Arizona republican., 1898-11-15

q LA EGtI l. l. \ E4l(- h. liz IuIGId
 Of Miss Grace Nunn was held yestsrda.
 afternoon from he Baptist church, ant
 5he funeral procession was a yer.
 large enc.
 CONGREGATIONAL RECEPTION
 The congregation of he Presbyterian
 church will give reception at sh
 church tonight to the ccw pastor, Rev
 Lapsiey A. McAfee. to which all ar.
 invited.
 1 MEETING OF TEACHERS. -Th, meeting of the Territorial Teachers { association and the joint county insti-
 tute, announced to begin on Monday
 before Christmas, has been postponed ! to the Monday after.
 1 BURIAL OF w. D. HOWARD A letter was received yesterday from
 Mrs ". T. Howard, who lately left
 hers for Chicago with the remains oi
 her husband. I Inc burial took place
 last Tuesday at GgaceIand cemetery i Chicago.
 DEATH OF MRS. SMITHLINE.-
 Mrs. Frank SmithIine died yesterday morning Of consumption at her home
 two miles southeast e. town. The
 funeral will take plac7 this afternoon
 a. 3;30. l. will be conducted under
 he direction CT the Daughters of Re
 bekah
 BALL AT THE PARK. The Phoe-
 nix and Prescott base bali clubs will
 play series C, two games at Phoenix
 park reEt Saturday and Sunday
 There isn't much local knowledge of
 the present strength Of the Prescott men, but 1T lsed to be 2 very good one. The Phoenix clUJ is stronger now than it has ever besn and t IS growing strCrg daily under the scientific coaching Of "Oll Hess" ChiIes.
 PROBATE COURT Letters de honis non upcn the estate Of the late Nelson A. Ma1stcn were issued ves.c1'- day to Warwick Scott. Acplcation vas made for letters upon the es ate Of Nathaniel Tray IS. The applicant is r. 0. SlCcum. Tr3veIs IS the man who died suddenly last Friday nj ght at Slocum's ranch thTse miles north of town On the Black canyon road. The estate is worth about $500 and c5li- siS,s of notes, accounts and personal p-oDeIty. His relatives live in New l Crk
 THE CITY UNION A meeting Of the city union Of the young peoples societies of the churches Cf Phoenix was held last night at the office Of Dr. Pratt for the annual election of cs- fcars. The new officers are Prasi- dent, George F. Pratt; vice-p e-przsident, Professor Barnes; secretary. Laura Irwin. and treasurer. A c. AIcAllis, CT The union is composed OI the I1pW0rth. leagues of cbe two Methodist cLurches, the Baptist Young P1oples union of the First Baptist church, and he Christian Erdeavor societies of the Christian and FIesbyte churches.
 ROBBED A If0I.A,,.. Three stran- gers were tried anu convicted in Jus tice JohEss0nc's court yesterday oE tna botdcs. theft on record in Phoenix Las1 Saturday afternoon in broad day light thcy stole a bTidlo from 8 horse taiJnsing to Wells. Fargo 6 Go. The horse was hitched in the rear Of the office. 1h2 thieves threw the hi5ching weight and strap into waste paper box. They were caught before they got out of sight They claimed .he ETidle belonged to them. Their subsequent defense was thatthey found the bride, the horse having rubbed it of.
 NOT 4 LABORER.-Frank AIead0r returned yesterday morning from California. He bought ranch property near santa Ana and has been superintendent t fer the last TWO morths. Experimenting" is d good word. Hs thought fer some time he was working it, bu, one day he hired q man who could pitch as much hay in n hour as Mir Ne3dOr had been able to pitch in two days. He never re azea his efforts, bu he decided that if his own operations might be called ing miracles. 50 he declared himself to be only a kind oi superintendent, q degradation from lab0rcr
 THE BARK-MURRAY VOTE.-Thc i uncertainty regarding the contest for inc sherin's office is explained by the act that though the sealed returns are III in, the men to whom they were .eRt are generally unable to rem smber | he figures in thsir various precincts | his uncertainty extends thr0ugh0ui 1t east three precincts. The day alter he election the me5seng5 from Me lowell thought Bark had q majOri Y of . W0 iu that precirct. The next day MT Bark received complete unofficial re- Hlns in which the vote for sheriff was l. lark l l. Murray 2. Yesterday 2nOtN5r ! o:m from McDowaI said the vee1 was, !. Bark r, Murray 2. I he returns will ! }2 canyassed by the beard Of super '! riscrs nex5 MoHdav.
 THEY WANT L1GHT. -People Lv- | ng in the Third ward lhink that the . .ity council has overlooked them i'll | he matter of light At seventh av- .nuz and Harrison streets there is q ailroad crossing, with more than lalf dczen tracks. and the nearest lactric street llght is ,W0 blocks away. They are discussing the advisability O ,Iacir1 the matter before the council T she form of q petition. This point La5 be5n the scene Of | number of loldups, and the tranp5 who hang bon the railroad yards waiting fer bance to get cue on q freight, fir3 ii
 most desirable place for mem 5o cp- rate Several citizens Of tlla- part Of he citY have contributed -beiI cam ags to hobCs in the past and th7y are citing tired e t.
 A DEFENSELESS CHARGE. -PO-