Arizona republican., 1899-04-12
Arizona Day by Day
Live News Taken From Territorial Exchanges.

Four young men from the PyreneeSs
mountains arrived in town the first OF
The week They can't understand any
body and nobody can understand t1eh'
when it comes to talking; so Ear rome
have been able to find out the exact
mission of their cCming.-W lIlidlilS
News.
The new law in Arizona requiring
the presentation of poll tax recelpt
before any citizen is permitted 10
vote is causing q boom IN 'the as
SCISSORS Offices in the te.I+toty' II
would not be surprising II TINS IA"
were to enable a good many 4na4I9.
ent voters to get their poll taxes pald
without expense % tHe-170I Co.
Anceles Times.
One of the largest stalks of oats ever
seen in any country IS on exhibition a.
tbe San Xavier. It came from the
ranch of DR.. Rogers in the Santa Cruz
valley. 1t resembles a corn stalk IN
tho great size of the leaves and Ihe
solid condition of the stalk. The head
with its effulgerce of grain spreads oat
like a young umbrella tree. Tne helshO
of the stalk is five feet and ten lnches-
Tucson Citizen.
Mrs L. A. Breck of San Antonio
passed through the city on her way 70
Clifton. Arizona, to bring home the
,bcdv Of her son Joe who died there
Anril 6. Young Breck was 4 Rough
Rider and a member Of Captain Luna
conDanv. He was but u years OF aaV
and was one Of the brave men 'Wfo
went through the Cuban campaign; anu an,
the Droudest trophy in his mother
home is the hat and clothing of her sol
der son, cut and torn by Mauser bUI-
lets.-El Paso Herald.
The territorial university Of Arizona
is all torn up by a row resulting from
a "pillow fight among the students.
The ctudents, it seems, according 10
the statement Of the faculty, insisted
on having their fun during study
hours. and were disciplined for as
,obeying. Then some twenty or more
of them left the university. Some OF
them win apply for admission 10 oIdn.
ford university. If the statement OF
the faculty of the Arizona university
be true, they ought not to be received
at Stanford or at any other university.
LOS Angeles Times.
A telegram from Gwynne Dennis OF
I4cmbard( Goode & Co., now IN WASH
tngton. to T H. Lombard OF this pace
states that the body OF Captain VIII
liam CBuckey) C'Neill was not among
further states that q cablegram from
Santiago to Captain O'NeiI's mother
stated that his body had not been
found. The information is also con-
veyed that the disappointment and as
tress of CAPTAIN O'NeilIs relatives IS
very great indeed. Mrs. O'Neil, the
widow of the captain, left Prescott last
week to be in Washington to meet the
body of her deceased husband. Ar
rangements had been made and per-
fected for the burial of the body in the
Arlington cemetery of that cfey.-Wil-
Iiams News.
A couple of weeks ago, while hum
ming along on his speedy motor, draw
ing a long string CT loaded cars behind
him. and thinking of his many scarlet
sins, Denny Connolly cast his eagle
eye along the g1isteninS rails OF the Old
500 level, and was Mortified to see a
burro directly in front Of him, squarely
across,the track. Denny was so close
he could not possibly stop the motor in
time to avert an accident, but was
equal 10 the emergency; reaching out
his strong right arm he placed it under
the bUrro's neck and. with a mighty
effort, hurled the offending Jerusalem
pony clear off the track and into the
ditch He has never been able to comb
his naiT any way bUt pCmpadOUr since
it rose on him that morning. His
heart thumped until it broke the crys-
tai in his watch, but the train was
saved, and Denny now enjoys the So
briquet of Engineer of the BUIro
Train. jerome Hustler