Arizona republican., 1898-05-03
LOCAL NEWS BRIEFS
Small Paragraphs of Gen.
 erdI Local Interest.
News of Phoenix and Tributary Re- zion. The DOingS of People ans Other Matters.

The third annual meeting Of the Normal Alumni association Will b held at Tempe next Saturday.
 Company A, N G. A. will be mus tered in on Wednesday evening at the city hall Those who have signed the list of application are requested to be present for muster.
 The first banquet of the Kentucky society will be held at the park to- day. Elaborate preparation has been bered by those who enjoy good things to eat. There will be no set speeches, only responses to tOasts.
 Governor McCord yesterday re- ceived telegram from the New York Journal saying it was about to send a message of congratulation to Commo- dore Dewey. The Journal desired to embody in it's message any exprss- sion of sentiment by the people of this territory.
 A meeting of the normal school board was held yesterday at which Professor Eugene M. Westcott Of Wisconsin was elected to succeed Pro- lessor T. F. Grindell of the department of English at the normal. Professor Westcott will arrive in time to enter upon his duties next Monday.
 Three Japs had a mix-up back of Thalheimer's saloon last night which included a gun play by one of the participants. No one was badly hurt, as they dispersed upon the approach of an officer. The affair might have been serious had the officer not put in an appearance at an opportune mo- ment.
 The territorial board of education yesterday issued educational diplomas to Ella G. Clark and Mary E. Colton of Florence, and Miss Belle Mcdonald of Phoenix. A first grade territorial certificate was granted R. H. Theil- mann, principal of the schools at Globe, on a diploma from the Univer- sity of Missouri.
 Return was made in the district clerks office yesterday of an attach ment in the case of James B. Drane vs. John Williams. Suit had been brought by the former, a physician, against the latter to compel payment of bill of 1922 for professional ser vices. Eighty acres of land between Mesa and Tempe belonging to the de- fendant was levied on.
 Willie Wildwood alias the long haired Kid, wants to go to the war and has written to the governor about it. Willie has always courted scenes of strife, but his patriotism in this ic ohah h int I,xrt o;r sumstance that he is il jail. He be- lieves that by reason e his long hair he is peculiarly adapted for service in the cowboy regiment. He has not been pardoned.
 The last appropriation Of the coun- ty school fund will be made today, SIP 400. The last high school appro- priation, S1,6S3.10, will also be made. The school expenses of the county amount annually to more than S7O,- 900, which is by far the largest item of public expense. Yet, Treasurer Murray says, it is an expense whirh the county can afford to pay better than any other. Its effect is notice able in two ways, upon the pupils of the schools and upon the lessened ex- pense for criminal prosecution.
 At the Baptist church last Sunday morning Rev. w. F. Taylor of Dayton Ohio, preached a very able sermon, taking for his text, Gather up the fragments" Mir. Taylor is a forceful speaker and is especially happy in his illustrations. The pastor gave the hand of fellowship to seventeen new members. The church was beautifully decorated with roses. In the evening Dr. Halsey preached on our national hymn, America" giving it's history and an analysis of the sources of its power.
 An old prospector named Lee died rather suddenly at Briggs, Castle Creek, last Saturday, and was buried the same day by friends in the neigh borhcod. Jack Evans of Salvation Army fame officiated at the grave side, and after a few we'll chosen words in which he paid tribute to the character and work of his old departed d friend, he performed the last services according to the ritual of the Salva- tlon Army. The funeral was largely attended by friends and acquaintances of the deceased.
 Sllas St. John, who first came to Arizona more than forty years ago, is in the city guest or the Welcome house. He has not lived in the terri toy continuously for forty years or even a considerable part of that time yet he claims a continuous residence on the ground that his right arm has never been outside the boundaries oi Arizona for forty years. MT. St. John lost it in a brush with Indians in the , course of a surveying expedition. oi which he was in charge. Several oi his men were killed at the same time He afterward returned to Arizona with the Butterfield expedition. There were five drunks in polio: court yesterday, embracing almos every possible variety. The most in teresting case was the investigation of an affray last Sunday morning be tween Janitor Scott of the city hal