Arizona republican., 1899-06-18
NEWS 
 OF THE
 TOWN

FIRE AT BUCKEYE. A small fre
 occurred in the Buckeye country yes.
 terday morning. John Wilcox lost 2
 few small frame houses and tents
 clustered together on his ranch.
 SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT. The
 Mcdowell school house will probably
 undergo extensive repairs soon. The
 building years ago was used as a
 bakery shop for the government post
 and ever since has been occupied as a
 school
 CHLOROFORM FOR HEADACHE. l-Walter Kibbey was in a coma yes terday. He was afflicted with a head
 ache and asked for some medicine. by
 mistake chloroform was administered
 to him and for several hours he was
 not annoyed by headache or any other l troublesome ailment.
 CHURCH BENEFIT. Next Thurs day evening the Pioneer band will be
 at the home of Miss Anna Evans at | the corner of Ninth and Grand av-
 enues, the Poyen place, where an en-
 tertainment will be given for the pur- 1 pose of raising funds to pay for seat | ing the Christian church. Refresh
 ments will be served.
 TYPHOID FEVER. Mere than the
 usual number of typhoid fever cases have been received at the county hgs- pital recently. And beside these an unusual number have developed since warm weather set in. The case ire | Quently occur among working in hay and it is thought the sickness is the result of the water drank The men drink a number of different kinds of water and a large quantity
 FARMERS ASSOCIATIONS. A meeting of the Farmers Protective and Cooperative association was held yesterday. The association will here after have permanent headquarters in the Steinegger building Beyond the collection of assessments little busi ness was transaGted. A meeting of the Farmers Protective Association was to have been held yesterday, but a quorum~did not assemble,
 EARLY FRUIT SEASON. Three cars of dried apricots will be shipped from Glendale tonight This will make nine cars this season. The fruit has commanded a good price. This is probably the first year the fruit business has been remunerative. It is practically closed so far as early fruits are concerned. Little prepara- tion has been made yet for the dispo- sition of grapes and later fruits.
 MARICOPA MINE TO OPEN. W. J. Davis, the manager of the Maricopa mine, who has been in town for two weeks, returned to the mine last night small force is employed there now, but MT. Davis says the mine will be opened in earnest soon. A Huntington mill will be put in equivalent to a ten-stamp mill The Phoenix mine also will be reopened immediately with a ten-stamp mill.
 CAN'T GO TO SCHOOL. An effort will likely be made south of the river to form a new school district before the opening of school. The Fowler and Riverside districts both extend across the river. On that side live a few American families and some Mex jeans whose children are of school age. They are prevented from going to school Cn account of the river. These residents pay taxes and they l have been advised to petition for the l formation of a new district. The | county school superintendent favors the action and it is likely if the pc tition is presented socn favorable ac- tion will be taken.
 SLEPT IN A HAMMOCK. A young i
  cycles is in trouble He went out in | the country to visit a lady friend on Friday evening He had been in the | habit of going to see her every night. | but had missed two visits. Where | have you been the past two nights?' asked the young lady after the two had settled down to conversation. | The young man could not answer and | his companion became offended. She went in the house and the bicyclist | sat on hammock to ponder. He fell | asleep and was in the hammock unti. l o'clock yesterday morning.
 WAS A GOOD SHOT. -S. N. May | fed, who came here with the topo- graphic survey party last May, left ! last night over the northern route for Brenham, Texas. MT. Mayfield en- listed with volunteer artillery bat talion when the late war broke out, but never got farther than Jefferson Barracks. There he was distinguished as a marksman. His craftsmanship | abilities were almost phenomenal and he was not only presented with gov ernment medals, but was given large gold medal by the citizens of St. Louis. His initiatCry position aided him to obtain his position in the civil ser vice. He says that the work he has been engaged in here, running levels, | will be continued to the Butte to as- sist the engineers in making caicula- tions for the reservoir
 THE BOND ELECTION. Sam Dawson, the city engineer, has dis covered that he will not be able to make as complete a report at the next | of the city council as he had | expected, pertaining to the probable value of the city water works and sys- tenn. He was depending for some ma terial on the last report made on the ! subject. But the report was net item ized. The items were gathered and added, but only the inn poTtant figures were preserved, ren- dering it necessary for the next man