Arizona republican., 1898-12-20
NEWS
 OF THE
 TOWN

5 AT THE HOME.-Evdng5 Grit , tenton will lead the prayer nieetinj which will be held at the Crittentol hcme in this city tonight.
 NEW NOTARIES.- Noi.arial com
 missions were issued yesterday to V. H
 Meyer and John T. Hughes of Tucson
 and c. G. Saunders of Benson
 NOW AN ENGINEER.-C. c. Me,
 Neal, who was formerly superintendent 7 of the Maricopa & Phoenix railway
 has accepted a position as engineer or
 the G. ", G. & N. railway.
 DISTRICT COURT-The only cas-
 tried in district court yesterday ant
 that was not finished was the suit of J
 +. Shepherd vs. L. Yocum. --e case ot
 Holmes vs Leitch , set fer yesterday
 went over.
 A CALL TO ELKS.-A full atten.
 dance of Elks is requested on Wedncs.
 day night when iniative work will be
 done and lunch served. By crder oi
 s J. Nicholson, E. R., and Harry George, secretay.
 SENT TO DALLAS. Tine board of
 supervisors was in session yesterday.
 The only thing out of the ordinary done was to make an allowance to the wife of James Kerrick for railroad
 transportation to Dallas, Tex. Sbe
 has three small children. Kerrick was
 a month ago sentenced, to. Yuma for five years for horse stealing.
 SALVATION ARMY D1NNER.-En-
 coura gsment should be given the Sal
 vation Army in the matter of provid-
 ing a free Christmas dinner The
 members of the army are poor but they
 are going to have that dinner anyhow.
 They extend an invitation to all who
 want to come, and especially to those
 who cannot get a dinner anywhere else.
 FIX GOVERNOR HERE.-Ex Gov ernor A. H. Burke of North Dakota ar l rived in the city yesterday afternoon on the delayed train from Maricopa and left last night for Prescott. s nee retiring from the governorship of North Dakota he has been employed by the government in the inspection Of surveyor general and land offices throughout the country.
 A HOBO FROM ABROAD Among the hobos in police court yesterday was a negro hobo who said he belonged to the island of San Domingo, though he had been born on Nassau, one of the Bahama group. He could speak no Eng fish, though he spoke good Frenc4. Deputy United States Marshal Porterie was interpreter. The negro had trav- eled over pretty nearly the whole world in search of work, he said. He was given thirty days and was led down stairs weeping hysterically.
 NOT THE ORIGINAL M. DOOLEY. MT. George Dooley of Chicago ar rived at the Commercial yesterday af ternoon accompanied by MT. A. D. Dooley and daughter. MT. Dooley is not the MT. Dooley whose weekly ob- servations to MT. Hennessey upon cur rent events have kept ripple of mirth running over the United States for the last year or two. Nor is he Cousin Jarge' Dooley who pushed Admiral Montojo around in Manila bay and rolled" him on the morning of May 1.
 RECEIVER DEEDS.-Two receiv- CTS deeds from c. J. Hall, receiver Of the Arizona Canal & Improvement companies conveying those properties to MT. w. w. Miyler of New York, the representative Of the bond holders, were filed in the office of the county re- cOrder yesterday The cOnSiderat on in each was $100,000 and the war rev. enus stamps on each amounted to $100. The government has derived altogether from the sale of these properties $425, exclusive Of perhaps a dollar CT two in smaller stamps for acknowledgements.
 FIRING THE CHINESE. Assistant United States Attorney Thomas D. Bennett returned yesterday morning from Globe and Solomonville, where he tried several Chinamen for being in the country. Ten were ordered deported and the cases of two were continued to give them time to procure witnesses. Some of the Chi namen claimed to be merchants, and others had registration certificates. One certificate, which may have been genuine, had been obtaine1 under the Geary law, but it was not reinforced as the law required by Q certifSate un- der the subsequent McCreary act.
 TAXES GO DELINQUENT of flee of the county treasurer was so densely crowded yesterday that much of the time one could not get through the doorway. County taxes went 0e- linquent yesterday and those who had waited until the last day in the after noon were crowding in. It was under stood that the city taxes would go de- linQuent at the same time, but though no farther action has been taken on the subject taxpayers will probably be allowed grace until the end of the year. Readers of The Republican should. however, understand that this Is men tioned as a probability and not as fact.
 BICYCLE COLLISION. MT. George H. N. Luhrs was so badly injured in a bicycle collision last Sunday that he is now confined to his bed with no pros pect of a release wrthin the next ten days. The coming together happened | in front of Davis undertaking rooms | MT Luhrs did not see The ether man and accepts all the blame for the acci- dent. The shock was terrific. After l he was picked up he had to stand still | for some minutes until the world got | settled again. He was badly injured on | the inner side of both knees, but tried | to remain on his feet and keep up a | He could stand it only | about two hours and then took to hIs bed.