Arizona republican., 1898-02-18
The News of Dayin Phenix and It's Tributary Region Presented In a aNutshelI-Doings of People and Other Matters.

 The ladies of the Thursday afternoon 2 o'clock club entertained the gentle men on Wednesday evening" February 16, at the residence of Mrs. Joseph Thalheimer.
 A big $25 flag, bought by the super ! visors, was received yesterday. It will be unfurled to Salt River valley breezes for the first time on Washing tons birthday.
 | Lester Jackson has returned from a l trip to Chihuahua, Mexico, where he | went to examine some gold properties. l He also visited some mines in Pima county on his return trip.
 A dispatch received at The Repub- lican office from Gila Bend last night says that on account of the sudden ill- liminary examination of the Ander sons will be continued until next Tuesday.
 John Ray, arrested for tryingto steal five bottles of whisky from Stein s saloon, was yesterday sentenced to forty days in the county jail by Justice Johnstone. He is also under a seven day sentence from the police court, where ne was nrSC taken.
 Articles of incorporation of the Nor man Mining company were filed in the office of the territorial secretary yesterday. The incorporators are Anson Hilton, H. L. Wilton, A. J. Kennedy, w. s. Egan and Samuel Mo Call, all San Francisco parties. District Deputy Morrell of the Ari- zona B. P. O. E., Selim Michaelson, A. A. Long and Billy Myers will leave on February 21 for Silver City, N. M., to institute lodge of Elks. It is pos sible that other members of the local lodge will attend. A rate of one and one-fifth fare has been secured. At a meeting of the general fire de- partment last night it was decided to ! respond to an invitation by the Wash l ington's birthday reception committee 1 and turn out in parade that day. It was also decided to give a ball at a time not yet set. It was further de termined to issue a check to c. Ces- chetti, a member of the Yucatec hose company, whose leg was lately broken | while he was attending a fire. | When Mother Goose sang The COW l jumped over the moon" she had in mind the prices of cattle in the Salt River valley. They are going up day by day. Several carloads of steers have lately been sold at $3.50 and it is predicted that s9.75 will be reached within a few days. By a reference to The Republicans Kansas City mar ket it will be seen that figures are ] steadily creeping up in the east. "Very sorry, but I must leave and take my medicine in the north," said MT F. Walsh of Williams, who at the moment grabbed his Coconino cloth | ing and made for the bus which was then waiting MT. Walsh has put a week or more in the valley and he dreaded leaving associates and sum- shine to go north and hug fire The gentleman said that acreage was lit tie high in the valley, but after all he might take an improved ranch rather than improve one. The valley was all right and he would come again.
 Joseph Mulhatton yesterday received letter from B. F. Pritchard of Los Angeles, who lately closed a contract for the erection of a shelter on Hum. bug creek, saying that the cOnstruc- tion will be begun soon and the flrs1 run will be made before May 1. The capacity at the beginning will be forty tons Within day or two MT. Prltch ard will start several heavy teams an( wagons to Phoenix and will follow few days later. He is also going tt
 inspect various mining claims in th'
 vicinity of Florence, Riverside ant
 Globe with a view to putting up
 smelter.
 At the regular drill meeting las
 night of B company, Sergeant Om
 stead was elected to succeed Lieutenan
 J. N. Zeigenfuss, resigned. Whel ; the canvass began there were severa candidates for the vacant lieutenancy
 but they finally dwindled down to two
 Sergeants Omstead and Hill Sine . then the campaign has been warm an u canvasses were made daily and sev eral times a day. There was some un
 certainty on account of failure t ! forecast the attendance at the cleo
 tion. There are siXty-three men O
 the rolls, but it was not believed tha , more than forty would be $presen There were forty-four. Of thes
 twenty-four voted for Sergeant On - stead and twenty for Sergeant Hill.
 James c. Goodwin returned yestel
 day from Tucson, where he went I x sell the rails of the defunct Temp ' city railway He was successful. Tn Tempe street railway for long tim bore the distinction Of being the onl l one in the United States on which Il z fare was charged. The Goodwi U U brothers owned the right of way, tt n .a track, the car and the mule that haule v it. Every passenger was his own col ductor. He drove the car to the en '' of the line and left it there to I, driven back by the next man who nal - pened to be going in the opposl U direction. Whoever hitched, fed ar
 watered the mule at night to give hl
 life and strength for the exertions
 the next day is one of the many Ill soluble mysteries which have pc plexed mankind. Perhaps the mu
 died and that is why it was conclude ', to tear up the track and sell it
 Tucson.