The Flagstaff sun-democrat., 1897-05-20

} one years cOntract with the railroad [, company, and as considerable i'm.
 provrnhen, is being made in ,hs road
 bed orders for ;ies are cunning in pretty
 strong.
 A T. Cornish returned from St.
 Louis Tuesday, where he had been t.,
 negotiate the sale of the wa,rrwork \
 bonds. Mir. Cornish snId the bonds. but had to cancel the sale, xs sn- nOunced in another column,
 | Inspector Al Doyle has been kept on the jump the pas few weeks lmk- | ing out for illegal branding and prose- cutting ruslirrs. He recently made a trip tp ,h. morthrrn part of the county after some rustlrrs and broke up their operations.
 Deputy Sheriff F. fairchild brought down two prs 'ie,s from Williams Tuesday night. One of them, by the nam. If II. J. Cook. had b-sn given 80 days, and the other, Thonlas Cole was given 90 days by the Williams Just'ce courts.
 Sheriff Ralph Cameron and Sheriff Ruifner came in this morning from Parker's trail. which they had left in the Bill Williams mountains. They haiin their custody Ed Gaitlin. wanted in Graham county. and lodged him in jail here.
 l There were shipped from here Sat- urday 724 head of cattle to D,Mg- City. Kans. Wilbur ThurLur and a number of Verde cattlrmen were the shippers and the stock was purchased by A. G. Grimes, ,he tatils buyer. Pretty good record f,r one day. City Clerk C. A. Bush went to Will Hams Monday aflrrn"u to consult with Resident Engineer K. B. Burns, who has been rusag.i by the City Council of Fla.st,f to draw up ti,e plans and specifications for the cOu- struction of our wxterworks system.
 John L. Thomas, d rancher on Oak Greek canyon, was in Flagslaf last Thursday aud reported everything looking green and beautiful in th. valley. Tn. strawberry crop will be n big one this year and the berries will commence to ripeli by lhe lst of June.
 A baggage car attached to No. l coniaining quite X inrras.ri1 attracted | consider able attention Saturday. There were several niIuniain lions and other i animals, ail thT"ugnIy trained. and were on their way tn Los Angeles, where they will be exhibited at Ouu of the theate!s.
 i C. 0 Cusl,m,an, Needless next post master, WAS pass-nS~r on No. ! from Albnqatrqar tuesday. MT. ! Cu>hman Is q, present. LraseiiHg sales man foi Br9waInz, Kng & Co. of Chicago, apd ajS represents the Albu { qucrqdr Cuizen ii A ph-lnrss way aud as special correspondent.
 1 Tue ol,j.ct glass of rhr Lowell t-ie- ! scope ar,vrd rom th Guy pt Mrxcn i Frida, and was immediately conv.y ed tn lhe observatory and adjusted. | Observations are now being mad. by tn. Nsirouo,n-is Professor Lowell is i detained in Bo>ton ty x slight illness, ! but will be here in few days. The people of Williams are cordially invited to come up to Flagstaff on July s, and participate wiih us mounia'n- eers in celebrating the nations birth day. Williams visitors will bs warm- 1, ly welcomed aal Errat-d |, our m ,sL 1 ho,lor-d guests. L'.t the pe"ps from Bill Williams u,uu tau charter \ train and come on; room for all. The mineral belt southeast of town possesses nt,iiii,erirsS tsic'uragtng f~x- turts. A few nf our t,wn>ulru have been fanniui frieni, tn it's prospects. Careful inquiry ja,iities ,hs'r faith. 1 One Uf the first th'nys needed IS deeper 1 and more c,i,,rcted work than the l0dss there have received in ill1 past. | J,niici,n,s op.nings xt any time may uncover UO,lanzas that will surprise the most sxnguiue.
 Captain John Hancs arrived Tues day from his Grand Canyon home. Hs rrp,rls the recent heavy rains Un the Utah desert M have caused the CSl,,- rsd., river to rise until it Is now within two inches of the riM Uf the Canyon. making the river nearly mile and quarter deep. The Captain is hopeful that the overflow will mOt be great en.,ugh to ,io any damage '" the San Fran0,scO mountains, but it Is hard tO tell what will happ,a. ho says.