Arizona republican., 1899-02-07

F. J. Wattron of HoibrOOk has re- ceived word that there are ninety cases of smallpox in the Moqui villages and fourteen deaths have occurred.
 The funeral of the infant daughter of MT and Mrs. George BraVin was had this afternoon, immediate friends of the family following the remains to the cemetery.-Tombs Prospector
 A. T. Cornish of Flagstaff spent Q couple of days in Winslow last week looking after his business interests there While there he circulated a pc tition to the legislature for the chang ing of the reform school to normal, and it was signed by nearly every citi- zen of that town.
 Yesterday was Artor day, but as dy- namite is high priced and overcOars scarce there were no trees planted in this section of the country. Governor Murphy, in his proclamation, recOm- mends that in northern Arizona the various school boards provide for proper observation of the day later in the season.-Williams News.
 E. F. GreenIaw returned from a two weeks stay in Jerome Thursday. While there he started his son and Claude Emerton in the hay and grain business. MT. Greenlaw says that Je-
 
 is one-third larger than before the re- cent fire and the prospects are that in a few years it will be the largest town in Arizona.-Coconino Sun.
 Colonel Epes Randolph, president of the King of Arizona Mining and Mill ing company and division superintend- ent of the Southern Pacific, makes the prediction that Arizona will this year produce SIS 100000 worth Of copper and half that amount in gold and silver. With such returns there will be little temptation for Arizonians to leave home in search Of mining prospects.
 John Berry, the master Of the lodge of Brotherhood Of Locomotive Bremen at WinslOw, has left the country and taken with him S290 of the lodges money. The lodge gave a dance at WinslOw week ago, and the money embedded by Berry was collected from the sale of tickets to the dance. Berry failed to put in an appearance at the dance and the firemen were obliged to take up collection to defray expenses. Berry leaves a wife and four children in destitute circumstances. He is be-. ieved to have gone to Mexico ''
 Mir. c. C.. Babb, who has charge of the governiTient work at the Buttes was in FloEenee- Thursday; says. the Tribune. He brought the cheering news that bed rock had been penetrat- ed by the diamond drill, the core show ing solid granite, impervious to wa ter. It had been feared that the box canyon between the Buttes was a bot tomless rift, upon which a foundation for the dam could only built with great difficulty and expense; but the fact as found by MT. Babb removes one Of the main engineering difficulties, and nearly inSuTeS the completion Of the work by the government
 Jack HOgue, who has been employed by the Santa Fe Pacific at or near Ca- rizo for several years, was discharged the other day. He came to Holbrook and intended to go to WinsIow Sat urday night, while walking along the railroad track, he was struck by freight train, and severely injured. He was picked up by the train crew and taken to Winslow, and returned to Holbrook on No. ? Sunday He was then turned over to the care of Under SherlH Bargman, who administered to his wants. He died at a. m. Thilrs- day. He has relatives in Kansas. who were notified of his condition before he died. He was about 35 years old.- HolbroOk Argus.
 Joe MulhattOn was in Florence last week from the Ripsey country, where he has recently discovered 3 magnetic cactus, which from hisgaccount, must be wonderful species Of vegetation Its attractive powers are So great that it draws birds and animals to it and impales them on it's thorny spikes MT. Mulhatton appFoached no nearer than 100 feet to the,eactrs, which is of the sahuara varietg,, yet at that distance it was ali he se40TT1di do tNi irAcfet- itc +, fluence to dr4Krr Rim to it. While in town he purchaseala a long rope, which he will tie around his body, and four of his friends Wifi take t6ld of it and 4 allow him to approach near enough to 1