Arizona republican., 1899-07-11
NEWS
 OF THH
 TOWN

A NEW BOY. A son was born on
 Sunday mint to Mrs. Charles Sterner.
 SATURDAY BANKING HOURS. -
 The banks of the city came to an agreement yesterday that they would
 close hereafter at noon on Saturdays. l LICENSED TO WED. A marriage
 license was issued yesterday to
 Thomas Raines and Amanda c. flaw
 kins.
 A NEW NOTARY. A notarial commission was issued yesterday to B. Brooks of Geronimo, Graham county.
 A SICK LITTLE GIRL. Elizabeth, the little daughter of MT and Mrs. William Melczer. is seriously i'll. MT. Melczer is now in New York | A STONE CLAIM. James Burson 1 has located the Bell stone or placer 1 claim one-half mile north of the Arizona canal, in the Camel Back mountain.
 DAY OF HUMIDITY. The most uncomfortable day of the season was yesterday. The mercury did not rise i above 94 degrees. but the humidity was great
 1 SENT TO JAIL. -S. Gomez ap- peared before Justice Gray yesterday on charge of drunkenness. He had been picked out of the gutter by Officer l Bush and will serve five days. KICKED BY A HORSE.-A. Weller. the butcher, was Kicked in the leg by horse yesterday noon. No bones were | broken, but an indentation was made in the larger bone and MT Weller will not be able to attend to h:s duties for a few weeks.
 ABOUT ARIZONA. - A valuable addition has been received by the li- brary. The books were sent by the government geological department. Some of the books contain articles on Arizona and description of the famous Moqui Indian snake dance
 PLUAIS ABROAD. Buxton & Co. sent out a large shipment of prunus simoni plums oyer the northern route last night They were distributed to many points east and west. Among the farthest points were Warren, O.: Passport, Me; Lake Geneva, Wis. and Oakland, Cal.
 THE SOCIAL TONIGHT. The Catholic ladies of St. Mary's church will give their social this evening on the school grounds, corner of Third and Monroe streets. Ice cream and soft drinks will be served after o'clock Good music will be a part Of the programme.
 LABELED FRUIT. This valley is now supplying fruit for the Harvey eating houses at Ash Fork, Seligman and Winslow, with a fair chance of supplying all the houses on the west ern division soon. The bill of fare on the tables will bear inscriptions showing the fruit to be grown here.
 NUISANCE UNABATED. T. w. Chamberlain, the proprietor of the Saginaw Lumber company, says that the nuisance caused by the sewer rfpe opening near the Iu4nber yard has not been abated. A detestable od0r $ given out by the accumulation and de- composition of milk from the cream cry.
 AN UNKNOWN BENEFICIARY. - The Wellington saloon is buying twice as much milk as 1t uses. The milk man leaves a bottle of milk in front of the door about o'clock each morn ing and usually the bottle and milk disappear before the door is opened. If the Wellington is to become the donor 10 a charitable purpose, it sug- gests that :.t would be pleasant to know who is the object of the charity
 CHAIR CURICS. Prosper Bordone has two historical chairs in his sa- loon. One is an old fashioned cush- toned chair which served in some ca pacity at queens jubilee in London years ago. Its history is not known by MT. Bordone, but from its appear ance 1t is antiquated. The other, a yellow wooden chair, was received by him yesterday It was made by a na- tive of the Philippines.
 
 nicians are thinking of going to the Grand canyon in August to witness the Moqui snake dance. Among them leged white man among these Indians They promise Io confer upon him a certain degree and initiate him into some of the mysteries of their religion. Ordinarily one may see the snake dance from the outside. but he is for bidden to enter the cave and witness some portions of the rites. MT Miller will witness the ceremony from the inside
 A JUSTICES COURT. Tn Justice JohnstOne's court yesterday Charles Cole, who has been examined on d charge of obtaining money from Gold--i man & Co. fraudulrntly, was held to the grand jury. Unable to furnish a " DoAu oA ToOO IF "dS S6nI to JdiI- G2OFSe w. Crerar, who had been tried for his wife, was fined S75. There were some pitiful and mitigating cir cumstances wEich could not be prop erly brought out a. the trial. After Q private investigation of them Justice JOhnstone suspended the sentence.
 MEETING OF BUSINESS MEN TO- IA meeting of property own CTS, taxpayers and business men in terested in the development of the Salt River valley will be held at the Hc5el Adams at s o'clock tonight. The attendance of all interested in the 1gD- building of Phoenix and the fullest dnVpJO0mp0t Of the Salt River T-oT1o,,