Arizona republican., 1899-02-13
NEWS
 OF THE
 TOWN

FELL IN A FAINT-A strange
 sitting in the court house plaza yester day afternoon fell to the ground in
 faint. He was picked up and carried t.
 the Ford where he is lodging.
 AS YET NO CLUE.-No clue ha-
 been discovered of the robbers whe
 broke into Dr. JessOps' residence Fri
 day evening. There was some sus 5ic
 ion attached to the agency Of hobos whose sudden disappearance was somewhat mysterious. The officers are
 still on the alert
 THE FTREMEN'S BALL-The prin-
 cipal forthcoming social event is the
 fireman'S ball on Washington's birth day night. The firemen are VIC. king
 to make this surpass all previous an nual events. The ball will ibe preceded
 in the daytime by an inspection of the
 fire department and parade
 THE BAND PLAYED BETTER The improved weather yesterday brought out larger crowd than usual
 to the Pioneer band concert The band
 felt therencouraging influence of num- 5ers and played much better than usual 1 That musical aggregation is in better | shape than it has ever been.
 ANOTHER STATE SOCIETY. The list recently given of the several state
 societies might have included the Elm | pire State society. the officers of which are Attorney-General AinswOrth, Rev. l Dr. Halsey. Dr. Belden, MT Holmes
 and MT Dalton. It is expected that the l organization will soon arrange for 9 l general meeting.
 A LECTURE ON ARMENIA
 Bishop Serkins of the Armenian church who was recently a missionary 1 bishop in the Philippines will lecture
 at the M. D. Church, South, on Tuss- day night. He will particularly de scribe the Armenian massacre5 of four years ago and will also dwell some what upon the conditions in the Philippines.
 REMAINS SENT HOME-F. M Hayes arrived yesterday morning and last night took the body of Mrs Mary Fulton who had died Wednesday, to Topeka, Kas., for burial. The hus- band of deceased is a conductor on q railroad at Topeka and was unable to get away from his business. The two surviving children will be placed in charge of their aunt at Tucson.
 HOTELS CROWDED.-A number Of persons failed to secure quarters at several of the hotels last night. The guests who have arrived lately at the leading hotels are not all transient. The hotels are gradually being filled with permanent winter ro0mers. It has been necessary at times for the managers to resort to extreme measures in CrGe. to sup ply lodgings for their guests.
 THEY ENJOYED THE WEATHER. 1 The delightful weather yesterday brought out thousands of people and the walks and drives were crowded. ] There are many handsome equipages owned by Phoenix people l and they were in evidence along tO ! ward evening on all the drives. Gen. l tral avenue was crowded at times and there were several contests which ] gave those with sporting blood some , thing to talk about.
 BLOODY FIGHT IN THE BLOCK Deputy Sheriff Joe Bush brought two i men to jail last night from the block. where they had been engaged in a bloody fight. One was James Nicholas aud the other Joe Shafer. Shaffer was still daZed from the encounter. When he recovered his faculties he ex- perienced the sensation of a man whose hair had been fingered by Apaches. A section of his scalp had been loosened by a bottle in the hands Of Nicholas.
 HE IS APPRECIATIVE.-A man I just from Colorado rode out to the ' V y He saw the green alfalfa fields in the distance and feasted his eyes upon the purple hills. It is simply wonderful ,'' he said. Only three days ago I WIS in snow up to my knees. The thermometer was lowering about the zero point. And now I find myself in land. This climate of yours ought to be worth millions to the peo- pie of Phoenix"
 DEATH OF A. c. LANSDON. A. c. Lansdon died at the residence of his 5tepsOn, John c. Burkatt, on West Lin coln street, be.ween Fifth and Sixth avenues, yesterday afternoon, aged 65 years. MT. Lansdon had been a resi- I dent of Phoenix for six years past, z coming here from Wilcox. Ariz He caves two sons and two daughters, all grown. Deceased had been ailing for I several months with an af1icti0n Of the throat. The funeral will take place 1 his afternoon at o'clock from Davis f parlors, with interment ill he L0Iing cemetery. 2
 BUILDING 4 THEATER. A gen I leman fro mAlbuqueTque, N M says hat the city is soon to have new op- ( sTa house. The old one, which was of l small seating capacity, is to be re- placed by a large structure which will C cost 0,000. The opera house in men I ion will contain 2 large stage and is I 70 be very spacious. The building will be erected by an insurance com r 1any. The citizens guarantee for the r company sale of l, ,000 seats at cost h of $5 each on the opening night The people deem the product, $5,00O, a snug V sum to start the tfeater managers in T. 
 "A YOUTHFUL END MAN Bryan. ( he 6-year-Old and eldest son Of Sec -etary Akers, frightened his moth F 1T nearly to death the other V morning. He had been to a ( minstrel show the night be- 6 ore for the first time in his life. The funniest thing he saw there was the il