Arizona republican., 1898-12-12
NEWS
 OF THE
 TOWN

I Lewis Halsey preached in the new as-
 sombly room of the Indian school at 6:30 last evening.
 TT FAILED TO COME.-The killing
 frost which was scheduled by the
 weather observer to visit this valley : on Saturday night did not arrive, and the fruit men are happy. It is thought
 that the weather will moderate without , any damaging frosts.
 GATFIELD REPORTED DEAD-A
 report was received in Phoenix late
 last night that Thomas Gatfield, one of
 the engineers injured in the head-end
 colIlsion near Prescott Saturday had
 died from his injuries. Passengers
 who saw the wreck say that the en-
 zines were completely destroyed. They
 were new locomotives,
 LARGE PLATE GLASS.-The fin
 ishing touches upon the Patton-GTand Iopera house block were made on Satur-
 day night, and today the plate glass
 will be placed in the front windows Of
 the store rooms. These plates are lne
 largest in the city, being S4x108 inches
 in dimensions. With this done, the
 store rooms will be ready for eceu pancy.
 GOOD DUCK WEATHER.-The sportsmen of the valley took advantage of the inclement weather and went out after ducks Sportsmen and ducks
 both love stormy days, an affinity
 which exists also between fish and fish 1 ermen. The returning hunters last
 night brought in heavily filled bags, and all report an abundance of game along the river and canals.
 WILL SEND FLOWERS number tOf iT1 who were well acquainted with Engi- neer Wade, who was killed in the col- Ilsion near Prescott, yesterday pur- chased flowers and sent them to Mrs. Wade. Engineer Wade was one of the oldest men in the employ of the com Qany, and Le was well known at all points along the line. He leaves a wife and three children.
 WILL DROWN THEIR SORROW.- The defeated candidates for county of fees in Yuma county take their defeat philosophically and with a grace be- coming good soldiers. They propose to give a grand ball at the Southern Pacific hotel in Yuma on New Years eve, which will be one of Ghe chief events of Ehe winters season in Yuma. A general invitation is extended to the ball.
  Keller was stricken with paralysis yes- terday morning at his barber shop on First avenue. He was shaving T. w. | Chamberlain at the time he was strick- en. The attack was severe, but it is l thought by the doctors that he will re- cover. MT. Chamberlain said that Mir | Keller was telling a story which he had | not finished when he began to shutter violently, finally losing speech entirely | He was taken to his home on North | First avenue
 BADLY INJURED.-Advicesr received | yesterday from Prescott in regard to | the injuries of the men in the engines say that George Walker, a fireman, had | one of his legs broken, and the other was hurt badly, and he was otherwise bruised up. Allen Love, the other fire man, was scalded by steam from the | engine under which he was pinned. The injured men were all taken to the sisters hospital, where they are receiv- ing the best attention possible.
 WELL-KNOWN ARIZONIAN DEAD John Thomas died last Saturday night at the residence of John M opeese in Yuma, after a lingering ill., ness of many months duration. He was well known throughout Arizona He had been in the west since boyhood, having come from Vermont. He was forty-four years old. Thomas owned ranch and band of horses in the Lower Colorado valley. Before his death he intimated that the name of Thomas was an assumed name. but he never told what his right name was.
 A SUCCESSFUL OPENING-Mr. w. A. King, of the Honolulu Tea company, gave an opening at his store on Wash n nort st nn SltJ daxr hi iob signal success. Bouquets of roses were given to the ladies who attended the opening. In the evening at the Ford Hotel MT. King was met by the guests Of the hotel upon his return from the opening, and a reception and social evening followed which was marked by many entertaining features, among them being the rendition of My Homo lulu Lady" by MT. King.
 BELIEVES IN FOOTBALL.-Mr. w. Cranston Larned, of Chicago, is a. late arrival at the Ford to spend the winter He is accompanied by Mir c. N La throp, also of Chicago, who graduated from harvard this year and is now a student of theology. Mir. Larned is a grandson of Charles Scribner, founder Of the Scribner Magazine. He comes here to pass the winter preparatory to college next year. MT. Larned l. is an enthusiastic supporter of football, and he believes that the gridiron sport presents the true elements of science more than any other national game
 MORE SHEEP COMING.-The sheen men up in the northern counties of the territory are now satisfied of enough feed for their sheep on the desert to 200, 900 sneep until shear ing is over in the spring. A large number of sheepmen are already here, and their bands are in the foothills Some have come who are here for the first time, and they predict that many others will follow them since the rains The ca,tlemen are also feenng good over the soaking the ground received, anl theN figure that thev will have