Arizona republican., 1899-06-27

the Irvine property. They were nor
 constructed of proper material ana | have given way. Unless they are re l placed sne county will fill upstAt ditches and leave things as they -Ssssr5 before these improvements were
 made. An allowance of S5 a month was mada to Mrs. Ambrose. the widow who was violently assaulted and dis lbled by Ricardo Ac1sta. last Friday
 night. The county sprirklerS for the
 filendale and Mesa road districts were
 received and tho bills for them were
 ordered paid. The bills amount 10
 &Si1.G5 beside the freight from South
 Bend, Ind
 \ QUESTION OF PRIORITY
 i warrant was issued by Justice .John-
 stone yesterday for the arrest of F. NJ.
 Skinner. The complainant was John
 Earl. who accused Skinner of aS-
 sault and battery. the trouhle growing
 out of q dispute over an account. The
 affair culminated on North Third
 street yesterday morning. Mr. Earls
 affidavit was backed bv disc0lOrati0ns
 and contusi0ns of the face and a gen
 eraI soreness of hody and sOul Mir
 Skinner was brought in. He admitted
 that there had been q miNup and that he had assaulted Mr. Earl while he
 was stepping over 10 pick up q rock. He paid q high compliment to the physical prOwess of NIr. Earl, who he said. had given him q run for his money and was altogether the tough est citizen he had ever tackled in long and busy life more or less de voted to tackling. The priori.y of the complainant and defendant in this matter will be investigated today.
 WHERE DO THEY COME FROM? Sheriff Murray returned on Sunday from Yuma, where he went with Henry Wilson. sentenced to the peni- food for conjecture He traveIed over the parched desert with it's stifling dust. At length there was q smell of rain, then there was rain and the country west of Maricopa was flooded l 4 culvert was washed out and water stood from two to six feet deep ol the i desert There were also millions of i frogs. MT. Murray doesn't know where i they came from unless they came with | the rain. Their presence called out a | lot Of frog stories, one of which was | told by man named Bl1tsdell. He | said he had lately dug a cellar n hard pan as hard as stone. At depth | of several feet he found a frog the | biggest one he ever saw. embedded n i the solid earth, where it must have | been for centuries. It was still moist ! IS all frogs are.
 A FUGITIVE CAUGHT. Constable Toe Balsz received telegram from Yuma yesterday morning announcing hat Francisco Armenia was held here by the officers, and for him to come after him. MT Balsz left last night. Armenia was last here about a -ear ago when he clubbed anothsT Mexican, Aniceto Alvares. who almost lied from the effects. This was done ,n the south side of the river The 0f- icers were on the lookout for a time, ,ut finally abandoned the search. Mr 3alsz vas in communication with out iders. who kept him informed as tO he actions of the Mexican fugitive. 4e learned that he had escaped from he territory and WAS living in Cali :, OTnia near Yuma The officers over { here failed 10 enIice him over the line util vest erday. Tn fact they never { Ucceeded in getting him over. A TeXican acquaintance persuaded him { o cross and he was taken by an off ( CT. Adr Balsz will bring him back to 'hoenix. but it will only be a short { inc until he will have occasion to re- { urn to Yuma