Arizona republican., 1898-03-22
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 The long felt want of hospital III Williams has been supplied.
 R. NJ Belcher of Prescott is laid NI with la grippe.
 The Home market at Prescott has live lion cub on exhibition.
 H. J. Allen of Jerome left Saturday morning for a brief visit to Los An geles.
 The shearing of the James Walsh and Charles Howard bands of sheeI will begin at Ash Fork on the 25th.
 Among the indictments by the grand jury at Flagstaff last week were those of Thomas Hortegon and Marie Hortgon, his mother, for the murder of a Mexican at Flagstaff.
 The Verde fruit, it is feared, has been nipped in the bud by the last cold weather. But ranchmen say that in this blessed land of sunshine good crop may be brought forth with care.
 Hugh E. Campbell the Flagstaff sheep raiser, passed homeward from Phoenix Wednesday. He has been wintering his sheep on the rich pas ture lands of the Salt River valley Williams News.
 H. S. Mitchell, division superinten dent of the Memphis ROute," with headquarters at Fort Scott, Kansas, is paying his first visit to Prescott. He is an old friend of George M Sargent general passenger agent of the s. F. P. & F. railroad.
 R. K Farnsworth of Williams met with a distressing accident last Mon day While engaged in carpenter work in the upper story of the Sagi nav mills he slipped and fell a dis tance of twenty-five feet, breaking the left arm below the elbow. He is in the care of Dr. F. A. Melick
 Probate Judge Hicks and the other two members of the county board of examiners are engaged this afternoon in trying to unravel a snarl in the management of school affairs in Agua Fria district Nearly every resident in the district is in attendance, while the examination, which is being held in the court room, attracted a large number of spectators.-J Miner.
 Last Saturday afternoon the remains of the late Major E. K. Otey were laid to rest in the new cemetery. The fun eral services were conducted under the auspices of the members of the Knights of Pythias lodge of Jerome, and their beautiful and impressive services were read over the remains at the grave. Jerome claimed Major Otey for one of her earliest pioneers and the United Verde Copper con- pany, at it's very beginning gave him of hi h l, l faithfully for fifteen years. He also served as justice of the peace-Min- ing News.
 Station Agent Berner of Jerome Junction was a visitor in Jerome last week and while here he took a look over the smelter and railroad yard with Agent Budworth. During their trip through the yard they came upon a crew at work excavating. Mir Dud- worth asked what use they were going to make of the hole they were digging. Why" answered the boss of the job i've are going to put dead man in here, also in those other holes you see along the hillside there." My God" exclaimed Berner, convulsively catch ing his companion by the arm and pulling him aside, Bud. do they bury men like that here ?''-Mining News.
 There was a general exodus of Will Hams citizens to Flagstaff last week, called there on court business. The spring term of the Coconino county court opened with an unusually large docket of criminal and civil cases, and this town was drained of its popula- tion for a period. In searching for jurors the officers overlooked very few professions. If they did the wheels of justice would never get in motion Judge Richard B. Sloan of Prescitt is on the bench and the Phoenix and Prescott bar is well represented, among the attorneys from Phoenix being At torney General Frazier. Tobe Johnson and T. G. Norris are in attendance from Prescott and H. F. Ashurst and Al Barry from Williams