Arizona republican., 1899-07-19
NEWS
OF Thu
TOWN

ltiee JOhnstone's court yesterday for
celebrating the Fall of the Bastile.
THEY RODE DOUBLE. Lorenzo
tSOnoqUi and r. Estamente were before
Justice tombstone yesterday for a
peace disturbing kind of drunkenness.
They had been arrested the night be-
fore by Constable McClintock and
Officer Dowell for riding double at a
furious rate Of speed along Washing
ton street They were fined S. each.
about the price of the cayuse
SHE'S COMING HOME. A man
whose wife went to the coast about two
weeks ago had a letter from her yes
! terday. She wrote: I'm coming
| home. You'd De surprised to know
how some of the Phoenix women here
are acting" She told of one woman
who is Grcumspecc enough at home,
but who has entered on a doubtful
course of enjoyment at Santa Monica.
WILL TAKE THE FULL TINE. -
The supervisors decided yesterday hat
! on account of the equalization bust
ness before them they would not be
able to take up District Attorney Elan
nigan's opinion regarding the validity
! of the commissioner of immigration
| law earlier than next Saturday. The
opinion has not yet been formulated
/
| district attorney is engaged in a study
| of the act now.
NO COUNTY SURVEYOR. County
Surveyor Sam Davidson yesterday sub
mitted his resignation to the ;:card Of
supervisors. He will leave on Thurs
day on an eastern trip covering a
period Of several months. The office
of county surveyor has been going beg
cir no oil
F. Waters, then in FL Paso, was elect
ed, but never returned to this. county
tC. qualify. There is nothing in the
office but honor to tempt the ambi
tious
CLEANING UP THE CITY. Seth
Byers has a gang Of fourteen men en-
gagged in cleaning up the city streets
and vacant lots. They have so far
been operating in the outskirts. They
have gone through the work by wards
and have gotten pretty well through
with all of them except the Fourth,
where there is a wide field for opera
ton. The work is being thoroughly
dcne and many parts of Phoenix are
more easily distinguished from the
desert than they used to be-
OUT FOR RECREATION. H. I. !
Latham, c. NJ. Sturges and Ned Sur /
ges left last night for the Grand can
yon in Concord coach laden with all !
equipments necessary for a good time |
The party will be Joined at Camp
Verde by DR.. W. B. Craig. Beside the |
visit 10 the canyon they will take in |
the Moqui snake dance and be gone !
altogether about SIX weeks. Fishing |
and hunting will be an important |
feature in the programme of enjoy J.
ment
AN OVERLAND VOYAGE. Arthur !
Davis, formerly of Washington, ar /
rived the other day from Santa Fe, N /
NJ. In a period Of idleness there he |
determined to ride here on a bicycle |
10 visit his cid friend, William G. |
Burns. He rode to Gallup on his |
wheel, where he made a continuance |
which enabled him to ride the re-
mainder Of the distance on the rail-
road track He had opportunity for
seeing the scenery and he says the |
route in the northern part of Arizona !
presents an unrivaled scenic display. |
On his return he will visit the Grand i
canyon.
A SAVAGE DOG. There is q bull
dog in Phoenix in sore need of sup
preston. He is a savage brute over
whom his master hasn't complete con-
troll. Yesterday he made an attack on |
a goat tied in a vacant lot in the
southern part OF town and tore away
the side of her jaw, exposing her back
teeth. The goat is the property of
poor woman, who wept at the mutila-
ton. The goat wasn't worth much.
she said, but she was the only prop
erty she had and now she couldn't sell
her. An officer came up and would
have killed the dog, only he did not
have his gun. A dog, whether licensed
Or not, forfeits his life by a public
performance of this kind That at
tack might have been made on
small child as well as goat
SYMFATHZED WITH HEP SON.
Jose Maria. Costello. a married man,
arrested last Saturday on a charge of
7nticing a young girl away from her
home for immoral purposes, was eX-
amined before Justice tombstone yes
ierday and was he'd to the grand
Jury. The girl, who is infatuated with
him, tried to shield him by taking all
he blame for their relation upon her
self. She couldn't have damaged him II
more effectually. After the examina-
ion and when Costello had been taken
o Jail his mother returned to the court
o say what she thought of the law 4
1nder which her son had been held. II
t was bad and unjust. Law or no law, II
her son had a right to leave his wife Il
when he became tired of her and take
Up with any other female he pleased. II
A disgraceful state Of affairs was PAR