Arizona republican., 1897-12-12
|An Over AriIzOna|

Judge Doan was at Solomonville
 last week.
 Whist parties are popular in Saf- ford these days.
 Miss May Roberts of Pasadena Cali fornia, is visiting her friends, Misses Cecilia and Clara Barney at Yuma
 The Graham Bulletin has a new gas engine The quality of the Bulletin $ democracy may now be expected to inn prove.
 w. s. Percy has deeded M. J. Nolan the May Queen, Silver Ditch and Red Rattler mines, Humbug district, for $100.
 Joseph Lines of Pima has received a certificate as Ia result of a pedagog- ical examination held at Solomon vile last week
 The Mexican people Of Clifton have formed an association to aid mem bers in case of sickness and ito prop erly bury them in case of death.
 J. J. Reilley, the well known min ing man, is in Prescott from Cherry Creek. He will push development work on his Poco Tiempo and White Swan mines.
 Senator Eugene S. Ives of Yuma went to Denver last week on business connected with the State of Arizona Improvement company. He will re- turn in 6 few days
 General Manager J. c. Flames of the Rio Colorado Gold Extraction com pany, operating in Chocolate noun tains, returned to Yuma last week from a business trip to Los Angeles.
 Editor Bonney of the Arizcma Trail CT heightened up our sanctum last Saturday," chirps the Graham Bulle- tin. The Bulletin man forgot to say: sfCome again, brother Bonney," and we oheerfully repair the mistake.
 The Ladies' Aid society of Solo monville has disposed of 8 nsw. sill, quilt to Joseph L. ReaNes for $35, the money to be used i'm completing the
 Presbyterian church. MT. Reaves
 Lust feel like nabob these cold nights when he stretches out under that work of art.
 A. Q. Jordan of San Diego, Califor- ma, son of Supervisor T. A. Jordan of Colorado valley, is visiting at the home of the latter in Yuma, accom- panied by his 1S-year-old twin daugh- ters. MT. Jordan may decide to re- main in that country, in which event he will be joined by his wife, who is a. present in San Diego.
 Indians have been seen in the Ash Springs range of mountains. Col Sumner would be doing a wise thing now to again continue the patrol of troopers from this point to Duncan It lis always about this time of the year that the Apaehes do some devil try in that section of country-Gra- ham Bulletin.
 The contractors for the erection of the Presbyterian church at Solomon willie expect to have the building ready for dedication early in January. Rev. R. M Craig of Albuquerque has been invited to preach the dedioatory ser mons. MT. Craig has recently been appointed as superintendent of mis- sion sdo work in Arizona and New Mex
 Frank s. Morton came in last Sun day from Gold Rock, on a business trip. He returned Monday and is do- ing the assessment work on his three lgold claims situated seven miles southeast of Gold Rock, which give every indication of being valuable properties. The ledge is eighteen inches in width and the rock ave ag5s by assay $42 per ton.-Yuma Sun.
 Ethical discourse in the Prescott Courier: '"The Chinaman rarely lays aside the opium pipe for the whiskey glass. While the opium is far mere deadly in its effects upon. the human body and mind than whiskey, it does not give society so muon trouble, for it slaughters its devotees as secretly !! and noiselessly as the vampire sucks | Fhhe life blood of its victim while 1t | 1ans him to sweetest slnmber with | its horrid wings"
 If you owe the Prescott Courier. ] and would like to pay in hay, be i guided by the following plaintive ap- peal: Cash on subscription is always | a welcome caller at the Courier Of flee, but as tihe winter comes on apace, a little cord wood will not meet with 1 an adverse reception. We could also take al Httle grain hay, not for our | own consumption, for, unfortunately. we cannot eat hay, but a small, tax paying horse can, and it prefers even subscription grain hay to diet eff old newspapers"
 Chief Justice Jefferson Davis, Post mater Jefferson Davis and Milkman Jefferson Davis are i'm from Walnut Grove The postmaster trembles in this boots for fear of removal. He is all right politically, but thinks his name is against him with the powers that be. When his illustrious name sake inspired the warlike spirit in the south the Arizona Jeff is said to have manufactured war incrubating spirits in Arizona. But, in those days amy sort of spirits had a market value, from straight tiswin at the bot tom of the scale ito Arkansaw tangle- foot at the top-Courier.
 The Prescott public school bell is sadly out of whack judging from this parag in the Courier: @'The pub nc may have noticed that, for some