Arizona republican., 1898-07-20
GRAHAM COUNTY.

the family of 1. B. Solomon.
 A new school district under tha name of Day school district No. 30 has been established at Duncan.
 Mrs. H. c. Day who has been visit ing friends in Solomonville returned to her home at Duncan last Friday. saloon on Main street and has con- cluded to make Solomonville his per manent home.
 T. D. Morris has resigned his posi- tion as justice of the peace at GerOn- imo, and the board has appointed Byrd Brooks to. fill the vacancy.
 Will Parks and family together with Henry Dial, Joe Dial and others are spending this week at Camp Arcadia. They left Solomonville Monday even- ing.
 Mrs. Ben Olney and Miss Sarah All red of Solomonville left Wednesday for the coast. They will stop first at Los Angeles and expect to be absent about month.
 Emil Strauss, representing Katz Bros. of Fl Paso, was soliciting orders in the valley last week. He managed
  cinity of Solomonville.
 Thatcher is preparing an elaborate program for the proper celebration of the 24th Of July. The anniversary of the advent of the Mormons into Utah occurs on this date.
 Sheriff Birchfield searched a Mexican house up the river Tuesday in search of freshly killed beef. A dead yearling had been found in that vicinity few days before by E. L. Tidwell
 Charles Montgomery was allowed $110 for lion scalps. This was on a judgment from the court. The suit was compromised and Montgomery re- ceived just one-half of his bill against the county.
 The road to Camp Arcadia is said to be almost impossible. The recent heavy rains have washed the dirt away from the rocks and it will take some time to put the road in a con- dition to be travelled.
 Among the Graham county volun- teers who left for Whipple last week was James Anderson and James B. Cosper, Jr., of Duncan. In the hurry of gathering the list of men on the train the above names were omitted.
 A Mexican went on the warpath at ranch near the Solomonville depot last Tuesday and proceeded to carve q wo- man with a corn knife. Sam Watson was at the depot at the time and gath cred in the bad hombre." He is now in jail awaiting trial.
 Miss Holy Smithson and Tom Smith of Layton were united in marriage by Probate Judge Damron at his residence in Solomonville last Saturday night.
 Ben Clark spent Sunday in the val ley feeling the public pulse. Ben has his eye firmly on the sheriff's office.
 William Epley and family, accompa- nied by his son-in-law and family ar rived from Texas last Wednesday and will make Solomonville their future home. There is plenty of room there for such settlers as MT. Epley and the people are always glad to extend d cor dial welcome.
 Two volunteers arrived in Solomon ville from Clifton last Friday too late to go with Graham county's detach- ment, who left on Thursday. They wired Lieutenant Jones at Phoenix that they were ready to go and asking if they could join the company at Whipple. That afternoon they receiv- ed an answer to come at once and left Friday night for Whipple.
 PIMA COUNTY.
 Last week the Arizona Commercial company of Nogales moved their two stores into their new building and by another week will have everything put fn f0hf t. AL finest mercantile establishments in Arizona.
 Monday word was received from Rancho Bellotal, on the Santa Cruz, that the little boy baby (of the twins recently born) of MT. and Mrs. George Beckwith, was dying. He passed away that afternoon and was buried the fol- lowing day.
 Mir. James B. Mix of Nogales has on exhibition in a show case at the drug store of J. B. Mix & Co., a piece of fire arms which is a real curiosity It is an old fiintlock horse pistol, such as were used a century ago. It was sent to MT. Mix from Ures.
 Tuesday evening part of R. c. Lowelfs concrete working force came to Nogales from Hermosillo to do some pavement work in and about the new Sandoval building on Railroad avenue and Calle Elias. MT. Lowell is ex- pected himself today.
 Tuesday MT. L. Lippman, manager Of La Moda, returned from Los An geles, where he had been on business and reported that on Monday the mer- cury registered 11O degrees at Indio. He was greatly pleased to return to the more temperate climate of Nogales.
 MT. F. J. Ryan, agent for the N. M. x A. railroad at East Benson writes that the railroad reading room at that place has been closed and the librarv packed for shipment to Nogales. This has been rendered necessary by the dlsmantling of the building for re- moval to the line city.
 Monday Town Marshal T. F. Brod- rick of Nogales was out in Calabasas country on business. In crossing an arroyo his horse got caught in the quicksand and he had quite a time get. ting out. In f1oundering his hoof VT, oI- c,+.,,.1x