Arizona republican., 1899-03-04

1
 Huachuca deserted yesterday. The
 authorities are on the lookout for them-PrCspector
 T. w. Johnston left by special train this afternoon for Asa Fork, en route to his former home in Mississippi foc a visit with his relatives there. He eX- poets to Tbe absent six weeks or two months, taking a much needed rest from his professional work.-J curnal- Miner.
 ziba o. Brown and L. w C0ggins have incorporated the Prescott Title company and propose to engage in the abstraoting business. The capital stock of the incorporation is $20000, divided into 2,O00 shares of $10 each, the place of business being Prescott, Arizona Journal-Miner.
 John McDonald's Gem saloon was burglarized Tuesday night. The cash register was taken into the back yard and broken open with an aX and all Its contents, 40 cents, taken therefTom. The cash register was new and cost $50. The thieves stole from the sa- Icon q gallon Of whiskey, a bottle of claret and box of cigar5.-PrescOtt Courier.
 D. J. Dwyer. superintendent Of the development Of the Helvetia group of copper mines, is in the city. He is ac- comp2nied by J. B Se2gle, who is in 'ierested in the mines. MT. Dwyer says that thirty men are employed, and sinking and tunneling is being em- pIoyed to open up the mines. The work is all being done in ore. and the dump already contains a great deal of values. The ore carries gold and sil- yer aside from the copper valu6s.- Tucson Citizen.
 The United States land office at Tue son has had an unusual rush 0f6us.ness during the moEth5 of January and February. Forty original h0mes5ead entries were made during February, which is more than the records of the office show for any previous month since 1SS8 There is a great deal of in quiry at the land office of late in regard t. government lands in this county, and a number of eastern people have written the register Of their intention to come here to locate.
 s. D. Fuller came up yesterday f-om Walnut Grove. He states that the Has s2yampa is running a good head Of water and that considering the remark often heard nowadays that the coming season is to be an unusually dry one this cid stream nevertheless shows that there is no occasion for alarm in the line of a ght@Jcurnal-AIiner
 Joseph Drew, the hunter, is again in town. He says there has been good deal Of sickness on Walnut creek, but most of the sick are recovering He brought in with him the skin of mon ster mountain lion, which Fred Vana- ter killed at Camp Wood. The carcass weighed 400 pounds and around the 1r1 MT. Drew has the complete hide, skull and all, and says it is the largest lion hide he ever saw. He will dispose of the hide in Prescott!-Courier.
 Dr. Lewis has returned from a trip to Globe, which he says is a thriving mining town of about 2,500 people, and all who want to work are at work. Some impetus has been given to mining by the fact that coke has fallen from $35 ton to SIG a ton, ewing to the advent of the railroad. During the re- cent cold snap wood sold for BPS d cord; ordinarily wood is $7. SS and 8 a cord. The APaches, by their agree nlent, allowing the railroad to pass through their reservation. have free transportation, and the doctor says that when he went through, hundreds of the Indians jumped upon the train and crowded all over it. having much fun in jumping from the top of the train into sand banks, as the train mcved along. One Indian fell between 1 the cars and was cut all to pieces. An other old Indian came along, gathered the pieces. into a gunny sack and drag | ged them off into the brush.-Prescot5 | Courier.
 Lauuaro Roca, who for the past year has occupied the position of official ! translator at the American embassy in 1 the City Of Mexico, has returned to i Tucson. He was compelled Jc give up i his position owing to g breaking down 1 ot his health. The extremely ugh al- 1 titude of 7,800 feet affected his nervous 1 system, and his doctor advised him to return to Tucscn. There is an alarm ing death rate in the City of Mexico owing to an epidemic Of the grip said l MT. Roca to a Citizen reporter There were 720 deaths in forty-eight hours, and as high as. 400 deaths occur. each day. It is estimated that 20, 900 people are sick, the most Of them being among the poorer classes whose mode Of liv- ing no doubt precip.tated the disease, and after it got foothold it spread to all parts of the section inhabited by the poor. There is also smallpox there. put the better class do not fear it. The grip, too, does net seem to bother hem. The sickness is among the poor. md there seems to be no relief or pre- 1entive."
 On the occasion of his fcrty-seventh birthday uperintendent Ben Williams ,t the Copper Queen Mining company ast evening entertained a few invited ,uests, including the Bisbee Silver Cor let band, at the home of his brother, -eTis Williams, at which the evening