Arizona republican., 1898-03-07

1 has been stopping at the Ford for some time, yesterday morning received a
 telegram calling him home on account of the serious illness of his wife.
 The elocut.onary performance by Miss Nellie Walton, given at Redewill
 hall on Saturday night, was well at 1 tended. Miss Walton is a Eucc essful teacher and a thorough mistress of the art.
 1 MT. and Mrs. l.. Mandel arrived at the Hotel Adams yesterday from Chi cago. MT. Mandel is member of the Bros They will remain in the valley for several weeks.
 H. W. Adams has been made admin istrator of the estate of the late Judge James W. Thompson. The applica- tion was made by Edward F. Thomp- son of East Haven, Mass, an elder brother of the deceased.
 The Pioneer band concert yesterday afternoon was as usual well attended. The programme was one of the best ever presented to a Phoenix audience and it is complimentary to the audi ence to state that it was fully appre- ciated
 Three men are now working "'The Kentuck," an adjoining claim to the Gila Monster. They have sunk fifty-foot shaft and the prospects are so 1attering that additional help will be employed at once for further de velopment of the property.
 B. L. Worthen of the firm of Gard ner Worthen & Goss of Tucson, was a guest at the Ford yesterday He left last night for the Vulture mine to as- sist in the extensive improvements be- ing made by the New Vulture com pany in it's milling facilities
 Purim services will be held at Red- ewill hall, West Washington street, between Second and Third avenues, tonight, Monday, March ', at 7:30, when the 'Megillah" or Book of Esther, will be read. All co-rel g:on- ists are respectfully invited to at tend.
 Sheep shearing is nearly finished in the valley. The work has been inter fered with somewhat by shortage of feed on the desert, and large number of sheep were taken back to the north ern part of the territory. The last band will be sheared next Saturday, which will complete the seasons work here. A large number of men have been constantly employed at Goddards camp on the Arizona canal since the season began six weeks ago, and teams have been engaged every day in hauling the wool to Phoenix to be shipped east. The aggregate clipping in pounds will be given at the end of the week.
 L. R. Britton and J. w. Seymour ar rived last night from Buzzard's Roost in the Castle Creek mining district, and are registered at the Ford hotel Mr. Britton went to Castle Creek d S trict week ago to begin work on the Allen mine, which he has purchased. His visit to Phoenix at this time is to make arrangements to put in shelter at the mine as soon as possible. He is more than ever satisfied that the property is one of the best in the southwest, and he will lose no time in making a producer of it. The Allen mine runs very high in gold values as well as copper and it is an excel ent property Mr. Britton says tt at there is a great deal of activity in Castle Creek district, and there is likely to be some important sales there soon. The shelter which he will put in at the Allen mine will be oN no small ca pacity, and it will have a good effect in awakening a new interest in that rich district among mining men in Colorado.
 The funeral of Judge Peleg S. Per ey occurred yesterday afternoon from the family residence. The services were preceded by a meeting of the bar as O. citation which attended the obsequies in a body. They were conducted by Rev. Preston Mckinney, who in the course of his remarks reviewed his ao- quaintance with the dead one who YVES highly esteemed for his learning and culture. At the cemetery the services were concluded by Dr. Mckinney. In reading from the scripture he was con- strained to select the same extract which Judge Perley himself had once chosen on the occasion of the death of his daughter. The judge had also at that time deemed the reading of Ten nyson's Crossing the Bar' as ap- propriate, and so Dr. Mckinney read it over his grave. The pail bearers were Attorney-General c. M. Frazier, Judge J. B. Woodward and Messrs. C. F. Ainsworth, J. M. Burnett, Jerry Millay, W. A. Hancock and Judge w. H. Sillwell
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