Arizona republican., 1898-09-04
News of the Town

THE FALLING RIVER--Mr. Fra zee telephoned from the Arizona dan: at noon yesterday that the Salt river was falling quite rapidly.
 FRIENDS OF ZION.-All are in- vited to the gathering of the Friends cf Zion at the residence of Albert Schaffer. corner Jackson street and Second avenue, Sundays. at II o'clock m. and 3 o'clock D. m.
 THE HOMEWARD FLIGHT.-,Th The rush home from the coast, from the precipitate than the outward flight was. The s. F. P. & P. from the north drought back more than fifty return ing excursionists last night.
 THE BAPTIST CHURCH.-Th Bap- ! tist church, corner Second avenue and i Jefferson street, Rev Lewis Halsey. 1 L. D.. pastor, services today as fol- lows: Preaching by the pastor at II a. m.; Sunday school. 9.4o a. m.: B. Y. P. U., D. m A cordial welcome to | all
 YESTERDAYS TEMPERATURE. = The maximum temperature yesterday, according to local weather bureau of fcials. was 974 degrees, being eX actly the same as the day before. The minimum temperatures for the two days showed up favorably for yester day. being 74 degrees Friday, as against G7.2 degrees yesterday.
 THE NJ. E. CHURCH.-Rev. Dr. s. A. Thompson, superintendent of the | Arizona mission of the Methodist 1 L--1i- oh First M. E. church at II o'clock this morning There will be no Epworth league service in the evening, but rle's mass meeting at the camp ground.
 4 PHOENIX HOUSE.-D. h Evans. the contractor, is now finishing three fve-room cottages at the corner of Third avenue and Madison street for George Patterson, one of Malicopa county's oldest residents. Each cot tage has five rooms. bath and sewer lconnections. Mir Evans a,so recently finished two frame cottage, for John lO'Connell enc block south of the Sag inaw lumber yards.
 P. o. NIGHT CLERK.-Commenc Monday evening, September }, there will be a clerk On duty at night at the postoffice. so now patrons of the offics can have their mail from the boxes as Iearly in the morning as desirable. Mir Reynolds. late of the National steam laundry. will go on duty as clerk on Monday morning. Monday be- ing a legal holiday one delivery ot mail will be made in the morning and the office will be open fl om g to 10 a. m.
 THE LESSENING WORLD The world is rapidly growing smaller measured by the time 1t takes one to travel over it Some time ago Mir \. H. Davidson of this city left on a visit to his old home in Scotland, and day before yesterday he came back before many Of his acquaintances knew that he had been out of the city. He spent five weeks roaming in the Highlands and brought back in his hat spray of the loved heather The journey from Liverpool to Phoenix occupied just eleven days.
 | MINISTERS IN ARTZONA.-Rev Dr. Thompson, superintendent of mis- sions in Arizona of the NJ E. church. arrived in Phoenix yesterday. Dr. Thompson describes his church in a prosperous condition generally, with TO difficulty to supply the various con- lgregations with efficient pastors
 why" said he yesterday. eff every preacher in Arizona were to ask to be transferred to points outside the terri tory. I would be able to fill the va cancies two or three times over.
 have applications on hand from all parts of the United States, even as far least as the Atlantic coast
 BEN HALL IN JAIL-It is hardly worth while for Ben Hall, colored, to go to the trouble of getting out of ljail. for he almost immediately gets in lagain Not long ago he was arrested for stealing horse and cart He was subsequently released on bond A
 week agn he stole a silver watch from ithe room of George Holmes on South
 First street. He was arrested yester-
 day afternoon by Marshal Hooker,
 was brought before Justice Kincaid Iand went to jail in default of a bond Of $50. He was caught in this way:
 As soon as the loss of the watch was reported Marshal Hooker furnished the number of it to all the pawn ibrokers in the city. Yesterday after noon young man named Heath pre- sented the watch at pawnshop. The I t,.l