Arizona republican., 1898-03-28

i'll, is recovering.
 William Patton has taken the posi- ton of Los Angeles Times agent for Phoenix.
 The Pioneer band concert at the it's usually large audience and the pro gramme as usual was well selected and excellently rendered.
 Officer Porterie returned late on Sat urday from the Pima reservation with two Indians, against whom complaint had been made by A. Martinez for an assault upon him and his wife last Saturday morning.
 S. R. H. Robinson returned Saturday night from Prescott to spend Sunday with his family here. The grading of the Big Bug railroad Is progressing satisfactorily, and the cold weather in that section has given renewed vigor to the men.
 A telegram received at this office stated that Postmaster J. c. Adams commission was mailed to him last Saturday. He will receive it by Thursday and he will thus be enabled to enter upon his duties the following day, April 1, and the first day of the quarter.
 Lionel Saltmarshe, the mining man from England, who has spent some time examining Arizona mining prop critics, has returned to the Ford hotel. His latest visits have been confined to properties in Yavapai county in the vicinity of Prescott Mr. Saltmarshe represents a wealthy English syndi- cate for which he is exporting some promising Arizona mines.
 A. B. Williams returned yesterday to the Castle Creek mining district to prosecute work on his placer claims.
 Dr. J. M. Ford yesterday received samples of ore found in a mine in the southern part of the territory which he has bond on. The sample is de composed tale, and the surface shows a good sprinkling of free gold. Dr. Ford has never seen the mine from which the ore was taken and he is now making preparations to take trip to it.
 Visitors who drive through the country about Phoenix finI many diff ferent things to admire. Some are pleased with the broad fields of al falfa. Others visit the ostrich farm with great interest and others take delight in the orange groves. Still others derive much pleasure from vis- it's to the Painted Rocks, the Hole-in the-Rock and other adjacent scenery. But the intelligent customer, especially one whose business has taken him into the rural communities of the east, finds interest in a comparison of the school buildings Of this county with the country school house at home. A in the Fowler district seven miles from town, yesterday said he did not be- lieve there was so handsome and ex- pensive a school structure in any rural ueighborhood east of the Mississippi. It is built of brick and Of extremely ornate design.
 A Phoenix man has lately created quite a stir on the turf at San Fran cisco, but he won't do it any more un- less he changes his name and conceals his identity. He has been ruled off. That calamity occurred last Thursday. He is Al Goodin, a brother of Doc Goodin and the other Goodin boys, and is horse | trainer by profession. The charge against him is that of introducing a ringer" under an assumed name upon ! below his ability, so that the honest horses in the race had no chance at all. The ringer" was not discovered until after the showing he made set other horsemen to Investigating his record. Goodin left here with a lot of horses i for California about two weeks ago. Local horsemen say that he took no ringer" with him, but his wide ac- quaintance in southern California would enable. him to acquire one or more on the way to Frisco.
 l In a discussion Of the war question | yesterday young man, a member of
 the National Guard, grew indignant
 at the suggestion that in case of war
 the militia of Arizona should be sent to garrison the military posts in the territory He wanted to go to the from
 where the leaden rain would fall the
 hardest and he proposed for one thai the guard take the matter into its owr
 hands, march to Mexico and by thai
 route arrive on the scene Of host1l1-
 ties in disregard of the plans Of the government. The fewer soldiers O that sort the greater the United States l hope of success in a war with Spaln o1 any other nation. The only quallhca 1 tion of a good soldier is exact nbedl ence. He need not be brave or skill ful in the use of arms. He may ever be a fool but if he does what he i' 1 told to do he will become valuable part of a great fighting machine. tn modern army. If he is nCt obedien he interferes with the operation of tn
 machine and is worse than useless
 Last Saturday man living nea Peoria lost a valuable mare by theft
 He had no opinion about the direction 1 the thief had taken, but he came t.
 town in great haste and excitemen and inquired for the best officer il Arizona. His manner indicated tha , he didn't care a continental for tn cost. Somebody recommended him t
 Captain Fly Mcdonald. Captain Me Donald buckled on his gun, mounte 1 his hnrca oallnnad n,1t Ia Panria a.,,