Arizona republican., 1899-06-17

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 because the cars were heavy enough to
 crush him, for Tidbits was not large
 or strong dog. But if he had had an-
 other kind of collar he wouldn't have got under the cars. Mr. Wheat has
 examined the collar since the trag-
 edy and found that it was ornamented
 with thirteen brass knobs He thinks
 it was flying in the face of providence
 to array mascot in that kind of a
 rig.
 TO COME BEFORE THE COUN-
 GIL. The question of improving the
 general appearance of Neahr's addi-
 ton will soon be brought before the city council Residents of that local ity and elsewhere are asking that it be beautified, and it may be done at
 small cost and to the advantage of the entire city. The work of clearing If
 the brush in the Capitol addition north
 and east of the capitol building is
 nearing completion, and it is said
 the Neahr's addition will, of all west 1 ern additions, stand most in need of l improvement.
 A MINE YEARS AGO. The proba- | bilitieS are that the copper claims
 which were worked twenty years ago at Grease mountain in the PLoenix
 
 were first worked considerable ere was taken out and freighted to Yuma for shipment. Under those circum- stances the margin for profit was so small that the property was abandoned and has received little attention since. With the present facilities for ship ment and the price of copper there is reason to believe that the claims could be developed and worked profit ably. They are situated, by wagon road, about twenty miles southwest of Phoenix.
 . PROMINENT PROSPECT-T Lynch, a mining engineer who has been engaged in developing some property near Wickenburg, left last night for Denver, but will return short ly. The property he is connected with is near the Castle Creek district in which J. M. Ford, W. H. Burrage, John Baker and others are interested, but it is different formation. It is exclusively gold and divided sharply from the Castle Creek district. The indications are extremely well marked Several thousand dollars have been expended in the development and Mr. Lynch says the Detroit company back Of the project will not stop until it demonstrates whether it has mine or a bluff.
 WATCH YOUR HORSES. Mir. Leo Robyn rode down town last evening, tied his pinto to the railing on the east side of the city hall plaza and while conversing with Q friend on the sidewalk across the street noticed a man riding off with a pony which at 1 first sight struck MT Robyn as strong ly resembling his pinto. Locking over 1 where his horse had been tied MT. 1 Robyn said: Now wouldn't that kill | you? There goes 9 fellow with my i horse.' MT. Rotyn made chase and l catching up with the rider grabbed i him by the leg and informed him of l his mistake, but the fellow, a strong | and agile Indian, slid off the other ! side and escaped.
 A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS | Upon the application Of Attorney i George P Bullard a writ of habeas ] corpus was issued yesterday in the i case of Rafael Valenzuela, who is con fined in the county jail under a sen -ence from the court of Justice Culver of Tempe precinct. The application 1 is based on the general proposition ] that there are some things which an i Arizona justice of the peace cannot i io. In this case the prisoner was i convicted of stealing lumber valued at 1 51. 50. He was sentenced to the cOun- y jail for 100 days in lieu of 3 fine Of i 5100. Beside this he was given six months in the county jail. The court exceeded it's jurisdiction. Valenzuela i will complete the 100-day sentence to- lay
 IN WAR TIMES. E. P. Ferguson, l Commercial man Of Cincinnati, is re- home after a trip over the western country. He was at the Hotel Adams yesterday. MT. Ferguson vas connected with the Cincinnati Enquirer at the time of the civil war. The paper was a strong advocate of Outhern opinion at that time and was threatened with trouble on more than me occasion for publishing seditiOus ma atter Finally the authorities were 0 stringent with the paper that the irculation was almost entirely wiped ! ,ut MT Ferguson remembers when he editor wrapped papers about him lnder his clothing and in this way managed to deliver a few copies daily 0 Kentucky. There they were eager y sought for and commanded eXtraOr- fnary prices.
 DEATH OF BOY -J. w. Bolton las lost his pet wildcat This is why wo boys appeared before the board If supervisors on Thursday with a wildcat carcass. The cats name was Boy.' He was given to Mr Bolton y J. Roe Young three years ago and ince then has never left the prem ses. On Thursday morning Boy 7as missing. He strayed a half mile