Arizona republican., 1898-03-04
|An Over AriizUna|

D. B. Gillette is expected in Prescott about March 5.
 Deer are said to be plentiful in the mountains near Jerome.
 Masons are at work on the walls oi Ruffner's new livery stable at Pres colt
 Sheriff Ruffner of Yavapai county has gone to California with James Willett, the Baden murderer.
 The board of fire delegates of Pres colt has elected William Mulvenon chief, and John Fitch assistant chief.
 An eastern coal expert is expected to arrive at Wilcox soon to examine the coal prospects in the Milestone mountains.
 Fredericks, and J. s. Cook drove out from Prescott yesterday over the line of the Big Bug railroad.
 The sisters of St. Joseph have se- cured ten acres of land south of Tue son and, it is said, will erect commod- ious buildings there, to be used as sanatOrium.
 Within a week after the reopening OI lu6 luuuSl at w llllduS IHS NdAld Fe sent through it fully 2,500 cars of freight that had accumulated on the side tracks at stations all along the line. K
 The Phoenix Republican of Monday, February 2S, was a very creditable is sue, being devoted almost exclusively to description of the resources of Arizona. A large part of the issue was dQunfQd In mineral Of the territory y.-Journal-Miner.
 The scare created by the burning down of the Bolyn corral building on Eleventh street at Tucson near the Southern Pacific shops has resulted in the board of trade appointing com mittee to investigate the matter Of re- organizing the fire department.
 It now looks as if there will soon be plenty of work for all the idle men in this vicinity. The Big Bug railroad builders will employ about 300 man and the Prescott water works builders will need a large force also, should that proposed measure Obtain.-Pfes- colt Courier.
 Mrs. Cora Beach, executriX of the estate of Clarissa H. Kelsey, deceased, has filed in the probate court at Pres colt return of sale of personal prop erty in her account of administration, with a petition for distribution. The court has set Monday, March 21, 1898, for hearing same.
 James Willett, the Baden murderer, waived the formality of extradition pa pers, and signed an agreement to the effect that he would accompany the sheriff of his own free will and without hope of reward. Before leaving the jail he remarked to those there, We l boys, it's all up with me.''-Journal- Miner
 A. c. Hofsumer of Wilcox has in vented an improved water-tight bed for cowboys and others whose oc cupa- tion compels them to sleep out doors in all kinds of weather. The contri- vance is collapsible and as it weighs only twenty-twO pounds can be read fly packed on horse. It is boat shaped and covered with strong water proof material. MT. Hofsumer calls his invention ''the cowboy sleeper
 Under Sheriff Dillon yesterday tock charge of man named Burr, who gave evidence of an unsettled mind. When locked up Burr attempted to pick the lock with a spoon. By night he was so sick that he could not sit up. Il uo dIISHulHS puy ySICldI luIuhS there is pressure on the mans bra and says that he is insane. The man is a railroader and is said to have come here from the Need es-P1escott Courier
 Thomas Humphreys, well known O, the range as a stockman, is in town to see how the Cuban and the Klon- dyke questions are progressing, says the Journal-Miner. He is interested in seeing the former assume hostile relations as beeves threaten to reach a high figure if the Maine was treach- erously blown up, while on the gold question MT. Humphreys has the fever pretty bad likewise, his bonanza claims being located near the Colorado river, however. Between beef and gold Tom says the future smiles pleas antly before him.
 Company of the Seventh United States cavalry, stationed at Fort Grant, is expert in Cossack riding drill One of the feats done by this company is carried on by the horses rather than by the men. At a given signal about a third of the troop rides to the middle of the parade ground and compels their steeds to lie down, each trooper standing beside his horse. On another signal the rest of the hOrsemen dash across the arena at full gallop and charge between the prostrate horses, firing a volley as they pass along. The recumbent horses are said not to move a muscle during this exciting scene, but at the command, Rise mounted" every one of them jumps to his feet with the cavalryman sitting in the saddle.