Arizona republican., 1898-03-15

JacintO Romero was in Justice John stones court yesterday on a charge of drunkenness. There was evidence against him and none in his favor. He could remember nothing about it him self. He was sentenced to eight days in the county jail.
 An adjourned session of the district court was begun yesterday morning. The whole day was taken up with the hearing of the case of Cease vs. Zucl1, a south side ditch controversy, and when court adjourned it was only half finished. A trial jury will be drawn on Thursday.
 Teiegraphic reports last night from California south of Visalia and north of Tehachapi state that the frost of Sunday night greatly damaged the ap- ricot crop and that there was a bri] liant prospect of much harder frost last night, which would undoubtedly complete the work of destruction. All vegetables have been very much dam aged.
 Lon Hoy, the Chinaman, and Utsu. the Japanese arrested for compiicity in the robbery of the Kessler-Boyla company, will be given a preliminary hearing in Justice Johnstone's court at 10 o'clock this morning. The eX- animation of Sang Lung, believed to be the instigator and the chief bene- fciary of the haul, will take place at 2 o'clock this afternoon.
 A man who called himself Scotty and said he was an AriZonan, was found dead in the rear of a Los An geles saloon on Sunday morning. He was supposed to be in robust health, so that the authorities are not sure that he was not murdered, since an unwitnessed fight had taken place in the rear of the same place on Satur- day night and a stranger ran away, his face covered with blood.
 A destroyer went along Washington street early yesterday morning smash ing bicycle hitching posts. Hardly enc escaped. It was at first thought that it might have been done by the wind, but there was too great variety in the positions of the fragments. Some of them were scattered in one direc- tion and some in another. In some cases the frame had been pushed end wise, feat which cyclone could not have accomplished.
 Dr. William Duffield wishes to cor rect an article in The Republican of yesterday in which he was made to say that he had seen a f1at-car loaded with steel rails overturned by the wind of Sunday night. He said he was told so by General Collins and he had been informed of it by B. A. Fickas, who claimed to have witnessed it. The doctor says he has no doubt it happened, but his sense of fairness prevents him from infringing upon Mr- Fickas' right of discovery.
 A meeting of former Kentuckians will be held at Col Johnstone's of flee in Wall street at o'clock next Saturday afternoon for the purpose of organizing Kentucky society. There Is a very respectable number of for mer residents of the Bluegrass state living in the city or valley and most of them are very respectable persons They watched the origin and growth Of the Illinois society and the Kansas society and came to believe that they had as good material, if not SO much of it, for another society
 Police court business yesterday was all contributed by two men arrested for vagrancy and one man accused of riding a wheel without a light The vagrant suspects succeeded in con- vincing the court that they were work ing men unwillingly out of a job. The bicycle riders excuse was wierd and unusual. He said in the first place that he could not ride wheel His experience with the wheel in Ques- ton consisted in mounting it and inn mediately falling off He thinks he was on it about a second and it was within that second that the officer came upon him.
 A meeting of the Young Mems Re publican club was held at the city hall last night. It was understood that an election of officers would take place, but the matter went over to the next regular meeting There was a general discussion of local political affairs, af- ter which a committee consisting of Henry Fowler, o. o. Matthews and J. w Bolton was appointed to wait on Mayor Adams and represent to him that it was the sense of the club that his resignation, reported to be con templated, would not be to the advan- age of the party.
 Last night a passenger got off the u dtll IlO luS HUI LII, SoGl IlilO d DuS and told the driver he wanted to be taken to the Orange house. The driver asked him if he knew what town ne was in. The stranger answered l correctly, Phoenix" The driver said there was no such hotel here. Then the passenger asked him if he had lived here long enough to learn the names of the hotels. He said friend at Prescott who was well acquainted :n Phoenix had advised him to go to the Orange. The driver said there was Lemon Eotel here. That's it. , i said the stranger; ''I knew it was some kind of a citrus name.
 The Phoenix Plumbing company is running gas plant without d fran chise, but it will not likely be prose 1 cuted since it does not invade any Oi the streets or alleys oft he city. It is an acetylene gas plant and was put into operation last night. The planl