Arizona republican., 1898-07-26

not tell the difference between forty rod and the best in the market. They all, when indulged in to excess, pro- duce that dark brown taste in the mouth and head weariness One wit ness said that he had drunk whiskey in nearly every city and hamlet in the United Statss, and he didn't know but the quality in Williams was up to the averaga. In fact, he had felt more ex- hilirated here than anywhere he had been, but he thought this super-exhili- raticn was due in measure to the altitude and the tonicy and bibulous atmosphere, which, he says, he will ad- vertise to the world The case result ed in the acquittal of the defsndant.
 There will be a torrid time in Flag staff tomorrow (Sunday), when the Williams base ball nine will contest with the Flagstaff players for a purse of $75. The Flagstaffs were defeated here on the Fourth of July, and they want revenge, no matter what it costs. The teams are designated on the bills as the Williams Glass Arms" and tine Flagstaff Invincibles." The game here on the Fourth was hotly contested and well played and no doubt there will be a repetition of that memorable exhibition at Flagstaff.
 MT. Salzman, the merchant, IS pre- pairing for his annual vacation. This year he will visit Honolulu
 The Saginaw Lumber company's big mill and box factory are running two shifts now, and the buzz of the saws is heard night and day without cessa- tion.
 An ice cream festival under the aus pices of the Rathbone sisters, K. of F., at the opera house last night, was the social event of the week. The ice cream season is short-lived in Will Hams, and the dissipation in that line is never alarming enough to cause expectancy or anxiety among the doc tors. The weather is seldom warm enough to excite much of an appetite for soft and cooling beverages, and the demand for them is comparatively small
 Though little is being said in politics there is considerable conduit, or under work going on quietly in this county. It is now stated on good authority that B. s. Clark, the present district attorney, will be a candidate for con- gressional delegate. He is a, stanch republican and a fighter from away back in Maine. The county offices are all eagerly sought, and some of the as- pirants have already announced them selves.
 C. l.. Porter, the Indian agent at Mo- nave. arrived from that p.aoe yester- day accompanied by his wife and child. They vii spend the warm weeks here.
 Miss Maud Scarborough, a clerk in the last legislature, and her brother, Dr. Scarborough. of Ann Arbor, Mich, passed through here to Prescott 
 'Stuttsring Bill' was in town this week. 'S.tuttering Bill" is a railroad engineer whose speech impediment, coupled with a naturally humorous tmperament, makes him a very enter taining character. Many amusing sto- ries are related of Bill by his fellow railroad men. While on the Colorado he ran down and killed a pet COW belonging to the superintendent Of the road. The animal had had many previous narrow escapes. and was continually in the way of trains but that did not save Bill from being called before the pompous superin- tenddent, who sternly demanded why he had killed the COW.
 "W-w-well, why in h-l didn't you f-f-furnish her with t-t-time card!" stammered Bill Indignantly "Ive b-b-been lodging that COW for a 1 
 One day Bill was eating dinner at 1 the Ash Fork Harvey house and called for chicken. The waiter brought him two wings. Bill was chicken hungry that day and soon called for more. The l waiter again brought him pair of l wings. Being of modest nature Bill | didn't care to ask right out for white i meat, SO he simply called for more chicken, fondly hoping that the wings i mad all been served. Butagain came the wings. Bill looked at the waiter suspicious y, then at the wings, and remarked:
 'Ss-s-say, I walked in here, but I'll b-b-b-bet I'll fifty outi"