Arizona republican., 1898-05-08
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Wilcox citizens will probably or- ganize a company of home guards in a few days.
 Bisbee is said to have 300 men who are ready to respond to call to arms A signal has been agreed upon. l An elopement in the high circles of Tombstone among the Mexican four
 hundred is reported, and the Mexican society is all stirred up.
 ] Pierre Lagrange, who was shot bv Porter Mcdonald near Tucson in self defense, died Tn the county hospital al Tombstone yesterday.
 The matter of building the branch line from Bisbee to Nacosari is again
 receiving attention. It now looks as if work will soon be started.
 A Bonita correspondent reports that Col. Hooker and M. L. Wood expect to raise big corn crop this season, there being an unusually good flow of water from the mountains.
 In a very short time Tucson will have the cement sidewalks, and it will add much to the value of real estate, for it is another indication of conf dence in the future of the city,
 Fireman White, who was injured in the wreck in which Engineer North was killed a couple of weeks ago, is still at the hospital at Tucson, and is improving slowly.
 Lieut.. Holbrook went to Wilcox from Fort Grant Monday to meet his sister-in-law, Miss Stanley, who ar rived from the east Miss Stanley is a daughter of Gen. Stanley, now re- tired.
 The Southern Pacific is beginning to get in lot of cattle cars, preparatory to the spring shipments. It is not likely, however, that shipments will begin before the latter part Of next week.
 1 Thos. HOwarth, we'll known citizen of Wilcox, and for years constable of that town, went to St. Louis to engage as government packer, but died in the hospital shortly after reaching I there. He leaves a wife but no chill dren. The cause of his death has not yet been learned.
 Wednesday morning Mrs. E. V. Sum- ner, wife of Col. Sumner, and Lieut. and Mrs. King left on train 19 for Den yer. It is expected that Col. Sumner will soon be promoted to the rank of a major-general, and rumor has it that Lieut. King will be appointed on his i staff.
 Monday night Lieut.. Roach and de- tachment of the Fifteenth infantry ar | rived in Wilcox on the west bound | train. This was the detachment which leix last week for a Wyoming post to relieve a company ordered east. For some reason Lieut.. Roach's detail was ordered to return.
 The election in Tucson on the ques- ticn of the issuance of $100,0 bonds of the city for the purpose of con structing water works passed off very quietly yesterday, and the bonds car ried by a decisive majority. Indeed, the anti-bond people only mustered 2S votes The total vote was 23d, divided as follows: For, 196; against, 2S; scattering, 6.
 It is hoped that all parIies when wis iting Tombstone will use care as to their conduct and not indulge in too much joy, or anything bordering upon riotous actions, or anything tending towards a Iumult, as such condition of affairs might result in the residue being delivered over to the surgeon for repairs, or perhaps to the under taker for final disposal.-TC Prospector.
 Deputy Sheriff Taylor caused the ar- rest of H. D. Underwood as agent of the Phoenix Insurance association, on charge of carrying on business with out a license. The case was heard by Justice Meyer and MT. Underw )d was fined SEQ. whereupon he appeale.l the case to the district court. The i'tanse claims he has a license for the first two quarters of this year. r.-TucSon Star.
 A meeting at Tucson of the execn- tive board of the Southern Arizona Live Stock association was held day or two ago at the office of Judge Wright The association is growing slowly but surely. Most of the large belong to the association, and 1t IS expected that all of them will become members. An agent has been em- ployed to look after the interests CT the members.
 Friday night 8 Mexican named Mig uel, crazed with drink, ran amuck In one of the local resorts. Brand1shlng a big knife, he undertook to drive out all the occupants of the saloon. Night watchman Matt Burts at this juncture entered the place and ordered him to surrender, but instead Of that he start ed for the officer with the evident in tention of carving him. Threats fail i ing to check his assailant, MT. Burts was forced to fire, and the Mexican fell mortally wounded. A coroner's jury exonerated Burts from blame. The re- mains of the deceased, who was quite an old man, were buried Sunday morn ing.-Range News.
 NIT. R. L. Palmer, a mining man of Sonora, is in Bisbee. Mir. Palmer states he was in Frontsras recently and while no armed organization of Spanish sympathizers was being pub licly formed it was nevertheless being secretly carried on. To the credit of the Mexican officials they were on the alert and prepared to rout them should the disturbers band together. Several suspected of being leaders were ar