Arizona republican., 1896-05-22


 round tr.p fare is placed at $25.95. The Southern Pacific company will also run excursions every alternate week. 3 2 2 The Phoenix Leap Year club gave its last dance for this season Wednes- day night at Redewin's hall After the dance was over a great banquet was given at the Boston cafe. The tables were beautifully decorated and the cuisine was of the very best obtain able. The cafe after disposing of the dancers set an elegant supper for the visiting members of the lodge of A. o. U. w.
 Another trainload of cattle was shipped out of Kirkland yesterday on the s. F., P. & P. to Kansas City. About thirty cars are to be shipped from that point. There are yet thou sands of head of cattle in the hills yet to be shipped and catt,emen are send ing them out of the country as fast as possible owing to the shortage of feed on the ranges.
 The postoffice department was yes terday notified by the postal authori- ties at Washington that two additional mail carriers will be set to work on the first of June. The two mail carriers now working have had more work than two men ought to do and the increase in the mail matter of late has caused the carriers to be twenty-four hours late in their delivery several times.
 The graduating exercises of the Union high school will be held next Wednesday at the opera house. There are only two persons in the graduating class, Miss Isolene CoomJbs and John Merriam The former has chosen as the subject of her essay, q, the Heir of All the Ages" John Merriam, the other member of the class, will dis course on What Electrical Science Is Doing for the World.
 Thursday morning two miles east of Ash Fork a double tank car of an oil train became ignited by a spark from the engine. Five oil cars and the train caboose were destroyed and brake man badly injured in the resulting wreck. A long section of the track was destroyed where the burning cars stood and the regular eastbound pas
 
 Fork for six hours or more.
 The trustees of the Tempe schools held a meeting Monday night and ap- pointed MT. Frizzel of Missouri pr.n- cipal, Miss Woolf first assistant, Miss Anna Stewart second assistant, and the primary work was placed in the hands of Misses Nellie McNleil and Mary Win gar. The three young ladies are grad ulates of the Territorial Normal school and the trustees are deserving of credit for reappoint ting them, as they are all bright young ladies.
 Sulphur Valley News: General Wheaton, in command of the depart ment of Arizona, with headquarters in Denver, is now in southern Arizona taking personal observations on the Apache question. AS the general ar rived in Wilcox in a private car, which is now shunted on the siding, during his visit to Fort Grant, and does most of his soldering in the same comfort able manner, we don't think he will kill many Indians on this trip.
 There are great hopes for the early grapes of the Salt River valley for this year, as all the early Thompson seed ling grapes in California have been killed by the frosts Naturally the market cannot be supplied by Califor- mia with the early grape, consequently this valley will find a ready market for all the early grapes that can be shipped out. It is estimated that sixty cars of the Thompson seedlings will be shipped this year from this valley.
 A brakeman named Brown met with a serious accident at Benson Tuesday by being run over. A steep grade com mences at that point and all eastbound trains have a helper. Brown had stepped in between the cars to discon- nect the air and uncouple the cars. The forward section moved forward a few feet, but the rear engine pushed forward and Brown was struck in such a way that he was thrown across the track and his right leg and left arm were cut off. The injured man was re- moved to Tucson
 The case of the Arab who under took to wipe out Chinatown was continued yesterday in the recorders court and a small army of witnesses were exam ined who testified to the scientific man ner in which the doughty Arab knocked over Chinamen like so many nine-pins. The recorder found him guilty of disturbing the peace and fined him $2O. He was immediately rear rested on a warrant from Jus tice Johnstone's court, charging him with aggravated battery. He will be tried on the latter charge today.
 Prescott Journal-Miner: The pit;a- ble condition of Yawapai ranges can best be considered by the disposition of cattlemen to either sell their herds or drive or ship the same to points far