Arizona republican., 1898-05-06
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 is doing unusually we'll.
 Tombstone is rapidly forming i
 guard for home service.
 Dr. A. c. Wright, from the Yaq1 river country, is spending sever; days at Nogales.
 Judge Purcell of the Probate Coul of Tucson is kept busy making ol marriage licenses.
 Sheriff Ruffner has placed "ol glory" to the breeze from the fagpol on his new barn.
 Paso, Texas, is inspecting properties in and around Tombstone.
 Frank Morgan filed five mining loca tions with the city recorder of Tucson today They are located in the Cobab district.
 Recent rains have caused the grass of Yavapai to start until the mountain sides and plains commence to take on a green appearance.
 c. H. Fancher of the land department of the Santa Fe Pacific railroad made a brief business trip to Prescott on Saturday afternoon.
 Dave Adams delivered five hundred and fifty head of cattle to Wilcox Tor shipment east on April 18th, the price being reported as SEQ.
 The. street car line of Tucso his now receiving passengers for as far out as inc Indian school, and expects to be able to do business with the Un1ver- sity before the week ends.
 The widening of lower Congress street in Tucson is in the near future An appra1sement commip,ee has been appointed, and on their report the street committee will take immediate action.
 The poundmaster at Tucson repolt-d to the city council last nj ght that dur ing the month of April ne had killed 1O9 dogs. He receives 35 cents for very dog that is relieved of this worlds woes.
 Monday MT. J. C. Mccormack brought up from Hermosillo fourten carloads of cattle for the Chiricahua Cattle company. They were driven to the San Pedro and turned cut on the range of the company.
 The Elks of Tucson are going to have the finest locking building in the city. This is right and proper, as the organization is composed of a fine body of gentlemen, and the building, to be in harmony with the organiza- tion. should be high grade.-Tucson Star.
 Lieut.. Savage, a soldier stationed at Grant, Graham county, one day last week fired seventy-five shots at tar get the size and shape of a man at fifty yards distance, with a 38-calibre Cclts revolver Each bullet struck the tar get, sixty-eight being placed in the re- zion of the heart, two in the abdomen, two in the head and two in the left shoulder. It is a remarkable score with the revolver.-Yuma Sun
 The Phoenix Herald is mistaken in saving that Major A. O. Brodie was a soldier of the civil war" He enter ed West Point about the close Of the civil war, and after graduating, was assigned to duty on the frontier, com ing to Arizona first in 1870. He has seen lots of good, active service On the frontier, though, fighting Indians and scouting the country as an officer of the first cavalry regiment nal-Miner.
 Mir. Jas. T. Castro is an arrival in Tombstone from Nogales. MT. Castro states that Nogales is well prepared to meet any invasion of Spanish sym pathizers. The Home Guard have al lied themselves with the militia for any trouble. Nightly a patrol Of the militia to patrol the streets and pre- vent any unseemly assemblages has been ordered. The city has increased the police force by adding 25 extra men to the force, half of whom guard the city at night. Any demonstration is at once suppressed by the disturber being hustled to jail. Every precau- tion is being taken, and by immediate action quell any disturbance before any mob could gather, and thus the opportunity for a certain element to incite riot is prevented and held in check.-Prospector.
 Five or six years ago w. H. Earns worth, a railroad engineer on the A. & P. railroad, quit that work, at the solicitation of his wife, on account Of the dangers attending that vocation The couple came to Prescott, where they resided for long time, and made many friends in this section. Later they moved to Williams again, and last September MT. Farnsworth took a po- sition in the box factory with the Sag inaw Lumber company. Last Thurs day he was engaged in running boards through rip saw, when one of the boards became detached, striking him with great force, causing his death within few hours His death is a sad blow to his wife, who was perfect 1y devoted to him. His remains were taken to Sacramento, California, for 1t.-Journal-Miner.
 GETTING SCARED.