Arizona republican., 1899-04-22
NEWS
 OF THE
 TOWN

HE HAD A FIGHT. Antonio
 Ybarra was in Justice Johnstone'
 court yesterday charged with fighting
 He was sent to the county jail fol
 fifteen days
 MEETING SOON. -The code com
 mission has received some new east
 ern authorities and it will hold {
 meeting in this city soon to determint
 on more assignments.
 BROADWAY VS. JENKINS. The
 trial of the water case of Broadway against Jenkins was concluded in dis
 trict court yesterday afternoon and
 was taken under advisement.
 SMITH VS. BAKER. -Justice Gray yesterday rendered a decision in favor
 of the defendant in the case ot l Thomas Smith vs. Mrs M. Baker. The plaintiff brought suit to repleyin some 1 stock.
 1 A DAYS WORK. Among Officer Joe Bush's achievements last night was the arrest of a man who ab- l seconded with a watch from the block
 the night previous. The man gave his name as Tom Jones.
 SUNDAY SCHOOL PICNIC. The 1 Sunday school of the First M. E.
 
 | day in the park at "Homeside Place, "
 near the rosscut canal six miles east 1 of town, the home of G. H. Clayson.
 AMENDED ARTICLES. Amended l articles Of incorporation of the Rich 1 Hill Gold company were filed in the | office of the county recorder yester- day. The amendment consists in q | liberal reduction of the capital stock from $1 900 900 to S3O,0O0. WILL SUPER THE WORK. John Shafer. the representative Of the Bucyrus steel manufacturers Of Milwaukee. arrived Thursday night and went out yesterday to superintend Arizona canal dredger. His company is furnishing the material.
 GUBERNATORIAL APPOINT MENTS. The following appoint ments were mad5 yesterday by Gov ernor Murphy; Joseph Braman, com missioner of deeds, New York; D. J. Brigham, Winslow, and Charles w. Beck, Clifton, Graham county, mo- taries public; T. E. Pollock, Flagstaff, member territorial board of education for the normal school.
 RARE PLANT. Another curiosity of plant life is in full bloom on the ranch of Dwight B. Heard. It is the Nolino plant, which was brought from Mexico last year an6 displayed at several floral exhibitions. The plant has a remote relation to the yucca. The blossoms shoOt tip spiral ly from the base, each blossom hav- ing the shape of a star.
 FUNERAL OF A SAILOR. - The funeral of Philip Johnson took place from the parlols of Davis & Go. at f o'clock yesterday afternoon. The funeral cortege was long, there being present the members of the Red Cross society and others. The deceased was member of Dewey's fleet at the time of the memorable engagement. The pail bearers were formerly sea men, and they wore full uniform
 THEY CROWDED IN. A warrant was issued yesterday for the arrest of Clarence Jones and his wife Kate. They are accused of a disturbance of the peace in having visited house to which they had bsen forbidden admis- sion. They were met at the door, but they pushed their way in and made a violent resistance to the efforts to eject them. They were brought into Justice JohnstOne's court, from which the warrant fer their arrest had been l issued. They pleaded not guilty and their trial was set for today.
 THEFT OF A WAGON. Il. Boudet | was arrested yesterday on complaint of i William Wolf, charging him with i stealing a wagon. Wolf said he had | sold the wagon to Boudet, had ra- | ceived nothing on it and was to hold | possession of i tuntil 1t was paid for. | 4 f o1J ing together. Boudet changed his | Yesterday morning Wolf and lis brother tried to replevin it by main strength. Their main strength, h 5w- ever, was not as great as that Of BGu- det and his wife, who kicked them out of the vicinity.
 GAMBRINUS BEATEN. - There was great joy in the vicinity of Second and Madison streets last night mingled with sentiments of toward Councilman San ders The residents have been for some time trying to stand off saloon which has been impending. A long petition was sent to the council asking that a license be denied. There was counter petition signed mostly by per sons who were not residents of that aeighborhood. The council acted upon the first petition and was threatened i with mandamus proceedings. Tester day, however, the man who intended to start the saloon gave it up and moved his fixtures out
 TT Is A GO. The excursion to Mesa on May 1 is an assured success. The grammar school board of trustees met yesterday and decided to lend it's assistance in eclipsing any former of the kind. Although the excursion originated with the schools, } citizens committee has taken the matter in charge and already a con- siderable sum of money has been raised. Daly's grove near Mesa has been decided upon as the grounds for the picnic, and it is stated by the committee that an abundance of ice