Arizona republican., 1898-02-16
|An Over AriIzona|

Washin gton's birthday.
 l. G. McGeath. capitalist of Omaha was in Prescott Saturday.
 F. T. La Prade is building three res idences for rent at Winslow.
 Twenty-two below zero was Flag. staff's weather record in January.
 A. M. Conard, the Williams bottle1 and beer agent, is in Los Angeles tem- porarily.
 C. A. Greenlaw of Flagstaff is in Los Angeles to spend few days with his family.
 Zamlock, the magician, will be in Williams, Feb 23 and will exhibit for three nights.
 Miss Frances Allen, teacher of the Big Sandy school in Mohave county, died recently.
 The Saginaw mills dry kiln, just put in, will dry 25,0OO feet of finished lumber in a day.
 L. H. Tolfree, proprietor of the New Bank hotel of Flagstaff was in Los Angeles yesterday.
 Surveyors are at work on the Barba- comari grant establishing the bound aries of that grant.
 w. s. Head has the. material on the ground to build a stone residence at his place near Camp Verde.
 It was a d-off-three births and an equal number of marriages-be- tween Feb. and 12 at Flagstaff
 Fred Aver, son of J. E. Aver, snuff fled off this mortal coil at Pine Springs. Coconino county, last week.
 Supt. Damron has apportioned $1,105.41, the amount of money re- ceived in Graham county for school purposes.
 All Arizona papers have good words to say of Robert E. Morrison. the re- gently appointed United States district attorney.
 Ed Roth of Los Angeles, formerly of Roth & Co.,. liquor dealers of San Francisco, is in NOgales and may go into business.
 Assistant Superintendent F. T. As pinwall returned to office duties at the prison after four months stay in the fuel cutting camp.
 R. w. Wood, the former well known Tombstonian, and still largely inter- ested there, has opened an auction house in Los Angeles.
 Edward Hale has been awarded the contract for making signs, naming and numbering the streets of Tucson and receives S251 for the work.
 Willie, son of c. R. Drake of Tucson, has been promoted to second lieu tenancy in the military organization at Mathews hall, San Mateo, Cal.
 The permanent population of Flag staff is estimated at fifteen hundred souls. In less than six months it will be increased to two thOusand.-Gem.
 The spring crop of candidates seems to have shown up at Flagstaff ahead of other towns who have horde in wait ing to launch themselves upon the dear voters.
 There are seventy-seven railroad men employed at Nogales including Wells Fargo men, not including Mexi- cans and they represent and speak fif- teen languages.
 MT. Charles Donofrio, one of Phoe- nix's prosperous business men, and lately of Jerome, was in Nogales sev- eral days the past week looking for business location.
 w. D. Elliott, H. G. Chapman and B. N. Carlin, practical well borers, left Albuquerque to commence well sink luS at pOlut uSdI IGdCu OpTluRS, for the Santa Fe Pacific.
 Hon. Frank Hart is laying the foun- dation for three brick cottages in the western portion of Winslow These cottages are to be finished with all the modern improvements.
 Capt. L. w. Mix of Nogales is hay ing the old frame buildings opposite the electric light works torn down and will soon erect in their stead a mag nificent two story structure.
 It is now known who is the prettiest young lady in Yuma for the Sentinel has announced the fact, as witness: Miss Abilene Nelson, the prettiest and most popular young lady in Yuma, paid the Sentinel office pleasant call this morning.
 J. B. Duffy, formerly a clerk in the office of the general passenger agent of the s. F. P. & F., railroad, and later in the same office of the Atlantic & Pa cific, is now located at San Jose, Cal, as passenger agent of the Santa Fe Pacific railroad.
 Among those who took part in the production of the "Gi1ded Fool' at Flagstaff last week were T. B. Pollock, vice president of the Arizona bank; Mrs. T. A. Riordan, E. A. Sliker, F. C.. Hockdoffer and Miss Gertrude Tolfree, all of the 400.
 Mayor J. w. Francis of Flagstaff returned Wednesday from trip to Phoenix. He says that the people of that city treated him royalty during his stay there.
 The State of Arizona Improvement company has received a thirty-inch centrifugal pump and a 160 horse power boiler and engine to supply wa ter for their lower canal which is now almost completed. The pump will be put in place at the heading of the ca. nal in West Yuma
 James Rathfon, an Arizona cowboy stole his bride over in Utah and rode 231 miles horseback with the fair ont to Kingman, where he sold the horse. and took the train for Prescott. Tht