Arizona republican., 1899-05-21
NEWS
 OF THE
 TOWN

CnllQ OI J. M- ouOtL Is very LOW WlLJl
 typhcid fever.
 A WAITING TELEGRAM. - The
 Western Union has a message for H.
 St. George c. Bryan.
 MILITARY BUSINESS MEETING. B company, N G. A., will hold a special business meeting at the armory l tomorrow night. A full attendance is | requested.
 A SUIT ON ACCOUNT. A suit
 was brought in Justice Gray's court | yesterday by William A. Milton
 against James Cameron to recover 1 money on account.
 THORNE.-On Friday morning, May 12, 1899, at the residence of Am
 drew Fisher, Woodlawn avenue, Pitts burg, Pa., Marie Fredericks, beloved wife of Dr. John M. Thorne, and ] daughter Of Mrs Augustus Hartje. 1 REMAINS SENT HOME. The re
 mains of Miss Elizabeth Sherritt, who | died at the age of A, about eight | months ago were exhumed yesterday i by w. A. Davis & Co. They were sen. 1 last night to Georgetown, Ky, the i former home of Miss Sherrett.
 DELICIOUS AFRICOTS. Chaplain
 Winfield Scott has been distributing ! among his friends generous samples of 1 the kind of apricots he raises at his | famous fruit ranch. For years the ap- | ricots of that ranch have been cele- brated for their deliciousnecc and
 early maturity.
 INVITED TO PHOENIX. Govern
 CT Murphy will make an effort to have
 the members of the court of private
 land claims now in session at Tucson
 visit Phoenix after adjournment
 Senator John s. Morgan of Alabama,
 who is now at Tucson before the court, will be included in the list of invited
 guests.
 J. H. CAMPBELL AGAIN. -
 There will be public meeting in Good Templars' hall on tomorrow evening before the regular lodge ses- sion, which will be addressed by J. H. Campbell of Iowa, grand lodge lee turer. Those who heard MT. Campbell a week ago expressed themselves as well pleased with his address. He is a man Of pleasing address and pre- sents his views in an attractive, yet fcT'cfble way. This will be his last lecture in the city.
 FORGOT HE WAS A GENTLEMAN. Lawrence Jerome, a cousin of Lady Randolph Churchill, was in the Phoe- nix police court yesterday and was sentenced to fifteen days. Jerome, twhen sober, is net a bad fel1oiw and he has to be pretty drunk to entirely forget that he has been a gentleman. But he forgot it on Friday night and began smashing his furniture and abusing his wife, who has been his in effectual guardian angel. She wanted to pay his fine, but was advised to al- low him to be sequestered for a few days.
 LATE SUITS. Two suits were filed l in district ccurt yesterday against the | Slmms estate and those interested in i it. The first was by Thomas w Peck 1 of Terre Haute, Ind, to recover on a note Of S1,600 executed in 1895 by | James T. Simms and secured by a 1 mortgage on certain real estate. The | holder of the note since then has been | obliged to pay the taxes on the prop- | erty described in the mortgage, so that | the claim, including these payments and the principal and interest on the note, amounts to s3,91121 The other suit was brought by Mrs E. G. Barton to recover on a note fer $500.
 MEALS ARE ALL RIGHT. -S. P. Clark, the proprietor of the Ford ho- tel, has kick to register against kickers. Last winter he was todd by tourists and epicureans that while supported good restaurants and dining rooms in the winter, dur ing the summer months the town was peculiarly void of any relishable ed 1bles. This, MT. Clark says, is a mis- take. The dining portion of his hotel mas closed for the summer, and other dining rooms have closed, but good meals have not discontinued. MT. Clark says there are places in Phoenix now where sumptuous meal can be had. but the patronage is not forthcoming. He wants to knew where those people are who last year persisted in criti- clslng Phoenix for it's poor summer service
 THEY HEAR OF PHOENIX L. M. Stern, a commercial man of New York, arrived at the Hotel Adams yes terday. MT. Stern comes to Phoeulx about four times a year, and in the in terlm he manages to cover the major portion of the United States. He said yesterday that he was surprised. to nGte the familiarity of the country generally with Phoenix. The reputa- don or this city is spreading widely, and MT. Stern is of the opinion which mas been advanced before, that Phoe- nix owes much to drummers in the II way Of advertisement. He frequently oFeInears conversations or engages in them on trains and at hotels when forms the subject of conver- satlon- It is natural that drummers, who invariably become favorabIy inn pressed with this place, always have good word for it.
 SUPT. CREAGER REEL ELECTD. - Three members of the union high school board of trustees met the grammar school board, which consists Or three members, yesterday, and de- term1ned upon several matters gov- erning the next term of school The e4ect1on of a joint school superintend- ent for the grammar and high schools was made, Professor W. B. Creager BY CELEBRATED AUTHORS