Arizona republican., 1898-01-23
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Mayor Emanuel of Tombstone arriv ed home on Friday evening.
 Three of Jerome's citizens are mah ing preparations to start for DawsoI City.
 M. Salzman, wife and son returned from Albuquerque to their Williams home Friday.
 Mrs. J. Hanniger of Tombstone is in California on visit to friends and relatives for a month or more.
 w. c. Greene of Cochise county has sold 1000 yearlings to Frank Proctor of Tucson. Delivery to be made in May.
 c. c. Hall, the best known knight of the grip on the road, passed through Prescott Thursday heading for Phoe- nix. ii 4
 The establishment Of flouring mill here has been under consideration by some of the agriculturists of Coconino county. n ali
 E. s. Gosney and wife, who have been on a pleasure visit in Chicago and the east for the past month, have returned to Flagstaff.
 Flagstaff needs first class ope,a house and she is going to get it be- fore many moons. And there is where the Flagstaff Gem tells the truth.
 Thomas Jasper, general manager of the electric light plant of Flagstaff, has returned from an extended visit to relatives and friends at his eastern home. III j
 Captain Frank Hochderffer has re- ceived the invoice of the new uni forms for company I. The clothing will be in Flagstaff in a few days.
 MT. Harris of St. Louis is in Je- rome, looking over the field with a view of locating a tin and plumbing establishment. He is a practical me chanic
 John l.. Summers received a bull terrier as a present by express, but the donor was too modest 5o give his name. Probably a lady fiiend?-Je- rome Reporter.
 It is estimated that no less than one hundred thousand head of sheep have been driven from Navajo and COconino counties into the Sa River valley this winter.
 Judge w. D. Monmon:er while ip Tombstone from Pearce spoke well of the law abiding spirit of the peop.e of the camp. Everything is prosper ous and the town forging ahead.
 And now it is the Gem, at any rate a better name than Kicker There are too many of that class in Arizona now, and their names do not get in to print Flagstaff san brea he easier.
 The completion of the first class highway which is now under con struction from the Verde valley 10 Flagstaff means thousands of dol lars to the business men of that town.
 Work was commenced near the fort, eight miles north of Flagstaff Tues day to develop water to supply the system of water works that ely con templates putting in early in the spring.
 Annual average of mean tempera- ture at Tucson for 1897 was 67.9; high est maximum in June, 107; July, 106; August, 107; minimum, January, 23; March, 22; December, IS. Rainfall 1286 inches.
 The March term of the district court at Flagstaff gives evidence Of being a. very busy one. There are fourteen prisoners in jail, and several out on bonds awaiting the action of the grand jury.
 T. c. Frier of Los Angeles and w. D. Powell of Flagstaff reached Je- rome on Tuesday, in advance of their stock of gents furnishing goods that they are preparing to open up in the Phillips building.
 The old depot at the N. M. and A yards at Benson is to be torn down and removed to Nogales. The yards near Benson are also to be abandoned and the s. P. depot yards will be used entirely.-Bisbee Orb.
 The Santa Fe Pacific railroad com pany has had a force of forty or fifty men at work on two bridges near Houck's Tank in Apache county for the past two weeks and it will re- quire about one more week to com plete the work.
 J. R. Wells residence on the Low CT Agua Fria, was destroyed by fire recently The occupants had barely time to escape with their lives afler the fire was discovered. The origin of the fire is a mystery. Loss S3,O00, insured for $1 200.
 The following Arizona postoffices have been authorized to commencs the issue and payment of money orders: Fortuna, Briggs, Glendale, Maricopa, Orc Blanco, San Simon, Storm and Young This makes about forty mon ey order offices in the territory.
 J. H. Lee of the American ranch in Yavapai county has sold all Of his cattle and brand to J. H. Caldwell of Williamson valley. The price re- ported is $1O,00O. MT. Lee expec-s to leave next month for Seattle and ex- peets to go to the Yukon country in the spring.
 The thermometer at Williams the last few days has been below zero mark quite frequently; on Saturday last in many places it was and even 10 below; at Bellemont 16 degrees and at Walker g degrees below. All of these places are on the Santa Fe Pacific in Coeonino county.