Arizona republican., 1898-12-28

I
 passed away at 5:36 p. m. This is the
 second and last eclipse of either the
 sun or moon. partial CT total, visible IT
 the United States this year.
 DESERVED BETTER HOUSE. - "A Scrap of Paper by the Henderson company was not nearly so well pat
 ronized last night as it ought to have
 been. The cake walk no doubt affected the attendance, but if it had been
 known how excellent the play was and
 how skillfully it was going to be pre- sented the house would have been filled. Those who attended were ef- fusive in their praise of it. Mayor
 Adams said: 'It $ 100 per cent bet
 ter than any play I've ever seen in
 Phoenix" The play will be repeated tonight.
 MOUSE TRAP MANUFACTORY.-
 Articles of incorporation of the Star
 Novelty company of Los Angeles were
 filed in the office eff the county recorder
 yesterday. The company is formed
 fer the purpose of manufacturing Star
 mops, Star mouse traps and gopher
 traps The capital stock is only $10,-
 900, in which modesty of capitalization
 1t differs from the average Arizona
 corporation, whose stock usually runs
 into millions. The members of this
 mouse trap manufacturing syndicate
 are, George C.. King, Dale Burgess, Charles N. Williams, Mrs. N. H. Bur
 gess and Joseph Fargo Williams.
 MISS WALTON'S PARTY. Miss
 Nellie Walton entertained a few friends yesterday afternoon with music and singing, in which she has few equals, and at D. m. the dining room doors were thrown open, when the Grand March was taken up by the guests to the table which was loaded to it's utmost capacity with as fine dinner as the market could afford, and the finest turkey that the valley pro- duced. Miss Ella Black was the guest of the occasion, and after dinner cards and other amusements lasted until 10 O o'clock, when the little party sepa- rated for their homes, declaring Miss Walton the champion hostess.
 HIT BY A STREET CAR.- Gus Haigler had a narrow escape from serious injury yesterday evening, but not narrow enough to avert the almost total demolition of one of the wagons ing across Washington street just as car was coming down the street. He avoided this car, but failed to see another which was running in the other direction. He drove on the track in front of it. The car struck the fore part of the wagon and threw the ve- hicle less the shafts on one side of the track. The horse, unhurt, was tossed upon the other side. A great crowd quickly gathered about the wreck, for It looked as if a preliminary step had been taken toward the funeral of very popular young man. MT. Haigler, however, escaped without injury.
 FROZE A FOOT. Harry Scorse of who was driving his sheep put of the Mogollon mountains into the Verde valley when the big storm of a week ago came up, had one of his feet )adly frozen the first day and suffered great deal from the exposure he was subjected to. He lest a number of heep during the storm. Julius Wetz- | er's sheep were turned loose when the torn came up, as they were overtaken | 1t most unfavorable place in the | mountains. She sheep have since been | adhered up and the loss was consider | ble from starvation. Hugh Campbell, | vho has number of bands on the way o the valley, is feeding his sheep hay, | nd his loss will be slight. If the | weather remains warm the feed will | tart on the desert and ranges early | nd it will be the best in many years.
 A r SHATTERED RECORD. The | 'olice court record for the number of | ases tried in a single day was broken | esterday. The docket embraced | hirty-one cases, drunks and hobos. Thirty were convicted and judgment | vas suspended upon eight of the con jets. Four of those against whom judgment was not suspended paid cash. N1,o Exra lox fc inety. The biggest cash fine was paid | y a little Welsh miner, who had added o his offense of drunkenness and [ eace disturbance the crime of an un- uccessful resistance against Officer fofloy The largest number of cases yer before tried in one day was That was last spring in he height of a crusade against the nacs. That number was beside an ac- umulation of current and continued ases. Everything indicates that times re getting better and augments in avor of territorial expansion are null iplying.
 THE GAME TODAY. The third anne of the Phoenix-Prescott series yill be played at the park this after oon. The Prescott team has been and for the home team very and MCMahOn WIFI compose the r. Avery is an ex-league man nd strong pitcher with puzzling urves and excellent command. ood game is promised, as Prescott is etermined to win at least one of the cries, and the home boys are opposed 3 giving them a share in the honors at Il. The Phoenix "rooters" will no oubt attend the game and punish the rescOttites for the manner in which ney encouraged the Indians in the pot ball game of yesterday. A chal- 9nge was yesterday received by Cap ain McMahon of the DeMund players rom the Bisbee team for a series of ames to be played at Tucson next lonth. An effort will be made to ring the Bisbee team to Phoenix, as o inducements are offered by Tucson 1r the games, and it would no doubt sSult in a loss to both clubs to go