Arizona republican., 1896-12-29

w. A. MCGlnnlS, county SuTVeyOr- elect, filed his official bond, $1,000, with F. H. Coyle, B. F. Zoeckler, w. A. Kimball and Joseph Thalheimer sureties. Two mortgages and five re- leases were recorded.
 The seating capacity at the park bi- cycle track will be increased for the cycle races on New Years day. Spe- cial local trains will run for the con- venience of people in adjoining towns. The track is being worked every day and fast time will be made. The cream of the riders from Fl Paso and Tucson will be in attendance. Some fast riders are developing among the Chinese, half dozen training yester- day on the track for the Chinese race.
 Albuquerque ladies and gentlemen are not neglectful of divine service. Says the Citizen: Last Friday night the son of one of our prominent Sec ond street merchants, with a party of young ladies and gentlemen, raised so much of a disturbance at the meeting of the Salvation Army that it became necessary to publicly request them to leave the hall Such actions as this are to be deplored, especially when coming from persons who have receiv- ed the benefits of careful home train igg.'
 It is pretty custom among Chi nese merchants, gardeners and wash ermen to present their patrons lily just before Christmas. The givers say that if the lily blooms within the holi- days the coming year will be one of so continued good luck to the recipient of the lily that he will occasionally long for some sort of a stroke of mis- fortune just to break the monotony. Recorder Jobs believes in the super stition. He was given a lily last Thursday. It bloomed on Sunday and yesterday he found $5.
 A telegram was received in Jerome Crane, lately in the employ of the United Verde Copper company in that city, was killed in a railroad wreck while on his way to the City of Mexico His wife was with him. The tele- gram announced that two other men were killed at the same time. James Corwin left here with MT. Crane, but the telegram did not mention his name Mr. Crane was an old locomotive en- gineer and was well known by railroad men in Arizona and New Mexico.
 Since the news of the commencement of the sugar factory has been tele- graphed over the country, the irriga- tion company has received letters of inquiry from all over the world rela- tive to the conditions under which land can be secured and the cultivation of beets engaged in. Not only from the states that are protected by the starry flag, but from lands across the sea, these petitions have come. The Pecos valley today enjoys world wide rep utation, and who can measure the greatness that in the approaching years will come to it?-Eddy Argus.
 Dr. Halsey of the Second avenue Baptist church preached a very inter- esting sermon on Sunday night in which the similarity between the eli matic conditions of Arizona and Pal estine was introduced. In the course of the sermon he pointed out the ne cessity of the application of water to arid lands. Arizona needs,' said the l doctor, more water and more Bap- 1 tists,' whereupon a nearer remarked after the close of the sermon, "Why should he have presented both neces- sities; why did he not confine himself 1 to Baptists? Water would have been taken as matter of course"
 Jose Maria Rodriguez, Ramon All varez and Refugio Contreras commit ted practical joke and crime at the same stroke on Christmas. Francisco Castro and several friends were enjoy ing themselves in his rather inflam- mable home in the eastern part of the town. Rodriguez, Alvarez and Con. treras approached the building from
 behind and touched it off It was destroyed with it's immaterial contents and some of the guests narrowly es
 caped. The jokers were arrested or
 Sunday night charged with arson
 They will be given a hearing tomor
 row afternoon.
 There ought to be great deal nor,
 money in circulation in Phoenix thai
 there appears to be or else half thu
 vagrants arraigned in police. court lii
 with utter shamelessness about thei
 financial condition. Two tramp
 brought up yesterday for begging ol
 the street said that when they cam here less than a week ago they wer
 proud and affluent Arrest, by tn
 way, was caused by their inability t,
 read the human countenance withou
 stopping to spell the hard words. De ceived by the benevolent face of man standing on street corner the struck him for assistance He was
 policeman.
 JameS Goodwin If rTemno wac f