Arizona republican., 1898-11-21
News of the Town

l ] pastors Of the Phoenix churches vii \ meet at the Baptist church this morn ing at II o'clock.
 A SECOND ALARM.-A burning ! chimney of he adobe residence at the corner Of Second street and Adams brought out the fire dspartmert- last ! night.
 AYES WILL LEAD.-Rev Mr. Ames of the Free Methodist church will lead ihe special Red Crusade , meeting at the Salvation Army hall tonight.
 UNCLE TOM" IS HERE Hagen } "Uncle Toms Cabin" troupe arrived
 in the city last night and put up at she Commercial. There are twenty-five people in the company. They will ap-
 pear at the Patton Grand tonight.
 ON HUGHES TRAIL Sheriff Ruff
 ner Of Yavapai county is on the crail
 of hughes, the man who shot and
 killed Mccoy few months ago during
 the grading O. the Prescott &5 Eastern
 road. The murderer IS supposed to be
 somewhere in eastern Yavapai.
 1 CARTER RETURNS Lieutenant J. D. Carter of ,ne Rough Riders ar
 rived in Prescott yesterday, and it is generally reported in Prescott that he l will be married to one of that citys
 
 to Cuba. His say ill Prescott will be | brief
 LIEUTENANT ALBRIGHT CON- l NC Lieutenan, Frank H. Albright
 and wis of Fort Grant, Ariz. will spend Thanksgiving at the home of 1 Mrs. Albrights father, Chaplain Win i field Scott. at ScOttsdale. Lieutenant l Albright has just returned from Porto
 Rico.
 l MEADE IS Ill., Ex-UnIted States Marshall w. K Meade, who went to Alaska a year ago, has returned to San Francisco. where he is confined in a hospital. He is said to be in very poor health, with but small chances Of regaining it. Mir. Nj ada's friends in Arizona will be sorry to hea- Of his misfortune.
 JOINS HIS BROTHER MT Henry 4. Merrill of S. Paul arrived in the city Saturday night 10 spend the win ter MT. s. A. Merrill, his brother. came two weeks ago and with his wife and child are located at the Rumney on Grand avenue. The Merrills are engaged in the wholesale crcckery business in St. Paul. WILL WINTER HERE Mr Rob ert +. Ferguson, Mrs. Ferguson and their child aTri' ed in Phoenix last night from Paris, Ky. They will spend the winter here with Mir and ! Mrs. T. J. Barkley. Thsy spent a DOT tion of las winner in this city and | were deligIted with the winter climate of the valley MT. Ferguson is one Of [ the substantial business men of Paris.
 BIRTHDAYS CELEBRATED MT ! s. p. Clark, manager of the Ford hotel, | yesterday gave. a. lrache0n to Cap,ain | j. IE B Al 8nda1, and thereby com I memCI aced two important events. The 1 one was Mi. Clark's arrival at the . milestone which brings to q man ma ture judgment and TeconcileS him to take things as easy as possible; and ! the o-h her was the birthday anniversary i of MT. Alexander's daughter, who has reached her ,enth year.
 SCHOOLS WILL OPEN The pub lie schools of Yuma have been closed for some time owing to a prevalence OI scarlet fever. The disease has ragged for some ,ime. but iJ is now SubsidinS and only f5w eases remain. The schools will open today, as the re- maining eases are in a mild form and it is believed that there is TO further danger Of consagicn. Professor L. J. Spencer, principal c: the schools, who has been in Los Angeles since the schools closed, returned to Yuma yes terday.
 MAYER HAS 4 PAPER-Mr J. A. is now editor ot the Weekly Reflex at Mayer, the prosperous camp at .he terminus of the Prescott & Eastern railroad Tn hls introductory MT. Gard ner says his paper will always be found faithfully por5raying the inter ] as.s Of eastern Yavarai county. The Reflex is neatly printed, and edited with ability MT. Gardner is prac- tica1 printer, and he has had consider able experience in newspaper work His Phoenix friends wish h4m the sue cess he is entitled to.
 GINS STOLEN. The gun store of Harry Kessig was burglarized yester { day afternon and eight guns were missing from the rack when MT. Kes- sig returned to the store last night. All were shotguns, and -hree were h. n5rless of the latest make. When Mir. [ Kessig returned after 1 o'clock he ! found the doors of his sore opan, showing that the burglars left ln haste. A search was made last night by the police but no trace of he burg lars was found. It is believed that they left the city after securing the guns and will try and dispose of them in the valley CT at some Oi the camps in the hills (
 4 DOUBLE SORROW-Mrs. J. W f Doris yesterday received a message from Mississippi conveying he sad news Of the death of her brother, Mir William Bryant Wilson. Mrs. Doris C was called 70 Mississippi by the illness 1 of her brother some weeks ago, and 2 left him much improved in health. A V few days after she arrived in PhOenlG I she received news of the death CT an V other brother. MT. George Wilson, who contracted malariaI fever and died ! suddenly. Mr William Bryant Vii . son grew worse after Mrs. Doris lief. q and yesterday he passed away. The q q many friends os Mrs. Doris and her sister, Miss Wilson, will be pained to earn of their great sorrow.
 ALEXANDER VIEWS Captain '