Arizona republican., 1898-10-07
News of tine Town

been very ill for some time, was much improved yesterday, and Dr. Woodruff says that he will recover.
 EARLY FOOT BALL. The first foot ball of the season will be played next Saturday between the Monarchs, a mi-juvenile team, and the second eleven of the Indian school.
 WATER LOCATION. = Refugio Ochoa yesterday filed in the office of the county recorder notice of the ap- propriation of 800 inches of water from the Verde. Tha point of diversion described is opposite the old govern ment dam three miles above Fort Me Dowell.
 THE HOSPITAL The meeting at the Hctel Adams tonight in the mat ter of retaining the Sisters hospital in Phoenix should not be forgotten. It is of so much moment that it is pos sible that whether the hospital stays or goes away may depend upon what ia done tonight.
 THE FIRST ORANGES. MT. W. A. Wilson, the southwestern repre- sentative of the Armour Packing com pany and the owner of a valuable or aEge grove northeast of Phoenix, en- joys the distinction of having the first ripe oranges in the valley this season and no doubt the frs. in the United States.
 TO THOSE WHO HELPED. The asylum management desires to extend thanks to all who in any way assisted in the entertainment given at that in- stitution on Wednesday night Among those who essentially contributed to the success of the occasion were the members of the Pioneer band and the Golden Eagle stables, which conveyed the band to the asylum without charge.
 A NEW COPPER MINE Notice of location of the Copper Prince mining claim in Vulture district three miles west Of Hot Springs junction, was filed in the office of the county recorder yesterday. The locator is Andrew Kozik. There was filed at. the same time deed transferring the property from KoZik to James 0loebottom, a member of the Garcia Mining com pany.
 EI4DRIDGE BELLYA DEAD.- FL dredge Bellya, a resident of Phoenix, died yesterday afternoon at 2:30 after long illness. He was born at Lex ing1on, Ky, sixty-seven years ago. The funeral will take place at o'clock this afternoon from Davis undertaking rooms. It was the request of MT. Bellya shortly before he died that his funeral might be attended by all ex- confederate soldiers, his companions iii arms
 SENT TO THE ASYLUM. Mrs Mollie Blair, who has lived on Grand avenue for some time, was before the probate court yesterday charged with insanity. She was committed to the asylum. The cause of her disease was the inordinate use Of narcotics. She Is about thirty-fve years old and has lived in the territory eighteen years. She lived for awhile near Globe and has a ranch there, but it is heavily enculnbered- She has no relatives in this country, but has son in Missouri, where she used to live.
 THE GARCIA NINE Frederick S. Nave is in the city from the Garcia mine on business. The Garcia mine is located on the same lode which con- tains Vulture, and it is developing into an excellent property. During the past year a great many improvements
 
 development of the workings A ten stamp mill was put up recently, and a good sized camp has grown up. The Garcia is owned by a company com posed of London, Canada, capitalists.
 UNITED MODERN BALL. The of gaiety will be opened in Phoenix tonight with a ball given by the United Moderns at O'Neill hall. The music will be furnished by five pieces of Fuerstein's orchestra. Invi- tatiOns have been sent to those whose has been arranged for and tickets have been placed on sale at Lund's, Harlan's and the Phoenix drug store. The ball is in charge of a com mittee of arrangements composed of Mrs. T. W. Roberts, MT F. P. Trott, Mrs. A. J. Bradley, Mrs. R. c. Fletcher and Mrs. D. A. Smith. MT A. E Cobb will be promptsr. Refreshments will be served.
 A BIG RATTLESNAKE.- A bigger than nine men out of ten ever saw is a captive at the Curio. It is a little more than five feet long. Nobody has taken pains to ascertain tts length to the fraction of an inch. It is more than nine inches in cir That is also an approxi- mate measurement. It has thirteen rattles and button. That is an ac- curate count. It was captured by wood hauler at Maricopa, who had killed it's mate a few minutes before after @ fierce fight It is well knewn fact that rattlesnakes always travel in pairs. They may not always be in the same neighbcrhCod and may be even twenty-foUr hours apart. But if one kills a snake and waits at the same place the mate will sooner or later appear.
 4 LOCAL GENIUS Some time ago Ernest Ford, the chemist and metal lurgist, invented harmless contriv- ance and placed it on his office door. The Goor immediately became burglar proof Ernest has applied for pat ent, and if he gets it all the burglars in the country will have to go out Of business. While the patent office is the burglar proof door ar Ernest is preparing mora work for it. He has demonstrated be- yond the doubt of several leading phy-