Arizona republican., 1899-03-07
NEWS
 OF THE
 TOWN

Tempe, was admitted to probate yes
 terday
 WILL ADDRESS THE STUDENTS
 Bishop John H. Vincent will address
 the pupils of the high school this
 morning.
 FREE METHODIST REVIVAL
 SERVICES. The revival in the Free
 Methodist church will continue this
 week. Several speakers will assist
 TICKETS ON SALE. Tickets are
 on sale for the St. Patricks ball which
 will take place on the evening of the
 17th. The St. Patricks club is work
 ing hard to insure the success of the
 undertaking.
 DELINQUENT TAX SALE. The l city delinquent tax sale will come to
 an end today. The prosperity of the times is illustrated in the sales. There
 has been almost nothing to be sold. The list is much shorter than it has
 been for years.
 FOR MEN ONLY. The Young
 Mems Gospel union will hold meet
 ing for men only at the M. E. church,
 south, tonight. The meeting will be
 led by MT. Ray Garbold of the Moody
 training school at Chicago. The sub 1 ject will be ''Zaccheus.
 1 MADE TOO MUCH NOISE. Jose Garcia was brought over from Tempe yesterday, where he was sentenced in ] Judge J. S. CulVer's court to fifteen days in the county jail. His trouble was disturbing the peace and indecent exposure on principal street SLIGHT USE OF HAND.- Miss Rosa Troops, who was thrown from a horse and seriously injured a month ago, has recovered with the exception of her left wrist, which sustained a compound fracture. Yesterday for the first time. she found slight usage of the fingers.
 CONFIDENCE IN THE CAPITOL J. Ernest Walker lately sold to MT. w. J. Murphy his large two story house in Capitol addition. This is no sign that MT. Walker has lost any of his faith in that addition, for last Sat urday he bought three more lots front ing the Capitol grounds
 SOME WOOL. John ewis came in last night from Goddard's corral, where he has been engaged in shear ing sheep for several weeks. The work has been finished. About 50,- 900 sheep have been shorn. They yielded HOO bales of wool which av- ieraged between 2SO and 300 pounds.
 TEACHERS EXAMINATION. -I Yesterday was the opening day of the county school teachers examination Professor A. D. Fulton, county school superintendent; Professor J. c. Cole and Miss Hattie Culver constituted the examining board and the examination is we'll under way It will be com pleted today
 WANTED MORE OF IT. -Col. B. s. ' Jones yesterday sold to Thomas Cur now ten acres in section 20, just north | of the Arizona canal The considera- tion was $450. MT. Curnow has been a resident of the valley for a year. | When he came here he bought a ten acre tract of Col Jones, adjoining his | late purchase.
 TO PAY COUNTY SCRIP. The board of supervisors was in regular session yesterday. Beside allowing the usual claims and transacting the ordi- nary routine business the board or dered $1,567.25 transferred from the general to the expense fund. This sum is now available and sufficient for the payment of all county scrip issued to December 31 of last year.
 SENT TO THE ASYLUM. William Fairchilds was examined in probate court yesterday on a charge Of insan- Lty He is about fifty years of age and
  street car conductor He was once be- fore confined at the asylum and was discharged as cured. Not long ago his health failed and he was sent to the hospital, from which he escaped on Saturday afternoon.
 IT IS NOT ''PHENIX. - If the ob- of the weather bureau were no more, accurate than it's style of spelling f"PhoeniX' they would not be very valuable. Prescott people spell t "Phenix,'' but the elimination of the Q" has always been attributed to the Jealousy of the Prescottians. The only that can be offered in favor )f "PheniX" is a slight saving of time md ink, which is much more than off et by the initiation of a mythological nd historic name. THE OLD VULTURE STILL RICH. The new work at the Vulture mine S showing most satisfactory results. Assays show the average values of the foot vein opened up in he new shaft at a depth of PIP feet to ], ,e gold, S3906; silver, $1.S9; total, 40.95. Taking the size of the vein and :, uantity of ore in sight into cOnsidera- ion this as< far ahead of any of the henomenal strikes made in Colorado nd elsewhere, of which so much has cen said of late. FIRE IN BRILL'S ADDITION. A ouse in the Brill addition which has cen occupied by T. Barnum, burned bout 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon. n accumulation of soot in the chim- ey caused the blaze, which started etween the ceiling and roof. A num- CT of neighbors soon collected and , art of the furniture was saved, but he loss of the house could not be pre- ented. The loss of furniture was bout $500 and neither the house nor he furniture was insured FIVE NEW CLAIMS The mining roperty of J. NJ Ford and w E. horne in the Castle Creek district as been extended. A portion of the : edge which cuts the red Picache