Arizona republican., 1898-09-07
News of the Town

SPECIAL LETTERS.-Special let tcrs of administration upon the estate of William IT Spaeth were granted ii1 probate cou:t yestercay to Weston D. Baker.
 THE CAMP MEETING.-Dr. Pratt will deliver the sermon at the Metho- dist camp meeting this evening. By request he will speak to the young people.
 SCHOOL TRUsTEE.-Geiihty School Superintendent Grouse yesterday ap- pointed Samuel Openshaw trustee of the Nephi school district in place of Don M. LeBaron, resigned.
 BUCKEYE CAMP MEETING.-A camp meeting under the auspices of the tree Methodist church will be held at Buckeye next week and great inrOadS on Satan's dominions are an- ticipated.
 WELLS FARGO AGENT.-The spe- cial agency appointment of 1rustim Council, Wells, Fargo & Cos. agent ln Phoenix n succeed the late I. H. Hay, was filed in the office of the ter ritOrial secretary yesterday.
 AN AMERICAN CITIZEN Fred J. Harvey, t naive of Great Britain. yesterday rencunced his allegiance to Queen Victoria and applied in the of flee of the clerk of the United States court to become an American citizen.
 AN N. G. A. CHANGE.-Sergeant Charles Jarvis of K company at St. Johns, Apache county, was yesterday designated as captain of the company to succeed Captain Walter Scott, who resigned to join Col. McCord's regi- mert.
 SCHOOL OPENING-School in the Osborne district, couple of miles Forth of Phoenix, will open the 18th, instead of tie 18th. The change Of dates was made by agreement between Professor Balnes and the patrons Of the district.
 AN ARIZONA OIL COMPANY- Articles of incorporation of the Cali fornia Oil ard Gas company of Ari- z0na were 1ltd in the office of the territorial secretary yesterday The inGorporatcrs are w. H. H. Hart, N. ". Leymance, L. L. Bettys, Henry P. Umbsen, R. J. Davis, Dan B. Hayes ard w. H. Sledaker. The principal place of business is Yuma, with branch office at San Francisco The capital stock is $2,OOO,OOO, with shares $10 each.
 A BUSINESS JOURNEY.-Mr.E E. M. Doris. who has just returned from an extensive purchasing tour of the east, brings back word of condition O. buslnng prosperity wherever he has been. MT. Doris says that there are two advantages to be derived from an eastern business journey. One has an opportunity of feeling the commer clal pulse of the country and the su preme pleasure of returning to Phoe nix which eXcels for the size of it any place he is likely to visit on his tour.
 DAM WENT AWAY.-During the recent freshet in the Gila river about 100 feet of the Buckeye dam was washed away. The damage will be i irepaired without delay. A large quan- i tity of powder was sent to Buckeye l yesterday and will be used in blasting rock with which to fill in the cavity i The Buckeye dam is a composite af fair consisting of loose rock, brush and growing willows. It supplies the famous Buckeye canal with irrigating water and is of paramount importance to the farmers living there.
 ALLEGED ENTERTAINMENT. = Henry Wilson, constable at Wicken- burg precinct, yesterday caused war rant to be issued from Justice John stones court for the arrest of R. A. Roberts, lately deputy sheriff at Wick enburg, charging him with embezzle- ment of the public funds. The ac- cusation against Roberts is that he gave Mexican peddler license for one year receiving $10, for which he gave his personal receipt instead of that of the sheriff. Wilson says the money has never been accounted for. THE CITY COUNCIL.-The city council met in regular monthly session last night. About ninety bills, the largest number on record, were passed upon by the finance committee and al- lowed. The marshal was directed to make complaint against the persons who have been converting the north ern part of the town into a lake for the last two weeks and the city at torney was directed to draw up an or dinance regulating the standing of i hacks at railroad depots City Col lector Foster presented the assess mept roll for the year and he was au- thorized to have it indexed.
 OFFICIAL INTEGRITY Trinidad Sylvano, sometimes called the belle of the valley, though why she is calico ! pockmarked, was arrested on the street by Constable Frank McClintock for beastly drunkenness, yesterday. On her way to the city jail she tried to cajole the officer into turning her loose. She offered him all the money she had dollar, but MT. McClintock's integrity was unshaken. Then she offered him kiss She was now ap- preaching his price. He looked up and down the street. There were people everywhere. The heart of the con- stable hardend and Trinidad was dragged on to jail.
 i A LAKE SAVED.-Summer travel lers returning from the MogollOn l lrlounltain region report that Mormon iake, fiue body of water about six miles long and five miles wide, is very shallow, probably not over five fleet deep. It is supposed that several t.Iy seasons in succession have been tlo primary cause, as much less water