Arizona republican., 1899-12-27

INEFFECTUAL REORGANIZA-
 TION.-A man named Davis tried to
 reoTganize the Central hotel bar last
 night He kept the air filled with
 chairs and stools until the bartender
 and several assistants succeeded in
 getting his range. Then they got him
 down and sat on him simultaneously
 The bartender had to be taken home
 with a sprained ankle. Davis is in
 jail.
 4 MURDEROUS MEXICAN. -
 About 9 o'clock last night a Mexican
 was raising a disturbance at the block.
 When Deputy Sheriff Joe Bush tried
 to arrest him he ran, and turning, fired
 a couple of shots at the officer, who returned the fire. The Mexican ran to
 the N. & P. tracks and threw himself
 between the rails. When the deputy shriff came up the Mexican again tried
 to shoot, but his handkerchief caught
 the hammer of his revolver. Then he gave himself up. He is an old offend CT, has served a term at Yuma and has
 been an inmate of the insane asylum.
 A $1O.OPINION. Laura George. g.
 resident of the block. was in Justice Johnstone's court yesterday for giving an entertainment to the passengers of the Mesa train. When it came in she was pacing up and down in front of her castle maligning the other women of the TOW calculated to further dam age their already frayed reputations, and offend the ears of even those who had no interest in the controversy. She admitted all this in court, but said her assault upon her neighbors was justi- fled by the facts. The expression of opinion cost her S1O.
 BADLY BATTERED. - A young man well known in Phoenix had an ex- penence last night that will serve to help him remember the holiday season Of 1899 for some years to come. He was going up North Center street when he was assaulted by some one whose iden- tity was not learned. but whose fistic accomplishments were numerous. He made a very effective demonstration that left his face in such a shape that the only way the victim identified him self was by his clothes. Marshal Hooker was summoned, but the law breaker had made his escape. He took the disfgured youth home ana assisted in Matching him up.
 TO QUIET TITLE. Suit was begun in district court yesterday by J. F. Saunders against Nellie Wentworth. Henry Wentworth and Sadie Shfu. to quiet title to a tract of land on the south side. The land was She property of Frederick Wentworth and wife. who were divorced in 1893, the property go- ing to Mrs. Wentworth. She trans ferred it to w. F. McMichaels. who remained in undisturbed possession of it until he transferred it to the plaintiff. claim has since been put forward by the defendants, children of Frederick Wentworth, to some interest in the property, which claim the plaintiff de- sired set aside.
 ARIZONA NEAR THE TOP - At the last annual examination of Dread institute, Worcester, Mass. q school devoted to the promotion of scientific cookery and housekeeping economies. | Arizona's representative in a class of several hundred young ladies. Miss Mabel Hoover, stood second. The leader of the class was young wo- man from Idaho. Miss Hoover is daughter Of MT. J. ?. Hoover of this county. She went to Dread about year ago, having been appointed by Governor Murphy under an arrange nent with the management of the in stitute admitting free one young lady from each state and territory.
 MINING LITIGATION SETTLED It is reported that the litigation which has been in progress for a number Of years between John Duke of Prescott and Senator W. A. Clark. has at last been settled, the first named receiving 65,000. The property involved is a group of claims adjoining the United Verde mine. Whatever the issues un- der dispute the settlement of the con -roversy will be a matter of great sat sfaction to the parties concerned and no doubt mean a great deal to Jerome. 2s the claims are reputed to be vaI- uable. The parties to the litigation certainly think so, judging from the money that has been expended that way.
 AN OPENING FOR INVESTMENT. An opening for a profitable invest nent was suggested to a reporter for The Republican yesterday in the build ing of a small family hotel with all