Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1899-12-18

of congressional timber and will fur
nish one or more candidates for del
egates next year.-Fiagstaff Gem.
Mr.. S. 3. Ladd, who has be-
come interested in some valuable
copper property near Florence. has left
for Washington, d. c., to spend the
holidays with his family.
The Riordan Hose company will
give masquerade ball on New Year
night at Rabbits hall They VIII
have every arrangement perfected to
make the occasion an enjoyable affair.
Flagstaff Gem.
County Assessor ]. w. Began will
make his annual poll tax settlement
with the board of supervisors on Dec.
is. Mr.. Began states that during the
year ending Dec. l, he collected poll
tax from one thousand and four people
from which source the county derived
a revenue of $2,510.-Citizen.
Noah Green this week sold 100 acres
of land near Duncan, to Messrs Spicer
and Cade, who will improve the land
and put it into cultivation. The same
day Mr.. Green bought twenty acres of
land from Frank Dysart which lays
just east of town. The price paid was
$50 an acre.-Bulletin.
The city election was the quietest
held in Tucson for the last ten years,
says the Star The vote polled showed
q lack of interest, the cause no doubt
being that the candidates We're so far
above the average that the people felt
that the city would be safe in the care
of the candidates of either ticket.
Gov. Murphy did a very decent thing
in reprimanding the sheriff of Navajo
county for his want of taste in issuing
fippant invitations to judicial hang
ing, says the Florence Tribune. The
governor wisely reprieved the murder
err. Such fiippancy savors too much of
the Arizona Kicker, and Injuries the
territory immeasureably.
The ella valley today presents the
best unoccupied field for railroad
building in the United States, and the
day is not far distant when Duncan,
Stafford, Florence and Phoenix will be
on a through line across the continent.
Whether the Rock Island, Santa Fe or
Southern Pacific will build the road
remains to be seen.-Florence Tribune.
The sheriff's office was officially no.
titled yesterday that on the Sth of this
month, H. c. Hoffman was seriously
cut, at his saloon, by a young man
named Kirkland. The knife entered
the side of Hoffman's mouth and came
out close to the ear. Hoffman's mouth
is extended to the hinge of the lower
jaw. 1t is an ugly and painful wound
Courier.
Pearce is to celebrate Christmas in
grand style. Horse races. broncho rid
8 oil L dc
will be had, says the Tombstone Pros
pector. First prize of 500 will be given
to the winner of the quarter mile DASH
free for all horse race. A prize of $40
for best broncho riding is offered. Rid
ers to furnish horses. A COW pony race
800 yards for prize of $50. A grand
dance will also be had and an enjoy
able time guaranteed to all visitors.
Shields & Price have been having
considerable difficulty in getting
enough teams to handle the immense
amount of freight going forward to
the Ray mines, says the Tribune.
There are now some thirty big outfits
on the road, and before the end of next
week there will be ten more, including
Jack Shultz teams and several from
Silver Bell. There will be at least
twenty tons of freight daily to be han
died at Casa Grande for Mineral creek.
Desiderio del Rio undressed himself
and laid down on the center of the Mil
itary plaza Tuesday noon. To deputy
sheriff who came along and arrested
him he said that he was going to bed,
as that was his usual time for retiring.
The prisoner was arraigned before
Justice Culver this morning, and as he
showed unmistakable symptoms of be-
ing mentally unbalanced he was held
to the probate court for an investiga-
ton as to his sanity.-Tucson Citizen.
Lieutenant Henry o. Flipper and ex-
Sheriff Robert Hendricks Leatherwood
returned from ]. H. Slaughter's Co
chise county ranch where they have
spent several days in establishing the
boundary lines of the San Bernardino
grant This grant covers two leagues
in Cochise county and four over the
line The report of Lieut.. Flipper will
be sent to Santa Fe and be filed with
land court papers and taken up here
during the first week in February next.
Star.
The New York World speaks of An
tonic Apache. an Arizona Indian, and
Judge Heacock's client in a case of
alleged unwarranted arrest, as follows:
Society loves a novelty and of late it
has been delighting itself by entertain
ing that splendid specimen of a lost
race, Mr. Antonio Apache, full blood
ed Indian, who has the manners of a
Chesterfield, the education of a Glad
stone and the beauty of a craven i'm
age. He is a most distinguished and