Arizona republican., 1898-12-19
NEWS
 OF THE
 TOWN
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, fvss r--=-=z=z7=-ss.E WILL MEET TODAY.-The city pas , tors meet at the Baptist church toda at Il o'clock a. m.
 SMALLPOX AT ASH FORK @ case of smallpox Is reported at Asl @ Fork. The cases reported in this val
 ley were not smallpox. The patient have entirely recovered.
 t THE ARMoRY HALL.-Work vii
 begin this week on the armory hall and the building will be ready to be oc cupied in sixty days. Thabuildlng vii
 be erected at a cost of s7,O00.
 WILL MEET FODAY-The mem
 bers of the Christian culture class O
 the Baptist church willS meet at th'
 church on Monday afternoon at
 o'clock to study lessons Il and 12.
 IS TMPROvING.-Jim scanlan, tht
 man who was ,sandbagged about {
 month ago in the valley, is. improving
 under the care of the sisters at the hos
 pital. It is believed that he will en- ltirely recover
 FOURTEEN BELOW ZERo.-A
 greater snowfall and colder weather
 was experienced in Chino valley during
 1.-the recent storm than in Prescott. The
 mercury dropped to IA degrees below
 zero in that valley.
 JONES IN TOWN.-Lieut. Wiley
 Jones, of the First Territorial Infantry arrived in the city from Prescott Satur-
 day night and spent yesterday here.
 He will go to Georgia to join his regi- ment, subject to orders from i,he de- pertinent.
 WATER RIGHT CASE.-Judge Sloan I 6r Ror4 1a-- o1x
 in a civil case involving a water right,
 are interested. The Sante Fe Pacific
 Railroad company is also interested in
 the outcome of the case.
 THE CONCERTszThe bright sup- shine of yesterdaysa Afternoon brougfta great many people to the city from the valley, and the concert at the plaza was the chief attraction. The music of the Pioneer band was of that high stand ard which this band never fails to give. DOWN FROM THE NORTH Among the arrivals from Flagstaff last week were George Hoohderffer and family, William Hochderffer, George Hill, R. P. Fox, R. c. Jones, Frank Beasley. Bernard Black. Oscar and Jack LeBarron and Charles Bell. TO WINTER HERE.-Henry Lack man and family, of Cincinnati, Ohio, have arrived in the city to spend the winter. They stopped off at Flagstaff and spent day visiting wish George Babbitt and family, who are old ac- Quaintances. On their return in April they will stop off at Flagstaff and visit the Grand Canyon.
 OUT IN THE STORM.-C. w. Lem on, of Florence, came near perishing in 10 Sfn nf camped at the Buttes in a tent. where he was engaged in taking observations of the flow of the Gila river for the government The wind blew his tent down, and he was compelled to WaIk four miles to Nick Whites ranch before he could get shelter.
 MARINE HOSPITAL PATIENTS Dr. J. O. Cobb, passed assistant surgeon of the U. s. marine hospital service, who spent several days in Phoenix, has gone to Prescott. The mission of Dr. Cobu in Arizona is to investigate the sanitary conditions of Arizona and the effect on persons afflicted with tuber- culosis. The government is desirous of establishing a sanitarium for the treat ment of tuberculosis patients of the marine hospital service.
 THIEVES BROKEN UP.-Sheriff Wattron of Navajo county passed Phoenix en route to the Yuma penitentiary with five of the cattle convicted at the late term of court in that county. It Is thought the court has broken up the band of cattle which infested the southwest ern part of Navajo county for some years, as the chief among them is crazy | or is feigning insanity, and the others that have escaped arrest and conviction | have left the county
 THE NEW SILVER STRIKE.-The | excitement over the new find in the | Graham mountains still continues. The | strike is reported to exceed all expecta- tionS and promises to be another bo- 1 naza similar to the Commonwealth at | Pearce A new mining town will spring | up as result, and that section will be- | come thoroughly advertised as one of | the richest mineral sections in the ter the mines and discoveries are there to back up the claim.
 WILSON'S RECOMMENDATION Prof. Werntz, of the Annapolis Naval Academy, has notified Delgate-elect Wilson that the latter's privilege of ap- pointment is now granted, and asks hat the names of appointees be sent in. The professor states that examinations will be critical as to standard, both physical and mental. Col. Wilson says that Cochise county will have the pref inasmuch as Cochise is the only county which has made no application for cadetships in the past. The candi- 1ates will be recommended by Dr. Sweet.
 A GREAT RAINFALL.-Mr. H. G. li Ballou, during his twenty years resi- Hence in the Gila valley, has kept an accurate memorandum of the rainfall and temperature. Of the storm of the ,th and 10th inst he reports the largest amount of rain falling for the length 1f time he has ever known, 4Ss inches being the total measurement for the ,hree nights and two days. The tenn 1erature only varied four degrees in hat time, the thermometer ranging rom 34 degrees to 3S-another un- 1recedented thing in that locality, the warmth of the day generally being very