Arizona republican., 1899-12-25

I | Temp. maximum. ....64 75 | Temp. minimum .......43 46
 Relative humidity. ..3S 22 Wind, direction..... ....E w | Wind, velocity ..........2
 Precipitation ..... .... State of weather. ....Clear. Clear SCARLET FEVER.-The territoria
 press announces the prevalence ot
 scarlet fever in several Arizona towns and while it is not epidemic, and nc cases have been reported in Phoenix ! it would be good idea for parents tC
 be watchful.
 HORSES FOR PASTURE.-E. L
 Benbrook, H. J. Banner and Sam Sharp brought down Al head of cow ponies from the Gila county ranges
 which they placed on pasture near
 Mesa. Messrs Banner and Sharp have returned home and MT. Benbrook is shaking hands with former Phoenix friends.
 COMING FROM DELAWARE. -
 Quite a colony of eX-residents of Will
 mingtOn, Del, has located in this city
 this winter. Seven or eight persons
 have already been counted and others
 are said to be on the way. Dr. Peter
 Cooper, who came here for his health. and found it, is largely responsible for this influx of desirable people.
 MAY VISIT PHOENIX-The Car lisle Indian foot ball team is now in San Francisco and today plays a game with the team of the University of California. It is stated, whether au- thoritatively or not is unknown. tha- the Carlisle team will visit Phoenix be- fore it's return to Pennsylvania and give the local Indians a taste of foot ball as it is played in the Keystone state.
 KEEP OPEN HOUSE.-A week from today is New Years and will be duly celebrated by the board of trade. Open house will be kept by the board at it's room, to which everybody is invited. The Indian school orchestra is to fur nish music and the decorations and exhibits will be both handsome and in teresting. Secretary Chapman is mak- ing active preparations for this New Year event.
 GLOBE WANTS A CARNIVAL. - During the cowboy carnival Phoenix
 
 people and the success of the festival seems to have had a good effect on the Gila county capital. 1t is said the bus mess men of that place are agitating the question of holding a carnival there some time in May next. The delightful summer climate of Globe would no doubt be a drawing card at that time of the year.
 CHRISTMAS MASS This morning, Christmas. 1O:15 a. m. at St. Mary s Catholic church, corner Fourth and Monroe streets, a solemn high mass will be celebrated with celebrant dea- con and subdeacon. The music will be of an unusually high order. Bordice's mass in ''F,'' will be rendered by the choir assisted by Professors Feuerstein. Ragona and Peralta. The solo, "Qui Tollis" and "Et Incarnatus Est by Miss Margaret Williams; the "Bene- dictus'' and "Adeste Fidelis' by Mrs. J. A. Kilroy.
 ORANGES FROM ARIZONA. A few days since J. Clearinghouse started on his return to his home in Portland, Ore. The Morning Oregonian of the 18th inst. heralds in the following manner the gentlemans safe arrival there: "J. Sharinghousen returned yesterday from Phoenix, Ariz., where he has been visiting. He brought with him a box of navel oranges grown there, which equal the finest raised in southern California. MT. Clearinghouse says the citrus fruit industry around Phoenix has grown to large proportions and is very profitable"
 PROBABLY A RICH FIND.-A val uabIe find of precious minerals is re- ported from a locality, the old Mari cOpa Wells, little suspected of being possessed of riches. The fortunate in dividuals are Palonio Martinez and his sOn-in-law, Joseph Lambeye. They recently brought to this city specimens of the ore, which assayed one ounce of gold, forty-three ounces of silver and 67 per cent in copper, the mineral being a true copper glance. It is evident that this find, if in any quantity at all, is an extremely rich one. It is said that the owners discovered the vein in canoncita close to the old watering place. The ledge is located compara- lively close to the Southern Pacific railroad.
 SELLING A WARDROBE.-The at tention of Deputy United States Mar shal Porterie was directed a few days since to the suspicious actions of two strangers, who were engaged in selling the various articles composing a wo- mans wardrobe to the residents of the portion of town. From tips given the deputy marshal. he was led to believe that the parties may have been implicated in the murder of q woman in San Francisco recently. He accordingly noted the appearance of the strangers and wrote to J. w. Lees, chief of police of the Golden Gate city. MT. Porterie has just received an answer from the chief of police, in which that official states that from the description sent, one of the individuals Tack woman was