Arizona republican., 1898-09-18
News of the Town

l IN PROBAIE COURl.- Letters or administration on the estate Of Will
 liam r. Spaeth were issued yesterday
 to Weston D. Baker.
 SCHOOL ENROLLMENT.- The en- irollment of the grade schools of Phoe- nix for the first week numbers S29
 pupils. This is a larger number than has ever before been accommodated
 and the school board finds itself, 1t is
 stated, in need of two more instructors for the sixth and seventh grades. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Rev
 Lapsley McAfee of Kansas City will
 preach at the Presbyterian church to-
 day and next Sunday. MT. McAfee is prominent in the educational work of the church and is connected with
 Park college, Mo. He was obliged to bring lis wife, who is in i'll health, to the southwest. He has been given charge indefinitely of the mission work at Solomonville
 BAPTIST CHURCH. There will be th4 usual services today at the First Baptist church, corner of Second av-
 enue and Jefferson street. Preaching by the pastor, Rev. Lewis Halsey, D. D., II a. m. and 7:S0 p. m.; morning text, Philippians 2:S "He humblel: himself;' evening theme, ''The Chris tiar's Ownership of All Things"
 bible school, 9:45 a. m.; B. Y. P. U., 6:30 p. m. All are cordially welcome. RED CROSS MEETING.-The mem bers of the Red Cross society are re- quested to meet at headquarters Mon day evening at : o'clock to discuss ways and means of entertaining the members of Col. McCord's regiment on it's arrival in the city. Mrs. Young, the president of the society. is anxious that there shall be large attendance at the meeting, to the end that the regiment may get the best possible u 1eatment during it's short stay in the city.
 M E. CHURCH.-Services today at the Firs; Methodist Episcopal church. corner ot Second avenue and Monroe street (E. D. McCreary. pastor), as fol- Jews: Sunday school, 9:45 a. m.; morning service, Il g. .m.; topic, Great Expectations; class meeting 12:15 p. m.; meeting of Epworth League, 6:45 p. m.; leader, Miss Retta Thompson; topic, The Wheat and the Tares;" evening service, 7:45 p. h.; topic, Pleasant Pathways" All services will be held in the basement Mid
 week prayer service, Wednesday, I7:30 p. m.
 A RELATED TRAIN. The west bound train on the Southern Pacific was nine hours late yesterday and Su-
 perintendent Porter ran a special to Maricopd to meet it, leaving here at 12:30 o'clock. MT. Porter acted as con-
 ductor and took with him a merry party of Phoenix people, a1non., them
 belng Judge and Mrs. J. H. Kibbey.
 Miss Norton, Mrs. Leonard, MT. and Mrs. M H. Williams and A. A. Whit uey, Pacific coast agent for the Os- borne Moving Machine company. AL though MT. Whitney is mentioned last on the list Le IS not the least, as he stands six feet two inches high and welghs 275 pounds.
 A RUNAWAy-An exciting run away occurred on Grand avenue near town at noon yesterday, an unknown gentleman and his wife and little girl narrowly escaping serious injury. The three persons were driving along leisurely and did not notice 9. runaway wood team approaching them from the rear. The first intimaeion they had of any danger was when the horses ccllided with the Tear oe their vehicle. One of the animals ran into the space between the buggy bed and the rear wheel, landing with his two front feet over the rear axle. The wagon pole struck the buggy and threw the occu- pants out. The collision stepped --le runaways and the victims of the acci- dent found on picking themselves up that they were not injured. It is supposed that the runaway horses en- deavored to pass the buggy, but failed to work together, each pulling to the opposite side.
 RECEIVE THE ROUGH RIDERS Governor Murphy is agitating the matter of giving the Arizona Rough | Riders" a proper reception on their return home New Mexico is arrang- ing a demonstration in favor of her contingent of this now world famous regiment. The governor believes that the reception should be made a part of the celebration of the restoration Of the flag of the regiment. The matter cannot be undertaken too early. There must be committees appointed and con- tributiOns raised to meet the necessary expenses of the demonstration. The governor yesterday telegraphed to Lieutenant-Col Brodie at Camp Wikoff, saying that the people of Ari- zona desired to be informed when the Rough Riders" will return so that suitable arrangements can be made to receive them.
 THE ALMA SCHOOL. The Alma school in rural district south of Mesa City is -apidly taking second place among the schools of the county. In fact, it probably stands next to the Phoenix schools now. Three teachers have been employed for the past year and now it has been found necessary to add one more. Professor Fulton, the principal. was in the city yester- day making arrangements fer additional furniture. The Alma district is not very populous. so that it's prosperity is chiefly drawn from the outside, cir cLmstance wholly due to the action of the trustees in employing the best in- structors obtainable. This is rather hard on the adjoining districts, whose trustees are less enterprising. Since