Arizona republican., 1899-08-13

evening.
Superintendent Brown of the terri
torial prison. is out again after being
laid up several days with Il sprained
back, says the Yuma Sun.
Even the Star now favors expansion:
1T is Il fact of comment that almost
dWo-thirds of the mulberry trees in the
<o0urt house lawn should be removed to
allow the remainder to spread them
selves. They are too much crowded"
R. B. Pierson. who Joined the 34th
Regiment Yesterday. is Il printer. He
was through the Cuban campaign and
then went to Porto Rico. Now he goes
to the Philippines. which means he is
going TO take in the entire business
Star
One of the mammoth Southern Pa
rifir engines, weighing 40 tons. this
week pulled train OF siXty-four load
Cd cars out of Yuma toward Los An
geles> The train was a little over
halS Il mile in length and the gigantic
engine moved it with perfect ease.--
Sun
NJ. s. Darling, the ieweler last Mon.
day made an assignment for the bene-
fir of his creditors. The liabilities
amount to 500 and the assets foot up
about 500. o. F. Townsend was
named. as receiver. Mr.. Darling lost
heavily in the fire last fall ard was hot
ahih to recover-Yuma Sun.
The building fever continues in Pres
s.ott. says the Journal Miner. Judge
X. E. Sloan has had plans and specif-
cations prepared for i new residence
on a lot owned by him on MI. Vernon
street and will shortly commence work
on it, Architect Bidwell Will have
charge Of the supervision of lis arec
ton.
The following recruits were examin-
ed and mustered in Thursday in Tue
son: r. B. Pierson. VIM. Ginger. Dan
+. Gilbert, Owen Z. Murphy. Samuel
Martin. Thos. Sheehan. Robert Steen.
Jno w. GanzhOrn. Harry Hezekiah.
Harry J. Gardiner. Adolph Pachl 60.
Tucson: Joe L. Bascom. Bisbee; Jas.
O. McVey, Phoenix, and H. NJ. Heze-
kiah.
The knife that had been driven INTO
the leg of II. NJ. Lowe in the fight with
she Outl2ws Sunday night had been
used ! him in skinning cattle that
uie,' Il the black leg. The poison had
pe Detrated the entire system and ne
died in great agony of gangrene.
caused by the black leg poison tnaI
was on The knife.-Springer. N. NJ
Stockman.
When Arizonans come to appreciate
and patronize their home summer re-
sorts irstead of crowding to the sea
coast and other foreign resorts. they
viii discover that a the end of the out
inc season they will have enjoyed more
genuine rest 1T a great deal less cost
and that til y have spent their money
ut homo and have much more in the
bark to their credit than under the
preset e<yStem.-Star.
The festive sneak thief has worked
his way TO Yuma according TO the Sun:
Some bold sneak thief. who was evil
IDENTIFY badly in need of money relieved
the Forty-niner saloon of all its loose
change yesterday morning in broad
daylight. The money, $50 in silver
was in shot sack on a lower shelf in
the back bar and while Mr.. Stewart
back was turned momentarily some
light-fngered individual who knew the
lay of the land, deity lifted" the
coveted coin.
Judge John Miller of Florence is in
the city. The judge was one of the |
carly settlers of Tucson and was fo- !
years the peace officer of thr old |
pueblo when it required nerve to hold |
down the town. After Pinal county !
was created The judge moved into the
new county in which he has held sew
rral county offices at different times. /
lie is Il genuine Arizona pioneer and /
knows as much of AriZona's early his |
tory rs anyone now living except Hon. !
Charles D. POSton who is the best au-
thor:ty OH early Arizona history
Star
J. Kennedy the fireman who was OF
the [. S. warship Philadelphia at Apia
in the fight. and still wears the blue, is .
visiting Tucson friends.-Citizen.
Boring for artesian water will soon /
commence in Benson. One of our en-
terrrising citizens is backing up this /
enterprise with cash while three citi ,
zens CT St David will furnish the mus
cIe{ md boring machinery as their part
of the compact. 1t is the present inten-
ton to go down at least a thousand
feet of water in sufficient quantities is
moi obtained before that.-Benson
Breeze.
The Yuma San says: Ex=County
Recorder c. z. Cr0nin. who is now at
his old home in Boston. writes 70
friends IN Yuma that he has entirely
recovered his health and expects TO re-
turn to Arizona in a short time 1t
will be remembered that he was sent
home last fail to die of consumption.
The best physicians on thee oast pro
nnilnced his case incura BILE He was
placed under thee are of eminent spec
ialtists in Boston who made dag
-osis of his disease and pronounced it
4 peculiar disease of the nerves. which
they treated successfully and he IS
now perfectly well.
Nohaye county has increased won
derfulIy in taxable wealth with II
year az shown by the abstract pre-
pared ny the clerk of the boar,l of +
John P. Feeny for .