Arizona republican., 1898-04-19

J. H. Heinsohn left last night for San Francisco over the s. r. P & F.
 Among last nights passengers on the north and south road was H. A. Thorp, for Chicago.
 Charles Grove, who shut himself at Wilson's secondhand store on Sun day night, was getting along nicely yes terday.
 Suit for divorce was begun in dis trict court yesterday by Jennie Smith against her husband, John ". Smith. The ground is desertion and failure 10 support. The parties were married in the state of Washington sixteen years ago.
 Thomas Dowd, late superintendent I of the Grown Point mine, left last night for San Francisco with his Wife. They will sail thence for the K1ondyke. MT. and Mrs. Dowd were married here less than a week ago. They were as companied by E. W. Martin.
 The painting of the outside of the court house was begun yesterday. The cornice and all the exterior wood work will be painted a rather brilliant green and the brick work very pro nounced red. When the jCb is fin ished the court house will be brighter i than it il; now, but it will not look quite SO cool.
 Late yesterday afternoon the regis tration in the Second and Fourth l wards amounted to 329, little more 1 than half the voting strength. Some of the registration officers had, how ever, not reported. The business of enrolling voters was intended to be kept up until midnight, so that the complete result of the registration | will not be made known until today. A novel entertainment for the ben eft of the free library will be given at the park theater on Friday night, April ! P, under the auspices of the Friday club. The play of Ruth" will Le pre- ! sented. Manager Pratt has given the i club the free use of the theater build ing. Thus is afforded an opportunity to the liberal minded people of "hoe- nix to show their appreciation Of this useful movement.
 Says the Holbrook Argus of the last 1 issue: We acknowledge the receipt of a neat pamphlet containing the pub lie addresses of Governor Myron H. McCord, delivered by him since his in- auguration July 29, 1897. His pro | ductions are scholarly and brimming with mature thought and reflection. After careful perusal one cannot re- frain from feeling that behind them is man possessing, in an eminent 1 degree, the qualities of the scholar, the | statesman and the patriot
 | The work of paving Washington street in front of the city hall was be- l gun yesterday, or rather the work of l getting ready to pave was begun. A l siX-hOrse blow was used to tear up the ground, which had been beaten down by horses hoofs and wagon tires for third of a century. The tearing up also released a variety of smells which had been accumulating for 1 thirty years, so that the oldest of the old timers said they were reminded of the earliest days. It will be necessary to remove from six to eight inches of the surface to make room for the gravel.
 Recorder Sheridan who returned last Sunday from a rodeo on the Verde, said yesterday that on the first two or three nights of the roundup they were troubled great deal by pears visiting the camp. They seemed to be looking for something or somebody who was not there. Finally they went away and were seen no more. The cowboys concluded they were looking for Billy Cook of this city with a purpose to take revenge on him for having slaugh- tered burro some time ago and palming it of on his neighbors for bear meat.
 Archibald Parrott arrived yesterday from Portland, Ore, to receive the re- mains of his brother, Walter E. Par rott, who died at the Sisters hospital on Thursday night. Undertaken Davis assisted the young man in all the details necessary to transfer, etc. Mrs. Bayler, Mrs. Keenan, Mir. Pittock, former acquaintances of the deceased s
 parents, and several ball players were
 present when the remains were taken
 from the undertaker's parlors to the
 Maricopa train. Young Archibald
 Parrott will travel west by the South
 ern Pacific and go north via Sacra-
 mento to Portland.
 The case of the Gila Bend Reservoir f and Irrigation company, plaintiff in error, vs. w. H. Linn ct al, was ar f gued in the United States supreme I court last week Thursday. James H f Hayden represented the plaintiff ir , error, and F. D. McKenney repre esentel the defendant in error. Until the de- l cision is handed down, the parties in
 terested, and there are many in thi:
 valley, must possess themselves stil
 longer with the same patience the,
 have been obliged to exhibit for sev : eral years past. The rendition of tht 2 decision will be the signal for the re l awakening of life in that formerl, ]. wide-awske little town. Gila Bend.
 Rev. F. M. Lumpkin of Peoria, III.
 delivered an interesting free lectur,
 on travel at the First Methodist churcl O last night. The speaker took his au
 dience with him from Chicago to Den
 yer, thence to Pueblo, Salt Lake, Sal . Francisco, Portland and Vancouver
 whence an ocean voyage on theEmpres
 of China was begun. The first land
 ing place was Japan. The dress
 manners and customs and eXtraordl . 1 nf bo