Arizona republican., 1898-01-26
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 Fourteen degrees below zero was the record at Whipple Frid..y morn ing
 George Clancy has bsen appointed deputy sheriff of Yavapai county.
 Hesser's Hotel Navajo at Winslow is now a twenty room house, having been enlarged.
 Winslow is to have a Eumber Oi good features, which will make the town more attractive
 Winslow is forging ahead The building for 1898 will exceed that of any two years preceding.
 Miss Alice Houlto1 of Minneapolis, Minn, is visiting relatives in Yuma and the Colorado River valley
 "Baby" Navajo county claims to have the lightest delinquent tax list of any county in the territory
 c. R. Matthews, who was badly in jured in the tunnel collapse, is doing well at the Albuquerque hospital.
 The Benson public school under the efficient mana cement of Prof. M. K. Sipe is in a fourishing condition.
 George Fleming. brother of the postmaster, arrived from Little Rock, Ark, last week and has located in Williams.
 The board of supervIsors of Pinal county in session last week found a balance in the treasurer's office Of $1O,35S.18.
 On the night of Feb. 22nd the Philomathean society will give an en- tertainment for the benefit of the Benson public schools.
 Miss Lawlor of Los Angeles has ac- cepted a. position as typewriter in the office of the State of Arizona Improve ment company at Yuma.
 The s. P. company is making need ed improvements in the Benson yards. When completed it will have track capacity for 400 cars.
 The saloon of John McWilliams burned at Challender, ten miles east of Williams last week. Stock and everything was destroyed, including the proprietor's best suit of clothes.
 Foreman Joe Golden of La Fortuna mine returned last week from an ex- tended trip to his old home in Penn sylvania MT Golden's bride will reach La Fortuna in a few weeks.
 Miss Mary Elizabeth Hersperger has become sister of the Episcopal or der of Sisters of the Broken Heart," having taken the VOWS of sisterhood in San Francisco. Miss Hersperger is well known in Nogales where she for merly lived.
 A bloody battle was fought at Gas tie Dome Friday which rcsu ted in the serious wounding of three men. Two of the participants were brought down this morning and lodged in the ce1fnty jail, one with a bullet hole Trough his arm and the other carrying d load of buck shot in his face.
 The Santa Fe, Prescott & Phoenix railroad crossed the Agua Fria Janu- ary, 1895. and reached Phoenix in March following, the event be ng celebrated there with great demon stration in this town that lasted three days.-Williams News Kindly c7r- rect, MT. News man, and say the jubi- lee occurred at Phoenix.
 Both the Saginaw and Dennis lum- Der companies report an unprece- dented demand for lumber and citrus frul. boxes. The present boom in lumber here and on the Pacific coast will be followed by a great demand for timber lands. The clear Arizona lumber is in excellent favor in Cali fornla, where it is used for interior finish in the finest dwellings. IL finds a better sale than the celebratef sug3r pine Williams News.
 The largest ice and cold storage plant in Arizona will be a fact before the hot season is fairly under way. according to the Tucson Star, and it is 1o be located in the old pueblo. The building is 1cOx60 feet. walls K teen inches thick, capacity twenty tons daily. cost $25 .OOO Tucson cap:- tai will be invested The incorpora- tors are N. W. Bernard. Georg: Pusch. John Zellawager and Fred Pistor. A. C. Bernard is the secretary and gen. eral manager Of the Tucson Ice and Cold storage company.
 Snould the water works and sew craze system of Prescott be put in shape in time to commence construc- ton this summer, the town will wit ness one of the liveIiest periods in it's existence up to date, and one which will continue for some time to come. The building of the Prescott and southeastern railway is prac .ically an assured fact, and this work. in cen nect1on with the force required to con- Slruct the water works ard sewerage would add to the prosperity of the place. But these two enr erpr;zes would by no means be all that will be in progress. Just as soon as Il is known that Prescott is to have a re- liable water works system and sewer age, two or more large business blocks would be erected, and there is no doubt that other enterprises of a similar nature would be inaugurated. Already the outlook for considerable building during the coming summ CT is good, and that Prescott is On the eve of a better era there can be no doubt. It is only a question of a few years until it becomes the Den yer of AriZona.-Journal-M