Arizona republican., 1897-10-05

l court yesterday by w. A. Bolton of l Tempe against Isabelle Bolton on the l ground of desertion.
 The board of supervisors in regu- | lar weekly session counted the cash on Treasurer Murray yesterday. Every cent was there, S40,12S.63.
 1 A meeting will be held tonight at | the residence Of Belford w. Taylor 1 for the purpose of organizing a col ored militia company.
 | The first increase of population Of | the thriving village of Scottsdale, otherwise than by immigration. oc> cured yesterday morning. It was a boy
 Letters of administration were granted in probate court yesterday to | Mrs. Wilhelmina Zoeckler upon the estate of her husband, the late B. F. Zoeckler.
 License to marry was issued yester- day to Edgar c. Cowles and Rosa A. List; William Irwin and Annie c. 1 Andersen. The latter couple, both of Mesa, were married by Judge Grouse 1 at the Commercial hotel.
 A meeting of the city council was held yesterday afternoon at which the
 
 Another meeting will be held today to take up the work of the board of equalization and Tatify it, and such other business as has been performed in the absence of the majority. A grand concert will be given at the opera house on Friday night by the Manzo academy, Professor Lester Payne, manager. The members of this academy, though most of them have been in the city only short time, have become so we'll known at private recitals that a splendid pro- gramme is assured.
 The Pioneer band at it's appearance at the court house plaza on Sunday night filled the municipal bosom with pride, partly by reIasen of the excel lent music created and partly by its naw uniform, which, without being gaudy, is the richest on the coast. "Oni the coast" in this case means anywhere west of St. Louis.
 Dr. B. P Crockett Of Fresno, Cal. died at the Sisters hospital On Sun day morning of consumption Dr. Crockett, accompanied by his wife, who is also a physician, arrived in town last Wednesday from trip through the east. He was taken di- rectly from the railroad station to the hospital and was then believed to be dying.
 Charles Bernard, treasurer of the Walter L. Main shows, was attacked by a sudden illness in a tent on the shcw grounds yesterday and soon be- came insensible. He was taken in a carriage to the Lemon hotel, where it was believed for a time he was going to die. He recovered slightly in the afternoon and though he was pro- nlcunced out of danger last night, he was still a very sick man.
 Manager Goodell of the Western Union received letter on Sunday from J. c. Witt, the night operator who left here a month ago to visit his wife, who was seriously ill at Pensacola, Fla Mr. Witt is at Gal weston and writes that he is tied up on the Pirate island by the yellow fever quarantine and will re turn to Phoenix as soon as it is lifted. w. L. Halsey, who left Phoenix early in the sum mer, is in the hospital with the 'dengue," a type of yellow fever, but
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 At the First Baptist church last Sunday the service was under the di- rection of the Baptist Young Peoples Union. The subject was the Chatta- nooga convention Mir. L. W. Coggins read a selection from the brilliant discourse of Rev. Carter Helm Jones of Louisville, Ky, on Person Not Proxy" MT. B. T. Gillette gave an excellent address on the Solution of excellent address on the ''Salutation i of the Flags" Miss Mary E.. Halsey read an admirable paper on the Con secraticn Service.' Mrs. Coggins, i Mrs. Thompson MT Gillette and MT. Coggins sang the Tennessee Vel l come' song, which was written for the 1 convention. A collection was taken for the mission work of the society.
 MT. Sol Seeligsohn of Seeligsohn Bros, proprietors of the "Nonpareil'' gents furnishing establishment of 1 Tucson, spent Sunday and yesterday | in Phoenix. He intended to stay only one day. but this was his first visit and he saw so much to admire that he delayed his going. In all his travels up and down the coast he says Phoe- nix is the most beautiful and surpris- ing town he has seen. It is only fair, therefore, to say something nice of MT. Seeligsohn and it can be said truthfully, he is enc of the best fel- lows that ever came to town. He is, by the way, a brother of Mr. Abe Seeligsohn, editor of the Progress, D San Francisco, the leading Jewish paper published on the coast
 The Arizona mission conference will hold its sixteenth session, beginning | Thursday evening, October ', Bishop John P Newman, D. D. L. L. D., pre- siding. The following is the pro- gramme: Thursday evening, 7:30 o'clock, Bishop Newman will give an address, followed by the sacrament of the Lords supper. Friday, g a. m., business session; 3 p. m., committee