Arizona republican., 1899-02-08

Victor B. Bloom, a hustling com mercial man from Globe, AriZ., is i'll the city today.-Albuquerqu Demo crat.
 A. Effron. the erstwhile dry goods man of Prescott, has taken a position i'll Phoenix as salesman in Diamond Brothers dry goods store.-JOurnal- Miner.
 w. G. Gilstrap. correspondent of the Phoenix Republican, returned on Sun day from a business trip to- Phoenix and incidentally to take in the legisla- tive all.-Journal-Miner.
 The snow storm at Prescott stepped on Sunday and a cold wave set in, sending the mercury down to 12 below zero on Monday morning, being within a couple of degrees as low as the low est for the winter.
 Snow fell Sunday evening to the depth of about an inch, the first time this season in Tucson. Yesterday it was somewhat cooler in the southern town. The mountains were shrOuded in mantle of snow.
 Reports reach Prescott from Chap arral that the Union mine, one of the Little Jessie group, is turning out to be a second Little Jessie. A large shipment of ore will be made as soon as the reads are in paSsable condl- tion.
 J. D. Dort. well known in Albuquer- que through a former residence here, is in the city of Phoenix. Mr DOrt is a very agreeable gentleman and his many friends are always glad to vel come his rare visits.-Albuquerqu Democrat.
 Some very fine copper ore, brought iy1 Inv Mir Taf can be seen at Hotel Burke, says the Courier. There are two pieces of the ore, weighing about 100 pounds each. one of which carries GO per cent cop per and the other 40 per cent copper.
 J. s. Carmichael left for Terra Putta, Peru, yesterday morning, where he goes to accept a position with the Inca Mining company. Our readers in Peru will find Mir. Carmichael a firsI-class man in all respects. He bears the reputation of being a mill man of ex- tra good ability.-Prescott Courier.
 Reuben H. Lloyd of San Francisco. who is the grand master of Knights Templar of the United States, has ap- pointed R. N Fredericks of Prescott as his representative in the seventeenth district, comprising Arizona and New Mexico. This is the greatest honor that can be conferred upon a Knight Templar in the district.
 Messrs. Seager and Cooper, the northern capitalists, representing the Calumet and Hecla properties of the Standard Oil .ccmpany's new interests, were passengers on tha eastbOund train yesterday One or both of the gentle men will be here again this month t0 look after the prosecution of work on the Helvetia claims. This will be the most important and expensive devel- opment work outlined this year in Pima county.-Tucso1 Star.
 E. R. Anderson, who is interested in the copper mines near Crittenden says the Tucson Citizen, recently sold fer 10000, claims to have been the origi- nal discoverer some time before his de- paIture for the Cuban war. Eds many friends will be glad to hear of his good fortune. Since he returned from Cuba he is regaining his strength quite rap idly He was a pretty sick man for a long time. A weeks hunting and pros pecting expedition over the Canoa grant, from which he returned recent ly, has made nelT man of him.
 Captain Banning was driving Peter Neu one of the San Pedro 'breakWater contractors, l. s. Aunsen, superintend- ent at San Pedro, and Walter L. Vail, around Los Angeles On Saturday last, when on turning a corner the coach upset and MT. Neu was killed, Walter l.. Vail had leg broken between the ankle and the knee, and was otherwise badly bruised in several places. MT. Anunsen escaped with sprained ankle. Mir. Vail is the owner of a large cattle ranch in Pima county and is well known to our people, who will SympathiZe with him in his sad acci- dent.
 The editor of the Pick and Drill is now in a position to save some money. Says he: The editor of this paper is more than pleased, he is elated to be able to announce that after March l, 1899, he can send cablegrams to Hol- land and Belgium at the same rates he now pays for cablegrams to Great Britain, Germany and France. In other words, after the above date our messages tc Holland and Belgium will cost Us only p cents per word Con- sidering the hard times, the Western Union Telegraph company will please accept our thanks for it's timely reduc- 'tion in rates to Holland and Belgium particularly it's rates to Holland We feel so elated over this thing, we again reiterate our many thanks"
 MT. and Mrs. c. Clay left this city for Greaterville the latter part of last week, and on arrival at the above named place camped for the night. sleeping in tent. Along about Il o'clock a striped skunk entered the tent and bit Ms. Gay on the nose, causing a painful wound. Fear pre- yails that the animal may transmit hydrOphobia, and everything is being done that is possible to avert such dreadful consequences. The fear at first aroused is only partially allayed by the generally credited fact that striped skunka are not afflicted with the disease only at certain periods of the year, especially during the hot sea- son, while it is claimed that the little black skunk with which the country