Arizona republican., 1898-12-26
NEWS OF THE
 TOWN

3 he went 10 inspect a consignment Ol
 California cattle which have reached
 the Arizona line.
 OFFICERS TO BE INSTALLED
 MT. c. H. Pulley has arrived in the city
 to install the new officers of the Span isn-American lodge, which were chosen
 at the formation of the order some tims
 ago.
 MINERS VISIT-Mr. H. J. Shirley
 arrived in the city from Placerita camp
 Saturday night to spend a few days
 with MT. Miles w. Gibbons, who is as
 s0ciated with him in the operation of
 the Bedrock mine.
 A NEW DEN. N.''-The newspaper
 boys of Arizona who are familiar with
 the princelike hospitality of Hon. G.
 w. F. Hunt, of Globe, will be interested
 in knowing that MT. Hunt nas built a
 brick house on Quality Hill in Globe,
 where he will hereafter entertain his guests.
 VISITING FRIENDS. - Miss Ella Black, of Jerome Junction, is spending
 her vacation in the city and is stopping
 with Mr. and Mrs. D. F. Greenwood on South Fifth avenue. She will attend the teachers institute here this week. Miss Black is engaged as teacher of the
 school at Jerome Junction.
 A VALUABLE MINE.-Mr John Luke arrived in the city on Saturday
 night to spend the holidays with rela | tives here. Mir. Luke has a good mine
 near the Crowned King, in the Brad
 shaw mountains. MT. Luke says there 1 is nearly three feet of snow in the l Bradshaws. He will return to his camp
 and resume work on his mine after the
 first of the year.
 | LOSING CATTLE.-lIr. G. T. Peter, | the Tonto Basin cattleman, reports considerable loss Of stock during the recent storm in that section of the ter ritory MT Peters losses were also very heavy on his Boyer range, which is located between Tonto Basin and | Greenback. Jack Pemberton, another | well-knOwn cattleman of the upper salt River country, says the losses were considerable there also.
 4 NEW STAMP. P.-After January first | the stamped envelopes issued by the postof1ce department will bear a red stamp of exactly the same shape as the carmines now in use. This is in ac
 cOrdance with an article in the inter national postal agreement which re- quires all issues of the same denomina- ton of a stamp to be uniform in color. The department will this month begin substituting the red stamps on envel- opes for the green.
 HIS BODY FOUND.-Braulio Der mudez, who had been missing since the storm, and for whom party of eight 19d been searching, was found dead on the trail seven miles west of Globe Thursday by Jesus Reyes. The body was brought in to Globe, frozen stiff i Bermudez had evidently left his cabin ! on Pinal mountain during the storm to i, go to Globe, and perished on the way Bermudez was an old resident of Globe | and an industrious man.
 CHRISTMAS EXERCISES. - The | Presbyterian church was crowded to | the doors Saturday night, and there | was a pretty scene presented by the | large Christmas tree, gaily dressed in | holiday attire, and the other lesser ap- i pointments, which added to the gor- i geous decorations. The tree was light ed with candles and strung with pop corn. The exercises afforded an even ing of supreme enjoyment, which was eclipsed only by the distribution of the T presents and candy which the big tree held for the younger set.
 READ HIS OBITUARY-It is not every man who has the pleasure of reading his own obituary notice. Judge w. H. Benson, of Florence, is now en- toying that sensation. Last week the LC5 AuSCl6S hScOIu dunOuuE6u A-IS uC- mise and said: At the time of his death AIr. Benson was receiver of the Casa Grande Valley Canal company ll and had done much to bring that need ed irrigation system up to a high state of efficiency. MT. Benson had for years occupied positions Of trust, and in each of them left a clear record. His integ- rity was never questioned"
 GOOD MUSIC AT THE PLAZA Large crowds assembled yesterday af- ternoon at the plaza to listen to the music of the Pioneer band. The bright sunshine brought out an unusual . crowd, and the excellent music held them at the plaza for two hours. Christmas was quiet day ID the city. Special services were conducted at the churches, and the attendance at both the morning and evening ser vices was. unusually large. The crowd of Mexican boys who usually assemble at the hotels to receive the dimes thrown by the ladies from the balconies did not appear yesterday morning.
 AT THE ASYLUM.-The inmates of the insane asylum enjoyed Christmas with keen pleasure. During the morn : ing presents were distributed to the in mates of the different wards, and they were received with the same delight a child shows on such an occasion. They are like a great family of children said Dr. Miller, and we feel toward them just as we would toward a crowd of young ones" A sumptuOus dinner was served in the large dining hall and after the patients had finished the men were given cigars and the entire crowd i was taken out on the common, where { sports of various kinds were enjoyed ] fer several hours.
 KILLED BY 4 FALLING WALL Hugh J. Brady, an old prospector of Gila county, was found dead i'll his I ,abin in Lost Gulch a few days ago,