Arizona republican., 1898-01-01
|AN Over Arilzona|


 The Verde valley was covered with snow last week.
 The old Marshall ranch in Verde valley is on the market
 Considerable snow is apparent in the Mule mountains near Bisbee.
 The Bittner company was in Fl Paso this week, season ending Saturday.
 pr. George Goodfellow is in Tucson from Sonora for a few days on busi- ness.
 Work at the brick yard at Jerome Junction has been discontinued for the winter.
 Prescott mercha nts state that the holiday trade was much better this year than it has been for several years past.
 G. w. Hull of Jerome has filed a notice in the recorders office concern ing changes in the plat of the Je- rome town site.
 w. A. Johnston and R. L. Williams of Richenbar, and T. B. Northup and wife of Los Angeles were among the guests at the Hotel Burke this week.
 The heads of the departments at the Copper company were each the re- cipieat Of a box of fine cigars from MT. W. A. Clark, with greetings Of the sea son.
 Mrs. F. A. Seabert and daughter left Tucson Thursday for Los Ange- les where they will make their future home, and to join MT. Seabert, who
 
 The party of prominent railroad men from the east, says the Jerome News. is expected hourly, and trains are in readiness on the s. F. F. x r. and the U. V. & P. to run them spec ial.
 Jake Marks returned to Prescott from a visit to Jerome. He says that work has already commenced to re- build the burned district. Most of the buildings will be of either br-ck or stone.
 Rescue Hose company gave a bail last evening in the mining exchange hall at Tombstone. Everybody was on the reception committee and four teen were on the floor, with J. Me Pherson manager and George Raf- ferty, prompter.
 The district attorney of Pima coun- ty has been notified that the sum of $1S7.35, the balance on hand in safe October II, 1897, cannot be found by the board of supervisors and the dis trict attorney was requested to take action in the matter as he may see fit.
 l Mrs. T. F. Wilson of Tucscn left Eriday on a, visit to her son and wife, M and Mrs. Calvert Wilson, at Los Angeles, to remain for several months.
 Professor aud Mrs. W. B. Blake en- tertained the Visiting teachers at tea at their pleasant home on University Hill.
 e. D. Parsons was awarded the con- tract for making repairs to the Pima county court house. His bid was $500, being S340 less, than the highest bid. Q. TuG0r was 'appoirted -to superinz tend sald wor5 for the sum of 21a per cent of theaprice to be paid for said repairs.
 The Tucson Eagle mills some me ago put in the finest flour manufac- turing machinery in the territory. Then it commenced experimenting in. the manufacture of different brands of four, with a view to eXcelling any thing in Arizona, if not in the Rocky mountain region.
 Charles Orcutt, shipping clerk of the United Verde Copper company, sus- tained a painful accident last week while at work in the yards. He was handling bars of bullion, which were being taken up the hoist, when one of the bars slipped and fell upon his left foot, crushing the toes badly. fRrascout Masons have installed off, cers. They are as follows: S. E. Bright, chaplain; R. N Fredericks, s. D.; B. Baer, J. D.; A. G. Oliver, marshal; w. J. Martin and J. C.. Stephens, stewards; J. Engle, tyler After the close of the lodge an ele- gant banquet was served to those present.
 The fire should demonstrate the ad- visibility of putting in water mains and hydrants with all possible dis patch. The Copper company will fur nish free all necessary water if the people vii pay for the pipe. Pipe would cost about $1,000. The fire perfuOus.-Jerome News.
 Santa Claus Jerome Hoover of Je- rome made the News office a pleasant visit and put into the printers devils stocking, which he had borrowed and kept for that purpose, magnificent box of cigars for the proprietor and printers. The devil got something else besides the cigars and left for the Klondyke. He hasn't come back yet but it is expected he will show up tomorrow.
 Mr. Harry A. Vanderford and hls brother-in-law, MT. w. E. Hall of Carthage, Mo, are registered at the Mountain View hotel at Oracle, where they intend to remain week or more. They went well prepared for hunting. There is good deal of small game
 d some large around Oracle, so
 re is no doubt that the gentlemen
 return supplied with an abun-
 ce of game.
 G. W. Curtis, engineer of mainten-