Arizona republican., 1898-05-22
LOCAL NEWS BRIEFS
Small Paragraphs of Gen.
 erdl Local Interest.
News of Phoenix and Tributary Re- zion. The DOingS of People and Other Matters.

will attend services at the Baptist church on Memorial day.
 Mr. and Mrs. H. M Willis and Miss Jennie Willis, who came down from Prescott on Friday night, went to the Arizona dam on fishing excursion yesterday.
 The first of the California seaside excursions via the Santa Fe, Prescott & Phoenix will take place next Thurs day, May 26. These excursions were very popular last season by reason of the daylight ride over the scenic route to Ash Fork and the cool night ride across the desert.
 There is an industry going on in town of which comparatively little is known, the painting Of passenger coaches. c. W. Van Wolff, master painter for the S. F. P. & P, has late ly completed the painting and dec coach. When he gets through with a car it looks like a new one. He em rloys three assistants.
 4 man named Chase, who has been confined at the county hospital some time, yesterday believed that he was about to die. He begged pitifully that he might be taken out among the green fields and wild flowers so that the end would come to him there That would remind him of the scenes about his old home in the country somewhere in the east.
 County Recorder F. D. Sheridan continued yesterday to enroll appii cants for the cowboy company he is forming. Those accepted yesterday were J. O. Garst, James Gagsdale, Thomas E. Flannigan, A. J. Lee, l.. F. Hedgpeth and J. c. Wright As has been mentioned, the acceptance Of recruits now is conditional There is a medical examination to be taken yet and a further test of the appli- cants' skill in horsemanship.
 c. E. Champie, the mining magnate of the Big Bug district, is spending . few days in the city on business. He reports considerable development work being done in his section, and some rich strikes having been made recent ly. The camp is greatly in nee6 of reduction works to extract the gold from the large quantities of ore on the dumps of the various mines, and lib- eral Inducements will be offered mill men to erect a suitable plant by the mine owners.
 On next Thursday evening in the Presbyterian church the good people of Phoenix will have the privilege of listening to one of Missouri's most eloquent and talented pulpit orators. the Rev. T. N. Kincaid of the Chris tian church, who will speak under the auspices of the local Good Templars' lodge. The reverend gentleman comes highly recommended and his address will 10 doubt be rare treat. On Friday evening he will deliver pop ular lecture on "Courtship, Marriage and How to Stay Married" but the place has not been announced.
 The grand lodge Of Knights of Pythias of California has offered the government regiment of members Of the order of the Uniform rank. The same matter was brought up in the Arizona grand lodge at Tucson last week in an eloquent address by Hon. Joseph c. Perry, which aroused so much enthusiasm that members in this city say that MT. Perry would have no difficulty in raising at least one strong company if it would be ac- ceptable to the government. A mil itary drill constitutes a part of the duties of the Uniform Rank and pa | triotism is one of the tenets of the order.
 A case of glanders has been discov- cred five miles northeast of Phoenix. It was reported to Dr. J. c. Norton last Friday. He went out yesterday | to examine it and established the character of the disease beyond a | doubt. There were other horses | in the pasture and the doctor will ap- ply an infallible test to them tomor- | row to ascertain if they are infected. There has been no case of glanders in the valley for four years. There | were fifty cases then. Such energetic measures were taken that the disease was utterly stamped out. Nothing is known Of the history of the case. The
 owner of the pasture does not know
 where the horse came from. It was put into the pasture by man who
 went away and has not since re- turned
 MT. B. A. Fickas and family went
 up to the Arizona dam yesterday on g
 fishing excursion. Or rather the
 family went fishing. but Mr. Fickas
 went to re-establish his reputation fol
 Veraclty. About a year ago he wen
 to the dam alone and came back witt , a story of having seen a million o1 , hsh climbing up the apron of the dan
 which consists of a series of huge
 stair steps over which a thin sheet O.
 water was pouring. He related tn,
 phenomenon in the bosom of his fam
 fly. Mrs. F'ickas was too polite tt give way to verbal expression O doubt, but she couldn't veil her feat , ures. She looked sad. The chiIdrel looked incredulous. MT. Fickas ha
 been worrying about it ever since, bu
 he couldn't help himself, for there i