Arizona republican., 1898-09-14
News of theTOWn

jail yesterday under a tcn-day sen- tence from Justice Carley's court for a misdemeanor.
 DEATH OF MR SEAGRAVES.-t MT. Seagraves, father of Mrs. R. Will son, died at the home of his daughter on North Center street, at D. m Tuesday, September 13 The funeral services will be held at the residence at D. m. today
 NO USE. .'-J. P. Kraber yesterday received the following telegram from John Hall and Draper, two of Phoe- nlx's Rough Riders,' at Camp Wikoff: Once more free men, thank God No use Four troops of the Rough Riders were mustered cut yesterday.
 PROBATE MATTERS.- Applica- tion was made in probate court yester day for the admission of the estate of George Vines. In the matter of tha lately discovered will of James Roarke the hearing of the application for it's admission to probate has been contin- ted to October l.
 DWINDLING ATTORNEYS.- What with the war and other causes, the plumber of attOrneys-at-law has been materially decreased this summer in
 
 no increase to counterbalance the loss. An attorney who has investigated the subject says ttere are about dozen less than in the early spring.
 A SIGN OF THE FTRE.-if it had not been previously known that all of the postofiice that escaped from the Jerome fire was the postmaster it would be suspected from the appear arce of the letters from that afflicted point, There isn't even a cancelling stamp. The cancellation is effected by drawing three lines with blue pencil across the stamp.
 WILL COME THIS WAY.-The bids of the railroad companies for the transportation of Col McCord's regi- ment to Lexington, Ky, were opened at Prescott yesterday and the contract The figures of the competing compa- nies are not known. The regiment will therefore come through Phoenix. The regiment will leave Whipple on September 2l.
 WEATHER BUREAU FIXTURES.-. Section Director Burns O. the Arizona weather service yesterday received mo- tice that a fine instrument stand has
  will reach here in due course of time Al present the instruments are scat tered through the office, hanging OF the walls and occupying positions most available. When the stand a. rives they will be gathered together and displayed to advantage on this rev piece Of furniture.
 AN AIR PEANT.-John Sian nard.. :, yNfr N6 ,r< 1r-, G. rora. brought with him a botanical curiosity called an air plant from the circumstance that suspended in air susssnance gathered from the air, tc 1 green and growing leaves. The plant is found in many tropical countries It is used as a covering for porehes and arbors. requiring neither soil, water TOT attention of any sort after it is once suspended cn the framework of reef.
 COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION. -I Tte republican candidates met last night at the office of the Phoenix Ab stract company to consider many mat ters in connection with the campaign. Among these was the selection of a chairman of the county central com
 
 afternoon at the office or Joseph H. kibbey It was decided in the oonven- ton that in the choice of a chairman the wishes of tAe candidates, the per sons most vitally interested, should be respected. A canvass of the candidates yesterday showed that a majority Of them were in favor of Edwin s. Gill for chairman, and he will ooubtleas be elected by the committee this after neon.
 FROM JAIL TO JAIL--Ramon Con treras, who escaped from the city chain gang a year ago indebted to the city for forty days work, was released from the county jail yesterday. hay ing just completed a five day sentence Early in the morning he began knock. Ing on the door. Deputy Sheriff Boyd asked what was wan,~~. ContreraS wanted to know if ITS time wasn't up. Mr Boyd consultsu the books and re- rlied that it was. 4 f4.tle later he was turned out and walked into the arms Icf Constable MoClintoek, who had been delegated to transfer him to the municipality. The smile of gladness departed from Contreras' face. He begged to be allowed to serve out the time i'll the coun.y jail. According to the constitution of the United States the county could hold him no longer and he was enrolled into tEe street cleaning gang.
 TERRITORIAL DEMOCRATS. - The advance guard of the southern delegates 10 the democratic territorial conven,.on at Prescott tomorrow passed through the city yesterday. The rest will arrive here this morning on | their way north The friends O. Smith say they are confident Of his nomina- , ton on the first ballot. His opponents profess as great confidence that he will not be nominated on any ballot. They frd fault with a tabulated statement | in the Gazette yesterday morning
 .Iowing that he will have sixty-one votes on the first ballot, a majority. In this calculation there enter six
 teen votes from Graham county which, it is sad, have been instructed for
 Wiley Jones. The statement also gives Smith seventeen votes ip this county
 while his enemies say they have ascer-