Arizona republican., 1898-03-23

went out over the M. & P. consigned to J. L. Powell, Los Angeles
 Sheriff Ruffner of Yavapai county, with an insane patient named Culver committed to the asylum, arrived in town yesterday.
 The cases of Henry Chappell and a ! couple of Mexicans charged with stealing sheep from a man named Houck, living near McDowell, will be tried in Justice Johnstone's court tomorrow.
 Subpoenas from Pima county were floating around town yesterday for territorial officials wanted as wit nesses in the case of the territory against Fred G. Hughes, which will be shortly tried at Tucson.
 Articles of incorporation of the For tuna Gold Mining company were filed in the office of the county recorder yesterday. The lncorporators are c. F. Ainsworth, William Christy and T. D. Bennett. The capital stock is s5O,OO0
 Foy and McDougall, the former charged with drunkenness and the lat ter with the robbery of Foy while both
 
 company's yard last Friday, were be- fore Justice Johnstone yesterday. Foy was fined S5 and McDougall was held to the grand jury in the sum of S200
 Miss Mary w. Franklin will here after have charge of the society page of The Arizona Republican. Miss Franklin is an accomplished writer, and her work in this department is certain to be well received. Communi- cations intended for the society page should be addressed to Miss Franklin All news of a social or literary nature will be gratefully received by her.
 Judge J. M Davidson of Honolulu is now in the city. Judge Davidson has resided on the islands for twenty-two years and shortly before leaving for this country visited different groups in the South Pacific. It would be well if he could be induced to deliver a series of lectures upon the Sandwich islands. They would be of great interest just at this time when next to the Spanish troubles, those islands are uppermOst in the minds of the American people.
 The other day a Phoenix woman went to a leading dry goods store to buy several things, among them pair of stockings. Box after box was displayed before she could find a va riety to both the quality and price of which she could accommodate her mind. The saleswoman laid before her stocking which brought the ne gotiation to a favorable termination Those seem to be very good hose" !" said the customer. That's an excellent hoe,'' replied the saleswo- man with a careful attention to num- Der.
 Sheriff Orme returned from San Francisco yesterday with Lester Smith, late delivery clerk for the Kessler-Boyle company. He was taken before Justice Johnstone and placed under a bond of s75O until his hearing which was set for tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock. No effort was made to obtain it and Smith was taken to jail. Smith is very wisely and busily en- gagged in keeping whatever informa- tion-he may have regarding the rob bery wholly to himself Sang Lung will be present at the examination. The case against the Italian woman, Maria Di Grande, who lad a Mexican woman named Montejo low with a section of iron pipe at Charlie Salari's place near Five Points last Saturday evening, was discharged in Justice Kincaid's court yesterday. The Mon tijo woman, who had been returned to life. came forward and generously ad- mitted that she had got what she de- served and ought to have had it be- fore. whereupon it appeared that the Di Grande woman was a long suffer- ing person, slow to wrath, though a terror when she was once under way. Reports from orchards in various parts of the valley show that in spite of reports of injury by frost the damage as late as yesterday morning was in most places comparatively | trif1ing. MT. W. A. Wilson of Kan sas City was in town yesterday. He has two apricot orchards northeast of the city. In the southern orchard about one-half the fruit was killed leaving still an abundance The north ern orchard was untouched and con- i tains a great deal more live fruit than the trees will be able to sustain l He also has an almond orchard which has not been injured at all. No late reports have been received from the almond orchards about Mesa.
 Dick Brophy, young man of Tue son, was lately killed while returning i from Bisbee with the Tucson base ball club by stepping between a couple ot ears. The accident occurred on the steep down grade soon after 1eavine 1 Risbee. The conductor tried to push the train back up the hill in order that Rrophy. who was still alive. might ! have the earliest services of a physi- rian. He was unable to do 50 and | the run to Benson was made as rap | idly as possible, but Brophy died be- ] fore the train reached that station Brophy was quite well known in Pboe- nix on account of his visits with the Tucson base ball club and bicycle or ganizations. He had lived in Tucson for several years.
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