Phoenix weekly herald. [volume] (Phoenix, Maricopa County, Ariz. Territory) 1896-1899, 1898-01-20

Nine of the most beautiful young
aides in Stafford have organized a base
ball team; they practice in private
with pickets posted and no male biped
can get within a mile of them when at
work
The Pima Investment and Trading
Co. has made a contract to deliver 1000
head of cattle to an eastern buyer
This company is composed of Col. J. B.
Breathitt, E. J. Trippet and f. L.
Proctor, all gentlemen of reliability.
Guy Velzer came down from Phoe-
nix last Saturday to take the place in
Wells, Fargo's office vacated by the alb
sence of Leandro Gaxiola. who is at
tending the Office at NIinas Prietas dur
ing the absence of H King.-Vidette.
The handsome residence of q. S.
Marshal Griffith is nearing completion.
Three weeks are likely to bring about
Il house warming, for that is the kind
of a gentleman the Marshal is. 1t will
be the finest residence for the style of
architecture of any in the city.-Star.
The bids for the construction of the
AO-U.W. building show Fitzpatrick &
GuerOvich to be the lowest bidders.
Their bid being in round numbers SIG
500. \ Phoenix bid was over $1,000.
The structure viii be a cellar or half
lower story and two stories above
9round.-Star.
The Saginaw Lumber Company's
railroad is being extended northwest
towards Williams into Section IS. in
Township p N. r. %, little beyond
Clark & Adams mill and will within a
few weeks be brought down to Owens
Canyon to the Saginaw Company's
mill here at Williams.
1t is learned on good authority that
the old Dr.. Jaynes mining property at
Picacho. California. located many
years ago by David Neahr. and extern
sively developed by DR.. Jaynes, who
purchased it. has passed into the
hands of H. W. Blaisdell, of this city,
the consideration being unknown
Sun.
R. E. Hewitt, president of the Gold
Cliff, arrived in Tombstone Sunday
and after attending to some business
left for the company mines at Pearce
from whence he goes to Los Angeles.
He states negotiations are under way
for the working and milling of their
property on an extensive scale, and
several propositions, either of which
will bring about the desired result, are
under consideration.
Judge VIM. Lowell returned from
Phoenix yesterday where he has been
in attendance on the Supreme court
The Judge says the court is moving
along smoothly. but with care, as
though it did not intend to make any
mistakes. Phoenix seems to be forg-
ing right ahead, many buildings are
going up in the heart of the city as
well as in the suburbs. He thinks
Phoenix has got the start of all other
places in the TerritOry-Star.
Mr. Pierce. general agent for the n.
Y. Mutual Life Insurance Company.
was in town last Wednesday looking
for a Mr.. Alexander. a former agent
for the company here. 1t seems that
he adopted business methods not sane
toned by the home office. after acquir-
ing what wealth he could he struck
OutfOr Mexico, or some other foreign
field. He is the same Alexander who
was Il much wanted witness at SAT-
ford ecently.-Trailer.
The new crop of postal cards will
soon be put in use. There are three
kinds of cards. That for foreign use
is a quarter of an inch smaller than
the present card and the double or re-
a small card designed for domestic use
only. The face of John Adams is on
the card. The Government has saved
$4,000 year on the reduction in size.
The demand each year is said to
amount to 51S,OOO,OOO.
From a prominent cattleman who
came up from Sonora yesterday it is
learned that the United States deputy
marshals' posse under J. d. Milton,
are acting in cooperation with Col.
KosterlitZsky and are in the vicinity
of the Mormon colony near the head
of the YaQui river. and are in pursuit
of Black Jacks gang. 1t is said that
the robbers have a rendezvous in the
Sierra Madre mountains about thirty
miles from the colony. The posses
are on their way to the robbers strong
hold.-Bisbee Orb.
A libel case has been filed in the
District court at Tombstone, in which
W. c. Green is plaintiff and p. B.
Warnekros is defendant. The suit is
the result of an article which appeared
in the New York "Sur" of September
is. 1897. and was reproduced in the
San Francisco Chronicle" in October.
The article was a supposed history
leading up the killing of Burnett by
Green for which Green was acquitted
at the last term of the District Court.
The article is alleged to be false, ma
IiciOuS and tends to ruin the charac-
ter of the plaintiff. The amount of
damages sued for is $50, 600