Arizona republican., 1899-08-12


fmake the IRE an excuse 10 lock at ne
animals which congregate hat dressed
about the burning building ne naa
! CBSeTFsd many respectable ladies sill
| ting il carriages more intent upon the
painted denizels than upon the de
| VOuI lng flames. From which he con
cludes that one Of the attractions OF
the haunts of sin IS z curiosity re-
garding the strange things concealed
there.
RESULTS OF INCORPORATION. =
| \ gentleman from Jerome was in the
| city yesterday and when questioned
regarding the suits against The incor-
pcIation of that prosperous camp said
the papers had not been served as far
as he knew when he left home. Speak
ing of the results CT Incorporation he
said the receipts Of Jerome last year
were s1,937.45 and the disbursements
were $1,706.70, leaving a cash balance
OF S230.75 in the treasury. Since the
| Incorporation the town has purchased
| 400 feet eli hose with nozzle and coup
lings, a coed chemical engine and six
hand chemicals. > lot worth $3.50. Office
! furniture, books. etc, and the money
in the treasury VIII gay all Outstand-
ing accounts. The tax roll is COM
pletcd and inside OF two weeks, after
| being passed on by the beard of
| equalization, will be in shape so that
/ the council Gun proceed at once 70 or
der an election for the voting of bonds
for water works. The Incorporation
should be continued, as it IS by this
means alone that fire protection can
be secured.
HAVE BEEN ENLIGHTENED. -
1t sometimes occurs that the pUblica-
oE
tunity for anC,sher one in the way OF
an apology. The present is one OF
these interesting occasions Yester-
days issue contained a reference to
George Hurnlsen, who recently closed
an engagement as barkeeper IN
Wilcox saloon by skipping out with
his employers sack, and the reporter
gave the young man a clean char
acter" when he lef. this valley some
years ago. 1t was learned yesterday
that there are soma things a newspl-
per reporter does not know I'll he finds
out, and among them were the facts
that during his residence here Harm
sen stole a horse and saddle from
George Luhrs and skipped the cOun-
try 30 eycde arrest for stealing $50
from C. c. Reed. An apology IS there
fore due Mr.. Harmsen and is cheer
fully made.
DOG CATCHER ARRESTED. -
Frank Burke, the municipal dog catch
er, WIS arrested yesterday morning on
complaint CT Charles Foushee, who
accused him of employing violence of
language in The pursuit of his pro-
fessiOn. Mr. F0ushes said he had
a deg tied up and that Burke hap
pened along on horseback and seeing
the animal told the owner he would
have 70 take out i License. Mr.. FOu-
shee replied that he understood that
he didn't have to buy a tag if he kept
the dog on the premises. This opened |
a discussion, in the course eli which /
Mr.. F0ushee said Burke told him that !
he was related TO another dog by tiss +.
OF cOnSanguinini,y. The police de- /
partment was surprised to learn that I
Burke had talked that way and he de /
mes tha.- he did. He has managed his I
Office with less friction than any OF |
his predecessors, and while he may +
not have acquired the love and esteem !
CT all the owners OF dogs in Phoenix I
he has been less brutal and more reas- .
enable than any ether man who ever +
caught dogs here or anywhere else.
DROVE INTO A WRECK. Yes I
te-day afternoon an CID gentleman !
from the country drove down South .
First avenue IN a I1gnC On2-nOrS2 f
wagon. unconscious of the existence
of anybody else On earth. \ big two
horse team was hitched at the side Of
the street next the court house plaza
and a Eoundrym2n in a wagon filed !
with iron was coming up the avenue.
There was not much room a. the point
and the fOundryman made as ecOnOm-
ical use of it as possible. The old
man drove serenely into the jam and
from it wide awake. The
shafts of his wagon were in splinters,
but his well trained horse behaved
4 can't see how I'm 10
blame said the foundryman, survey
ing the wreck You're not" said the
old man. Il went into 1t with my eyes
wide open. but seeing nothing. Every
thing turned cut as it should. 1 got
GIL the damage" A bystander came
up and wanted TO buy his horse for
had given him a fancy
value But the old mans estimate of
him had also been raised and he was
from the market.
RATS Bob McCleary, who locks
after the liquid refreshment depart
ment Ci the Hotel Adams, is a very
serious man and never jokes unless he
sees, hears or thinks CT something
funny, but last night he saw something
iunny tina, was no joke. A number OF
Gncluding Mr.. McCleary)
were sitting in the lcgia cf the hotel
on the Center street front when cat
scared up a good sized rat from the
other side of the street. but was lit
lie bit afraid TO make the assault. The