Arizona republican., 1898-01-26

i Ol Ilo PuDllc OIHc6S were k0pU open, though little business was done. Bus mess was suspended in mary of the i stores and banks.
 lt A base ball game will be played at 1 played at the park next Sunday be- 1 tween the Yuvatec and Victor hose companies, beginning at o'clock It was announced by error yesterday morning that there would be no game.
 John A. Graham died at his resi- 1 dence on North Fourth avenue yes 1 terday afternoon. His funeral will take place at o'clock today. He was a. native of Canada, about 30 years of age. He leaves a wife and one child.
 The first annual exhibit of the Ari- zona Poultry and Pet Stock associa- tion was opened in the Commercial hotel block yesterday afternoon. En- tries were not quite complete, but will be today, when it may be said the exhibition will actually begin.
 i MT John C. Herndon left last even ing on the Southern Pacific limited for Deming, thence to Silver City. The attorney has been called to the latter point on business connected with the mining affairs of Mrs Hearst 1 in the county of Grant, N. M.
 Floyd N Loveland of Orange, N. J, 1 is a recent arrival in Phoenix and thinks of locating permanently. He i has lately spent some time in south i ern California, but thinks the Salt River valley possesses advantages for money making over that section. "A. F. Banta of Presc ott, the vet eran Arizona journalist and the pres ent editor and proprietor of the Pick and Drill, was a caller at The Repub- lican office yesterday. Col. Banta who is here on account of the miners convention, is also attending to Ma tional Guard matters.
 w. S. Adams, editor of the Jerome Mining News, was a Republican visit or yesterday. MT. Adams has the distinction of being the origina,or of l the miners convention movement, which was first announced in the News. He is accordingly much inter ested in the proceedings.
 The ladies of the Presby.eria church served turkey, coffee and other good edibles to hundreds yesterday and thereby acquired handsome sum 
 ner was first-class in every respect. High five and dance at the Ford tonight for the guests of the hotel only.
 Professor J. Curtis Wasson is ser;- ously ill. On Sunday he was seized with an attack of hiccoughing which continued unintermittentlyf for twenty four hours, when physicians were called in. He was placed under the influence of opiaies and since then there has been no apparent improve ment in his condition.
 A meeting, notice of which has been, given, for the organization of Ma tional Guard Veteran association, was held at the office of General R. Allyn Lewis last night. A temporary organization was effected by the cleo 1 tion of General Lewis chairman, and | Frank T. Alkire, secretary. After a l brief discussion of the proposed or l ganization the meeting was ad- journed until next Tuesday night.
 The janitor of the city hall may be said to be on to his job. He was on duty early yesterday morning and when the habitues of the city hall ar ] rived he told them he had saved the country. "When I got here this | morning." said he, there was icicles two feet long hangin' to the founting.
 I looked up an down street an thank | the Lord none of the winter towerists
 had turned out yet. knocked i>hem | icicles off in hurry"
 The argument in the case of Parker
 the Prescott murderer, was concluded | l1rt "A ! ney J. B. Morrison for the appellant l The case was submitted. In the case | of William Schultz, appellant, vs. the i territory, from Yavapai county, wa:
 argued by Judge Barnes for the ap- i pellant, and District Attorney Ro;s i of Yavapai county fer the territory
 Schutz is now in Yuma serving z | term for manslaughter, having beer
 convicted at Prescott last summer.
 It was reported that two milkme1
 were held up and robbed yesterday
 morning at , o'clock, ons
 in the rear of >he Delm n
 ico restaurant, and the othel
 al the corner of Washington and Firs
 streets. The only complaint made
 was telephoned to the police station
 but the name of neither of the al
 legged victims was given. The officer:
 made diligent inquiry, but could lear1
 nothing more about it and are in
 clined to believe that there was nt
 robbery. Officers Molloy and G3lpi1
 were in the ne;ghborhood of Washing
 ton and First streets at o'clock ant for some time both before and after
 One by one the old landmarks 0
 Phoenix fall away before the progres
 of relentless improvement Tha. olt . beer bottle sidewalk, which for near . a quarter of a century gracad the ca side of North First street betweer Washington and Adams, was torn LII
 yesterday to make way for a cem n pavement. That sidewalk was cor structed with infinite labor at tim
 when the freight rates were so higl
 that it was cheaper to throw empt.
 beer bottles away than se-d them bacl
 to the bottling works. They mad