Arizona republican., 1898-08-17

son Star
 l Late reports from Peter Aune. at Tucson, are to the effect that he is do- l ing we'll, and his physicians expect his
 speedy recovery. The broken leg was
 cut Off above the knee and proved a most successful operation The bro
 ken bones were found to be shivered
 into hundreds of splinters and the say
 ing of the limb was an impossibility. especially as blood poisoning had set in.-Yuma Sun
 Prof. Sherman M Woodward of Tue ison left for Los Angeles Sunday to
 join Mrs. Woodward and little lady
 Miriam who are enjoying the sea breeze. Prof. Woodward has been confined very closely tp his college du- l ties as well as extra college service which has engaged his attention dur
 ing the last eleven months without intermission. He will enjoy his sea- son of recreation which he has so rich ly earned.
 On Saturday last the will of the late Captain O'Neill was admitted to probate and letters testamentary issued to Mrs. Pauline O'Nelll, his widow The will was signed the day the captain Ileft Prescott and bequeathes $1000 lYear from the income of the estate to his mother during life. After her ldeath the $1 ,0G0 year is to be paid to his sister. if she is living; if not. then to his brothers On their death the annuity reverts to the estate. All Icther property of the estate is left to the widow, who is made sole executr X. without bonds. The witnesses to the will are F. M Murphy, F. B. Gage and Dr. McCandless.-Prescott Courier.
 The electricity which was exceeding ly attractive Sundy and Monday even ings cut some queer capers in town, touched Wakefields and the convent Sunday night doing some damage. Last night while Officer Meyers, MT. Watkins and Alec Rossis barkeeper Iy\re standing on the corner of Stone ave\ue aud Maiden Lane the electric Iity stINck above them and passed on to the poll north. In transit it gave the barkeeper a shock that made him dance as he never danced before. He has been trying to initiate that jig lever since. but it don't come up to the original witnessed by Watkins and Meyers An instrument at the West ern Union was burned out-Tucson Star.
 Prof M. N. Parker. president of the university. and Mrs. Parker. will leave tomorrow morning for Phoenix From there they will go to Congress. Pres cCtt, Jerome and all the principal r0ints or the Santa Fe Pacific road. There has been recently scores of let ters received from young ladies and gentlemen from northern Arizona who want D enter the university, and a personal interview win the president will he more satisfactory than by let ter Mrs. Parker is much interested in young lady students and parents will be pleased to meet her as well as the president, especially those who con template sending their daughters to the university. Both the president and Mrs. Parker are intensely inter ested in young ladies and gentlemen and their education. and the good people of central and northern Arizona will be pleased to know them.-Tucson Star.
 there was some little excitement on the plaza about D. m. Saturday, oc- itasioned by George Hoffman. a county jail inmate, making a dash for liberty. AAOii IiAS-l beio q ICIOlu lOl breaks of this kind, he being one of the three highwayman arrested by Deputy Sheriff Boscha of Congress some weeks Iago. He escaped from Boscha, under fire. but was recaptured later on. It is also stated that he made his escape from a jail in Maricopa county by throwing pepper in the eyes or the ijailor. He made his escape Saturday yI,s 10 county jail He darted around the corner and south side of the court house and ran for the buildings on South Montezuma street Deputy Davis, who was in the basement of the court house. would have caught him had not one of the trio of burglars stood in his way purpOsely. and delayed him; as it was he got out in time to take a Isbot at the fleeing prisoner. but shot at his feet for fear of hitting people pass ing on the street. Davis is a dead shot land would have winged his man but for fear of hitting some one else Hoff- man passed on through a saloon and was lost to view. He had evidently crawled under a house. It was thought he was under the unoccupied two story building on Granite street, known as the "double-decker." The deputies crawled under the building, where no ray of light penetrates; did not find their man: stood guard around the building until g o'clock; procured Ia dark lantern, again went under the building and located their man. He had been hiding under the rear rooms, but had crawled to the front, had his head stuck through hole leading un- der the front steps and was struggling violently to get his body through the hole. When called on by Deputies Davis and Lacy to come out, he refused to do so: Davis went to the front, pulled Hoffman out by the back of the neck. He is now in the county jail wearing the heaviest Oregon boots to be had. He is born and bred thug;
 his language being so indescrlbably tough" that it is difficult to under stand him. When he was locked up in the dark cell he commenced to sing. i"Atis (OOnS T.Ook Alika ytO Mo !IJo bod