Arizona republican., 1899-07-07
NEWS
 OF THH
 TOWN

A SON IS BORN. Born yesterday to the wife of Rev F. A. Ames of tn; Free Methodist church, a son. Bott ! mother and babe are doing well. BAPTIST SOCIAL. The Baptist
 young people have a social this even
 ing at the residence of Rev. George H ' Brewer on the Yuma road north oi Washington street and Thirteenth av-
 enue. The programme includes re-
 fire shments and music. All are in- , vited.
 A MEDICAL COMPANY. Articles
 of incorporation of the Coover Medical company were filed in the office of the territorial secretary yesterday. The
 incOrpOTators are F. Walter Coover
 and Elisha M Sanford The incorp9-
 ration was formed for the purpose of
 deaing in drugs and engaging in the
 manufacture of proprietary medicines
 at Prescott
 BUILDING AT WINSLOW. MT s.
 B. Patton, manager of the Patton
 Grand, is now in Winslow superin--
 tending the building of an opera house there to become a rcfnt on his Arizona circuit The opera house will
 cost about s11, ,000 and will give en- ployment to fifteen Phoenix workmen. Other building contracts to the amount of S1S,000 or S20, 900 are now under way at Winslow.
 MEETING OF MINISTERS. An i important meeting of the ministers
 was held on Wednesday evening. The 1 following gentlemen were appointed
 an executive committee for the union | Sunday evening services: B. T. Gil- 1 lett, F. H. Mowre and J. W. Cover
 dale. Dr. J. c. Norton was asked to HoI- I,o tary was instructed D furnish the newspa pers with the list of appoint
 lrlents for July and August
 FRUITS FOR ST. LOUIS. "A re- fcigerator express car of melons and
 grapes left last night for St. Louis
 The melons are sent by the Melon Growers association and the grapes
 by Buxton & Co. The car will be re- ceived by Nat Wetzel. who handles
 more melons than any other dealer iii
 the world. A sample of Salt River valley fruit was sent to him recently,
 upon receipt of which he telegraphed for the car sent last night and more
 will probably follow.
 NORTHERN RAINS. The recent northern rains which caused the rise in the rivers show signs of continuing through the summer, but just now  of it's lowest mark this season. There is less than 5000 inches flowing and the Arizona canal alone will hold 10000 inches. Rains as far north az the southern divide at Prescott, which drains into Granite creek, affect the water supply here, and some heavy rains are yearly recorded there for a few months after June.
 LICENSE WAS UNPAID. W. T. Richards, proprietor of the Cyclone express on South Center street, was brought before the recorder yesterday l charged with naint3ining a business i without a license. He had taken out i several licenses, but neglected to equip | himself to do business during the last i quarter. He was fined S15. The city | tax collector says other business men | are making the same mistake, and l there will be no hes:ta ton on his part i about swearing to a complaint if they i uO not hasten to get a license.
 THE GERMAN VEREIN. At the | second meeting of the German Verein held on "Wednesday night the follow ing officers were elected: Fred l. ! Roemer, president; George Bade- schneider, vica-president; George i Randolph, secretary; R. Blaske, treasurer; Frank GIiebel, L. Krause, F. Stradman, trustees. A committee was appointed to rent a suitable hall After business, refreshments were served and musical entertainment was furnished by MessTs. Blaske and Sodahl, the zither players; also by the German Glee club. Several ladies were present. The next meeting will be held next Wednesday at s: 30 D. m. at 27 West Adams street.
 HUNTING MINES. D. F. Kelly will leave this morning with two min ing experts from Colorado to visit mines all over the territory. MT. Kelly is the manager of Mandel B.,os' de- partment store in Chicago, but has secured years absence on account of III health He lived in southern Cali fOrnia for few months, but prefers Phoenix to any place to live in While here he will combine business with pleasure A number of his Chicago friends are willing to invest with him in mines Mir. Kelly is conservative in his investments, but money is not lacking to develop prospects of appar- ent merit
 DUPLICATE ASSESSMENT ROLL. The board of supervisors yesterday awarded the contract for making up the duplicate assessment roll to Cap tain P. P. Parker for $36O. There were ten bids showing a wide variety of opinion regarding the trouble Of mak- ing up the roll. Besides the success ful bidder there were the following: G. A. Mintz, two bids S525 and $550; Norman Lackland, S370; A. P. Wal bridge, $500; Sans & Hill, $500; c. H. Robinson, $592; J. G. Spangler, $e4O; ! L. w Coggins. $65O; T. E. Dalton, s650. There was still another who put in what he evidently thought was a sure thing bid. He offered to do the work for $50 less than the lowest bid. His proposition was not considered.
 IN POLICE COURT. Two drunks appeared for sentence in the record ITS court yesterday. The first was ined $6 He was only a sleeping trunk and the ordinary fine is only