Arizona republican., 1899-08-23

Me says AIr. FSchm2a is do.ng wei
 and has enc Of the GeEt paying drug
 -.ores in the city. employing eighteen clerks to attsnd to the wants of his trade. Among them is MT Jones. for
 merly of Phoenix and an employe of
 Dr. G. H. Kaefer
 DEATH OF ALBERT H. SMITH -
 The following taken from the Will Hams News. records the visit of the | death angel to a former Phoenix l family: Albert H. Smith. son of F, M. Smith and wife died in this city
 last Sunday from the effects of typhoid fever and erysipelas. The family has lately moved to Williams from Ph0e-
 nix, where all of the family Were sick from fever and it is supposed that the high aItitudG was too much for the strength of the boy. Erysipelas did not appear Tntil TWO days before his l-death. but it appeared in q virulent form. The funeral services were held
 lt four o'clock Sunday evening con-
 dHcted by Rev. Gibbons Two more
 children of the family are down with
 the dreaded disease. The unfortunate
 parents have ihe sympathy of all"
 AN ESCAPED LUNATIC. -Ygabel
 Mendoza, q trusty. escaped from the
 asylum yesterday afternoon. He is q
 powerful man of fifty and weighs ITO
 pounds. He was q convict and WAS
 committed to the asylum from Yuma.
 but his term in the penitentiary has
 expired. Yesterday afternoon he
 went into ore of the wards and Ee-
 came angry at another patient. went to
 the stables. saddled horse and rode
 away. He was missed almost imned-
 lately and q chase was begun He
 was traced toward town. but before
 reaching here turned aside. crossed tEP
 river and rode toward the lower rcser
 vatiOn. He turned back toward Phnn
 nix and on one of the much travelled
 roads below town his track WaS lOSt
 It was expected that wheEi h. was captured there would be an Ob- Stinate fight In addition to his great strength Mendoza has q fearful
 temper and q determined disposition. He was not regarded as q dangerous lunatic: that is. he has never Shcwp any homtcidal He was taken at Tempe late last night.
 4 BRIGHT DOG.=The most inte li- gent deg in Phoenix is q brown spaniel Owned by the Chinese proprietor of the Garden City restaurant. One of the dogs duties iS to make q daily trip 10 ChiRatowIl with q basket containing q note. On the last day il rained he was dispatched on his usual errand and his owner noticed an unwilling ness to go out into the wet. But the dog started walked slowly up tha street, now and then stopping and turn ing around. At last he wFnt on with 0Trt looking back The Chflam1n watched to see him cross the street 10 the city hall pfaza, but he didn't cross, His owner started after him and saw him standing in state of indeciSion under the awning iH front Of Gold berg Bros. store Finally the dog ser the basket down took the c-ote olII, l carried it into $he street and covered il | with mud He buried it with great care The Chinaman retur-ed' TO the ] restaurant and got club for a China . man has neither 3 sense of hulnOr nor ! m appreciation of brute intelligence Pretty soon the dog return q w;,lE@in@ l liS tail as if his coIScience were easy f The Chinaman seized him lay the col ] ar and bounded the hair off of him in | spots Then he wrote another note nd put it into the basket. The dog . picked it up and bounded out of the ioor Mud and rain were nothing to < Jim row. He started for Chinatown )y the most direct route and ten min Ites later returned with an honest waG ,f the tail which rea.ly merited ap- probation.
 THAT SCHOOL OPENING. - The Republican Is greatly interested in ed lcational matters and from time to ime has endeavored to ksep it's read rs posted as to the date of the open ng of the fall terms. By the grace Ct he members of the various school roards who one by one are drifting ,ack into town, and the assistance Of
 score, more or less, of it's interested eaders, this paper will cleave to it's urpose and, it is believed, ultimately yith success. Some progress has ai- eady been made and 1t can now be efinitely announced that the high chool will open in this year of our ord on Monday, September H. As 3 the grammar school, the latest buI- stin is to the effect that it will begin usiness on Monday, September Is. ome days ago The Republican an ounced, on what was believed 70 be aI:sble authority, that the grammar ehool would open September IS. The ext day a co-lnborer in the vineyard anne around and left a note on the .ty editors table to the effect thGt 8 1 isstatement had been made and to 1 lease correct it, as the opening would e on September Il. Wishing ot lease every one 50 far as possible, a ! sat apology was written for thus the public, and it was len announced that the grammar ;hool would open on the 11th. Last