Arizona republican., 1898-08-26


 rain fell in this vicinity Friday. At Bowie the same night the precipitation was sufficient to cause washouts on tho Gila Valley road.-Range News.
 The pay day at Whipple has made lively times for the past few days in Prescott. While number of the boys have become somewhat hilarious and several fights have occurred there nas been no serious disorder.
 First Lieutenant Frank Tompkins, lately promoted from the Seventh cav airy, left Wilcox Friday morning with his family for the east. He is assigned to the Second cavalry and goes direc: to Montauk Point, expecting to be sent to Cuba in the near future.
 Edgar Stephens, the young cattle buyer, expects to ship two train loads of cattle to Las Animas, Colorado where he is now holding 1,500 head and where he says feed is exceptional ly fine. He will make that place his future quarters.-Courier.
 Miss May Crepin and the Misses Mar tin of Tucson under proper escorts suc- cessfully climbed "Old Baldy" in the Santa Rita mountains few days ago.
 Mrs. Ada Bail has left Tucson for Santa Catalina island for her health. She will be gone about two months.
 Mr. Freeman, owner of p.aning mill at Stafford, has purchased the small steam engine which was originally bought for the Wilcox A. & I. com pany but soon superseded by power full gasoline engine. MT. Freeman will use the engine to run the machinery in his blaming mill.
 c. P. Wingfield. employment agent for the Big Bug branch railroad, was in Prescott Tuesday. He says the en- tire grade of the road will be com- pleted in three or four weeks The road is standard gauge; a train ran Tuesday from Massicks to Fred Hil- tenbrand's station.
 NIT. Clayton Carver, at one time an einnloye in the Wilcox News office, but lately of the Tucson Star, stopped off in Wilcox Saturday to see his old friends there Sunday morning he re- stunned his journey to Silver City, N. M., where he has taken a position in the Enterprise office.
 The administrator of the estate of w. R. Morgan Tuesday filed with the probate court in Prescott an inventory and appraisement of the property of the estate, which is valued at 1000 Morgan died at Oakland, Cal, about one year ago. He was one of the or Iignal locators of the Pine Spring mine. MT. Thompson drove 10 Prescott Tuesday evening with Tim Fell, the latter suffering from injuries received by being kicked by a vicious horse. Tim Fell went into the stable when the horse kicked him on the shin, on the hand and in the breast The shin bone of the left leg is split, and one piece of the bone broken in two The other injuries are trivial.
 Complaints of the irregularty of the receipt of the Journal Miner by sub- scribers are becoming too frequent at l this office to be pleasant The weekly is put in the office every Wednesday shortly after noon, in time for all pa pers going south to be put in the south bound mail of that day. Why there should be any delay in it's delivery is beyond our comprahension.-Jo Miner.
 | The board of Of. supervisors of Co., chlse county has fixed the rate of tax ation at $4.20 on the assessed value oi each $100 worth of taxable county lnop- erty. The rate is two cents lower than last year, although heavier expense will be met for back salaries, etc. This is accounted for by the fact that the increased assessment of nearly S4O0,- 1000 over last year will balance things II Il oI off Iofx
 Early in the spring. Professor Wet more, after. due consultation Of his dream book announced that an unusu ally wet season was anticipated and ht advised the laying in of large stock of umbrellas by the merchants of the towns. His words of warning were given due circulation. But sun came instead of rain and the people bought sun umbrellas till there is not one tc be had in a store in Tucson.-Citizen
 Mrs. Carrie M. Sloane has left Tue son for her home in Omaha. Neb. where she will permanently reside.
 There was a lost child excitemen at the Sherman house in Prescott Tues
 day. Several families who had bee;
 stopping at the Sherman house hat
 packed themselves and their belong iings in wagon and were preparing |
 drive off when it was discovered tha
 a baby was missing. All was turnloi
 when no trace of the little one conIi
 be found. The mother was puttin
 in Ter best efforts at weeping when
 scout in tho upper rooms of the hote
 discovered the little one pesceful1 l sleeping under 2 bed and appropriat rejoicing followed
 Tuesday night the cord of life wa lSuddenly snapped from Michael Wels'
 and he was called to his reward Hi , demise was indeed sudden for up t ] within few hours of his dissolutio he was in apparent good health H ; was, however, stricken with his Ol complain, a sudden violent attack c heart trouble, and all was over. MI , Welsh was an old pioneer of Tomt t stone and was 62 years of age. Abou , two years ago his wife died which wa , a serious blow and now that he zoe $ to his last resting place, joining he for