Arizona republican., 1896-03-26
E REPUBLICANS: THURSDAY MORNING..

CnaS. COfDell and MrS. GeOrge w Nichols of this place and he at one time lived here.
 Floyd Dayton died Tuesday might ot consum mption at the home of William Kemp on East Washing gton street A young wife is left bereaved. She will leave this morning with the remains for the old home in Michigan, wflaee interment will be made.
 An application has been made from Apache county for the pardon of Eu- gene Chapman, a minor, sent to the penitentiary for burglary. The lad is described to have had a good reputa- tion prior to his deed of crime and to be the sole support of aged parents.
 Recorder Jobs yesterday had cou- pie of drunks before him, ito them be- ing allotted sentences of four and five days, $3 disorderly and an indi- vidual who had made an assault upon another with an aX. The last case ] was carried over till this morning for due and formal consideration
 The Black Crook troupe was billed for Phoenix on March 27 and 28 Ad- vices received, however, are that the company has chosen ito make a Mexi- can trip before coming through Ari- zona and will consequently not appear in Phoenix for about ten days. The manager will be here within a few days
 In Justice Johnstone's court yester- day J. s. Mosier, a farmer living under the Grand canal about ten miles west Of Phoenix, was found guilty of sell ing mortgaged property and was held to await the action of the grand jury with bail fixed at S75O. The offense consisted in selling five stacks of hay on which Mosier had placed a chattel mortgage.
 Tucson Citizen: A special bearing W. K. Vanderbilt, Chauncey Depew and c. P. Huntington will arrive from the east tomorrow morning at 5 o'clock The distinguished gentle men will stop in Tucson only few minutes, but will go on direct to San Francisco. Conductor Gillespie left last night for Fl Paso to bring the special through to Yuma. It is run ming on the time of the limited.
 Tucson Citizen: Judge Bethune was not quite so well yesterday. He is still suffering from the effect of a fall he suffered at Phoenix in the last term of supreme court. It is possible that he will be unable to sit during the present term of district court. Judge Rouse will preside until the opening of court in his own district and has kindly consented to return at the close of his term and in the event of Judge Bethune's continued ill health to com- plete the docket here.
 The gentlemen composing the com mittee on arrangements for the enter tat-nment of the visitors at the institu- tion of Phoenix lodge No. 335 B. P. o. Elks, have made arrangements with the celebrated caterer, Shabtuck, to provide sumptuous banquet on Fri day next when the new lodge will be launched in this city. No trouble or expense will be spared to make this affair the grandeSt of its kind that has ever taken place in the territory The E.ks never do things by halves.
 A movement is now on foot for the entire rejuvenation of the local com pany of militia, and with that under standing the names of twenty-five of the best young men of the city have been secured for simultaneous induc- tiOn into th ranks of the countrys de- lenders. It is des; gned to protect very carefully the roll from the intro duction of any but the very best class of members and on that basis it is be- leved the company can be brought to membership of at least fifty and standard of efficiency not excelIed by any company of the National Guard in the west. The postoffice, like that individual named in holy writ, silently stole away Tuesday night to the Redewill building, where already boxes and all appurtenances are neatly arranged and business proceeding without a hitch. Great was the wrath of the populace, however, as the multitude came to the old office and then was | compelled to march still a block fur ther on. The work of demolition of bhe old postoffice building was begun 1 yesterday and the assertion is made that the owners will have accommoda- tions for the mails at the old stand be- fore sixty days.
 1 Judge A. c. Baker returned yester- day from Yuma, having completed the Yuma county term in two days, that ! time being also inclusive of the i'm panelling and work of the grand jury. Only single criminal indictment was found and no criminal cases were tried. The case of Jesus Daniel, charged with the murder of his wife, at Ehrenburg, was put over till the next court, number of important witnesses failing to appear There were ten cases on the civil calendar none of them of especial importance, and all were submitted to tn judge for l trial diSpenSing with the snmmnnin 9