Arizona republican., 1898-07-08
Arizona Day by Day
 Live News Taken From Territorial Exchanges.
COCONINO COUNTY.

COCONINO COUNTY.
 w. w. Dunbar was at Williams from Kingman Tuesday.
 Robert Nash of Flagstaff has wheat field in the vicinity of Stafford that Will average over fifty bushels to the acre.
 Charles Mclean of Flagstaff has left for Red Lake to accept a position at the Indian trading post at that point.
 The races at the race course were witnessed at Williams by large crowd Tuesday The races were extremely good
 Little Estella Brannen, daughter of P. J. Brannen of Los Angeles, is in Flagstaff to visit her aunt, Mrs. J. H. Lind.
 Rev. Father billie attended Pima fore" at Williams Tuesday evening and appeared more than pleasel with the evening.
 Trying to transact business in Will Hams this week is we'll nigh an i'm possibility. Everybody is going-to the races.
 F. L. Beal of Flagstaff stuck nail in his foot last week which disabled him from work or military duty fer a short time
 Ben Peel, living near Stafford, raised sixty-fve bushels of rye to the acre this season, and is now preparing the ground for crop of corn.
 The rain of Tuesday at Williams was one of natures blessings, as it laid the dust, allowing the celebr ation to proceed with much more comfort to every one.
 Miss Pearl Doty found a warm spot in the hearts Of the Williams critics in "Pinafore" Tuesday evening. She captivated the audience right from the beginning and only increased its cap tivity as the play progressed.
 John Shoot was bound over to wait the action Of the grand jury by Judge J. M. Sanford of Williams on a charge of assault with intent to kill. The bail was fixed at S5 ,00G In default of bail he was committed to the county jail.
 Ward Thomas, formerly associated with the News in a Val BlAtZ and other capacities, returned to Williams, his old fond love, yesterday, acccmpa- nied by his trombone, nis trunk and his reputation, which have remained intact and unsoiled through all his varied experiences since leaving this burg year ago.-News.
 Local matter is short this morning, but it's still the Fourth Of July in Vii Hams to the printers curse and the loss and to the detriment of the best interest of the employer. It is hard proposition for one man to be mana ger, editor, local repor-er, general rustler and two printers to do the work on a daily paper.-Williams News.
 The Williams News is delicious re- garding wedding in which one of it's boys participated. It says: "The marriage of Miss Maude Dickinson and Mir. c. A. Neal of the News occurred yesterday morning at the residence of J. c. Phelan. Rev. A. M. Gibbons was the officiating clergyman and the cere- mony was performed in the presence of a few friends Miss Ray Hayward and George M. Young were brides maid and best man respectively. The bride looked daintily pretty in gown of white silk trimmed fin chiffon, with pearl ornaments. The young couple
 
 nave started upon their matrimonial existence with world of good wishes.
 J. M. Kilgour, an extensive sheep man Of Flagstaff, AriZ., had 909 head of sheep here yesterday that sold to Swift at $470. They we're straight grassers right off the mountains and were fine bunch of sheep, averaging a little over 107 pounds. They were older than the usual consignments from that section, ranging from to , years old. The price obtained, $4.70, was the highest ever paid on this mar ket for straight grass sheep from this section of the country. MT. Kilgour was very we'll pleased with the sale and everything else around the yards, excepting the hot weather. Kansas City summer weather is unusually very noticeable to the mountain ship pers. Yesterdays consignment was MT. Kilgour's first shipment, having sold his sheep to shippers at home heretofore.-Kansas City Drovers Tel egram.
 The first days Fourth of July cele- bration in Williams went off very hap oily. The atmosphere was cool and delightful, and the strains of martial music gave inspiration to the occasion. The band met both passenger trains, which contained quite a number Of visitors. J. E. Jones, the orator of the day, made an excellent speech thar was received with unstinted applause. A disarrangement of plans placed the oration during the ball game. This was unfortunate, but notwithstanding the oposition MT. Jones acquitted him. self admirably. The ball game be- tween Flagstaff and Williams was cleverly played. At first the visitors seemed to have the fate Of their op> ponents in their hands, but when Cox went into the box for the home team the tide was turned, and though Flag staff had a discouraging lead it was gradually overcome and the Williams boys steadily advanced their score un- til the end of the game. Flagstaff was no idle either, and managed to pile up respectable number Of runs. The visiting team contains excellent ma crio1