Arizona republican., 1899-01-09

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 other day.
 Henry Clay is in Prescott fron
 Williamson vallcy.
 Miss Swisher has returned to Pres
 colt from a visit to Phoenix.
 Born, Sunday evening. December 25
 1898, in the vicinity of Jerome. to MT
 and Mrs. George Perella, 9 daughter
 A north wind sent the mercury il
 thermometers scurTying down toward
 the bulb, says the Prescott Journal
 Miner.
 T. R. Gabel, formerly superinte d nj
 of the Atlantic & Pacific railuoa1, is
 now interested in a Georgia railroad
 with headquarters at Washington.
 Messrs. Tom Millsr and Frank Fer
 guson, who were elected to fill the office
 of constable of Jerome, IpU2lifed, took
 the oath of office and are IJW full
 fedged peace officials.
 County School Superintendent c. F.
 Cox has been assigned to quarters in the second story of the Arizona bank
 building and has been engags6 in nov ing today, says the Journal-Miner.
 Chaplain Brown has received orders to proceed at once to St. Louis, MO., and enter upon his duties as post chap lain thera! He expects to leave ether on Saturday or Monday.-Journal- Miner
 A society was organized nJerome on Monday night, called the 'EO5reros Mutu bes MeXiCa1os," wl1h a member ship of thirty It has fer it's object the advancement of the Mexican working man.
 Tha board of supervisors of Yavapai county, at a recent meeting, paid cut h destruction of fifteen Of these predatory animals, by eight men, the famous lion hunter, John McCarty, bringing in four.
 The friends of J. W. Wood were very much surprised last Friday when hs re- turned to Jerome accompanied by Q handscme companion, whom he intro- duced as his wife. There is no good reason why MT. Wood should net mar ry, but we would not have thought of accusing him of any such intentions. Jerome Reporter.
 Thomas Garcia, under a modified sentence of the court was release1 from the county jail this afternoon on the payment of fine of $50. The modi- fled sentence reduced his fine from S250 to $200, and time Cn the sentence was allowed from the tim of his arrest. ! As he has already spent fifty days in jail the fine as modified was reduced by this service to S150, which was paid Journal-Mirer.
 My friend you have heard of the town of No-goOd on the banks Of the . river Slow. where the Some-time-cT- other scents the air and the soft G. easys grow? It lies in the valley of What's the-use in the province of Lct~ r-Slide; it's the home of the reckless I-don't care, wh5re Give-it-ups abi5e. The town is as old as the human race and it grows with the light of years; it is wrapped in the fog of the idler's dream, it's streets are paved with dis cardsd schemes and are s2IinkIed with useless tears
 The company is erecting an addition to the smelter in the shape of a new refinery. New stables are going up, also a naw iron and steel wareaOuse, and plans have been drawn for a new steel office building, to be two stories, and which will accommodate all the general officers and clerks Of the cop per company and the railway. It is also said that the company has lat the contract for the erection Of six new cot tages to ba built just below the laundry. Jerome Reporter.
 Godfrey an Deren, one of th=l oldest and most highly respected citiZers of the Verde valley, died Cn December 2S, 1898, aged 70 years, after a pTotracaed illness. He was a naljive Of Kentucky, coming to Arizona in 1878, and located on the Verde valley and lived On his present farm until his death. He leaves seven sons and daughters. All of his children reside in Yav2gal county with the exception of one who lives in Ore ! .-I and well liked by au.-Jerome RepOrt- er
 William Vanderbilt of the Comet sa- loon has one of the most original and unique calendars seen by the Journal Miner man. It consists Ot a series os very finely executed drawings of scenes in Chinatown, San Francisco each cne bsing on different colOre1 paper. The proper is in figures resembling Chinese characters. The unique pres ent was sent to him from a former resident of Prescott, but who is now in San Francisco. It has been admired by every one who has seen it.-Jou.nal- Miner
 The officials of the Santa Fe Pacific ( railroad company were surely almost as well pleased as the citizens of Flag staff when the watea was turned on I Sunday night, commenced to fill the I railroad tank near the depot 7 at this place. The railroad put in 3 E thre5-inch pire to connect ( the tank and the eight-inch main, the sight-inch main being about thr23 nun I dred yards distant from the tank. TAe flow was sufficient to soon fill several ( ear tanks, besides qusnching in D thirst of thirty or forty of the ccmplny's lo-