Arizona republican., 1898-01-13

tonight.
 G. F. Lampey has made various i'm
 provements in his establishment. He
 has recently added twenty feet of
 new floor space
 At brief session of the district court yesterday the case against Jos eph Deck for adultery, was dismissed l on motion of his counsel, Attorney ] General Frazier. Once upon a time the Deck scandal was the sensation of the hour in Phoenix. but that was | long ago.
 Word reached this city yesterday | that A. L. Barber, who recently eloped with the wife of William King, of this city, and who left a number of small i creditors disconsolate, had been To- cated i-, Ell Paso, where the police or any one else sufficiently interested could find him.
 Evidently the creamery business in Phoenix is larger than most people know of, as is shown in the report of Manager Emery Keys of the Maricopa Creamery company for the past ten months. The figures are 100000 pounds l of butter and 17,994 pounds of cheese made; milk bought and received, G,t K. i $23, ,0O0.
 Algernon Dove has come back to i the Phoenix chain gang He is better !, known as the Babe" He came down from Prescott yesterday along with forty-three ex-railroad employees and nine gallons of Skull Valley whisky The Babe" was not sober when brought before Recorder Jobs, but he is sober now and will remain SO for at least four days-the extent of his fine.
 Three hobos were sentenced to thirty days each by Recorder Jobs yesterday. One of them, H. D. Stoul- fer, told wierd tale about being haunted by wicked detective from Peru, Ind, who follows him about, placing irresistible 1icentious tempta- tions before him. For the next month, at least, MT. Stoulfer will be free from his Nemesis, unless the latter gets himself elected to the chain gang. B. B. Gage was reelected president of the Phoenix National bank at the annual election held on Tuesday, and c. J. Hall, formerly cashier, was chosen vice-president and general manager. The cashiers place will now be filled by c. B. Knox, formerly the teller, and Leslie Larimer will of iciate as teller. The new board of directors consists of J. IA Fleming G. B. Richmond, B. Heyman. T. w. Pemberton, F. s. Belcher, D. M Ferry and F. M. Murphy.
 If the weather permits work will be begun today tc improve the Yuma road. Contractor Redmond Toohey will operate blows on the gravel de- posits near Tempe, and teams will be in readiness to haul gravel That portion of the road beginning at the Santa Fe railroad crossing and extend ing westward mile or more will be given substantial coating of gravel The road is TOW graveled between the Five Points and the railroad. Grand avenue will also be graveled and placed in good condition.
 J. J. Gardiner, the we'll known mill owner and capitalist of this city, met with very serious accident at his mill early yesterday morning. In go- ing down into the basement of the mill, where the water supply pump is located, one of the steps gave way and precipitated MT. Gardiner to the bot tom. He fell on the left side, sus- taining severe internal injuries. Drs Stroud and Lang attended him, and for many hours his life was despaired of. Late in the evening he was rest ing quietly and the physicians believe that he will recover.
 A regular session of Phoenix lodge | No. 335, B. P. O. E., was we'll attended last evening, the occasion being the | initiation of Hon. B. E. Elli1wood | After the gentleman. had taken the degrees, he spoke in feeling terms, expressing qualification upon becoming a member of the order, after which 1 Judge Barnes of the Tucson lodge of Elks made made an interesting ad l dress. A banquet was spread and | throughout the evening all present 1 enjoyed themselves as only Elks can. On the last Wednesday evening of the
 month ladies' social will be held.
 S. P. Behan of Prescott, general live stock agent for the Santa Fe, Prescott & Phoenix railroad, arrived here yes l terday. He says the shipments are
 quiet at present, and that the heavy
 rains in California are not viewed with favor by the local feeders. However,
 there is every prospect for even bet l ter cattle trade this year than during the one just closed. There was fatter
 mutton in the Salt River valley last 1 year much earlier than anywhere else
 in the counry. The sheep shipments | for '97 on the road represented by MT
 Behan. aggregated 200 double decked carloads, and 300 carloads are expect
 ed this year.
 Ex-Chairman E. o. Stratton of the
 territorial livestock board presented
 his resignation as a member of the | board to Governor McCord yesterday
 afternoon. It was accepted. but his
 successor was not appointed and the
 appointment will probably not be
 immediately made. MT. Stratto1 was
 made chairman of the present board
 upon its organization last summer
 There were rumors of a serious friction
 between Chairman Stratton on one
 side and Messrs. Barnes and Marshall
 on the other. A short time ago the
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