Arizona republican., 1898-09-23
News of the Town

message TOT GTuS hOuulIGS.
 UNITED IN MARRIAGE- Probate Judge Grouse went to Mesa yesterday to marry Martin Schuele and Eliza beth Passey.
 A RUNAWAY A six-horse teamiI belonging to O'Connor 6 Cottrell, brick contractors, ran away yesterday One of the horses was injured and the driver badly bruised.
 BUCKEYE CAMP MEETING.-Rev. F. A. Ames has returned from his evangelistic trip through Gila county, and will begin the annual camp meet ing at Buckeye today, holding over two Sundays.
 COMFORT IN AFFLICTION.- The advantage Of being bald headed is that one does not have to cary a comb and brush when travelling; the same might be said of the man without any teeth. He saves the cost of tooth brushes
 A PLEASANT EVENING.-A pleas ant social in honor of General H. F. Robinson, Major L. W. Coggins and Lieutenant J. F. Elwell oi Ine Sons of the American Revolution was given last night at Rosecroft, the residence of Dr. and Mrs. Lewis U. Halsey, East Van Buren street
 PATRIOTIC SOCIAL There will be a patriotic social held in the par iors of the First NJ. D. church this evening under the auspices of the Ep- worth league No admission will be charged. There will be a patriotic programme and light refreshments will be served.
 HIGH SCHOOL FURNITURE A new library case costing S5S and ca pablo of holding about 4,000 volumes has been added to the furniture of the Union high school. Tha library now on hand consists mainly Of works of fiction and will hardly fill more than a corner of the new piece of furniture.
 LOST HIS TYPEWRITER The manager Of the Western Union office at Ti-cson saved all the ccmpany's property at last Sundays fire, but for got his hundred dollar typewriter He is now engaged in the difficult prob Of figuring out how he came to forget the mess inlportant-to him-of the of fee outfit.
 TOOK THEM WITH HER.--A little girl called at @ grocery store yester- day and asked to see some Saratoga chips. When shown that they wera fresh, she said: ''Well, I'll take some. and laid down a copper cent. The clerk asked her if she wanted them delivered but she failed to perceive the sarcasm in his tone and replied that she would take them with her.
 REVOLUTIONARY SONS.-At the reception given to the Sons of the American revolution by Dr. and Mrs. Halsey last evening there were ad- dresses complimentary and congratu latory by Rev. Dr. Halsey and E. s. Gill. General Robinson, Major Cog gins and Lieutenant Elwell responded appropriately. Miss Kay, Miss Halsey, and MT. William Halsey, with cornet, piano and violin, gave excellent music.
 THE DEMOCRATIC CAMPAlGN.-l The democratic territorial campaign was opened at Kingman, Mohave county, yesterday by Col J. r. Wilson. the nominee for delegate to congress, and E. E. Ellinwood, who was also nominated for the same office and who failed of announcement because the gentlemen who were counting the bal lots were not Of mathematical turn of mind After finishing their labors in the Kingman vineyard the candi date de jure and the candidate de facto will continue their evil work at the White Hills.
 DEATH OF HARRY WATTON.-i Harry Walton died at his home in Mesa City yesterday after hopeless illness Of three years, during most of which time he was paralyzed. He had been a resident Of Arizona nearly twenty years. He was a well known l mining man and discovered the famous Bonanza mine in the HarQua Halas. | which he sold to Hubbard and Bowers. l He was GA years Of age and was born near Philadelphia. A sister who has been with him during his long sickness is his only relative in the territory. The funeral will take place at 2 ?. m. today from his late residence. MT. 1 Walton was highly esteemed in this community on account of his upright 1 dealings.
 MR. sCOTT'S VENTURE. It is all l leged that Emanuel B. Scott, the duly i authorized and official catcher of dogs in and for the city Of Phoenix, has gene into speculation. It is specifi- i cally charged that Mr. Scott on ac count of the paucity and fieet-footed- | ness Of dogs resident wl,hin the city, | has been importing dogs from beyond 1 the corporate limits that he may catch 1 lutII at oO cents dpitCG- u lo aOl1I more specifically charged that MT. ! Scott has hired boys to bring in dogs 1 from the asylum grounds at 15 cents apiece and has employed other boys to import dogs from Phoenix park at the same reduced figure. While perhaps Mir. Scott's speculative conduct was rot contemplated by the framers Of the ordinance against dogs, it is still a fact that he can legally import them fer the purpose or catching and dis posing Of them to the city at 50 cents 1 apiece. There is absolutely nothing prohibitOry about the ordinance except the existence of unlicensed dogs. Mir. Scott might if he chose import dogs from Dogtown CT Damascus the great dog center of the world, but the ordi- nance ought to be quickly modified be- fore the board of equalization gets ready to fix the tax levy for the en- suing year.
 BUILDING or STOCK CARs.-Mr. J. N. Duff, master car builder of the Burton Stock Car company, has been