Arizona republican., 1898-10-01
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 took occasion to mildly score Attorney
 Bullard by becoming reminiscent. He reminded him 5hat when he was acting district attorney, he had induced the city council to break up block fl. giv- ing assurance that as a county official he would prevent the congregation Of prostitutes along the outskirts Of the city CT anywhere else in the county Now here he was protecting thsse same women in their new haunts and leVen in their incursions into the city.
 THE RoARKE WILL The famous Roarke will case will come up in pro- batts cOur. today. It is g. threa-sided and somewhat sensational affair The will. which will be contested. is an an- cient locking document giving the property of RoarAe, amounting to
 S90,O00, to his nephew. James Roarke The will was discovered after. the ap- p0intment Of Miss Cora Brill, niece
 Cf RC2Tke, administratTix of his es- i:.ate. This was accomplished after q
 bitter contest with interests represent
 cd by 9 brother and brother-in-law Of Roarke. It is cOntended now that the will was a forgery. The man who wro5e it is in town. and will testify to the signature Of Roarke.
 AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY," Mir
 James McMillan, chairman of the ex- ecutive committee Of the Arizona Az ricultural and Horticultural society, which will meet in annual session in Phoenix on October 21, is busily en- gagged in getting up the programme for the occasion and in few days will bs able to announce it to the public. It is stated, however, that special and interesting subjects will be treated by the society, such as bee1 culture, raising the date palm and other topics equally interesting and novel. The at tendance at the session last year was rather meaSer and it is hoped 10
 make the session Of 1898 n1ora encour- aging in this respect at least
 A SIGN OF WATER William FEazee, who is in charge Of the affairs of the Arizona Canal company at the dam, came down yesterday. he says there is not much water now. but there is never failing sign of an abundance
 when it will be needed-the early ar
 rival Of wild geese and duck They usually begin to appear about Oc- tCber 15. They are Q month ahead. of time now. In fact, lohe vanguard of the mallards be g3n to arrive as early as August. Another phenomenon there, which. however, has no bearing ol the water supply, is the extraordinary appearance of rattle snakes. The other night Mir Fraz5e shCt two big ones in the kitchen Of the company's house un- der g table at which several men were playing cards. They threw down their hands on 8 call by the ratt,srs.
 THE HOLZEBUSCH ESTATE. - Oscar R. Leohler yesterday applied in iprobata court for regular letters Of ad- n.icistration with will annexed, up01 the estate of John T. HOlzebusch Holzebusch came here a few years ago bringing about S2,000, which ne after yard invested in the Capitol harness Shop. lie scon afterward died and G. T. Switzer became eXecutor under the will. Switzer was taken i'll and has never since been able to attend to his duties.
 Leehisr was then appointed special ad
 milistrator with power to collect and preserve the property, but without authority to make disbursements. He has now brought the property in shape for distribution, having collected from insurance and other sources about q 200. There is beside the proceeds from the harness shop real estate in
 which the equity is about s100 The
 debts of the estate amount to about S2,300. The amount On hand will be distributed among the creditors pro
 rata.