Arizona republican., 1898-08-28
News of the Town


 A meeting of the Young Mems Re- publican club will be held at the city hall tomorrow night.
 The band concert this evening will be held at the city hall plaza, com mencing at G:30 o'clock, city time.
 The sole catch of the police on Fri day night was a sleeping drunk, who did not get sober enough yesterday to be tried.
 Heavy rains at the head of the Salt river caused a sudden rise Friday and yesterday in that stream. but the sub sidence began last evening almost as suddenly as the freshet.
 Miss Gilchrist, upon whom an op- eration for appendicitis was performed a couple of weeks ago, has recovered from the effect of 1t and is again able to attend to her duties as manager of Redewill's music store.
 The new time card on the Mesa City branch of the Maricopa & Phoenix railroad went into effect on Friday, one train crew doing the work that two have done heretofore. All trains have been running on schedule time.
 Mrs. Claycomb, living in the ccun- try not far from town, is very low Of diphtheria Her daughter died in Phoenix of the same disease recently It was this case in which an arrest was made couple of weeks ago for a violation of the health ordinance by tearing down a diphtheria card.
 Dr. Pratt will preach at the First NJ E. church at Il o'clock this morning. Sunday school at the usual hour, and Epworth League at D. m. League leader. May Wilson. League services will be out ip plenty of time to get to evenings meeting services
 Thousands of yellow butterflies have been lowering over the alfalfa fields in the Salt River valley durin the past week, feeding on the bloom of the plant. Once year, it is said they appear, always about the same time, and then disappear. to be seen no more until the next season.
 The Wells-Fargo office on Center street is being repapered and painted, a noted improvement in the appearance of the interior being made. The counter has also been brought ten feet farther to the front of the room. ap- pl pleciably increasing the space avail able for storage purposes in the rear.
 There will be no preaching services at the Baptist church today Bible school at 9:45 a. m.; Baptist Young Peoples union at D. m. Meeting of the church officers on Monday evening; prayer meeting on Wednesday even ing IL is expected that preaching services will be resumed next Sunday
 Heavy rains are reported to have fallen Friday night along the line O. the Southern Pacific east of Maricopa junction. The westbound train was badly delayed. Maricopa & Phoeniy officials were notified to that effect and the train from the south accordingly came in on it's schedule time. no! waiting for the connection.
 The fall term in school district No B. known as the Osborne district, will commence September 12, simultaneous ly with the city schools. Professor E. W. Barnes las been engaged as principal. and Miss Isoline Coumbs who taught in the same capacity very psably last year, will have charge of the primary scholars.
 4 terrific storm struck Mariccps about 7:30 last evening" The rair threatened to convert the townsite into lake and the wind nearly threw the famous straight line Of the South ern Pacific out Of plumb. The entire force each grabbed a corner of the de pot and held on for fear they would be out Of job if the building blew far enough north. thus consolidating with Phoenix. The entire accunlula- tion of ancient sandwiches were scat tered to the northward. furnls1ine many a hard nut for the JacK-rabbit' and coyotes.
 Scribner for September contains two articles of more than ordinary in terest for Arizonians. They are stor- ies of the Cuban campaign, one by Richard Harding Davis, and one by Edward Marshall, the war cores pondent wounded in the battle of July 24 Mr Davis article is comprehen- sive and refers to the performance oi the Arizona Rough Riders In MT Marshall's account of his experience with a Mauser and his subsequent life in the hospital at Siboney he allude7 to Captain McClln>Cck, who was an ln- mate Of the same hospital, having also been wounded at Savilla
 A citizen of Phoenix who recently returned from the coast seems to have met with a series of peculiar incidents. irasnluch as when he met 9 person and the usual greeting was exchanged with tie stranger. Where are you from?' Phoenix. Arizona" would be the prompt and rather self satisfied reply Phoenix? Why. let me see. l usec to know a man from Phoenix, but come to think of it he is in the peni- tentiary now" While another re- marked that there were a couple of ladies @ stopping at the same hotel where he was. who registered from Phoenix, but that they raised such a rumpus that the person was obliged to leave This sort of thing finally be came monotoncus. so that he finally registered as hailing from kyrene The conclusion to be drawn is that the people who did not go away must