Arizona republican., 1899-03-19

from a few days visit with his reia-
 lives and friends in Phoenix. Mrs
 Harris will remain in Phoenix lew
 days.-Journal-M
 s. s. Cottrcll of Phoenix, Arizona,
 arrived this morning over the T. & r.
 from St. Louis and left over the South
 ern Pacific this afternoon for his
 home in Phoenix.-El Pasc Herald.
 Arizona has had soDle pretty tough
 legislatures. and no mistake; but the
 deadbeat Twentieth vii. go down to
 history as little bit the worst. It IS
 sa1d that certain members do net wait
 to be approached" but freely offer
 themselves for sale in the market. and
 that three-fourths of them are owned
 hody and soul by the corporations
 Florence Tribune The Journal-Miner
 atys Reppy has Teen there and ought to knew.
 Lee Wah, a venerable Chinaman at
 Jerome, called to his assistance Judge
 Harvey Wednesday to recover ring he had pawned to one Adolph Diez
 Lee Wah, it seems, was at the junction and wished to reach Jerome; not hav- ing the price he put up his ring. When he reached Jerome he offered to return the $150, but DieZ refused to accept that amount, claiming that it should
 
 tc leave the matter of naming the liar with the judge.
 General Charles F. Eagan, well known to all Prescott people, and who for !eers was stationed at Whipple, will te in Prescott in few days. He will remain for sume time, having min ing interests here to look into. He will eceiye hearty greeting from his former acquaintances Eere.-JOurnal- | Miner If General Eagan receives a l hearty greeting and continued welcome l iu Prescott he would better make that l delightful summer resort his future | home. He is being roasted everywhere | else
 James Barney killed q silver tip bear 1esC Sunday in Sycamore canyon, about thiriy-fve miles from Jerome. It | weighed about 750 pounds when killed, l ald dressed 492 pounds. The Jerome | meat market purchased the meat and | our citizens are now eujcying the lux III y of fresh bear meat. It is thought i that this is the animal that has been | lUiing three-year-Old cattle in the | reighbOrhod of Sycamore canyon fo some time past. Barney received a lit tie over $90 for the teGr.-JerOme Re porter.
 Major Dewitt, in charge of the tun- nel work north of town. states that rain or no rain, Prescott is assured of | a bountiful supply of water the coming year. Since the drift has been run ! across the creek a sublerranean chan mel has been run in.O that has it's source of supply from Miller valley. The present contract work at that | point is about completed also. A new pump is about to be rlaced at the site north of town, the machinery there now being inadequate tC handle the Volume of water on hand.-Journal- Miner.
 What might have been serious ac- cident to Ben Belcher was narrowly dvcrted this morning by sheer luck. He was extracting powder from a shell with a penknife when it ignited, caus- ing an explosion. A portion of the charge struck him in the face, near the eyes, and it was feared fcr a time that his cyesight was gone Later today favorable report was received from his house and aside from a scared face, he is all right Journal Miner This certainly was "sheer luck,' as the Jour 1Ial-Miner says The most imagi- naive person would not attribute the retention Of MT. Belcner's eyesight to his own wisdom and foresight and neither would any one hold Providence responsible for the fact that he can still see.
 Frank L. Gates is in receipt of a let ter from Joe Bartson, dated at Daw- son, N. W. T., January 20, which gives information of q number of Globe men who have been seeking fortune in the Klondyke. The letter states that Hen ry Thompson, Dr. John Collins and Wash Gibson, late of Payson, were to fOr outside world" and they evidently reached the United States as the letter was inrusted to them. Billy McDan- 1elS was laid up with two sprained an- kles, the result of falling down a shaft on Hunker creek. Louis Andreas. bet ter known as Portuguese Louie," was at Dawson; also Eugene Lewis, one of them making progress on the road to wealth. Joe draws gloomy picture of the klondyiie and says a poor man stands no more shCw there than a snowfall in AriZona.-GlObe Silver Belt
 Charles Hodgson, known among the Rough Riders as Happy Jack sent q telegram today to Prescott asking that the chaplain and all tf,e Rough Riders ill town meet him at the depot tomor- TOW. This news was received some What vaguely by the boys here, and a strategic conference was held to deter mine plan of campaign in the mat ter, half of the Rough Riders deciding that his system required a tonic and the remainder that the chaplain should pronounce reverent 'OenedictiOn for iAe repose of his soul, and have a cae- ket on hand.-Journal-M Happy Jacks head has been swollen by unearned attentions shown him in the east and by Theodore RooseveIt's de- scriPtion of the Rough Rider in Scrib- Ter s. Happy Jack was not re- GarGed in Arizona as an estimable character before the war with Spain. and Rough Rider Wel,b of the Stafford Guardian, who certainly knew him much better than Colonel Roosevelt Gld, says he was the chief liar, bum and coward of the regiment.