Arizona republican., 1898-10-15
NEWS
 OF THE
 TOWN

A NEW NOTARY-EmmaA A. Mile. Of Tucson has been commissioned no tary public.
 AT DEATHS DOOR-M N. Bell the barber, is lying at the point of death of consumption. For the last two days his death has been expected almost hourly.
 HOTTER THAN THE FIRE.-James H. Griffin returned last night from a business trip to JerOme. He says that camp is the busiest place he ever saw. It is a hotter town than it was during the fire which wiped it off the map. Some idea of the gait at which Jerome is going may be gathered from the fact that a man yesterday let a contract for building a livery stable, and bound the contractor with an iron-clad clause to have it finished in twenty days. HARQUA HALA MINING.- John Agard, the well known mining man and principal owner Of the Agard mine in the Hraqua Halas, is in town for the first time in a year. Without say ing anything about his own property he said that the vicinity of Ehrenberg and Harrisburg was destined to be- come the best mining region in Ari- zona- This was going to come about before long, One of the most promis- ing properties there is that of the Martin brothers.
 LIVELY AT BISBEE.-MeTritt Hob sen of Mesa was found dead in bed at Bisbee yesterday morning It was as- certained that he had committsd sui eide by taking Rough on Rats. His brother at Mesa was notified of his death by telegraph yesterday. That was net all that happened at Bisbee. Sam Bass, youth of 20, died from in iecting too much morphine into his system, and Tom Drysdals, a form 1T resident of Phoenix, shct and danger ouly wounded a man named Norman Turban.
 HAHRPIES OF THE BLOCK The harpies of the block are landing upon the effects Of the late Minnie Powers and carrying them. A prostitute by the name of Pearl set up an informal claim to couple of pUrlfers and other furniture and took them away. She said she owned them. A male com panion named Slim Jim" pretended to be the owner of a horse and cart belonging to the dead woman, and took it. Neither of these parties have ever had enough wealth of any sort to keep them properly supplied with whisky and morphine A warrant will likely be issued against them for steal ing.
 ENOUGH, BUT NO MORE "I would not take s1,000 for my expsri- ence," said T. F. Grindell, the re- turned Rough Riders," last night. Then he added that ne would not un- dergo it again fer anothar thousand from which it is concluded that he has had just enough. Sergeant Grindell added that he would not enter upon a military career again unless he be- lieved the nation was really in paril He is still shcrt fifteen pounds of his normal weight, but he has no doubt that he will soon be up to the mark. He has gained seventeen pounds Tn ten days and the robustness of his ap- petite insures the early making up cf the rest of the deficit.
 DISTRICT COURT In distric; court yesterday Jose Romero in the case of the village of Tempe vs. Ro- nero, was convicted and fined S5. This was an appeal case from the police court in which the defendant was ccn- victed of using improper language On the street. The evidence did not show that the offense was aggravated and the light sentence was only a recogni- tion Of the authority of the police court in such matters. The case of the ter ritcry vs. Harmon was continued to ] November 1. In the case Of the Ham mond Typewriter company vs. Pinney | a motion by the plaintiff to strike oui counter claim and one by the de fendant to dismiss, were argued anl submitted.
 GOT OFF THE TRACK George Fifeld, the hack driver, took his ac- | customed stand at the s. F. P. & P depot last night. His stand occupies { part Of the first track But the trair was late, the northbcund train ha( gene cut and the southbound was com 1 ing in on the same track. The s. F. P & P. management had neglected to in form Mir. Fifeld of the change of rcut, and though he saw the engine bearing 1 down upon him he did not move, for hs had nc official notification to vacate tn, i track. bystander pointed out t; him that the train was on the sam, track and that he ought to get of
 otherwise he might derail the engine MT. Fifi5ld accepted the advice enthusi astically and moved away just in tim
 to save the cowcatcher from sericu
 damage.
 GAME COMMISSIONERS. = Jchl McCarty and J. K. Day have been ap pointed fish and game commissioner for Arizona. Tha new commissioner know more about game, especially bi' game, than anybody else in the terri tory. Heretofore the duties cf com
 missioner have not been cnerous l There was nothing tc do but draw sal
 aries and make reports. It is no
 within the memory of any man nCv | living that a report was ever subn-i it