Arizona republican., 1899-12-03

the road before demurrage is collect ed. The time was placed at twenty four hours some time ago owing to a | freight car famine. Cars are now more plentiful.
 CHANGE OF BUSINESS. Roy Bowyer, for seven years a faithful and trusted employe of the water works | company, resigned his position at the works a short time ago to engage in work at his fathers mine north of Phoenix. MT. Bowyer was one of the non-commissioned officers of Company B, national guard of Arizona, and has
 host of friends in Phoenix who hope that he will strike it rich.
 FOOD FOR THE MULTITUDE The management of the railroad eat ing house at Skull valley keeps in close touch with the capital city and it is said, is fully aware that the carnival
 season is at hand. Extra food supplies
 have been laid in and preparations
 made for ministering to the needs of
 the crowds, that with yesterday, be-
 gan the pilgrimage to and from Phoe-
 nix.
 TAKING UP COUNTY SCRIP. -
 About $1O,OOO worth of scrip was re-
 deemed yesterday by the county treas
 urer. Of this $6.000 was held by the
 Valley bank. There is still about SIS. .OOO
 which will be taken up as soon as it is presented. All. or the greater part of
 the money, will shortly find it's way
 back into the treasury for taxes. but
 while it is at large it's circulation will stir things up.
 A LIVE STOCK MEETING Governor Murphy yesterday appoint ed John R. Norton of Phoenix. Dr. J. C. Norton, territorial vet erinarian, Burton Mossman of Wins low, Colin Cameron of Lochiel and S. P. Behan of Prescott. delegates to the meeting of the Mis- souri live stock commission to be held at the Midland hotel, Kansas City on December s. The object of the meet ing is to organize a western live stock sanitary association.
 COBRE GRANDE RUMOR. Dick George arrived yesterday from Bisbee He says that word was brought there by a freighter that Con O'Keefe had again secured control of the Cobre Grande property for the so-called WoodCostello faction, lately busted by the Greene Mitchell people. Members of the Costello element in this city said that they had had no information of any character from Mexico lately. though MT. Wood himself is now in Bisbee.
 BRINGING JEROME PEOPLE. - General Manager Wells of the Santa Fe, Prescott X Phoenix road yesterday advised the people of Jerome that they would be taken care of in case the reg ular train, which it is proposed to bring the Jerome people to Phoenix on. is late. In case of delay the railroad company will run a special from Ja- rome Junction to Phoenix. From Pres colt a special train will be run no matter what time No. 1 reaches that city. The special will leave Prescott at Il o'clock Monday morning.
 BEREAVEMENT.-Mr. T. J. Carri- gan, a well known citizen of Congress. who was in Phoenix yesterday with the party that escorted the remains of the four-year-old son of Mir. and Mrs. Rees. is himself sorely bereaved over the death of his aged mother. Mrs Johanna Carrigan. Mrs. Carrigan died in Peoria, H., on the 29th of November. of pneumonia. She was seventy-two years old and most estimable woman. Her whole life was spent in the vicin- ity of Peoria. and a large circle of ac- quaintances mourn the loss of one who was universally respected
 FROM NAVAJO CUUNTY.-It is hoped that some one has ac- cepted the following liberal offer of the Winslow Mail, which says: We re- ceived note, too late for last weeks issue, from the managers of the Phoe- nix carnival, describing how the mails Of honor were to be dressed, and asking Navajo county to send one. It is too late to put up candidates for the honor. but if our citizens desire to [ send a representative, or if any lady desires to attend the carnival in that i capacity, we will furnish them with the ] description of the dresses they are to {, wear on that occasion"
 REAL ESTATE DEAL.-Weirick & Latham yesterday sold to Thomas F. ! and Michael H. Maloney, late of Illi- .