The Arizona sentinel., 1898-09-17

Rev. A. J. Crouch left last evening for Florence to be absent about week
 A baby boy was born to the wife of Wm. Hodges on Friday, September g.
 Senator Ives returned Tuesday from short visit to his family at Santa Barbara.
 The special term of the district court will convene next Thursday, Septembei 9;
 County Recorder c. P Cronin re- turned Monday from a two weeks trip to Los Angeles.
 L. c. Moreland of the Mesquit Mining district was in Yuma on business this week.
 NJ. J. Nugent left Wednesday even- ing for Prescott to attend the Demo- cratic convention.
 Mr. and Mrs. c. Gilroy returned Saturday evening from :heir summer vacation on the coast.
 Ed. Fitzgerald and Mir. Lyons, two popular knights Of the green cloth, returned Thursday from the sea coast. z. D Baker, Superintendent of the State of Arizona Improvement Com pany, is spending las week with bis wife in Los Angeles.
 C. Charley, the hustiiOg pro4, oter of mining and other interprjsos. re- turned this week from bis summer vacatlan on the coast.
 Hon F. T. Aspinwall, ex-Assistant Superintendent of the Territorial pri- son, returned last Saturday from six weeks trip to the coast.
 The beer femine, with which Yuma has been afflicted for the past three days, was relieved this morning by the arrival of a fresh carload of the be- verage.
 Mrs. Brown and Master Herbert Brown, wife and son of Superintend- ent Brown, of the Territorial prisor, arrived from the coast last Saturday and spent two days at their new home On prison hill. They went on to Tue son Monday but will return in about two weeks and remain permanently. Col. J. F. Wilson, of Prescott, was nominated this morning by the Dem ocratic Territorial convention as a candidate for delegate to congress. He was the weakest man in the race, and his nomination was hailed with delight by the Republicans of Yuma county, while the Democrats have not yet recovered sufficiently from the shock to give even an expression of disgust. Rough Rider" Col. l Brodie will now have smooth walking to comfortable seat in congress.
 The calihration of the eighty-oicnth ! anniversary of Mexican independence . at Hedges yesterday was a grand affair. 1 The Mexican Patriotic club had pre- pared an elaborate program and the festivities were participated in by many citizens Yuma. Ibe exercises began Thursday evening at o'clock 1 with the firing of twenty-one guns, fol- ] lowed by the reading of the declara- tion of independence and patriotic adresses in Spanish and English. The principal feature of the celebration occurred at midnight, the raising of the Mexican flag. It WIS at t. as hour eigthy-eight years ago that Miguel Hidalgo y Castillo raised the flag that proclaimed Mexico free. The celebra- ton continued throughout the day, concluding with grand ball last night. 1
 Abolt forty DemocratS,a a few repen,. ing Populists and a cast-of Republi- can or two, met at the court house last | night and selected a ticket of fifteen l men to be voted for at the Democratic | primary next Monday. Chief Editor Willis and Associate Winsor, of Yuma's Journaliststic disgrace, were i chosen as chairman and secretary, | pectively, of the meeting. A few short but brilliant speechs were made, i in which the object ot the meeting were clearly set forth, and after con- siderable wrangling over motions, amendments, and amendments to amendments, the following men, some of whom will be elected, were decided upon: A. Modesti, l. V. Taggart, Anselmo Figueroa, Jas. Neahr, Roy sexsmith Jake Meadows, Geo. s. MarabIe, c. F. Ravens, Jack D1nue, Max Conn, 0. F. Willis. c. Y. i Coau0r. r. M Riley, Frank Arlla anu l. Harry Leonard