The Arizona sentinel., 1899-06-10
Fife Shaw. the mormon abandon

on q charge drunkenness and disorder
 ly conducs. The Judge gave her
 Aoater and she fosted.
 Miss Agnes Godfrey returned Sun
 day from Tucson after 8 two weeks
 visit at that place. Miss Godfrey, since
 her return, has been confined to her
 room with spell of illness.
 w. w. Woodman, who fell from a scappold in the Dunne building some time ago, has almost fully recovered from the injuries sustained and Is able to be out on the streets once more.
 The regular weekly seaside excur- sion will leave Yuma every Friday for Santa Monica, Santa Barbara, San Pedro, Long Beach, etc. Tickets for round trip, good for 90 days, $1340.
 Gila Bend was visited by fire last Monday morning. The hotel and 9 small dwelling near the same were consumed by the flames. Very few of the effects of either building were saved.
 The weather bulletin reports on Yuma county weather as follows :: Harrisburg-Cool and dry weather. Gardens very backward. Yuma Temperature, highest 90; lowest 57. Precipitation, trace.
 Geo. W. Norton returned from Los Angeles Thursday and stopped over in Yuma for twenty-four hours, leaving for his home in Mohawk yesterday evening. He succeeded in bonding his group of copper mines at hand some figure.
 The extra session of court which was to have been held last Monday has been postponed by Judge St'eet, owing to the press of business in the district court at Phoenix. No court will be held here until the regular October term.
 Prof. James McNaughton, of the territorial normal school at Tempe, has been elected president of the Cali fornia state normal school at San Jose. The departure of Prof. Me Naughton is a serious loss to Arizona's normal school.
 According to the dispatches a tenn perature of eighty-fve in Chicago caused prostrations and deaths from heat. That temperature in Chicago is more destructive to human happiness and health and life than a tempera- ture of one hundred and ten would be here.
 Senator Ives and family passed Yuma last Friday to Los An geles. Mrs. Ives was on her return from Washington, D. c. where she went about a month ago. The Senator has purchased place at Shorb, near Los Angeles, where the family will reside.
 Rafael Lorona and Ygnacio Yanes left Yuma yesterday morning en route to San Diego where they will take the steamerfor the newly discovered placer grounds in Lower California. It is to be hoped that they are successful, but late reports from there are very dis cOuraging.
 Charles Landon presented the SEN rNEL office with fine watermelon on Thursday morning for which he has our thanks. Ripe watermelons were on the Yuma market the first of June, being the first on the coast. Melons are quite plentiful now. Yuma is first in everything.
 Miss Gertrude Priest, daughter of ! Mr. and Mrs Ward Priest of Fortuna, has been in town for the past week. Miss Priest is bright and handsome young lady and always finds a welcome in Yuma. She took the examination . before the school board and passed a very creditable examination.
 l.. l.. Taggart, special agent of the interior department was here this week Investigating the difficulties be- tween the different factions of Yuma Indians. He was here principally to investigate the feasibility of establish lng sub-agency at this point.
 The Elks gave a grand ball at the Southern Pacific hotel last night. A large crowd was in attendance and 5ripped the light fantastic until early n the morning. Refreshments were served. The Elks are royal inter 'ainers and never fail to make a suc- cess of any social undertaking.
 A. Modesti went to the Colorado nine this week to look after some developments he and Frank Avila lave under way there. Messrs. Modesti md Avila have bonanza in the Colo ado mine. They have just received eturns on a carload of ore from the at Denver and the ore yielded hem S67 ner tn,, nntin sO.,.I ,..L :l