Arizona republican., 1898-09-19

Oakland, Cal, that the body should be kept until she arrived. It is thought that she will be here on Tuesday morn ing at the latest The memory Of Belcher is held in detestation by the friends of Minnie Powers and the good traits of the latter are recounted by many persons who do net occupy the same walks of life that she did, bur. who at some time or other witnessed some Of the charitable acts done by her. Her life, it seems, was not en- tireiy bad, although bad enough.
 \ CURIOSITY.-The most curious thing at the Curic store yesterday was the increase of the snake population maintained on the premises. It cer- tainly is curious, to begin with, thaj. the snakes are not more carefully guarded from the onslauShIs of sneak thieves. Certainly if they were chick ens or gold dollars they would disap- pear over night. They are confined in a box with a wire netting cover and the bcX stands on tn inside edge of she sidewalk. A man could walk along there and pocket couple Of snakes at his leisure and walk away with them and no one would be any the wiser At any rate, the snakes, which are different varieties Of railerS, remain in their box unmolested. This is curi- ous enough, but more curious feature remains to be told |. was observed yesterday that the snake population of the box was rapidly increasing Cautiously inclined people found that one of the rattlers was giving birth to brood oi young ones. At a late hour in the afternoon six perfectly formed baby snakes were counted in the box snugly curled up in imitation of their seniors. Those who witnessed the scene were greatly surprised and ever since the happening controversy has ragged furiousIy in the vicinity of the Curio store concerning the manner of propagation of the snake family and Of ra>tlers in particular.
 BURIED YESTERDAY.- Pat Daley, who accidentally drank quantity Of kerosene oil Friday last week ago, died at the county hospital late Sat urday afternoon and was buried yes terday morning in the c. A. R. cem etery. He was about 50 years old and although an eccentric character. was well liked for excellent qualities that manifested themselves in various ways So far as known he had no friends in this country. At one time he served in the navy ana for this he drew pension of S3 per month. Pats besstting sin, however, was the love of. drink. a fact which he often be- walled, but wl.+ch he seemed powerless to conquer. Perhaps the quantity Of kerosene oil that he drank would not have materially injured sounder man, physically. In his case, however, it seemed to radically affect the stomach and. in fact, his entire system. From the time that he was removed to the hospital until he died, the life current ran feebly and few hours previous to the sundering or body and soul he knew that his end was near He met the dread summons as phiiosophically as he met the vicissitudsS of life. The fact that he had at ono time served in the navy was perhaps the only thing that saved him from occupying pauper's grave. Pal Ter some years
 gas employed at the Sixth Avenue hotel and, just previous to his death, at the Ford hotel
 MYSTERIOUS BOX The Salvation Army hall was packed last night with an eager and curious crowd to see what the mysterious box" contained. When the box was opened it was found to contain everything from a box of cigarettes to the suicides rope. The different members who had in times past figured as a cigarette fiend, liquor fiend, crap fsnd. hop f1end, etc, were called upon and each told in a few words what he had been and how, through the instrumentality of the Salvation Army, he had been convert ed and was now living happy, respect able lie. It goes without saying the Salvation Army is doing a noble work ana is fully deserving of all the praise it gets. Another feature of their Harvest Festival will be the Prodigal son, tonight. Tomorrow the series Of