Arizona republican., 1898-03-16
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Snow fell in Tucson Sunday night.

Snow fell in Tucson Sunday night.
 The Catholic fair at Bisbee netted S1,0OO.
 George L. Grosvenor, Phoeni1 architect, has been awarded the con- tract to build the S15,000 court house at Holbrook.
 Capt. Mahoney and Lieut.. Cordie1 of the Cuban army are now in Bisbee From there they will go to New Or leans and embark for Cuba
 It is said big cattle deal, one of the largest in the history of Arizona, is be- ing negotiated. A prominent Tomb stonite being one of the parties inter ested.
 Col. Epes Randolph states that there is a slight Hull in the big freight rush that the s. P. has been having. He looks for business to pick up again promptly, however.
 MT. E. T. Welles, vice president of the Wabash railway, is in Tucson to spend a day or two. MT. Welles, who resides in New York, is accompanied by his family, and the trip is purely one of pleasure.
 A warrant was sworn out Saturday in Prescott for the arrest of William Culver, aged about 55 years, a resi- dent of Cherry creek. Culver is ac cused of being mentally unbalanced and is said to be dangerous.
 Lieutenant c. B. Drake Of San An tonic, arrived in the city yesterday. MT. Drake, who is an officer in the reg ular army, comes to Tucson to claim one of our most charming daughters for his bride. His marriage to Miss Hilda Jacobs will occur Thursday Star.
 Charles Rosenberger, who died on the Agua Fria a few days ago, was bured in Prescott Monday under the auspices of Barrett post, G. A. k. He was an old timer in Yavapai county and has three married daughters, resi- dents of that county. He was about 57 years old.
 A man named E. A. Brown was brought to the hospital at Tucson Monday from Benson. Brown was do- ing some work for the railroad at Ben son when he got into a dispute with some drunken Mexicans and the wran- gle wound up in Brown being stabbed in the side.
 There was a rumor on the streets q Klondyke. a small mining camp at the intersection of the Table Mountain road with the Aravaipa The report was that James Watt, a well known cowboy of that section had shot and killed a man named Riley, and wound ed another.
 L. A. Willard left Prescott Monday for Bisbee. He goes to Bisbee in re- sponse to a letter stating that his brother-in-law, Major William M. Downing, died in that city on the Sd of this month and that his sister wished him to come and help her settle up the estate. MT. Willard has not seen his sister for forty-one years.
 Sometime in the dim past two deaths occurred near Cahyon Diabole. Kind friends buried them and placed head and foot stones at their graves. With in a short time back some one opened the graves and carried the bones in grain sack to Flagstaff that he might complete his medical education which began on the range.-Winslow Mail.
 The Bisbee Orb says that in Tucson they don't say "There'll be a hot time in the old town tonight" but the aesthetic blonde murmurs: "There will be an interval of time remarkable for abnormal temperature within the corporate limits of the ancient and honorable municipality as night draws her sable curtain round.'
 The young son of J. Hessong, while going home down the railroad track on Saturday afternoon, was acciden- tally knocked dwon by the switch en- zine of the A. & s. B. At present the exact extent of his injuries are not known. No bones were broken, but it is feared he is injured internally. He stepped to one side of the track to let the engine pass but did not get far enough out of the way and the cross beam of the pilot struck him in the side, knocking him down the bank some twenty feet below where he was picked up.-Bisbee Orb.
 From various parts of the southwest come reports of the organization of cavalry regiments of cowboys. While these men are the best fighters known still there is a question as to the need of cavalry in war with Spain, says the Prescott Courier. A man can ride across the broadest portion of Cuba in a day, and the most expert and daring of the cowboys might ride along the
 
 coasts in the shallow water and rope" Spanish men of war as they steamed by, when they could pull them ashore, put spurs to their horses and drag them to death.
 The recent order declaring mesquite to be timber within the meaning Uf the law will have considerable to do with the fuel problem in this city which sooner or later must be met The Electric Light company is the principal consumer at present, that company paying out about $5,000 pel year for fuel. The Eagle Milling company and the Arctic Ice works use probably two-thirds as much more So far as the supplies furnished by tht Indians go the difference will not be material as much of it comes iron their own holdings on the reservation! but it will largely affect a lot of poo Mexicans who make living by gath ering mesquite wood on government 1and-Tucson Citizen.