Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1899-04-17
NEWS
OF T He
TOWN


The funeral OF Mrs. w. C. Wilson, whC
died last Thursday morning. will bI
held at 100 this morning a. the Pres
byterian t.hurch.
WILL BUILD THE ROAD Wore
comes from Mesa that work is soon t.
begin on the western end OF the
! Globe-Mesa toll road. c. R. Hakes O.
| Mesa will superintend the work.
MILITARY HEADQUARTERS. i
| is probable that the assembly cham
Der in the city hall will be assigned
| for quarters to B company. The com
pany hopes to move into it by May
FIRST OF THE FAMILY. There
was born to Mr.. and Mrs. G. B. Couct
| yesterday morning a seven-pound baby
| girl. This is the first event of this
kind in the Couch family The mother
| is doing well.
COUNCIL MEETING. The city
council will hold a meeting at O'Clock
this afternoon to select the election. Of
ficers and to transact other business
pertaining to the coming city election
Another meeting will be held this
evening.
WILL CONDUCT THE EXAMINA-
TION. F. NJ. Higgins of Washington
D. c., will arrive in town this morning
for the purpose of conducting the civil
service examination which viii begin
here today. Mr.. Higgins has been at
Los Angeles experimenting examina-
tions.
DANGEROUS CULVERT- officer
Al Hawley yesterday discovered a
dangerous hole in a cuivert at the cor
ner of Center and Washington streets.
A box was placed over it and lighted
lantern displayed last night. The
matter will probably be attended to
today.
THE NAME IS SECURE. The
name of the house of Goldberg is not
in danger of becoming extinct = If
any such danger ever existed it was
averted yesterday meaning. There was
born in the family of Hon. Aaron
Goldberg a son. Mr.. Goldberg had
been previously blessed by two lovely
little daughters.
WIRE GOLD COMPANY. John d.
Evans yesterday received word from
his father, Newton Evans, that he
had purchased some mining property
several miles south of Prescott. His
company will be known as the Wire
Gold company. Newton Evans is
newcomer to the territory, but he is a
terested in the mineral wealth
LIME CREEK COMPANY. John
CLANCY, half owner of the Lime
Creek property, about seventy miles
from Phoenix on, the Verde river. came
in yesterday. ]. D. Marian is the
other owner and he has recently been
there for the purpose of mapping the
mine. The owners hope soon to in
corporate. Their proposition is prin-
cipally gold, but contains liberal
amount of copper and silver.
WOODMEN'S MEMORIAL SER
VICES. The annual memorial SER
vices of the Woodmen of the World
were held yesterday. Preceded by the
Pioneer band, the members of the Or
der marched to the cemetery. where
fitting exercises were held. A J. Ed
wards delivered the Grafton of the
day and spoke particularly of the ben
ehts arising from fraternal organiza-
lions. A quartette rendered a short
programme. A monument was I'm
yelled in honor of the dead of the year.
CLOSE CUTTING The board Of
supervisors is hewing pretty close to
the line. Deputy Sheriff Moline. who
pursued Imperial and Amabisco, the
horse thieves, from ella Bend to the
Mexican line, captured them after a
fight in which he received a shot in his
foot which laid him up for two weeks,
and from which he is still suffering.
brought in a claim fcr S72. The board
thought it was too much and knocked
OF $50. The reduction has not been
and the matter is still open.
UNEXPECTED RECEPTION. a
CT leisure, in search of his
evening meal about dusk last night.
came to the rear door of an east side
residence just as the lady, who was
near sighted, was in the act of casting
out the contents of a large dishpan,
after washing the dish IS from the SUD-
per table. OF course the applicant was
not aware ofathe lady's affection. and
she could see him, opened
his mouth to pour forth the usual har-
rowing tale of woe, but before a sound
issued therefrCm, the large vacancy
was filled with greasy dishwater. thus
preventing any sound except a splut-
,ering, followed by a choice collection
0t oaths which 50 startled the house
wife that she called her husband to
investigate. He did so, but only dis
covered a form vanishing down tire
street muttering imprecations on the
nhospitable people of Phoenix, and
ne generally EMBELLISHMENTS of
llshWater as steady diet
SATURDAY NIGHTS MARRIAGE.
Sunday The Republican contained a
story OF what was apparently a run
away marriage, and yesterday the
names OF the parties were learned and
also the circumstances. The groom.
Edward F. Wescott. was the pitcher
who came down with the Congress bali
team, while the bride was Miss Clara
Hail, popular young lady, also of
congress. The couple have been en-
gagged for some time, burt the parents
Of both parties have objected strenu
ously to the marriage for the reason
that the couple was too young and
because it was thought that the young
lady should continue in school Ac-