Arizona republican., 1899-01-21

Frank Hart. an old and respected resident of WinslOw, died from pneu- monia last Monday morning.
 Lester Jackson of Prescott has gone to the Bradshaw mountains to put a force of men to work on his property.
 J. H. F'risby of Navajo county left last week for England, where he will spend two years on missionary work for the Mormon church
 J. w. Payne, formerly connected with army headquarters di Whipple, is now manager of the Grand Reef mine near Wilcox.
 h it's legislative notss, the Arizona Gazette states that The ladies are be- ginning to briglten the benches. The The ladies must be 9 fdgety lot.-Pres- colt Courier.
 It is reported that sixty-eight Zuni Indians died last month (December) with the smallpox, and that there are now nearly four hundred cases.-St. Johns Herald
 A rumOT was current on the streets of Bisbee the other morning that there were two cases of smallpox in town. The rumOr was without foundation, as all the doctors as well as the health of fcers denied having any eases reported.
 The city health officer yesterday ex- pressed himself to the effect that in all probability in two more days after the houses in which smallpox had appeared had been thoroughly fumigated, its presence in Prescott would be a thing of the past.-PrescCtt Courier.
 Several Respondent ladies of Prescott have formed Q suicide club. At stated intervals lots are drawn to decide which one is to kill hsrself-the fated one to Immediately start in to talk her self to death. Aftsr few dozen draw ings have taken place, the result can be better imagined than described.
 w. T. Latchfcrd died at his home a5 Seligman last week. He had been in poor health for nearly a year, having spent two mon ,hs at Prescott. He had resided in Sclignl3n ever since the town was started, having moved from Ash Fork there in 1886 when work was commenced on the P. &. i. c. railroad.
 President J. A. Fairchild O. the South Bisbee Copper Mining and Townsite Improvement com Eany, and party, who are here for the purpose of electing officers for the ensuing year, says the Orb of Wednesday, went out to the companys property this morning. The election will take place today at the mines.
 Who says that tdvertising don't pay? says the Bislbee Orb. As an evidence that it does, yesterday we inserted 9 small local ad, in the Orb of a house for sale, and today no less than three parties called at the office to get fur ther particulars. An, yes, the proper use of printers ink does pay big.
 R. N. Fredericks and F. G. Brecht returned this morning, says the Jour naI Miner, from their visit to Phoenix 10 attend a gathering of Mystic Shrin CTS. A. A. Johns accompanied them to Phoenix, to be inducted into the mysteries of the order, and his failure to return with the others is a suspicious circumstance.
 Mrs. Julius Suss was Sunday after noon suddenly stricken with paralysis and has since been unconscious, says the Albuquerque Citizen. Dr. Gordon is the physician in attendance, and late Sunday called Dr. Shaw in consulta- tiOn. Mir Suss, who was in Arizona on his way to California, has been advised by wire and will reach home as soon as possible.
 The Mining and Scientific Press gives the United Verde Copper company's output Of copper for 1897 at 31 ,355 ,025 pounds, and says that the Copper Queen advanced it's output from 25,- 953,521 pounds in 1897 to 34,000 coo pounds in 1898. It is calculated that these two Arizona mines will this year produce 90,000,000 pounds of copper. The output of copper for the UniteG States this year will exceed $50, 900, 900 pounds.
 Chief Glass of Los Angeles is trying to find Q home for Bert Smith, @ bright boy aged IA years. Young Smith states that his father handed him dol lar abOu. a week ago at Prescott, Ari- zona, and told him to go shift for him self. In company with a boy whose step-father had driven him from home,