Arizona republican., 1899-02-05
NEWS
 OF THE
 TOWN

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 CONTRACTOR LOVELL'S COMING
 Secretary Parker of the capitol sit
 commission yesterday received 8 teIe
 gram from Tom Lowell, the contractor / of the capitol building, saying he would
 arrive in Phoenix in week.
 CATTLE SHIPMENT. Seven cars
 of stock will go north this morning over the s. F. P. & P. Four of then
 are being taken to Albuquerque by
 William Farr. One will be taken tC
 Williams and two to Jerome.
 CHURCH MUSIC. The music al
 the Baptist church today will be ar
 anthem, Grant Us Help in the morn
 inG, and in the evening, Aria From
 Elijah" by the orchestra and Even
 ing Hymn" by the euartntte.
 ANTIQUARIAN LEGISLATION. -
 A meeting of the legislative commit
 tee of the Arizona Antiquarian society
 was held yesterday morning in the
 matter, of the proposed legislation rec
 omended at the last annual meeting.
 LICENSED TO WED. -Licen5e to
 marry was issued yesterday to A. N.
 Pauff and Miss Margaret Rose Ian
 caster. MT Pauff came here about two
 years ago from Ohio and is now en-
 ployed at the New York store where
 
 BALL GAME AT TEMPE. -The DeMUnd base ball team will play q practice game of ball at Tempe tomOr-
 row with newly organized nine Of that place. The Tempe team has had little practice, but hopes before long to re-establish it's former proficiency.
 BOOKS BY THE TON. Three and one-half tons of books were received at the office of the governor yesterday l They are public documents, most of them handsomely bound and none Of l them Of SC thrilling interest that they will aflict a sleepy man with insOm nia.
 1 A CHANGE OF BASE. -E. H. Win l ters, one Of the pioneer merchants Of 1 Phoenix and for many years one of the most extensive in the territory. 1 has just moved his stock of goods to Jerome, having been attracted by the rapid growth of that wonderful min l ing camp.
 THE WANT IS FILLED. Assist ant General Manager R. ?. Wells of the s. F. P & P was made the most gladsome man in this territory on Fri day night. That night his family was augmented by the arrival of baby girl, weight eight pounds. 4 girl was l what MT. Wells most wanted. His home was already frightened by three little boys. but there was something lacking which has now been supplied. CAPTAIN M'CLINTOCK' PROMO TICN.- Last Friday night Captain James Ii. EcCIintoc1 received notice of his promotion to the rank of brevet major. It is probable that the sane order promotes Col Brodie to the rank Of brevet colonel, and makes R0ose- O h14irr of Las Guasimas, at which Captain Me Clintock was wounded, General Wheeler recommended him for dis tinction
 A COPPER CORPOR RATION. -Arti- cles Of incorporation of the Boston and Lake Superior Copper Mining company were filed in the office of the county recorder yeste- day. The incOrpOrator5 are Charles \. Starkweather, Ben c. Cooke and Charles Ath0n Hull of Su reriOr, Wis. The capital stock is $1,250.000, divided into 50,000 shares. 1 Phoenix is the principal place of bus mess. The incorporation papers were ! prepared in Boston, Mass.
 TRIAL OF THE INSANE. Jane ! Doe, an old Mexican woman, who has | been an inmate Of the county hospital 1 fer some time, was on trial in probate . court yesterday fer insanity. It was i shown that she was a helpless para 1 lytic and an imbecile, but not insane l in the sense that she required to be restrained. She was remanded to the hospital Later in the day the case of Julius Bertraminelli, similarly charged, WAS called BertramineIi is bar tender employed at a South First street saloon.
 AN INCOMPLETE INSCRIPTION. The legislators visited the asylum last Friday. A large card was hung up in the council chamber for the in formation of the members as to the way to get to that institution. The card read: ''Busses will be found 8tthe corners of Washington and Center at l. 1 80 to take the members to the insane asylum" Hon. J. H. Carpenter en- tered the chamber and the incomplete ness of the inscription at once as sailed his eye. He amended it ny add ng to it the words and back.
 WANT TO PLAY BALL HERE. - Will H. Pinney received word from the military base bali team at Fort Grant yesterday that the team had just se- cured it's new uniforms and was prac- icing daily. The team is anxious to get Q series of games at Phoenix with either the Phoenix club or with he Phoenix, Normal school and Indian school clubs for the last weel, lf February. The Fort Grant toys be- Iieve themselves the best players in the territory and are anxious 10 put heir belief to the test.
 ILLINOIS PICNIC. The Illinois association will give one of it's la nous basket r;cnics at Phoenix park 7n Saturday, l ebruary H. T. is the intention to hold these gatherings on 1incoln's birthday, which this year . ,Omes on Sunday. There is something zear one thousand citizens and visitors n this valley who were-one time res dents of that famous state It is the