Arizona republican., 1898-10-30
News of the Town

Will Of the late COl. James T. Slmms was yesterday admitted to probate. TEACHERS INSTITUTE. = The monthly institute of the teachers of the city schCCls was held at the Gen. tral school building yesterday. It was unusually we'll attended
 CHRISTIAN SCIENCE At the First Church of Christ, scientist. cor ner Of Center and Jeffarscn streets, Sunday services II a. m. Subject, Adam and Fallen Man.
 AMMUNITION FOR THE BATTLE. Clerk Lee Gray of the beard Of su- pervisors is busily engaged in sending out ballot boxes and elaction supplies to the various voting precincts
 FRIENDS OF ZION Everybody is invited to the gathering of the frisnds of Zion at the residence of AlDer, Schaffer, corner Jackson street and Second avenue. Meetings at II a. m. and 3 p. m. every Sunday.
 RAISED A DISTURBANCE. Pa lerino Melin, net he proprietor of the justly celebrated baby food, was in Jus tice Johnstone's court yesterday on q charge of being drunk and creating a disturbance in the block. He was sent to jail for five days.
 OPERA TICKETS.- Subscribers for tickets to the Grau Opera company performance at the Patton Grand on the night of November can obtain them by calling at the opera house to- day or tomorrow Manager Patton has been too busy to deliver them
 A PICNIC PARTY Several mem ber of the Christian church headed by MT. and Mrs. s. A. Dysart yesterday gave a picnic party ;n honor Of their new pastor, Rev. L. o. Ferguson. They visited. among other places, the Hole in-the-Rock and the Pima reservation.
 PRESBYTERIAN SERVICES. --i Preaching at II a. m. and p. m; ser mon by Dr. Kinney; special music, in cluding offertory duet by Misses Sar- gsnt and Plank; Sunday school, o:45 q. m.; Junior Endeavor, 2:30 p. m.; Y. P. s. c. E., D. m.; Rev. McAfee. the new pastor just called, is expected early this week.
 CHIP O THE OLD BLOCK Says the Burlington Qa.) Hawkeye: MT. Fred Chase Christy of the First terri torial volunteers Kickars- a son Of Major l. M Christy, is visit ing friends in the city. Another son, Charlie, joined the Seventh California soon after the war broke out. This shows both boys to be chip O the old block
 BAPTIST CHURCH, At the 8ap- tis- church this morning Rev. Dr. Hal- sey will preach cn Blessed Hymns" and will announce the vote Of the ccn- gregaticn on favorite hymns. The hymns which received the majority will be- sung. The pastors evening theme will be, "Bible Arithm atic. Church ediffce corner of Second av5nua and Jefferson street. All welcome.
 HADN'T HEAVENS TRADE MARK.-Joseph Deck Of this county was yesterday granted a divorce from his wife, supposed to be a resident of Ohio. The union of Mir and Mrs. Dsck was not effected in heaven. It came about through matrimonial journal. and 50 naturally ripped, ravaled and ran down at the heel. The divorce, though, transpirsd in the regular way.
 FREE EXHIBITION. More than 800 people stood in the stree between the Monihon and Fleming blocks fer an hour last night watching the stere opticon exhibition given by the repub- lican county central committee. There wsre several new moving pictures, among which were the battlsship Or egcn, tha cruiser Brooklyn and the rep resentation of a stable On fire, show ing the rescue Of the horses from the blinding smoke. These exhibitions will be continued nightly until the closa Of the campaign.
 CAPTAIN M'CLINTOCK.- Captain McClintcck in lettsr received al this office yesterday from the pest hospital at Fort WadswOrth writes that he will hardly be able to reach Phoenix by November S. Though he was on crutches with the prospect of an early discharge from the hospital, he has been compelled to submit to another operation and is again on his back He writes that things are going very well with him; that he will come cut of his pain with a very decent leg. He extends his sincerest thanks to his friends who have been caring for his political interests in his absence.
 RECORD BREAKING WORK. Mir. IT. D. Bennett, assistant United States attorney, returned yesterday morning from Florence, where he has just closed the business of the federal court in that district He and United States Attorney Morrison have made rec crd as prosecutors. All accused per sons before the court were convicted. Th5re was che remarkable case, that Of a colored man charged with crim- inal assault upon an Apache squaw. He was convicted and sentenced to Yuma for life. He will probably serve the term, since he can be par doned by Q no less power than that of the president of the United States. Sometimes extenuating circumstances are unearthed after years in the cas9s of persons convicted of murder. But none are ever developed in the instance Of rapist.
 DISTRICT COURT In district court yesterday the divorce cases Of