Arizona republican., 1899-10-14

The estate of the late William o O'Neill was distributed yesterday. The entire estate goes to the widow of the deceased.-Prescott Courier.
 Mir. Saylor of Dos Cabezas returned Thursday from Los Angeles, whithel he had gone to see his wife. He found her very low and her death occurred g few days later.-Willcox News.
 MT. and Mrs A w. Edwards went south on this afternoons train- The former was en route to Hot Springs, while Mrs. Edwards went to Phoenix to visit relatives.-JournalM Miner
 Mir and Mrs. George L. Bugbee re- turned Sunday from Mendota, Cal, where MT. Bugbee held the position of train master for the s. P. company. He now resumes his old place as agent at Lordsburg.- .-Willcox News.
 The rain poured down in solid sheets last night. It came in rushes; it would rest few seconds and then come down like a deluge. The streets ran rivers of water Report reached Prescott that Lynx creek was running bank full with water.-COurier.
 MT. Louis Miller son of Mrs. J. F. Crowley, arrived Saturday night with his family from New York and may de- eide to locate here. MT. Miller was for several years connected with the New York World.-Willcox News.
 Lieutenant Armstrong; commanding Troop A of the Ninth cavalry, arrived from Fort Grant Thursday morning and continued the same day in the di- rection of the Chiricahuas on a prac- tice march. They are to return Thurs day or Friday.-Willcox News.
 J. N. Porter of Geronimo returned Monday from a trip to San Antonio, Texas. MT. Porter is president of the Stafford bank and may decide to locate at that place. He is also one of the principal stockholders in the proposed bank at Globe.-Willcox News.
 The T. F. Miller company has opened for business in it's new store in Masonic temple. This is undoubtedly the larg- est department store in Arizona and does perhaps the largest business of any establishment in Arizona.-Jerome Mining News.
 Judge George Davis received a tele gram yesterday bearing the sad news of the death of his mother, Mrs. James Davis. She lived in Ohio and was A years old. Her death occurred after an illness of several weeks duration. Judge Davis has the sympathy of all in his loss.-Star
 Judge N. L. Griffin returned yester day from a two months visit to the fashionable watering places of south ern California. It was the first time that he had been out of the territory for over twenty years and it is useless to add that he had an enjoyable time. Journal Miner.
 Mrs. J. W. Ford returned yesterday morning from a two weeks visit in Los Angeles, accompanied by her son Will liam and wife who were married re- gently and are now on their wedding trip. The bridal couple will spend a part of their honeymoon with the parents in Tucson.-Star.
 Out of 12S votes cast at the school election only sixteen were against the special tax. Two more rooms will be added to the school house. They will be built over the wings. The work will be done as fast as possible, the Copper company advancing the money until the assessment can be made.-Jerome News.
 On Saturday Burt Dunlap made his second shipment of cattle from Lords burg, says the Wilcox News. The cat tie while on the drive from Duncan to Lordsburg stampeded in last weeks storm, but the greater part of the l, 800 head were regathered and shipped. H. C. Day, w. A. Gillespie and J. V. Parks were the principal owners.
 Saturday last Jack Duff signed pa pers transferring his ranch in the Verde valley to w. A. Jordan, says the Jerome News. The consideration was $2, 900 cash. The ranch consists of 320 acres, thirty-five acres of which is un- der ditch. It is considered one of the best ranches on the upper Verde. MT. Duff seems to be clearing up all of his ranch property, cattle, etc, this ranch being about the last of his possessions in the valley. The United States grand jury made its final report yesterday and was dis charged, says the Tucson Star. They returned indictments against Augustin Brau, Jesus Preciado and Jesus Ro- mero, all charged with smuggling. The following cases were ignored: Ben Berzuna and Hermfnia Grijalva, charg- 1 ed with adultery; Francisco Nunez l charged with smuggling. The case of l Walter J. V. McCardy was referred to the next grand jury. Mrs. Don A. Sanford of Washington, 1 D. C. arrived in the city Wednesday i morning on a visit to her brother, Rob- | ert Bloxton. Mrs. Sanford was one of i the pioneer women of Arizona, says the | Tucson Star, coming here about twen l ty-hve years ago, and returned to | Washington, her girlhood home, sev- |