Arizona republican., 1898-08-17
LOCAL NEWS BREFS
Small Paragraphs of Gen.
 erdI Local Interest.
News of PhOenix and Tributary Re- zion. The DOingS of PeopIe and Other Matters.

l. d. 1. gagged in preparing three dozen badges for the military lodge now at Whipple Barracks.
 J. w. Benham yesterday received letter from his father, A. M. Benham, of Oakland, in which he said he had been selected by Congressman Hilborn Of the Third district to manage his campaign.
 Deputy Sheriffs Bush and Black Of Coconino county came in on Monday night with four prisoners sentenced to the penitentiary at the late term of court at Flagstaff. The officers took them on to Yuma last night.
 Dudley Lee, the son of Mrs. J. W. Evans, was thrown from his horse on North Second avenue yesterday and painfully, if not seriously injured. He fell on the back of his head. He was taken to the Hotel Adams and pur under the charge of professional nurse. Major and Mrs. Evans are now at Coronado Beach.
 A. P Snowman, administrator of the estate of A. St. John Gaylord, yester- day brougrt an attachment suit against the Highland Land and Water company for $1,103.63 This is to cover the salary of the late MT. Gay lord for services as manager and for money which he advanced to the com pany. The period comprised was be- tween March ), 1895. and his death less than a year ago.
 A short time before Captain w o. O'Neill went out with the Rough Riders he took out s10,000 policy in the New York Life Insurance com pany. A rumor was lately circulated that the company would oppose pay ment. A telegram was received yes terday from General R. Allyn Lewis, who is now in New York. that the re- port was a malicious falsehOod and that a check for the amount of the policy was sent out on the very day that proofs of death were received.
 Mr H. H. Morrison, head salesman for the Alkire Dry Goods company left last night for the east. He will be met at Ash Fork by MT. Frank AL kire, the president Of the company They will go to St. Louis and thence to Chicago Cincinnati. Boston. Phil adelphia and New York. They intend to buy the most mammoth stock Of goods ever brought to Arizona and will he absent about six weeks. Tn the meantime Secretary George AL kire of the company will remain ir charge of the business.
 The territorial board of equalization finished it's work yesterday and ad iourned. Secretary Cooper is now CT gagged in compiling figures and vii have them put into presentable shaI ? some time today. He has discovered this though. that the total valuation year it was s30,613, ,702S1. The fol- lowing is the average valuation Horses, S1824; mules, $2273: cattle s10.41; goats, S2; hogs. S2.70; asses, s6.77: sheep. $2; land, $1.56 per acre: railroads, s.5170. 44h4443 fur44 shrdd railroads. S5,07102
 Messrs. E. E. Ellinwood of Flagstaff and J. c. Herndon and H. D. Ross of Prescott arrived in town last night They have come to form a syndicate with Col. J F. Wilson, who has been on the ground about week, for buy ing George Hamlin's famous and justly celebrated Relief mine Immediately after their arrival they engaged in consultation with prominent demo- cratic experts in dips, spurs, angles and tunneling regarding the property The deal will be closed simultaneously with the adjournment of the 1emO cratic county convention tomorrow.
 Jesus Orosco was tried in Justice Johnstone's court yesterday for ere ating a general disturbances of the peace in the southeastern part of town. He was sent to jail for sixty days. He had particularly interfered with the peace of a storekeeper named Alva- rado. who threw a stone at him with so great accuracy that great gash was cut in his face. When the officers arrived in a carri9ge Orosco had fled into the country and was getting away George McDonald unhitched one of the horses, mounted it and overlook him Orosco resisted, but was overcome and brought back to town. .f
 An attack of laziness probably saved the life of Charles Barnett and his family yesterday morning. During the warm weather the Barnett, family nas been sleeping on cots in the front yard. In the morning the cots are put on an adjacent porch. When Mr Barnett went home on Monday night ne did not feel strong enough to put the cots out on the grass sandithe fam fly went to bed on the porch. They were aroused the next morning with an impression that theshodse was fall ing down. The next instant an in furiated COW attached to a post four; or five inches. in diameter tore through a wire fence and swept through the yard The ..- post famed the air like aS gigantic fail. .The route of the COW took in the part of the yard where the Rarnetts would, have been sleep