Arizona republican., 1899-07-25
NEWS
OF T HI
TOWN

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/ NEW NOTARIES. -:Notarial com
| missions were issued yesterday to F
C. Johnson of Mesa, William B. Cleary
OF Phoenix, and E. w. Graves of Tue
son.
LICENSED TO WED. "A marriage
license was issued yesterday to Andres
Minos and Josefa Balvastra. both OF
Tempe. They were married there last
night by the priest
THE ASSESSORS BOOKS. - The
assessment books which were slightly
! altered by the board of equaliza ton
| have been turned over to the county
| assessor and the amounts changed to
conform with the alterations.
SMALL CHANCES OF RECOVERY.
| A letter was received yesterday
which announced George Alkire to be
slightly worse. An operation was per-
formed on his spine last Saturday
which gave no relief. The chances
of recovery are against him.
BASE BALL AT TUCSON. A game
of ball was played on Sunday between
Tucson and Globe at Tucson, which
resulted in a score of II to in favor
of the home team. 1t is said the Tue
son team is so elated that it will issue
sweeping challenge soCn.
WON'T STAY BY IT The COM
bined base ball teams of the colored
BARRIERS have issued challenge for
game with the DeMund nine The
challenge was unexpectedly accepted
yesterday and il is thought probable
that the former aggregation will with
draw It's challenge.
rT-Ixrn
Brown, the man who raised disturb
ance at the Porta Manila saloon on
Sunday will serve fifteen days IN the
city Jail. Andrew Johnson, who swore
at the proprietor of a restaurant for
asking cOmpensat icn for a meal, was
fined SO by the recorder Yesterday.
JUDGE SCOTS REMAINS. Mrs.
w. S. Scott left last nigh with the re-
mains Of her husband, the late Judge
Scott, for his former home at Green
castle, Ind. She did not intend to go
untiI-tomoFrow -night,-btft her plans
were changed yesterday morning. She
whip robably return to Phoenix in the
fall.
WILL USE 5000 INCHES. Notice
of the location of a canal site was filed
yesterday by NJ. E. Canton and w. w.
Perry. The canal will be known as
the Arlington, the bed of which will be
on the north side Of the ella river, five
miles above the mouth of the Has
sayampa 1t will be used to irrigate
land southwest of the mouth of the
Hassayampa. The amount of water
appropriated is 5000 inches.
NEW CORPORATION. Articles of
incorporation of the Associated Lii
braries and Lyceums of America were
filed with the recorder yesterday The
incorporators are John NJ. Davis, the
president; Walter s. Varnum. score
tary, and William S. Upton. The
close company is capitalized at $100 |
and the stock is fully PAID in. There
will be no shares put Oh the market. /
This company is formed to restrict the |
liquor traffic Of Arizona without de-
stroying property alreacy in existence. |
A SUNDAY DRUG STORE CLOS
ING. DR.. G. H. Keefer has decided |
that a convention or round robin of
druggists is not essential to the Sun
day closing Of at least one drug store, |
so he closed his on last Sunday. He |
was the originator Of the Sunday |
closing movement, but was unable to !
secure a uniformity OF action He de- !
cided then to take d rest himself and !
give his clerks one, so well earned by /
long hours during the next preceding /
six days.
FOR MAYBER'S RELEASE. The |
neighbors of Frank Mayber, who is in |
Jail under a four months sentence for |
wife beating, are engaged in a move
ment for his release. A petition to the /
governor for an abatement of the pen
atty is IN circulation along the Black |
canyon road. The neighbors say that |
Mayber was not wholly to blame and |
hat the enormity of his offense was
greatly exaggerated. His wife has left |
the country and ii is urged in the pc
LtiOn that there is therefore no danger /
If a recurrence of this unpleasant do
nestle event.
THE YUMA PRISON. H. s
Laughlin, secretary of the Yuma peni-
-entiary, arrived yesterday. He says
hat things are as quiet and orderly at
he prison as could be expected. The
garden which has excited
comment stands good chances of being
delivered from its watery grave. The
OPP of the levee was sighted the
1ther day and an effort will be made
% let the water out into the river. Mr.
shows 224 names, only eight less than
he greatest number of prisoners ever
confined there at one time
A NEW STOCK MARKET.-Fifteen
carloads of cattle were shipped out
)ver the S. F. P. & P. yesterday for
Cal The shipper is ]. H.
Williams. This is the first shipment
~ the Santa Fe from Phoenix into
northern California over its own
racks, the famous San Joaquin Valley
'oad having come into the full con-
.rol of the Santa Fe only last week.
This arrangement opens a new stock
market for this valley which it has
hitherto been impossible to reach
Beside this shipment Jerry Sullivan
sent out five carloads to various points