Arizona republican., 1896-04-11

children and devises insurance o1 $2, 1000 and realty Ito the value of about $4,000.
 The editorial page of the evening Herald was so heavy last night that il slipped from the pressman,s hands and was pied, an accident that, regret ed.y, is apt to happen in even the most conservative of printshops. The pa per came out late, however, filling ir the chinks with convenient "boilel plate"
 The territory has now on hand in the 'treasurer's vaults the neat sum o1 $132 ,000, but not a cent of the general fund may be touched owing to lega, complications The amount will be mat aterially increased within week by the quarterly remittances of the county treasurers who will have collected their dues in full on delinquent taxes
 Florence Tribune: On Thursday last the Gi.a river rose twelve inches and the canal is now running bank full. The 1000 acre reservoir contains fourteen and one+half feet of water being one foot and five inches more than it ever held before. This is the best season the Casa Grande valley has seen in seven years and the farm CTS are consequently hapyp.
 Paul Hermans yesterday received from the experiment. station of Cali fornia forty-five pounds of sugar beet seed imported from Germany. There are three varieties and are in one pound packages. He also received some seed of a Japanese tree called the Ze.kowa Kral1i a most valuable de ciduous timber tree. He will give samples of the seeds ito all those who go to his office at 2S South Second avenue providing they will agree tc plant the seed.
 The cattle situation throughout Ari- zona is at present gloomy. Even or the Verde, a range considered the bes in the territory, according to Will c Barnes, who has lately returned thence, the grass is short and the roundup hampered for the lack of feed Over in Tonto it is much the same while all over southern Arizona the water holes are drying up and the cat tie are beginning ito concentrate 1T much more restricted grazing grounds A heavy and general rain would dt wonders.
 Marcel Moreno went before the pro bate court yesterday with tale O. grievous woe. He has been divorced 1 it appears, from his wife, the ground having been infidelity. There were two children by the union. One war given by the court ito the father. Nov comes Marcel and makes oath to tht proposition that his former spouse i: an occupant of a house of ill Wamt and asks that on his showing that the court make an order appointing a: guardian of the child some suitable and respectable person. The petition will be heard later.
 Prescott Journal Miner: A very pleasant and gent,emanly appearing young man arrived on this mornings train. He had not been in town many minutes when he concluded to try his hand at craps, and he had not tried his hand very long till the bank rot had been turned over Ito him. He sauntered into another place where 2 game was in progress, and by a few simple twists of the wrist transferred the assets of that game into his OWL pockets, also. A third one was tackled from which he won about $17O. His I5otal winnings in less than an hour are variously estimated at sums rang ing from $500 to s700. He left on this afternoons train for the north
 Tucson Star: The dry goods mer- chants of Tucson yesterday signed an agreement to close tJhe.r stores on Sun- day or rather not to open them. Ii has been customary from the earlies times to keep stores open, if not al day, until noon. The reformation came around by a sort of accident. On Easter Sunday Lonergan 6, Company did not open. This gave their clerks taste of Sabbath observance and they clamored for more of it. The clerk: of the other stores joined in the move ment and the proprietors of all the stores agreed to it yesterday. It is creditab,e to the merchants that they so willingly assenIted to the request O. the clerks. Sunday closing was inau. gurated in Phoenix two years ago, bu after a long and bitter struggle