Arizona republican., 1899-10-31

out of a slow walk and they seemed t.
be acquiring additional slowness ever!
day. They were utterly spiritless. eTht
pokiest old donkey was an energetic
Joe Patchen in comparison with them
The owner had been trying to trade
them off for something that would
move. Yesterday he loaded a big four
iteen-foot tent on a wagon and hitcheC
the horses to it. He didn't want tt
move it very far and hoped that he
would get there before shutdown. A
small boy was appointed to drive and
the owner and an elder son walked al
the side of the wagon to steady the
| tent. Those horses must have been re-
generated. Under the first blow of the
accustomed whip they sprang out
| leaving the tent supporters standing in
the road filled with establishment. That
tent and the driver were strewn along
the highway for two miles. The horses
were subsequently recovered and a new
price was put on them. The rest of the
tent will be gathered up today.
A NEW LIBRARIAN. A meeting
of the directors of the Phoenix Library
association was held last night at
which Miss Blanche Harrington was
elected to succeed Mrs. Mont P. Chubb,
who has resigned to leave for Califor-
mia. The directors authorized the
president to draft a resolution ex-
pressive of the associations apprecia-
ton of the services of Mrs. Chubb. 1t
was also decided to change the library
hours from to u in the forenoon to
to in the afternoon. Arrangements
for the annual ball of the association
were completed and it was announced
that tickets for the ball were printed,
were in the hands of the printing COM
mittee and would shortly be placed on
sale.
THE OPIUM JOINTS. = Deputy
United States Marshal Porterie, while
visiting the local Chinatown on Sun
day, where he inspected the almond
eyed residents to see that no new faces
have recently appeared, was introduced
to several opium joints which were. at
the time of the visit receiving a lib
eral patronage from the natives. The
dens are located in the Easements of
buildings occupied as Chinese stores
and other places of business. None but
Chinese We're found in these illegal
places by the officer. a number We're
so deeply stupefied by the drug as to
be aroused only with the greatest diff
floor as motionless and heavy as that
many logs. Deputy Marshal Porterie
entered six of these places, all of which
were filled by devotees of the pipe, who
usually spend Sunday in this manner.
The practice is said to be in violation
of both the territorial and city laws.
LION SCALPs FOR SALE. -Huala-
pal Clark, who has been hunting
n he &c. hi
wont, is in the city and has deposited
With the board of county supervisors a I
number of lion scalps on which he |
seeks to collect the territorial bounty. !
HOPKINS WANTED A young |
nan named Hopkins, supposed to be in /
me of the mining camps of Arizona, is
very much wanted by his relatives, i
tmong whom is a brother, DIR. William
g Hopkins of 500 Suffer street. San !
francisco. A reward of $3.50 is offered !
" the distressed friends. The missing
nan is described as being 26 years old,
i've feet seven inches in height. weighs
80 pounds, has a light complexion and
'rown hair, which he wears parted in
he middle. The PinkertOn detective
-gency has sent a circular to Marshal
Hooker of this city, giving the fOrego-
ng information. The young man is
lot wanted on criminal charge.
TEACHING MEXICAN PUPILS. i
'ounty School superintendent Fulton
las returned from a weeks inspection
t the south side schools, in which he
listed Tempe, the Double Buttes,
rural and Kyrene. He found all the
chools in good condition and some of
he teachers doing extraordinarily good
York. He made one observation which
5 worthy of special mention. He found
n one room in the Tempe schools a
eacher with forty-seven Mexican chill
rem on her hands. Twenty of them
ntered school this year and were I'M
Bile to speak or understand a word of
English. They cannot speak much of
yet, but they are learning. The work
; almost killing, but it is telling. The
eacher cannot speak Spanish, which
as been thought to be necessary ac-
in those who have the
eaching of Spanish speaking pupils.
he rapid progress these pupils are