Arizona republican., 1896-04-09

The Western Union Telegraph com pany has its wires stretched for twenty miles from Ash Fork. It is over the worst ground and will have smooth sailing into Prescott now.
 A special meeting will be held of Arizona lodge No. 2, A. F. & A. M, at 7:9O p. m. this evening for work in the third degree. Sojourning brethren are cordially invited ito attend.
 The Southern Pacific is actively en- gagged iii removing gravel from the Cieneg7a with which they will ballast their roadbed from Willcox to Mari copa, greatly improving the condition thereby.
 Drs. Purman and Martin. who are compelled to Leave their present loca- tion on account of the impending con- struction of the Adams hotel, will to- day transfer their offices to the AL hambra on West Adams street. Antonio Ma Salinas, the Mexican journalist who persisted in assauIting congregation of Spanish Method.sts, acknowledged his error yesterday be- fore Justice Uohnsltone and was al lowed to go with a little fine of $25.
 The funeral services of the late W. E. Thomas will be held this morning at g. They will be conducted by the Phoenix Lodge of Masons, and will be attended by that order and by the Odd Fellows, deceased in life having been a member of both orders.
 c. F. Ralph, the shoemaker who bruised up his wife and children a few nights ago, was placed under a peace bond of S400 yesterday by Jus tfce Johnstone. As the man was un- able to furnish the security, he went to jail for an indefinite period
 The dry goods clerks of Tucson are circulating a petition to have all dry goods stores closed on Sundays, com mencing next Sunday. April 12. It is meeting with considerable favor and has been signed by several Heading merchants. It is thought that all the rest will sign.
 Felix Carlos got inebriated and wicked yesterday below the Maricopa 6 Phoenix depot, and, flourishing a revolver made threats that did not sound nice, even when expressed in the liquid tongue of Castle. So he was gathered in by the constab bulary and will be tried on Wall street today.
 'tOur valley strawberries, said a local fruit dealer yesterday, "are un- doubtedly far superior to anything that can be secured from California. notice this especially with the orders given by strangers in the city. Price being the same, they always pick the local product as the best
 Among the membranes on the es- tate of the late w. H. Thomas, made known by documents filed in ithe re- corder's office immediately after his death were a note of hand for $500, given to H. A. T. Hansen March 24, and a mortgage on the Winnifred mine in the sum of $2,000, given April to the mother of his first wife, Mrs. Shipp.
 The Courier is authority for the statement that the Santa Fe, Prescott & Phoenix has purchased the rails and right of way of the abandoned Prescott & Arizona Central road from Prescott to SeEgman, a distance of seventy-two miles. The bridges have nearly all been washed away and the job of se- curing the iron would be a difficult one
 Flagstaff Democrat: The tourists to the Grand canyon can now have better accommodations than ever before The hotel at the canyon is now open and J. W. Thurber has put two large Concord coaches on the road, and added all necessary conveniences to his stage Line. Tourists are beginnin 2 to come, and no doubt the coming season will be a busy one in travel to the canyon.
 Kid" Thompson, under sentence of death in California for train robbery is said ito have formerly teamed for a man named Marshall J. Miller near Prescott Miller was working a mine near this place as the story is told The latter is also under sentence of death for the murder of an old Jewish merchant at Marysviile. When the two met at San Quentin to await their fate their recognition of each other was mutual.
 With the failure of the First Ma tional bank of Albuquerque several of the northern counties of Arizona lost large sums of money which had been mistakenly placed in a bank so re- mote from the territory. The bank has latterly paid up its last dividend, and the depositors have come to their own again short only several years interest on i,heir money Thus the treasurers are also freed from their responsi bi,fties.
 The recorders office of the county of Maricopa is source of considerable profit. It costs to run only about $950 quarter. For the last quarter, which was considered to have been one of extreme duliness, the recorder turned in, after paying all cidental expenses outside of salaries, the sum of $2,066 65.