Arizona republican., 1898-02-28

Dr. J. M. Ford will leave in a few days for Castle Creek on a visit to his mines there, which he is developing.
 Sheriff Scott White of Cochise coun- ty came in from Tombstone yesterday morning with a woman committed to the insane asylum.
 The outfit of S. R. H. Robinson, who has the contract to grade the Big Bug railroad, was shipped north this morn ing to Point of Rocks.
 Mrs. J. D. Merideth and Miss Mar garet Meredith of Radnor, H., arrived in the city from the south yesterday morning. They are stopping at the Hotel Adams.
 N. L. Amster, a prominent mining man of Globe, accompanied by Charles H. Hayden of Boston, Mass, arrived in the city yesterday morning. Both gentlemen are interested in the Con tinental mines near Globe.
 A. Barny, the livestock agent of the Denver & Rio Grande railroad, was in the city yesterday looking into the possibilities for shipping Arizona cat tie. to Colorado, and at the same time to see if there is a market here for Colorado four The shiment of four and other freight to Arizona was made possible by the opening of the Santa Fe and New Mexico gateway.
 Professor Moorhead, the archaeolo- gist, is engaged in examining an Az tee ruin three miles from the city near Grand avenue. He has three men at work digging in the ruin and he ex- poets to make some valuable discov- cries this week. Professor Moorhead is engaged in this work for an eastern museum. If his work proves futile where he is now engaged he will visit some~of the well known ruins on the Rio Verde and further prosecute his researches.
 On Thursday evening next a public meeting will be held in the Presby- terian church by the Good Templars, which will be addressed by MT. Frank c. Reid of Flagstaff. MT. Reid is a bright young man and a very enter taining speaker, and what he has to say will be worth hearing. An addi- tiona1 attT action will be a select read ing by Miss Lillian Mapson, a highly accomplished elocutiOnist temporarily in the city. It is expected also that d quartette composed of Messrs. Beller, Dysart, Reid and Walbridge will ren- der some special music.
 Georgia Redmond is in the county jail again. She was arrested yester- day morning on a warrant sworn out by City Jailor Hill charging her with an attempt to burn up the municipal house of detention. She had kindled a fire on the floor The county jail authorities are inclined to criticize the city jail officials and they say that this move is only subterfuge to get rid of the prisoner, who is troublesome morphine fiend. They point out the impossibility of convicting her of ar son or any other crime since she has been in. the asylum three times and is as crazy now as she ever was.
 Yesterday morning a couple of guests were sitting in front of the Hotel Adams. One was tall young man from Michigan and the other was a Louisville wholesale man. Did you know Will Smith of your town?'' asked the Louisville man. What! Will A. Smith? Yes, I know him well," replied the Michigan young man. The Louisville man had never heard of him until then. He had only been testing the prevalence of the Smith family and the result of the experiment shows that one cannot throw a chance brick without hitting a gentleman named Smith.
 The gambling business as every one knows has it's ups and downs, but the game usually wins in the long run In one of the saloons in this town there are three games, roulette table, a faro layout and a crap table A man interested is responsible fol the statement that within ninety days the three games have netted the pro- prietors $1S,000. About the beginning of that time one man who had $10( took a fourth interest in the faro game, whose bank roll was $400 More than 8 week ago his share of the profits amounted to S4,250
 Lionel Saltmarch, mining man from England, who arrived in the city several weeks ago, has returned from a visit to some mining properties in