Arizona republican., 1899-05-08

having invented the only demagnetizer
 whose action is satisfactory and which
 demagnetizes by induction Electric
 currents brought to bear on th,
 watch Opsrate contrary to the currents
 which caused the magnetizatiCn. MT. Creswell estimates that the cost of
 material for one Of his machines will
 not exceed $2.50 and it can be used an
 indefinite time. It requires about one-
 half a day to make one. While in the
 east he sold a few to large watch fac
 tories, among which was the Elgin company. He received a letter from
 that company a few days ago asking
 him to duplicate the original order.
 He has never taken out patent
 ENTERS ON NEW DUTIES. r.
 MOwre, who was ordained as minister
 at Tempe last April, preached his first sermon last night at the M E | church, south. MT. MoWre succeeds
 R. W. Barnes as president of the Ep-
 worth League, and he will in the fu-
 ture be engaged as an itinerant min ister. MT. Barnes will leave soon for
 Ada, O., where he will teach ip a
 noTmal school. He and Mrs. Barnes | will be tsndered a farewell reception
 at the residence Of MT. Mowre on
 Nor.h Fourth street this afternoon, be-
 tween 3 and o'clock.
 WAS AN ARIZONA ENTHUSIAST. 70. A. Higgins, the railroad nlan
 whose death occurred at Chicago Sat urday, as twas announced in The Re publican yesterday, was well known n
 shown about the valley by E. W. Gil- lett three years ago and was delighted
 with what he saw. Since then he had
 dCne much to advertise this section.
 Upon returning to the east he com piled a railroad book called "A Trip
 to California and Back" Arizona re- ceived a good share of attention. One feature of the work was an illustrated description of the AIoqui Indians and their famous dance.
 NOT COMMON PEOPLE. "A well known character about town was slightly the WcCse for Iiquor last night, and approaching an acquaint- ance, telegraph operator, re IT arked: Shay, ole fel-ar, I w3Llo to take a snap shot of you fer She Century Magazine; new Captain McClintOck, he has been getting snap shots of governors etc, not taking common pecple-not Chat y-u are com mon, for you are the best operator in the United States; 1 make no excep- tons Further explanations were cuJs snort by the interrUi5ti0n of an-iher gentleman whlc was about, half seas ever, and the telegrapher escaped.
 TOMBSTONE MINING AND MILL ING COMPANY. MT and Mrs. w. J. Cheyney of Philadelphia arrived in the city yesterday morning Cn their way to Congress. MT. Cheyney is the father Of Hon. George w. Cheyney of Tucson and has been identified with mining about Tombstone for more than twenty years. He was the general manager Of the Tombstone Mining and Milling company in the palmiest days ct thas mining camp of it's time. MT. Cheyney's business west at this time was to close up the affairs of that com pany. At meeting Of the directors at Tombstone last week he became l owner Of the property and has since i leased it to chl0ride1s. MT. and Mrs. ! went on to Congress last night.
 CLOSE OF THE ALMA SCHOOL | The Alma public schools, Judge c. ! w. Grouse, teacher, were brought to a mlo5t successful close on Saturday i night. The concluding programme lasted until 1 o'clock and at it's close there was a dance which was c0ntin- ued until midnight. The programme songs, recitations, readings, lrllls, tableauX and instrumental music. Altogether it was tho best school exhibition of the season in this county and no doubt the best in the ,eTritory. The Alma school is the champion country school in Arizona md, perhaps, in America So for unate has it been in it's teachers [ has grown in numbers, overshadow- ng the surrounding country and even Mesa.
 A SHATTERED RULE.-A f3yorite est among arTest:ag officers to be ap- 'ted to those arrested for vagrancy, is T examination of the palms Of their IaEds. If they are hard and horny he arrested man is accepted as aa rfo1tunate out ot a job. If he claims 0 be a working man and his hands re soft, he is derisively slowed away nder the clock The other night the office picked up several men suspect d c theft The first one said he had cen worlt1g every day. Lets see our hands" said an officer. The risoner showed them and the officer miIed contemptuously. What you t yorkin' at?' ''Washin' dishes in estauralt." The smile faded for here 1 -as an unexpected case to which the i ule would not apply. There is noth- $ lg about washing dishes to harden I he hands The prisoner was thrown $