Arizona republican., 1899-02-27

Whlcn went to sleep two or CuI0e weeks ago, will be awakened from it's slumbers again next Monday under the management of a new arrival in the camp from Phoenix
 B. F. Hartlee, who held position as guard at the prison for over twelve years, this week sold his place in West Yuma and left with his family for Casa Grande, where they will make their future home.-Arizona SentlneL.
 Sunday night near Calabasas, the fence cutters got in their work, de- stroying a number of miles of wire fence enclosing what is known as the Yerba Buena field. They also burned about five thousand fence posts which had been accumulated to fence some more of the public domain. The Oasis.
 An effort is being made byprominent business men to secure the establish ment. in Yuma of a lodge of the pop ular order of Elks. Great success mas been met with in securing signatures to the charter membership roll ana an application will soon be made to the lodge at Phoenix for a special dlsPen- sation for charter.
 A shooting scrape is reported to nave occurred at Walnut Grove two or three days ago, in which woman IS
 
 shot gun for her husband. Failing to find him promptly, she, it is alleged, emptied the contents of both barrels of the gun into the head of a horse and then took poison. The horse was kill ed. but the woman is getting we'll Journal Miner.
 Yesterday evening MT. Pope, deputy attorney in the United States land court, and Lieut.. H. o. Flipper, special agent for the court passed Nogales re- turning from a business trip to Quay mas and Hermosillo. MT. Pope I9- turns to Santa Fe, while MT. F'uppef returned to Tucson, where he will have charge of an office of the court which has been established there and will be retained until the Arizona cases in the court are all disposed Of--The Oasls-
 The force of miners employed at the IIelvetia mine in the Santa Rita noun tains will be increased to 200 in short time The Calumet and Hecla company, which purchased this prop erty for $50,000 in December, pro poses to eXpend $100,000 in developing before a smelter is erected. MT. Dan I. Dwyer. who- in company with Chas- F. Udall, brought this mine to the mo- tice of the Michigan people, has been engaged as manager of the operations at the camp.-Tucson Citizen.
 MT. Arthur P. Davis of the United States geological survey, who made the original report on the Buttes reservoir and dam, arrived in Florence Monday from Washington and took charge of the work now in progress. He will have soundings made above and below the ButteS, so that the most feasible point may be determined. MT. DaFis is considered the very best authority in the United States on Photographic matters having for the past year 6ean employed as expert engineer on the Nicaragua canal.
 The body of August Gobriel was found Tuesday morning at bridge 392 on the Santa Fe Pacific, one and half miles east of Winslow. Judge Johnson was notified and as ex-officio coroner empaneled a jury and went to the scene. The body was brought to Winslow and the inquest held. From the testimony it appears that deceased and a companion came to WinslOw from the camp of the bridge gang at the Little Colorado on a railroad V9- locipede. After drinking all night Gobriel started back to camp alone about 1 a. m.-Winslow Mail
 Thomas A. Montgomery was found lying dead on the floor of his room last Sunday morning. An inquest was held on the body, the verdict of the cOrOn- CTS jury being that he came to his death from natural causes. The last seen of him in life was Saturday after noon about o'clock, when he com plained of not feeling well, saying he would go and lie down. Tom Mont gomery, as he was familiarly known, had lived in Arizona for many years, and had been a stage driver. bar keep CT, etc. He was 59 years old, unmar- ried, and bore an excellent reputation. He served during the rebellion in a Pennsylvania regiment. The funeral services were held Sunday afternoon, and the remains were followed to the grave by many mourning friends Florence Tribune.
 Charles H. Fully returned from his school eighteen miles beyond the city, last night, says the Citizen, and report; having just received a letter from c if ton giving a brief account of some trouble in that place, arising from an attempt of the authorities to remove children to the pest house. It appears that the small poX has been prevalent there and an effort to quarantine was resisted. Forty or fifty shots were ex- changed and fourteen Mexicans were 1 arrested and placed in jail for, it is supposed, resisting the officers | Strange as it may appear, states our informant nobody was hurt. Later reports say that the town jail was till- ed with persons charged with resisting the officers and disturbing the peace, i and that more than a hundred shots 1 were fired prior to making the arrests. ] Peddlers and others have been warned to stay away from the town for a time as they may go there and be forced to remain.
 Geo. H. Smalley has arrived in Tue | son and will be connected with the Git | izen. MT. Smalley has travelled exten- sively in Arizona and Sonora as min ing correspondent of the Arizona Re ! publican and eastern papers, and he i5 | familiar with the mining interests Cf | the entire southwest. He comes of a family of newspaper workers, being a 1 namesake of George ". Smalley. the 1