Arizona republican., 1899-06-03
NEWS
 OF THE
 TOWN

s hay went out yesterday morning fo points on the Santa Fe Pacific an two last night for the north.
 SUPPLIED WITH WELL WATER
 A centrifugal pun D has been put u1
 at the swimming baths and the tanl
 will be filed ereafter from the wei 7 there
 BROUGHT IN A CRAZY MAN. = Deputy Sheriff Cchenour of Mohavf
 county was in town yesterday with aT insane man who had been committed . to the asylum.
 GENERAL IN THE NORTH. Re
 ports from various points in the north
 ern part of the territory indicated thai
 the rain of Thursday afternoon and
 night was general.
 MRS. WALKER SICK. Mrs. J. Er
 nest Walker is seriously ill at her
 home in the Capitol addition. Fever Is
 high, but the critical point will not ba
 reached for few days.
 DELINQUENT PERSONAL TAXES.
 Payments of county taxes on per-
 sonal property are overdue, but will be
 received regularly if presented before the recorders books are closed.
 DIR. SCROGGS' ILLNESS. Tine
 condition of Dr. G. A. ScrCggs of
 Tempe, who has been i'll of pneumonia
 for several days, is now so critical that his friends are fearful of the worst.
 TOBACO CORPORATIONS. I'll. R. Canfeld, Q recent arrival from Lexing-
 ton, Ky, says that new plug and twist tobacco companies are springing up all
 tsver Kentucky and incorporating with l capital stocks of from S5.000 to S7,0U0.
 AUTOGRAPH MINE. Samuel ". .l~r G1o.1 ! New York" and ':Chemsing" mining claims in the GiEett district, five miles northeast of the old Gillett mine. The property is supposed to contain de- posit of Photographic sf one.
 HIGH PRICED FRUIT. U. M. Hawkins arrived at the Ford yesterday from Chics go. He says there are Flor ida melons on the Chicago markets selling at 75 cents apiece He said also that the first shipment of april cots to Chicago this year sold at S4 per twenty-pound crate.
 A GYPSY CAMP. Complaint is be- ing made in a neighborhood east of town on account Of petty thefts that have occurred since a camp of Yaqui gypsies was established there a week ago. Chickens are d: sappearing and not so many eggs are found in the nests as usual.
 K. OF P. ELECTION. The election of officers of Phoenix lodge Knights of Pythias occurred last night. The fol- lowing were chosen: c. C., J. P Me Williams; V. C., F. A. Hartwell; P c. J. Arthur; K. of R. and S., Ed Butt; M. of w, Hi Hooker; NJ of F., E. s. Russell; M of E.. w. A. Parish; M of A, Harry Parker; J. G., R. B. I A. J. Bradley.
 HE GOT HIS BLANKET. John Harvard was tried in Justice John stones court yesterday for stealing a blanket from another man near Tempe. l He was discharged and the blanket | was turned over to the claimant. It | transpired that both parties were drunk | and that their property got mixed. The ! blanket might or might not have come | into Harvard's possession by a mistake | and he was given the benefit of the 1 doubt
 FREIGHT TEAM RAN AWAY. A freighting team of six horses, driven by Sal Goodin, became unmanageab.e near the Hotel Adams yesterday and started on run down Adams street. The team had net gene far when one of the wheel horses fell and it looked as if the large freight wagon would tOpple over as the wheen ran over the horse. The horse was wedged under the wagon and dragged 200 feet before the horses were stepped. The unfor- tunate animal was severely cut in several places.
 CHILDREN'S DAY EXERCISES. - On tomorrow evening at o'clock tine Sunday school of the Christian church ia1 in, hall, the first Sunday in June being observed as Childrens Day by the church throughout tho United States The exercises will be free to the public put collection will be taken for for sign missions. The children have been thoroughly drilled by Mrs. Young, and 10 doubt will furnish a very creditable The Rev. L. O. Fer 5usOn will deliver an address appropri> -te for the occasion. BOSTON WOOL MARKETS. HI. L. Fromm, Boston wool dealer, is at he Ford. MT. Fromm says the Boston wool market is growing less active lnd cCnsignments are being sold only o manufacturers. The latter are tanding on uncertain ground. They , Ire waiting to see whether they are . 5cing to be affected to any marked de- gree by the wool combines. In the meantime their supply is being eX- and the prices advance. The American WCOlen company is buying III available wool and retaining it for uture distribution among the mills. TEA CULTURE IN THE U. s-The atest agricultural move by the government is the establish nent of an experimental tea taticn in this country MT. Ed win Burke who came here recently I rom Washington, D. C., where former y he was connected with the division f agrostology, says that the govern lent is of the opinion that tea can < )e successfully grown in the south. where one or more of the stations will s 'e. The conditions there in many re-