Arizona republican., 1898-10-28
Arizona Day by Day
 Live News Taken From Territorial Exchanges.

ECuf mlllS IS progressing ldpiuiy duu it will be ready for occupancy in a few days. Flooring is being laid in the warehouse and men are pushing to completion the mill building. When complsted the mill will be four stories and basement and will be one of the most complete four mills in the terri tory.-Star.
 The attending physicians announce that Norman Trumbull of Bisbee is still sick man, and that such cases are not readily disposed Of. The treacherous bullet delivered from Tom Orisdale's gun was fortunately extract l sd, otherwise Trumbull might be a dead man at this writing. Drisdale is still an inmate of the town jail,
 Among the passengers passing Mo-
 gales Tuesday was Hon. Samuel Magill i Bryan of Washington, D. C., en route tc Hermcsillo and 6 point about ninety
 miles east of Hermosillo, where ha i hclds an interest in some vtry promis- ] ing mining properties. MT. Bryan was i the first postmaster general of the en- ! pire of Japan. and organized its postal ssrvice, residing there several years MullS ehSdSCu III o1c WOl --NO6slOo Oasis.
 l Did any of you nc.ice the frightened | look on the face of the Irish butcher
 whc kills for Tovrea & Clay when he came to town Monday morning? The i look was caused by the unanncunced arrival of monster mountain lion that
 was preparing to catch and devour a sheep. when discovered. Ed Gilmore first ran on tcr the lion. but went back
 for his partner and rifle. When the boys get back to where the. lion had been he was gone. Irish always comes in after sunuu and goes home i before sundown.-Jsrcme Reporter. James Edwards aged about 27 years, died at the home of Jack Nutter in Jerome on Friday night, October 21. after an illness Of three weeks with ty-
 phoid fever. Jimmy" as he was fla
 Tiliarly known to every resident of
 Jerome. had resided there for number Of years and numbered his friends by ! the anquaintances he made. During
 his last illness ha had every possible
 attention, but the fever had too strong
 a hold on him before he could be in-
 duced to keep to his room. Interment
 took place at Prescott.
 ! That there are a large number of
 small shacks Of all shapes and sizes perched demUrely cn their foundations
 above Shea's store On the hillside, in stead Of so many spots of ashes, is due
 rather to prompt action cn the part of
 a number of people. than to luck; for
 a fire started Sunday night in a small
 house occupied by two Mexican bache- i lors and soon the whole lot Cf shacks
 would have been consumed had the fire
 not been discovered and the house torn
 down beard by beard before the neigh boring ones w5re ignitsd. The fire was
 caused by a candle dropping from a i miners candlsstick in the wall while it's owner slept-Jerome Reporter
 District Attorney John B. Wright met with an accident last Sunday morning which has since kept him con- fined to his bed with 2 badly bruised anatomy. He attempted to board pas ssnger train No. 20 as it came through the yards, in crder to meet his brother
 who was coming from Tucson. Mir. Wright is something of an athlete but the train was going ct a greater speed than he figured on and as he caught the platform of the first car ha was hurled to the ground about twenty feet distant with terrific fcrce He was carried to Superintendent Randolph's private car which was standing near by and was taken to Dr. H5ffsrnan's
 cffice for medical aid. Nc bones were broken but his legs were so badly sprained and bruised that he is yet un- able to walk-Yuma Sentinsl.
 | D. P. Hughes. a man about 50 years Of age, was arrested Friday evening
 and placed in jail fer passing worthless
 checks Hughes came down the river
 from the Needles about ten days ago and had in his possession four cheeks. three for s74-50 each, and one for
 s53.50, issued by the Santa Fe Pacific
 Railroad company. He immediately
 cashed the checks at various places
 and proceeded to get gloriously drunk. Colonel J. H. Shanssey cash5d one Of
 the large checks and sent it to Los An gelss fer collection, but it was returned last night with the information that it
 had been regularly issued but had been
 reported lost and a duplicate had been
 issued and paid. The old man was
 still drunk and was having what he
 thought was good time" whsn ar
 rested H. claims to be well connect- ed and says he will have DO difficulty
 in straightsning the matter up The
 balance of the cheeks wsre gocd as far as heard from.-Yuma Sentinel.
 1 Some time ago party came to Pres
 colt and rented a shack on Gurlsy
 street in which he opened barber shop Times being dull and little mon
 ey in circulation, he proposed to do
 shaving for 15 csnts and hair cutting
 fer p c=nts. We have bsen informed that a combination Of sharks in the same line Of business have threatened
 to drive him out Of town. Committees
 have waited upon him and made thess l threatS The Mcrst featurs cOnnected