Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1899-07-18
NEWS
OF HI
TOWN

MOORE-DUFF. James Moore an
Mrs. Minnie Duff were married at tn
Lemon hotel yesterday by Justice G
D. Gray. The groom is lately of New
Mexico The bride is 4 resident of III
Mcdowell neighborhood.
REAL ESTATE DEAL. j. Ernes
Walker has bought a house and tw,
lots in the Montgomery addition. for
merly the property of Theodore King
Mr.. Walker will renovate the hous,
and improve the grounds
A YOUNG VOLUNTEER. WORD
has been received that O. NJ. Judd
who enlisted from Phoenix in Col
| McCOrd's regiment. has re-enlisted al
Los Angeles in the Thirty-fourth N.
fantry- On account of his age he was
compelled to send to his parents hers
STUDYING THE WATER CUES
| TON. Mayor E. CAM is now quar-
! tered with his family al SIG Second
street, Santa Monica. The mayor
is enjoying himself and max
ing a profound study of the water
works question with the broad and
restless Pacific evsr before him.
CANAL DIVIDEND A dividend of
81. 900 has been declared on the stock
of the Grand Canal company. This is
| the first dividend declared on any
canal stock in the valley. All
profits hitherto have been expended in
repairs and improvements. Notices
have been issued TO The stockholders
in the canal.
FOUND HIS BROTHER. -Jairus
Williams, a railroad man of Boulder,
Colo, and an old friend of E. W. Gil
lett, who came here more than
month ago in search of his lost
brother, located him at Jerome, where
he was in the employ OF the United
Verde road. Mr. Williams left on his
return trip last night.
END OF THE SESSION. The
board of supervisors will close its reg
ular sittingS as a board of equalization
next Thursday 1t will meet again,
though, in that capacity on Saturday
to hear complaints of too high valua-
ton from farmers, who will find 1t
more convenient to come to town on
Saturday than on any other day.
A BOY THIS TIME. When James
McNeider, a postal clerk on the Phoe-
nix and Ash Fork R. P O., came in
last night he learned chat he had one
more mouth to feed 1t was that of a
boy born at high noon Mr. Nc
been wanting a boy to break a femi-
nine monotony consisting of three
girls
SHOW UP WELL Some samples
have been brought in to be tested
from group of Claims in the Buck
Horn gulch of the Castle Creek dis
t-ict, owned by G. D. Gray. Joe Por-
terie, E. W. lfcAnally and Joe Drum.
They show an average of $12.36 gold
and run 7 per cent in copper. Little
work has been done on
the claims.
IS A RECORD BREAKER. - L. Fl.
Chalmers, wLo has returned from
Oak creek, says that Walter Bennett
S making a record for himself. He
started out about 10 O'Clock one morn
ing and before o'clock that afternoon
he caught twenty-three trout, some Of
which were extra large. In the mean
time he killed six pigeons on the fly
with a rife, never missing a shot.
PROSPERITY IN THE EAST. -
George Shriver returned yesterday |
from a trip to Chicago. He lived |
the early '40's. He remembers Chi :
cago when It had a population smaller !
than Phoenix, and it was not nearly !
so modern a town. In describing the |
condition of the east he says that it |
IS more prosperous than he has ever |
known it. The mills are all open and |
1 splendid feeling prevails among the |
business men.
COST OF WATER. A. P. Wal
bridge received a letter yesterday
from Frank C. Thompson, who for
nerly lived in Mesa, but IS now at
Highland. Cal Mr. Thompson was
in farming at Mesa, and at
he has charge of a large
orange orchard. He says the farmers
here are paying 81 an inch for water
'unnjng twenty-fOur hours, and at
3edlands, near there, the rental is So
IN inch for the same length of time
Here the annual charge is only S2.25
Der inch.
A FAMILY AFFAIR. Two heads
If very respectable families engaged
n a hand to hand encounter in the
southern part Of town yesterday even
ng. Both families live in the same
louise and the fight was the culmina-
ion of row which had been going on
some time and which was famed by
he children of one of the families
nto a fierce blaze. Officer Dowell put
10Th men under arrest, but released
hem on their own recognizance until
oday. One of them had his scalp lad
open, he said by a club.
THE YAVAPAI BOND CASE. Col.
:. w. JOhnstone returned last night
rom Prescott, where he appeared yes
erday as a witness IN the case against
,avapai county to compel payment of
interest on the funded P & A c.
onds His testimony related to the
Proceedings of the loan commission,
f which he was a member by virtue OF
is office as territorial treasurer at the
inc the bonds were funded. The de-
ense consisted of a denial ~of every
hing, the funding of the nds and
he very existence Of the Id -
ion. Objection W. s made
ense to -pretAy much all TIN