Arizona republican., 1899-03-09
NEWS
 OF THE
 TOWN

NEW YORK STATE SOCIETY. = The executive committee of the Elm pire State society will meet at Attor l ney-General Ainsworth's office at
 o'clock this afternoon.
 MILITARY BANQUET. -Compan, B holds it's reception at the Mill.
 house tonight. The members of tht
 company are requested to be at the
 armory promptly to prepare for the
 inspection.
 7 GROWN POINT PLANT. The ma
 chinery for Col. Brodie's Crown Point
 mine near Kirkland has been removed
 to the mine and it will be operating in
 about one month. The plant includes
 a ten-stamp mill.
 WILL BUY THEIR CHURCH. -
 The members of the African M. E.
 church are ready to pay the first in-
 stallment of $500 on their new church. 1 The balance will be paid in annual in-
 stallments of $200 and the total cost
 will be $1, 600
 DEATH OF J. H. PETTIGREW. -
 J. H. Pettigrew died of consumption
 yesterday at his home two and half
 miles west of the city. He was a
 native of Georgia and has lived in the
 valley for three years. He was buried
 in the Loosley cemetery at D. m. LIME FOR THE CAPITOL. The l contract fer furnishing lime for the
 capitol building was awarded to James Burson yesterday. About 100 barrels 1 will be used. MT. Burson will furnish the lime from his kiln at Peach Springs on the Santa F'e Pacific
 NOT AN APPLICANT. Lieutenant
 F. w. Hill desires The Republican to
 contradict a report sent cut from Washington that he is an applicant for commission under the army increase act by which Arizona is entitled to one first lieutenant. Lieutenant Hill has not been at any time an applicant.
 APACHE WAR DANCE. Among the novelties which will occur in the programme at the Indian school Friday evening will be a realistic Apache war dance That will be a feature seen very seldom and it will be a great at traction for eastern visitors. The en- tertainment will commence at s o'clock.
 SHELTER IN OPERA TON. Tn formation has been received that the copper plant and smelter near Walnut Grove in the Placeritas district is op- erating. The smelter is on the old Milner property and has a 100-ton ca pacity. It is the first smelter estab- Hshed in that section, and no custom work will be done.
 A RESTAURANT MANAGER. - Charles H. Pierce, who lately resigned i his position as letter carrier, has taken l a position at Coffee AIS restaurant as manager of A. B. Williams interests for a time MT. Williams, who owns | valuable copper properties in Yavapai 1 county, will spend several mcnths in experimenting the working of them.
 SUIT FOR DIVORCE. Mary Eliza beth Heineman of Tempe yesterday be- gan suit in district court for a divorce from her husband s. c. Heineman, a prominent citizen of Tempe. and failure to support are alleged. The defendant has been a resident of Les Angeles for nearly a year. The parties were married in 1883.
 CAPITAL SEEKS INVESTMENT s. P. Clark, manager of the Ford hotel, is in receipt of a letter from D. J. of Denver MT Hutchin- son represents a large amount of Col Orado capital and he states in his let ter that the capitalists demand of hun that he investigate Arizona as to it's mineral resources. Their capital seeks investment and Mir. Hutchinson is eX- Dected to arrive soon.
 ACTIVITY AT STANTON. -J. w. Smith is in the city from Stanton. He $ interested to some extent in the Johnson gold mine near that place. He said there has been about 2,OOO feet of development work done by Pennsyl- Jania capital since last fall. The ere s low grade, but free milling, and will plate about 30 per cent. It is probable hat forty-stamp mill will be erected lext fall. The Perry mine near by is plating about SIS per ton. There is general mining activity in the district
 DUGAN'S FATHER. The father of 7 Ed Dugan, the young man wounded t while resisting Officers Moore and f 3lankard a couple of weeks ago, came g n from his home at Gallup, N. M, yes , erddy to see his son, who is now lying \ t the county hospital. Dugan first ' alled at the sheriff's office and nearly ( ook the officials breath away by the f that he was Dugan's 1 ather, for Dugan, Sr., did not at first i lance look a day older than Dugan, 2 r. Even careful scrutiny of his face f rould hardly cause one to believe that e is more than thirty-fve.
 ONE CERTIFICATE ISSUED. - t Iiss Jennie Boltman was the only ap b licant at the county teachers exami- ation which was held Monday and : tuesday. Her papers were excellent. '. he made a grade of eighty-eight and hird per cent and received a first rade certificate. The papers of the K pplicants for territorial certificates ill not be graded until all have been S eceived by the territorial superintend- k nt of public instruction, which will E\ robably be two weeks. Mr. Luther N tewart Of Mesa was the only appli- E< ant for territorial certificate ex- \ mined in Phoenix AS FROM PHOENIX TO GLOBE-P J. H~ ole has returned from a trip to Globe S~ Le states that large number of men s~ re engaged in the construction of a E. ew road from the Black Warrior to- N ard Mesa. James A Fleming of the N line proposes to construct a road ES