Arizona republican., 1899-07-13
NEWS
 OF THE
 TOWN

PRECEDENTED. There was an ex-
 traordinary, but nos unprecedented
 event in the family of H. B. St. Claire
 yesterday. A boy was born.
 WATERMELON SOCIAL. - 4 l watermelon social will be given at the residence of Dr. Lapsley A. McAfee on
 Adams street and Thirteenth avenue
 next Thursday evening.
 REAL ESTATE DEAL. Through
 J. Ernest Walker, L. D. Rousseau yes | terday sold a corner lot in the Church
 i'll addition to w. 4. Conner MT
 Conner will erect a nice residence soon.
 CHEAP TO SAY GOODBYE. - Hereafter the Maricopa & Phoenix will
 make a reduction in the rates for per
 sons desiring to ride to Maricopa to 1 bid their friends adieu on the CaIfor-
 nia excursions.
 WORK HAS BEGUN. -C. Camp { bell, the contractor, will have a force i of men breaking ground at the Indian school today for the foundation of the ! boys dormitory which will be built at a cost of S12,0O0
 LADEN WITH SILVER SPOONS. - Marshal Hooker has two silver spoons bearing the inscription: T. F. O." They were found on a Mexican jailed for drunkenness, and Mr Hooker sus- poets that they were stolen. HE WAS COLD. Al Hawley was wrapped in two blankets yesterday be- cause he was cold. This was not due to an abnormal condition of this climate, but to a little of the
 climate MT. Hawley brought from Cuba. He had chills and fever
  five notices were drawn up yesterday by the csiy marshal in pursuance of a resolution at the last meeting of the council directing property owners to clear off their property. The notices will be served today.
 CAPITOL ADDITION CLEARING. There has been a lapse in the clear ing of brush from several acres of the Capitol addition. Captain P. P. Parker has suspended the work. but he says thac within a few days the face of the earth at that point will be greatly changed
 M'DERMOTT-DYRE. H. MT. Arthur M. McDermott and Miss Kate Dyre were happily united in marriage at the Presbyterian church last night The marriage was attended by a large number of friends and was solemnized by Dr. Lapsley McAfee. Bo.h bride and groom are we'll IT l f2vorably 1 known here.
 WATER FOR THE BUCKEYE. - l George Hamlin came in yesterday from a prospecting trip to the PicachO | mountains. He says an unusual | amount of rain has. fallen in the | mountains there within 9 week The | rainfall there, however, does nC.S af- ! feet this part Of the valley, but adds | to the supply of the Buckeye, which | always has a sufficient amount.
 REGULATES THE POSTOFFICE. ! Under the care of R. W. Chamber i lain the court house clock has made a : record il the past three months. For ! several months 1t had been keeping | good time until then and whsn it was | set it was only fifteen seconds off. | Since the last setting the clock has not i varied more than five seconds. The | rOstoffice now gauges it's motions by ! the clock and others are taking advan- tase of its accuracy.
 POLICE COURT. Beside two ordi- | nary $4 drunks yesterday there was a ! SIP drunk in court. This was the Mex : ican who attempted to throw Marshal | Hooker down the stairs of the jail 1 Tuesday, He was fined the usual S4 1 and S4 additional for the last offense. | It was discovered that he bested a | man at a dry goods store and the ere maining $4 was levied for this. But the man will help improve the streets. Recorder Jobs intended to fine him [ SIP, but he concluded it was worth S6 | per day to work on the streets at this time of year. Another drunk got S6. ! His Offense was only worth S4, bW5 he had the audacity to plead not guilty. |
 PLENTY OF WATER NOW-There I Is supply of water available at the city water works now which would 1 supply three times the demand. The | 1.-two wells are capable of furnishing at least 100000 gallons daily and the greatest amount which has been used in one day so far has been a little more than 100000 gallons A shoe has been lowered to within four feet of the water level. One centrifugal pump IS in operation now. pumping the water from one well into the old one, but before much work can be done on the new well two more cen trifugal pumps will be needed. and the water will be carried off in the town ditch
 RESOURCES OF ARIZONA" = sheets of the Resources Of 1 were received at the gov oIAol oIIlce yeSJeI day- 1hlS IS the work compiled by A. E. Rich and J. NJ. Reuch, designed for the \. F. A. convention at Los Angeles As it's title indicates, it IS a work describing the resources of this territory, and the data was not gathered until the two men mentioned had spent more than | two months traveIing in differert points of Arizona. The articles con tained are reliably and well written | and the book is handsomely illus trated Adorning one page is a half tone of R. H. Fry and George H. Small ley. former mining correspondents Of | The Republican
 PETRE OLIFAN. William Petra |