Arizona republican., 1898-09-01
NEWS
 OF THE
 TOWN

YAVAPAI NOTARY.-A notarial commission was issued yesterday tc Robert B. Burmister of Prescott.
 CAUGHT IN A BELT.-Frank May field an employe of tho Phoenix Light and Fuel company. was caught in 8 belt at the power house yesterday and painfully injured
 THE ALBUQUERQUE FAIR.-The secretary of the Albuquerque Fair as- sociation has issued notice that the Santa Fe system has made a rate o, one fare both ways for race horses.
 THE EPWORTH LEAGUE.- On next Sunday evening at 6:45 o'clock there will be an Epworth league mass meeting at the camp ground which all the young peoples societies of the city are invited to attend The topic will be Missionary Work Come prepared to take part.
 A GUARDED ESTATE Papers were made out in probate court yes terday in the matter of the guardian ship of the estate of ex-County Sur veyor McGinnis. His wife, Lulu T McGinnis, will be guardian. The es- tate, worth about s3,O0O, consists of | ranch property Cn the mesa
 GATES WERE BARRED.- The water was shut out of the Arizona canal for short time yesterday af- ternoon, the canal people anticipating some trouble from an exceedingly heavy rainfall immediately north oi them. The water was shortly after ward turned in the canal again. | PREHISTORIC RELIC.- MT. Pat rick, the civil engineer, who lives or the Tempe road east of town, yester- day found on his premises @ perfectly formed arrow head which Las prob ably lain there from the time of the prehistoric dwellers. MT. Patrick has a large collection of curios of this nature.
 AN INDUSTRIAL PARADE.-The Republican has arranged another in- dustrial paarde for today It will show the people of Phoenix the first carload Of roll paper ever brought to the territory. The parade will start a, i the s. F. P. & P. freight depot be- tween 9 and 10 o'clock and will end a; The Republicans wareroons.
 l EFFECT OF A FALL.-Robert Baker. the little son of Judge Baker who fell from swing on Tuesday anG sustained injuries which it was theB feared might be serious, had nearly recovered from the effect of the fall yesterday. His hearing was slightly affected, but his physician believed that that would shortly be adjusted OFF FOR THE SEASON.-The old time weather prophet is pretty unani- nous in affirming that the hot weather is broken for the summer. He asserts With every show of reason that the general and protracted rains will cool off the earth and atmosphere so ef- i fectually that neither will have 2 chance to get heated up very much during the balance of the season.. THE HOBO COLONY.-The advent of hobos for the present fiscal yea, has already begun without solicitation by the resident immigration ccmmis. sioner. They are coming in in larger numbers than usual at this early stage Of the game, so that the altten t1on of the police has been directed to- ward them. The extent of the colon, next winter is a subject for fearfu ICOuISluQldClON.
 MIR. SCOTT'S WILES.-A very large part of the populace of Phoeni, which had not gone to mountain ol seashore turned out yesterday to wit ness the exciting and edifying spec tacle of Emanuel B. Scott, the pait enemy of the canine race, ensnaring dog at the corner Of Washington ant Center streets. The dog had his sus picions of MT. Scott, but could no withstand his skill and address. H, was captured and led away to slaugn ter.
 RISE IN THE SALT.-Quite a ris in the Salt river was reported yester day. At noon four-tenths of a foo was flowing over the Arizona dam. bu the river at Tempe is said to hay shown rise of three feet, It i thought that most of the water is com ling from the Verde river, as heay- Trains have been reported from Jerom and vicinity during the past three o I four days. AS there is plenty of ir irigating water in the river, the variou lcanals are running bank fuii, regard less Of the usual length of time ac corded them under the pro rata ar rangement.
 A GOOD APPOINTMENT.-Ira I
 Smith was yesterday appointed b
 Governor Murphy assistant superin
 tenGent of the territorial prison t succeed C. J. McCord. Mr. Smith
 appointment was well received fo
 several reasons. One is because he
 one of the best fellows that ever live
 and another more important oEe that he is Q good business man an hustler. He left last night fer Yum accompanied by Dr. G. w. Vickers an F. J. Bennitt of the board of contro
 Mrs. Smith will join her husband , Yuma in about month.
 AN "R" ON THE MOON.-The le
 ter "R" was plainly visible on the fat
 of the moon late on Tuesday nigh
 This was TO illusion nor was it col
 sequence of incorporate drinking. f.
 it was seen from various parts of tow . by many people, most os whom a,
 Good Templars and all of whom a