en off with the same result. The ledge crops up boldly along the. mountain ridge and is sixty feet in width. Sam pies taken from across the surface gave return of $40 per ton. This is one of the big lodges of the Black range that capital should take notice of
 Yesterday morning at Tempe Rev. Sheldon Offciated at the ceremony that bound together in wedlock Fred erick B. White and Miss Elizabeth Mo Neil. Only relatives were present at the wedding, which was solemnized at the family residence on East Eighth street. After the wedding breakfast the couple started for Florence, where MT. White is in business and where they will in the future reside. Miss McNeil was an especial favorite in Tempe and wishes are many that only happiness may attend her.
 Watermelons, ripe watermelons, are on the Phoenix markets, though the price, $1.25 for melon that a single Missourian could appropriate to him. self, is deemed somewhat prohibitory. The grower, for there is but a single grower now in evidence, asserts he has had melons for six days. If this be true, he is the bearer of the banner for early melons in Arizona. But a few weeks will lapse, however, till the luscious fruit will become more than abundant on the market and prices will drop to about half dollar a wag- onload.
 Last night was gala time with the Elks, than whom in any town there is never a more jovial set The entire local lodge with as many friends not members went out to the park and took front seats at the presentation of ''The Ranch King" and thereafter returned to the Elk den in the city, where a spread was found of all the good things that are by bachelors beloved, except ing, sadly enough, a representation of the gentler sex. AS hosts the antlered ones distinguished themselves and the Wassail bowl passed merrily till an hour that was little before dawn.