Arizona republican., 1898-10-08
News of the Town


 day afternoon overland from Colorado. The trip was evidently pleasant one. The horses were fat and stepped brisk ly. The occupants of neat and closely GOV cred light wagon seemed happy, and as most emigrants on long jour nt\ are not, were clean.
 SUCCESSFUL CAMP MEETING. = Rev. F. A. Ames, pastor of the Free Methodist church, has returned iron, the annual camp meeting at Buckeye and reports successful meeting. Ser vices will be resumed at the chapel On the corner of Fifth and Adams streets next Sunday at the usual hour. Salvation From a Methodist Stand point will be the theme
 SHE WAS HEELED.- Fife Shaw, who is not a regular attendant at any Sunday school in Phoenix or any where else, was arrested and locked up yesterday for being drunk and per vading" around with q harmless look ing bamboo cane, which was found on examination to consist of two pieces, one Of which contained a dagger nearly a foot long,
 CHRISTIAN CHURCH PASTOR. - A telegram was received from the Rev. L. O. Ferguson last night by A. P. Walbridge, saying that he and his wife would arrive on the M. & P. train this morning. MT. Ferguson comes to ac- cept the pastorate of the Christian church of this city and will preach in the church on the corner of Jefferson ard Second streets tomorrow morning and evening.
 CARLOAD OF DEMOCRATS. The business of the s. F. P. & P. is on the increase. A carload Of democrats was sent out to Glendale last night. Among them were tEE candidates for county offices chaperoned by Judge Davis, who went to break the glad tidings to the Glendaleites that he is a democrat and thankful for it. The car was left on side-track and the engine returned to town.
 MISSING HUSBAND. Inquiry is made by Mrs. George P. Halberstadt of 2203 North Eighteenth street, Phila- delphia. concerning her husband who mysteriously disappeared from home on June 30 and has not since been heard from. No cause is assigned for his disappearance except foul play or mental alteration He is B years old, 5ft 10in, slender, sloping shoul- ders, walks erect with swinging gait, blue eyes. blonde hair and Vandyke beard. He is fond Of bicycle riding and wardens of insane asylums, hos pitals and prisons are requested to be on the lookout for him.
 THE FARMERS MEETING. It is the purpose of the members of the Arizona Agricultural association to make the coming session of the asSo- ciation beginning on October 21, an interesting and profitable one. A paper to be prepared by Professor McClatchie on the subject of beet cul- ture will be especially instructive and interesting. The subject of establish ing a beet sugar factory in the valley will be handled by Professor Tourney.
 A POISONED HAND.- William A. Judd, who has been in the employ of the Mountain Chief Mining company in Humbug district, fifty miles north of the city, came down Thursday with a bidly swollen hand which threatens to be a very serious case. A slight wound on the thumb of his left hand week ago was poisoned in some way, and the member became swollen to twice its ordinary size, and was extremely painful. Not being successful in re- lieving the pain or the swelling he came down for medical treatment.
 CHA BEND CANAL The Gila Bend canal system was advertised for sale again yesterday. The date Is No vember '. Though it has been sev- eral months since the dispute was finally adjudicatsd in the United States supreme court, no further ac- tion could be taken until the remittitur was sent down from the territorial su- preme court. That was done at the first meeting Of that court last Satur- day. The future of ths property is in the dark, though there is a probability that it will pass into the control of the Peoria people. They will naturally look for their money where they lost it, in which case they will endeavOr to put the enterprise on it's feet again.
 UNITED HORSES. Officer Thomas D. Molloy, who has lately been trans ferred from the night to the day force, is being charged with pernicicus ac tivity. The first day the officer went to work in his new field he made three arrests of persons for leaving teams united. Yesterday he arrested two other persons for the same offense. All were fined $3 apiece and paid it under protest They said in eXtenu- ation that they had only left their horses united for minute. Officer Molloy is welded to a theory that it doesn't take horse intending to run away more than a minute to start. He also assumes that every horse left united and unguarded has it in his mind to run away, and is just about to embrace the opportunity presented to him. The officer is also moving against street signs and other obstrue> tions on sidewalks.
 HOBOS AND DUCKS.- Six hobos came in from the north on Thursday might concealed on theI rods and trucks of the s. F. P. & P. passenger train. Fourteen arrived on a freight over the same line yesterday morning. These figures were gathered by Officer Galpin from a couple of members Of the fraternity whose acquaintance he made in an official way two years ago. The officer told them that the police no,1rt rate had baen changed on ac-