The Arizona sentinel., 1899-12-02

| town lnlS week on business ana dL
 so making arrangements for tn
 ball game Christmas day betweel
 Yuma and Hedges, he being manage
 of the latter team.
 Word reached Yuma this week t
 the effect that the son of J. L. War'
 who was beat over the head by con-
 vict he was conveying to San Quentin
 had died in San Luis Obispo, where
 he has been since the assault.
 From San Diego papers we learl
 that c. o. McCarroll, formerly of Ci- bola, was married recently to Mrs Gertrude NJ. Whitaker, popular anc prominent society lady Of that city May luck attend him in his new ven ture.
 On Tuesday morning about 4 o'clock an unusually large and brilliant meteor fell from the south to southeast, oc- cupying about seventeen seconds in its transit. The beautiful sight was witnessed by night watchman s. w. Bayley.
 Mayor Shanssey made this office a social call last evening and informed us that the work of tearing down the hill on First street will soon be under way. He also stated that the Miners Exchange would next week be moved to the Gandolfo block.
 The fair which the Ladies Auxiliary League propose holding to raise money to assist in the completion of the new Catholic church, has been deferred from the 9th, 9th and 7th, to Wednes- 1ay, Thursday and Friday, the 18th, lit, and 10th of December.
 Paul Johnson and Cy Wheele. re- turned the first part of the week from visit to the mines above Parker. The gentlemen are very well pleased with the prospects of that district and pre- dict that it will soon be one of the most important in Yuma county.
 Pierce Evans water wheel arrived the first part of the week and was placed in the river, but the pontoons on which the same rested would not turl water and the successful opera tion Of the wheel has been delayed Mir. Evans hopes to have his invention in running order this afternoon and tomorrow.
 Owing to the failure of the gasoline boat on the Colorado river the mill for the Nevada & New England Mining company is still at Needles. The new boat now being built by Capts Polhamus and Mellon will be put in commission in about our weeks anu will arrange to carry all necessary supplies to the mines tbove Needles .-Mohaye Miner.
 Attorney Ellinwood secured a writ ,f attachment for one of the Yuma teamboats, bat when offered the rop .rty he was compelled to refuse the 'fer as the thing didn't have wings iazette. It might be inferred from he above that some one of the Colo l ado Ste m Navigation Co.'S boats had . cen attached, but such is not the !. .ase. No boats belong at Yuma save hose operated by Captains Mellon md Polhamus therefore MT. Ellin- woods business must have been with . . Needles boat.
 Chas. V. Connors died Sunday even- ng about o'clock after a lingering Illness Of several weeks. MT. COnnOrS 1 vas one ot Yuma's prominent citizens nd many there are who mourn his Oss, he dying in tue very prime of ife-aged 40 years. The deceased was member of the local lodge of the A. ). U. w. and the funeral was conduct d under the auspices of that order. Ir. Connors was a candidate. on the emocratic ticket for the office of pro- ate judge at the last county election nd was defeated by a small majority f votes. He leaves a wife, three small a mother, sister and three rothers to mourn his death.