Arizona republican., 1898-07-03
GRAHAM COUNTY.

Toe OIney is now running a butch CT shop at Stafford, at the Jim LaSsa- ter stand.
 Brig Lee broke his thresher last Sunday while at work on the rancn ol E. L. Tidwell.
 Hal Dorsey and Bill Hart of Cllfton orc on a hunting trip in the Black river country.
 Mrs W. P. Birohfeld left Solomon vile last Saturday for Globe, wnere she will visit her parents.
 Windmiller of the firm Of Wlnd- miller and Stratton was in the county seat on business the other day
 w. H. Parks was at Whitlock clen- aga last week looking after his stock interests. He says there was one gooa rain in that vicinity.
 Quite a number of people from the Gila valley will spend the Fourtn at Clifton. Others are preparing to Vlsle Globe.
 A A. Schwerin left Solomonville Monday for Williams. where he has decided to make his future nome. MI rs' Schwerin will follow later.
 There was much damage done to the wheat crops in the Gila valley py the high winds last week. Some reports nut the same at 25 per cent.
 The new thresher recently purchas- cd by Arturo Elias began work 1ues- day on the ranch of Vicente Suarez. This machine is one of the best maoe and is doing good work
 Sheriff Birchfield of Solomonville re- turned from Clifton last Friday. He says patriotism is running high ln that town and the Fourth of July celebra- tion will be a grand and glorious aI- fair.
 J.F. Judia has been blowing corn this week with an old fashioned "dou- b]e-shoyel' such as he used to folloW hack in Tennessee MT. Judla says the habit of allowing corn to go uncui- tiyated comes from 1aZiness-
 Walter Brarney met with a serious accident last week, being conslderaDiy scratched and bruised by a runaway He was working fractlous team to binder when in some way they so' the start of him and run away Tne machine was badly smashed
 Jobn Damron met with rather ser ious accident a few days ago at Thatcher. He runs a. barber shop ana had placed an open razor on shell. In some way he knocked the razor Ire m inc shelf and the blade struck his hand. severing the main leader or the second finger near the knuckle.
 MT. and Mrs. George H. Kelly, Miss Jennie Kelly and Mrs. w. 5. Kelly started Thursday for Los Angeles anu other noints on the coast, where they will remain until September. MISS Jsnnie Parks and Mrs. Ben Olney Will also go to the coast aDout the middle of July to remain for several weeks
 Rev. J. L. Mel. Gardiner of Solo- knoxville preached a very able sermon in the Presbyterian church last Sunday to 4 good sized audience. MT. Gardl- ner is one of the ablest as well as one of the most earnest ministers in the southwest. Being in very poor heaitn' however. he is unable to pursue ms oulnit work as he would like to do.
 T. D. Morris has been erecting some lumber houses in the rear ct the Soio- knoxville blacksmith shop. The Dulio- ings were taken down at Geronihoo U and moved there. They will be useo as warehouses. work shops, etc. MT. Morris has his shop now arranged con yeniently for handling all kinds ol work.
 On Sunday evening Miss Bertha Nesse will be married to Mr. Charies Whitman of Clifton at the nome oI her parents in SolomonVllle MISS Bertha was born and raised ln GraEanl county and has been always very pop uIar with her acqualntances- MT Whitman holds responsible posltloh in the teaching plant or the Arizona Conner company and is a well respect cd voung man. On the day following the marriage the happy couple Will g to Clifton where they will reside III the future.
 Charles F. Solomon of Solomonville and Miss Mary Futile of Stafford last Sunday visited the camp of James Mar tin and family ten miles southwest ol Solomonyille in the Graham mountain foothills. Charley had heard of cave in that vicinity and went out to ex- nlore it in search of relics of prehls- toric inhabitation. He found nothing of conseouence, but MT. Martin founc in the cave well preserved pieces ol cloth. resembling very much pieces ol
  dwellings on Bonita creek, eighteen miles north of Solomonvllle.
 Last Friday when Dr. Lacy Of Solo knoxville was going up the river In his cart he discovered the wooden fium' recently built across the wash this sld' of San Jose to be on fire about thf center, burning on top. He had notn ing to carry water in except his sum mer straw hat but he went to wori with a will carrying water from pond near by. He checked the hame and then hurried to San Jose ana SC cured two men who assisted ln th complete extinguishment of the fire Dr. Lacy thus saved the canal com pany over one hundred dollars, bu ruined his 50-cent hat. The cana company was not ungrateful and pre- sented the doctor with a new $7 hat
 PIMA COUNTY.
 Heavy rains in the mountains oi