Arizona republican., 1898-09-28
News of the Town

egger against Joseph H. Holland, Isa-
 bella Holland and Thomas Fitch. | LICENSED TO WED.-License to
 marry has been issued to William Stelzreide and Fannie Porter of the
 south side License was also granted
 Professor George Kay Miller and Mary ! E. Knight.
 A REAL ESTATE DEAL Among ! the documents filed in the office of the county recorder yesterday was a deed from John T. Dennis and wife to the Sisters of Mercy, transferring lots 10
 and F, block 3, city of Phoenix. EDUCATIONAL CHANGE Mrs. M. W. Lorraine of Los Angeles has leased
 the Lamson business college and will
 hereafter conduct it. Mrs. Lorraine is
 a late arrival in Phoenix and a lady Of
 culture and high attainments.
 CHURCH BUSINESS MEETING-
 The annual business meeting of the
 First Baptist church will be held at the church on the evening of Wednes-
 day, September 28. DeacOns will be
 elected to succeed P. T. Burtis and J.
 J. Mum; trustees to succeed L. W. Coggins, o. L. Kay, c. D. Doris, A. J.
 Edwards and R. W. Draper.
 ATE CONCENTRATED LYE. -Ola,
 the little daughter of MT. and Mrs.
 Henry Alexander, yesterday got hold
 of a can of conce.tratsd lye and ab- sodbed enough to put her life in dan ger. A physician was called, but at late hour there seemed to be no hope for the little one MT. Alexander is member of Col McCord's regiment.
 FARMERS CONGRESS- Governor Murphy lately received a letter from Governor Culberson of Texas regard ing the representation of this territory at the meeting of the farmers national congress to be held at Fort Worth. Tex. from December 6 to IA. Gov ernor Culberson requests that the number of delegates from this terri tory be increased to 750.
 LOST A BULLET Last April Charles Crow accidentally shot him self in the right leg and the ball passed into his foot. It has troubled him considerably ever since, but it could not be precisely located. Yesterday MT. Crow thought he knew just where 70 look for it He pointed out the place to Dr. l.. D. Dameron, who made deep incision in the outer side and found it It was a 45, and had been only slightly changed in shape. The operation did not hinder MT. Crow from going about as usual.
 AN OLD REPROBATE.- Charles Sloan, a man of 55, was sentenced by Justice Kincaid yesterday to 1S0 days in the county jail for indecent expos ure. The offense was committed in the presence of several little girls of the West End school More than a year ago the old reprobate was in Jus tice Johnstone's court for the same kind of a caper. He got the same kind of a sentence. The chief of the Mari copa's was going to kill him once for a similar offense and promises to full fill his threat the first time he catches him on the reservation. But Sloan is safe for this year.
 DEATH OF COL SIMMS.-A tele- gram was received in the city yester- day conveying intelligence of the death the day before of Col. James T. SimEs at Terre Haute, Ind, where he had resided for the last two years. Col. Simms was about 6S years old. He came to this territory as the principal contractor on the Atlantic & Pacific railroad through Arizona. After the
 
 the Salt River valley. He acquired a part of what was known as the Central Place north Of the city, but which is now known as Simms addition. He was good citizen, pro gressive and enterprising and did as much for Phoenix as any other man that ever lived in it.
 A TOWN BORN AGAIN.-Since cyclone struck Gila Bend little has been heard from that part of the world save 8 vail now and then from a survivor, the worst fears, that the Bend had been wiped out. Even those walls ceased and it was accepted as fact that nothing re- mained of Gila Bend but the railroad track, station buildings and the bound less desert. There are, however, re- cent and unmistakable signs of revivi- ication. The w. A. Watts Co. yesterday received an urgsnt order for eight bar rels of beer. The order was filled and shipped last night. Eight barrels of beer is not great deal. In 1890 eight barrels of beer would not have lasted over night in Gila Bend. But it is enough on which hope may be hung hat Gila Bend is slowly, but surely from it's ruins
 WEATHER BUREAU EXTENSION. Section Director Burns of the Ari- ,ona weather service yesterday re- ,eived from Willis l.. Moore, chief of he weather bureau, official notification ! If the esta blishment of number of i weather bureau stations in the Wind i ward islands. The list consists Of Jamaica; Port Of Spain, i Willemstad, Curacoa; Santo Domingo, Santo Domingo: Santiago de Cuba, Basseterre, St. Kitt's; Bridge own, Barbadoes. As will be observed, 1 Ill these stations are outside of the of the United States, with he possible exception of Santiago. 1 The importance of locating these sta ions was demonstrated during the in front of Santiago, when, [ was admitted, an unexpected hurri- ,ane would have done more damage to ] he American fleet than all the guns of he Spanish navy. The importance of he new stations as means of fore