Arizona republican., 1898-03-20

] OLHor two $o. lue NdS udu De0u found lying in an alley obstructing the early morning traffic. He got thirty days.
 ''If the whole world were gone over carefully a municipality in a more prosperous condition than Mesa City could not be found," said MT. A. P. Snowman yesterday afternoon. Tt does not owe a dollar, but it owns two parks of ten acres each, several other tracts of ground and several canal shares"
 Miss Mamie Fickas, the younger daughter of MT. and Mrs. B. A. Fickas has been most dangerously ill for the last week of meningeal trouble. Until Friday night her life was despaired of but on that night a change for the means out of danger, but her condi- tion is so much improved that there is strong hope of her recovery.
 Joseph M. Pratt yesterday received letter from George Tousey, who had charge of the Ang1o-American Ca naigre company's interests here- MT. Tousey will leave New York for Wash ington and Chicago and he thinks he may be able to visit the companys works at Rialto, Cal. In that case he may make Phoenix a short business visit. MT. Tousey says the thing prin- cipally talked about in New York is war.
 The work of graveling country roads was finished yesterday for this year when the Grand avenue road was fin ished as far as Alhambra. This work will be wet down in a new, cheaper and more effective way. A furrow will be run down the middle of the road it's whole length and water will be turned into it from the highest point of the canal. After it is thor oughly soaked the furrow will be filled In all, sixteen miles have been gray eled.
 A colored individual who is well known figure on Phoenix streets was around yesterday after an absence of a couple of days, with painful limp which he said he acquired by falling from a ladder. The neighbors say it is the result of gunshot wound in- iicted by his wife. The ball passed through the fleshy part of the right leg above the knee. The case was in vestigated by the police, but both husband and wife clung to the ladder story.
 Letters of administration upon the estate of Simeon Stacy were issued in probate court yesterday to Milo s acy, son of the deceased. Letters de bonis non upon the estate of Kate L. Minor were issued to P. Minor. ID the case of the estate of Miguel Mi randa an order was made transferring the property to the widow. The hear ing of the application of Alexander Stevens for letters upon the estate of James Roark, set for yesterday, was continued The application will be contested by F. L. Brill.
 Mayor w. o. O'Neill of Prescott has lately purchased the Kirkland prop erty on the southeast corner of Wash ington and First streets and will short ly put up business block on it. The property has a frontage of 100 feet on First street and 130 on Washington. The building will occupy both fronts. Willard & Grosvenor, the architects, have the matter in charge, but the precise character of the building has not been determined. MT. O'Neill will
 
 day, when the details of the building will be arranged and work will be be- gun on it as soon as possible
 There was a sequel to The Republi- cans story of Billy Cook, the North Fifth avenue cattleman, who made q gratuitous distribution of burro meat among his neighbors, who ate it with what they took for a distinct under standing that it was bear meat. On the night following the publication of the story the neighbors organized a burro band and serenaded MT. Cook and made him regretful The praying around the Cook residence was loud and prolonged and the death of the burro and the imposition of which ms carcass was made the instrument was frightfully avenged.
 A postal card bearing the following message was received by most of the former residents of Indiana now liv- ing. in Phoenix and its vicinity: Dear Sir: You are hereby requested to be present at a meeting of Hoosiers to he held at the office of Probate Judge Grouse on Thursday evening, March 4, at 7:30 o'clock, to perfect perma nent organization. If you cannot at tend please acknowledge the receipt Of this notice, giving the names of all parties of your acquaintance who were born in Indiana or resided there for six months You will greatly oblige C. ". Grouse, chairman (Hoosier schoolmaster), formerly of Pumpkin vile, Coonskin district Indiaua A. J. Edwards, secretary, late of Possum Trot, Hooppole township, Posey coun- ty, Indiana"
 A mixed divorce and injunction suit was filed in the office of the district clerk yesterday The plaintiff is Nancy L. Avery, and the defendant George Avery, both residents of this county. They were married here in 1893, since when they have accumu- lated cattle, horses and other property amounting to about S1 900. The con- plaint states that the husband has been drunk for year, has been cruel and inhuman, has accused he plaintiff of foi h 1f111r to O a