Arizona republican., 1899-02-19
NEWS
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 TOWN


 afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. It will bt
 at the court house plaza
 OF INTEREST TO WOMEN. =
 ''Wioman's Power to Protect the Home
 by the Ballot will be the pastor theme at the Baptist church this morn
 ing.
 A STOLEN BICYCLE. W. K
 James is the loser of bicycle. He lief
 it outside of his house on Friday night
 Yesterday morning It was not there
 and he has not seen it since.
 WOOL SHIPMENTS. Two more cars of wool bought by A Vanderworl left the valley for Boston, Mass. yes
 terday. One went by the Southerr Pacific and the other by the Santa Fe BOARD OF EDUCATION. "A meet ing of the territorial board of educa-
 tion was held at the executive cham
 bers yesterday. Matters of interest tc i the schools and regarding educational i legislation were discussed in general
 way
 i SCHOOLS IN GOOD CONDITION County School Superintendent Fulton was at his office yesterday after having | spent the week in visiting the schools nearer town. He visited ter schools which he found in very satisfactory l condition. He will resume his in specGion this week.
 1 INFANT DEAD.-Lecter, the in | fant child of MT and Mrs. Wm. K. Col 1 Iins, living on South Sixth avenue, 1 died at 11:30 yesterday morning. Its i age was six and one-half months. The 1 funeral will take place at 1:30 this afternoon at the undertaking parlors of N1ohn & Easterling.
 BASE BALL TO-DAY. A game Of base ball will take place at the park this afternoon between the DeMund and Yucatec hines. None of the boys have bee nasleep the past week, and iE is thought that the steady practice will render the game Interesting. The game will be called at 2:30 o'clock.
 A SUIT ON A NOTE.-Suit was be- gun in district court yesterday by C.. B. Goodell, against the Highland Land & Water company, to recover On a note for S4 000, signed by A. St. John Gaylord as secretary of the company, March 15, 1897 The note is secured by mortgage on a tract of land lying under the canal.
 INFLUX OF WOOL. Large loads of wool are now daily coming in from Goddard's corral and from J. HOuck at Paradise Valley. It is estimated that 150,000 sheep will be shcrn this year and that they will average six pounds i to the head Local dealers are kept busy by the large influx of wool LECTURE POSTPONED. The lee tUIe by Bishop Serkins on the Philip pines, advertised fer Tuesday, Wednes- day and Thursday of this week, have been postponed one week. They will be delivered in the Padget hall on March 2, and 1. Mrs. Serkins and three daughters arrived over the Southern Pacific yesterday
 SOMETHING NEW. = Anything new today?' asked Mir H. B. St. Clair, going inta the board of supervisors rooms yesterday and leaning forward against the lately constructed railing. ''Nothing," replied Supervisor Norton, h".'eXcept. that paint. MT. St. Clare drew back and surveyed the broad, vel low srlrcingle which had been imprint ed across his broad vest area. ESCORTED THEM TO TOWN. = The members of both national guard companies of this city will meet at their armories this morning at [: AS. There they will form in line and march to the M. & P. depot to meet the ar- rivals from Col McCord's regiment and form an escort, returning to town. IL is not known what number will ar rive.
 THE FIRE QUEFN.-The final count of the ballots for fire queen to rule the anual inspection and ball of the fire department next Wednesday night, was made last night. Miss Annie MonihCn is the lucky sovereign. The voting contest did not last long enough to become very spirited. A contest of this kind does not ordinarily gain momentum until it has been in progress three or four weeks. This one had been going on hardly that many days.
 TOOK A TOWN. -The visiting Elks yesterday formed 9 tally-ho party and visited the ostrich farm, Indian school and other places of interest. Others of the lodge accompanied the tally-ho in buggies and several per sons of the Phoenix lodge were pres ent to explain the phenomena of Salt River valley weather. The eXcur- sionists were lavish in their eEpres- sions of praise for the valley and weather and agreed that their short stay in Phoenix had been delightful.
 THE GRAND CANYON ROAD. = Messrs. Charles E. KOuter and Charles E. Potter Of Detroit are at the Eotel Adams MT. Potter is a member of the firm of Lombard, Goode 6 Go. Of Chi caSO Ills VlSlt here IS or no S1gn1n- canoe. He is only accompanying MT. kouter, who is travelling through the country for pleasure and recreation. They will leave tonight for the ccast. Mir Potter says that the railroad from Williams to the Grand canyon, iii which his company became interested two years ag3 through Captain Will liam o. O'NeiIl, will be built
 LAW IDA AY..-,-Testerday was law day in district. court All the Iitiga- tion of the GiIa Bend Reservoir and Irrigation company vs. the Peoria Ca nal company and the lA.izona Can. struction company was disposed of by I