Arizona republican., 1898-12-27
NEWS
 OF THE
 TOWN

COcOnino county, big lions skin. A NEW BRICKYARD. Bryan Bros, who lately came here iron
 Colorado, yesterday began work or
 their new brickyard just south Of tn; lO'COnnor & Cottrell plant They vii
 have a daily capacity of 10000
 A NEW HOME The bicycle estab Hshment of E. M. Depew & Co. will bf moved today to the PembertOn block on First avenue. The old quarters
 on Center street have become too small for the increasing trade which this firm is enjoying.
 A STAR ROUTE. Captain w. W Wall yesterday received notice from the department that route No. 1248 from Payson to Young, would be relet
 the original contractor having failed to
 qualify. The route is thirty-one miles
 mail twice a week. Bids will be closed tomorrow.
 | MANILA HEROES Philip John
 son, U. s. N, a sergeant of the s. s.
 Bennington, arrived in town yesterday
 morning accompanied by a half dozen
 discharged sailors who had been with l Dewey at Manila. All are in poor
 health and one is suffering from con
 sumption. Their disabilities date from that Hateful morning or the night be- 1 fore, May 1 this year.
 HIGH SCHOOL EXTENSION. The
 members Of the high school board
 were in sesison yesterday considering g bids for the proposed extension to the high school building. A half dozen proposals have been submitted. The
 board reached no conclusion, but Win meet again next Thursday It is not likely, however, that a decision will be reached before the regular meeting of the board a week from next Thursday.
 BACK FROM MEXICO. -J. J. Hard wich has returned to Phoenix to spend the holidays with his family. Mr. Hardwick is operating very valuable gOId-cOpper mine in Sonora, Mexico, near San Miguel. in which he is assO-
 ciated with William Melczer. Ship ments of ore ar2 being made to Fl Paso and the returns are very encOur- aging. The mine is considered one of the most promising of the Hany good mines of Sonora
 AT THE BAPTIST CHURCH. - The music at the Baptist church Sun day evening was excellent, and was greatly enjoyed by the large congrega- tion It included besides the hymns, Christmas anthem by the Quartette, a cornet, solo y z. o. Brown, a violin solo by MT. w. c. Halsey and q selec- tion by the orchestra, Miss Kay, MT. Bowen, MT. Halsey, MT. Brown, with Miss Halsey as accOmpanist. Pastor HaIsey gave a Christmas sermon.
 A DROOPING WIRE. Passengers On wheels, in buggies or on horseback along East Van Buren street were in peril yesterday afternoon. A pole laden with telephone wires had toppIed forward and an almost invisible wire hung across the street at about the right height to sweep a horseman from his mount or catch a bicyclist under the chin. The hanging wire was dis covered by MT. 4. G. Utley, who cut it and averted a damage suit, if not a funeral.
 AGAINST TEMPERANCE. = Late last night a man staggered into The Republican office to say that he had discovered another unanswerable argu- ment against temperance. Now" said he, divesting his language of the thick ness of utterantce characteristic Of drunken speaker, we all know that the bible makes frequent reference to the. use of wine. Temperance orators tell us that the wine spoken of is un- fern mented wine, pure grape juice. Now Paul says to Timothy, Drink a little wine for thy stomach's sake and thine often infirmities' What earthly benefit would a man with a disordered stomach derive from the unfermented juice of the grape?"
 DEATH OF MRS. LANE. Mrs. Maria Vaux Lane, wife of Rev. H. F. Lane, died in this city yesterday morn ing of pneumonia after an illness of only one week. She. came to Phoenix last September from San Diego. whither she had gone from Jonesville. Mich, to avoid the severe northern climate and on account Of the delicate health of one of her children. She was EeiZed with grip about a week ago and the illness developed into pneu- mOnia. Her heart failed Of action in the crisis. The funeral services con ducted by Rev. Lapsley A. AIcAfee of the Presbyterian church. will take place today at 2:30 D. m. at the resi- dence in Capitol addition. Mrs. Lane was born in Bucks county, Pa, and was married eleven years ago at 1 Pa.
 ROBBED BY HIS HOST. A man i who said he was miner, hunted up the police, constabuIary and deputy | sheriffs yesterday morning to impart to | them that he had baen rolled the night | before and robbed of his purse con- taining S650. He said he had been | about town and late at night fell in | with a man of respectable appearance | with whom he had so far as he could | remember, a very pleasant time His i new found friend finally invited him to spend the remainder of the night with | nim. The complainant could not re member whether he was taken to corral or to a hotel. He does know that he found himself wandering on the street with empty pockets. From the miners description of his host the au- 5horities believe that he is a hobo who was discharged from the city jail Q day | ]r two ago.
 week ago the police were cOngTatulat- ng themselves on having either ridden