Arizona republican., 1898-01-29

There was another heavy snow at Prescott on Thursday night.
 The National drum corps of Phoe- nix will make it's debut in Tucson on Washington's birthday under the leadership of Harry Parker of the Pioneer band.
 Thomas Burgess fell in a fit ys1ter- day at the cornsr of Washing, ,Om and First streets He was picked up and carried across to the city hall, where he was soon after restored. The fit was caused by heart disease.
 Architect A. w. Gregg drove County Recorder J. H. Frisby of Holbrook to the asylum and Mesa on Thursday. While in, Mesa MT Frisby met a num- Der of old friends. The; gentleman is one of the most efficient and cour- teous officials in the territory.
 The reception to Governor and Mrs. McCord at Tempe on the occasion Of the opening of the new normal build ing was postponed until next Friday night. It was set fon last night, but on account of the extremely bad weather the date was changed.
 Recorder Jobs was so ill yesterday that he was unable to be at his office in the afternoon. His illness is at tributed by some of his physicians to tha miserable weather and by others to his severe mental exertions in pre- pairing for the late Oratorlcal contest
 There was a brief sessich of supreme count yesterday. Chief Justice Street by reason of illness was unable to be present. The c-se of Luther Wilson vs. James R. Lowry, set for hearing was submitted on briefs. Court tlhen adjourned until 9:30 o'clock u1 Mon day morning.
 The offices of the New York Life Insurance company in the Fleming to-dal1e'' style. MT. Oscar Watson, the cashier, is in full charge of the agency during the absence of Manager w. L. Has shawlay in Albuquerque, who is expected to return next weak.
 The train from the north, due here last night, will not arrive until ' o'clock this morning. The outbound train went out am hour late l2st night, the delay being caused by iIhe arrival of thirty-one cars of freight in transfer from the Santa Fe Pacific to Deming via the M & P. and the Southern Pacific.
 q want to keep in touch with Ari- zona, so you will please send me The Republican" said MT. L. w. Leighton yesterday. MT. Leighton is a general merchant at Dassel, Minn., and is en route to California, after a brief stay here, where he will visit a. short time. He is equipped to carry good news of the valley into frigid Minnesota
 The Bostonians will play at Tucson in "Robin Hood" on February g. This famous company will not come 10 Phoenix this year, but Phoenieians who want to see the play may do so on favorable terms If a party of ten or more can be- gotten up, the railroad will offer round trip rate to Tucson of $7.75. Further informa- tiOn may be obtained at Drachman' $ cigar store.
 United States Marshal Griffith yes terday received a telegram from Tue son saying that Crouch, another m m- Der of the gang of Stems Pass train robbe,B, had 'b1am captured Ianli brought in. The ma shal left for Tucson last night accompanied by United States Attorney Ellinwood. The examination of Crouch will take place today. MT. Ellinwood had com plated all the official business before him here and intended to leave last night for 'his home alt Flagstaff. w. E. Frost and wife of Kingman are guests of the Mills house and will remain here a few days longer. Mr. Frost is chairman of the board ot supervisors of McihhNe county and is | quite familiar with county affairs Though a cattleman, he is enthusd- astic over the mining prospects of has county. He spoke in the highest terms of the many exhaustive le1teUs | recently published of Mohavs1 county in The Republican, and promises some startling news to add to what has al ready been said in this paper in re- | spect to mining.
 i The Maricopa & Phoenix train ar i rived several hours late yes erday af- i ternCnn, having been detained aIE Mar icoDa by the delayed WeStbound South 1 ern Pacific. The cause of the delay was bad wreck east of Tucson. A gravel train was broken in two and was piled up on the track Nobody was hurt. There WAS a similar oc- currence in the same eighborhocd nearly two years ago. A gravel train escaped at Vail's, several miles eas of Tucson. The grade be.ween the stations is heavy and continuous and when the gravel train reached the yards at Tucson. where it was ditched 1t was going at rate Of more than g mile a minute. If ithe accident had occurred half an hour later the runa- way train would have caught an east. bound passenger train.
 It is likely that the tunnel at John sons canyon east of Ash Fork vii
 have to be abandoned altogether. Or ] Thursday night just as the work o1 repairing the tunnel was being com- pleted fire broke out in it again an6 1 five or six men were injured while trying to eNtinguish it. None of them however, we're seriously hurt. The
 extent of the new damage is no.
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