Arizona republican., 1897-11-17

VIGIL T6pT6SGunueu Stu p1lt CONVtUIlOu last Sunday, as about fifty attended. Miss (Hantie Green, w. w. Green, Francis Banks and Margaret Under hill of Soottsdale, and Charles Nor row, Walter Morrow, Arthur Woolf and Chester Haighler from south of Tempe, altteaded the lecture given by Dr. See at the M B. church of Phoenix.
 w. H. Smith, butcher, of Prescott. bought a car of cattle of Brigham and Hicks which he shipped home this afternoon.
 A. J. Peters will ship tonight two cars of wheat to Tucson
 Four lots of shares of the Tempe and Mesa Produce company, aggre- gatimg fifty-ive i'm all, were sold at auction by Constable Smith in front of Justice Carley's court to the high est bidder. The shares amounted to So50, par value, and were bought by J. A. Hough at 25 per cent, no one else bidding.
 i All members of the A. o. U. w. l lodge and Tempe camp Woodmen Of the World are requested to meet at the hall at 8 o'clock tomorrow morn 1 ing to prepare for the funeral of John S. Richards.
 John Owens, the Pima Indian, car penter, stationary engineer and h. dian interpreter, came in this morn ing from his home at Sacaton. He gave some news in regard to the res ervation. Miss Lizzie Carouse, an Indian girl, who once worked for Mrs. Dameron of Phoenix, took sick last Friday and died Monday morning She was buried at noon tine same day.
 The agent, MT. CleN eland, held a council week ago and read the United States law, which provides that no dancing nor drinking Of 'tis-win" l" shall take place on lthe reservation | Tis-win is a drink made from tn; sahuara cactus. The Indians are we'll pleased with the new agent. The school is doing we'll. The new pupils about eighty in umber, are now talk ing English, and nothing but English Is allowed to be spoken on the school grounds either by the children or their parents. Mir Owens will aid in the carpenter work on the new church at the Salt rdver reservation east cd Tempe. The church will now be com pleted, as it has received funds from the home mission.
 Says the Brockport( N. Y) Demo- l CrdI. MrS. F amnl6 ADeul, WHO mas spent the summer in town with her parents, MT. and Mrs. Henry Black stock, and is Still here, gave birth to a fine compound boy on Fniday last Her home is at Mesa, Arizona, only eighteen miles from Phoenix. Her husband is doi-g a fine business in dhat place and will be pleased to know that he has probable future partner in trade who will share his cares and responsibilities in life. But before that time that 1ourishing state will have gained immensely in popu- lation; it is growing rapidly"
 About 1 o'clock this morning John L. Richards passed away. He had been very sick man for some mon hs and the past few weeks he had been failing rapidly until the end came this morning. One of his last re- quests was that all the ministers ot Tempe be present at his funeral, Rev MT. Hopper to presida The funeral will be conducted by the A. O. U. w. lodge and the Woodmen of the World and will take place tomorrow at the M. B. church at 10 a. m. The inter menlt will be at the Double But e cemetery by the side of his brother Mir. Richards was borne on December 6, 1852, in Rails county, Missouri. He was married to Miss Maude Sholtz ou March IS, 1892.