Arizona republican., 1898-02-14


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 J. M. Aitken and his partner, M Morin, drove down to the river before the break of day Sunday morning. They were equipped to slay ducks by the score.
 While Mr. A. L. Fisher was at church last night man appropriated his bicycle. The police were advised, but up to 10 o'clock had not reported favorably.
 The funeral of the late A. J. Halbert of Tucson will take place at Tempe at 2 o'clock this afternoon from the resi- dence of his son-in-law, Albert Miller The body will be brought to Tempe this morning.
 A good crowd, perhaps the largest, attended the Pioneer band concert at the court house plaza yesterday after noon. The audience increases stead fly with the improvement by the band. If this relation is kept tip neither the court house or city hall plaza will be big enough to hold the crowds.
 MT. P. Walsh, a cattleman of Will Hams, will remain in the valley a few
  to learn that MT. Walsh will be paying taxes in Maricopa county next year, his admission as to the valley being an index to this belief. He has 4,OOO head of cattle on the range in Coco nino county.
 Sheriff George c. Ruffner of Yava- pal county spent yesterday in town, returning to Prescott last night. Mr. Ruffner was blIsily engaged yesterday in showing his friends and acquaint- ances fan of unique design which had been sent him as a birthday pres ent by his aunt, who resides at Guada- lajara, Mexico.
 On account of an extraordinarily long programme at the masquerade ball to be given by B company, N G. A.. at the Elks' hall tonight. the doors will be thrown open at 7:30 o'clock and the music will begn at x. As las been before stated the management will require all masks to bc raised at the dCOr. The boys are intending tU make the event of tonight one which those present " ill remember for yeuTs
 Ransome M. Viall died yesterday of pneumonia at his residence four and one-half miles south of the city, The cause of death was pneumonia, and the duration of the illness about two weeks. The funeral, under the direc- tIon of Will A. Davis, will take place from the residence at o'clock this afternoon. The burial will occur at the Loosely cemetery. The deceased was one of the early residence of that part of the valley and was highly re- spected by his neighbors. He was 74 years old and leaves a daughter, who was with him at the time of his death, and two sons living in Los Angeles.
 Wont them geesers never get ripe?" asked one police officer of an- other early yesterday morning. He was speaking of scores of sheep herd CTS, sheep shearers and miners. beside many citizens of Phoenix who were drunk, but had not yet got bowling drunk or drunk enough to pull" That is, they were not ripe. The off cers said there was never such preva- lent drunkenness in Phoenix, but it was of peculiar kind Many of the victims staggered slightly, but none got down or disorderly. It was prob able that an outbreak would occur before daylight.
 
 nization of an Ohio society in this valley. There are two already large state societies here now, Illinois and Kansas, but it is estimated that there are more Ohioans, not counting even holders of federal offices (and they will not be disqualified for member ship, than either Illinoisans or Kan sans The influx of Ohio people to ba Co1f within the last three or four years has ciety ever formed in another state or city is the Ohio Society of New York, which is the greatest organization of i:s kind in existence.
 The lecture at Moss hall on hypno- tism by Dr. Astor called out a good audience, who all claimed the doctor had hypnotized them by her remarks. At the close of the lecture there was a proposition preached of organizing "A New Church Work All present seemed in it's favor and at the lecture next Sunday on God, What Is It, and Where Did the Devil Come From?" the beginning of this new work will be search for truth, believing in one God and one father over all and in all and the universal brotherhood of man. Dr. Astor speaks Tuesday at Moss hall to ladies only, on Health, Beauty and Motherhood" at p. m.
 Yesterday was a delightful middle of-February day. The sun was just trifle too warm for comfort, which one could easily find, however, by step ping into the shade or taking drive into the country. And driving was delightful. The cottonwoods which line the canals and ditches are slowly bursting into verdure. The carpet of green in the fields is also becoming more pronounced. Many are appre- hensive that the weather is most too developing and that the buds will be pushed out to be caught in a late cold snap. But there was so much cold weather early in the season that the advance into summer will likely be steady and uninterrupted.
 Tie second game of base ball at the park yesterday between the Yucatec