Arizona republican., 1898-03-06

was appointed inspector at Redding- ton in Pima county.
 The ladies of the First M. E. church south will give a dinner on the 12th oi this month for the benefit of their society. The place will be annou1c- q later.
 The primary department of the Presbyterian Sunday school Will give an entertainment in their church next Thursday evening, March 10 Ad- mission, 25 cents.
 Sam Torres of Florence arrived in the city yesterday to purcha.e ma terial for Spanish newspaper to be started there. The only other paper une.
 The funeral of Eugene Campbell cc- cured at ? o'clock yesterday afternoon from the rooms of the Phoenix Under taking company. It was well at tended, for m his life time the man who was dead had acquired a great measure of regard in Phoenix.
 The only business transacted in the board of supervisors office yes e. day was to furnish transportation to Fl Paso for an indigent tourist. It cost the county nothing and under an ar engagement between the county and the railroad companies it cost the tourist only half price.
 The returns of the cencus marshal show the children of school age in this district to number 1,425. As to color, they are distributed as follows: White, male, 721; white, female, TAO; colored, male, 10; colored, female, f. There is an increase of 122 over the showing of year ago.
 Yesterday was law day in district court, but the session was adjourned immediately after converting in re- spect to the memory of Judge Perley It was announced, however, that Judge Street would sit in this county from March 14 to March 2S, after which he will go to Yuma to try cases in that county.
 It has been suggested to The Re publican that the Pioneer band ought to include just now a potpourri of national airs, for at no time since the civil war has the northern part of the country been so stirred by patriotic sentiment as now, and never since the event of Lexington eliminating iD the event of Yorktown has the who,e country been so stirred.
 A ghost dance will be the kind of entertainment enjoyed by the Lea and friends of tn local tribe Improved Order of Red Men at their social ses sion tomorrow night, March ', in their hospitable wigwam at the corner O. Adams street and First avenue. The great chiefs wish all who love the amusement to be present, and have been very active the past week d.s tributing invitations. They have se- cured the best dance orche s-ra on the coast, and an enjoyable entertain mrnt is anticipated.
 If the Chinese accomplish noth- ing else in this country, they ought [, be tolerated on account of the d.s- couragement they hold out to pro prietors of policy games. Yesterday morning a Mongolian with $1.50, on an eight spot, hit the Palace policy game for $1,OS0. A couple of weeks ago the same game was touched in che day for more than $-1,200. These losses are calculated to make the own CTS of the game scringe and even swear, but they will not discontinue. They know that the game has been built to win and will do so eventually in spite of Chinese invasion.
 The Republican received railroad bicycle yesterday which it will operate in connection with the MaricOpa & Phoenix & Salt River Valley railroad system. This innovation will in TO way interfere with the service of the system, for Conductor Zander, who has charge of the bicycle, is bound by an agreement with the aforesaid rail road company to sidetra \ his vehicle for all regular and extra M. & P. trains He will be furnished with week. time cards informing him of any change in the schedule. He is a so bound by the agreement not to run his bicycle at a speed of more than forty miles an hour, thereby throwine 2 reflection upon the service of the reg ular trains.
 A meeting of the Maricopa Bar as sociation was held yesterday in the matter of the death of Judge Peleg Stone Perley. Judge A. c. Baker was chairman and R. w. Pearson, secre- tary. Captain W. A. Hancock was appointed a committee of one to SC lect pail bearers. and a committee ot five was appointed to draft Sso IL tions of regret and sympathy. The committee is composed Cf J. B. Wood
 ward, chairman; Captain w. A. Han
 cock, c. F. Ainsworth, Jerry Millay
 and Joseph fl. Kibbey. This com 1 mittee will report at 9:25 tomorrow
 morning and the report will be pre- scented in open court and spread upor the minutes. The association resolved
 to meet this afternoon at 2:30 o'cloc} l to attend the funeral, which W Il cccu | from the family residence at o'c.ccA The Phoenix Herald is inclined tt ] indignation because it received al
 Associated Press report stating tha
 the divers engaged in inves igat:ns | the wreck of the Maine had been de
 tered by reason of rain. The Hec aids inference seems to be that tn | divers were afraid of getting wet