Arizona republican., 1899-06-25
NEWS
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 TOWN

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 IS IMPROVING. Mrs. Abe Hey
 man, who has been seriously ill for several days. is improving rapidly.
 WILL RECOVER. $. P. Clark re-
 ceived telegram yesterday convey ing the intelligence that his son, who
 was injured by fall on Pike's Peak, will recover.
 EQUALIZATION BOARDS. John Gray, clerk of the board of supervis- ors, is preparing report for the ter | ritorial board of equalization, which
 meets in August.
 CHURCH ORCHESTRA. The Bap- t:st church orchestra, which has great ly aided in the musical services dur ing the winter, will be heard perhaps for the last time this evening.
 WILL GO TO TEMPE. The G. A. R. here is not making preparations for celebration on July 4. The local division has received an invitation to be in Tempe on that date, which tt will likely do.
 MELONS COMING IN. The city assessor and tax collector will not be- gin assessing unfi1 July 1. In the meantime, however, he will be en- gagged in licensing the business of fast accommodating melon vendors who sell fruit from their wagons on the streets.
 IMPORTANT MEETING. A meet ing of the board of managers of the society of the Sons of the American Revolution wss held at the office Of J. Ernest Walker last evening. Ini- portant business was transacted and fxyo rO h ship.
 VICTIM OF CONSUMPTION. = George M Oleson died Friday night at the residence of Mrs. Curtis, No. 2S5 West Madison street, of consumption. Deceased came here from Chicago a few weeks ago. The tnterment oc- cured last night in Rosedale cem- etery. MT. Oleson was .twenty-e5ght years of age. -
 NATIONAL ENCAlIPMENT. - MT. Walter Hill and family will leave on Monday night for Hamilton, Canada. to spend the summer. Mrs Hill will represent the Arizona department of the G. A. R. and the Phoenix post Of the Ladies Relief Corps at the na- tional encampment, which will be held on July 4-9.
 GOING TO OMAHA. Professor McGowan of the Indian school will leave on Monday evening for Omaha with the Indian school band, consist ing of forty pieces. The band will be one of the attractions of the exposi- tion. Professor McCowan has also a large variety of cactE to Omaha for exhibition at the eXp0si- tion.
 WILL BE HELD. A freighter named Haggerty left the Cowboy cor ral yesterday without paying bill of $16.25, and attachment papers were issued in Justice Gray's court and placed in the hands of Constable Mo Cintock Haggerty had left the city, but will probably be caught on the road to Globe, which place was his destination
 A CENTENARIAN. I'm Clifton a few days ago there Cied a woman named Madalena Barela who had reached her one hundredt;h year. This aged woman was present at the eXecu- ticn of Hidalgo, the martyred lib orator of Mexico. which took place in the city of Chihuahua in 1810. She was at that time a girl of seventeen years of age.
 THE EXCURSION. The Maricopa & Phoenix train took 133 excursionists to Tucson yesterday morning and the train arrived at the old pueblo at o'clock. The visitors spent the day visiting the ancient city and attending the festivities of the Elks' opering. A large number went out last night on the regular train to join the excur- sionists at Tucson today The tram will return from Tucson late tonight
 DAILY COMING HERE. Marcus Daily, the copper king of Montana. | has disposed of his mining interests Tn that state and will now turn his atten- ton to Arizona where he already owns a large number of undeveloped l copper claims. MT. Daily sold his 1 mines in Montana for $23, 900, ,0O0 and | his coming to Arizona means much to this territory. He has a bond on Q group of mines in the, northeastern portion of Yuma county on winch his agent is now doing development work i
 A SOCIAL EVENING. Tuesday evening was spent pleasantly at the home of Dr. and Mrs Norton by the members of the Presbyterian church choir and few fri tends Those pres snt were: Miss Sargent, Miss Murray MT. Andrews, Rev. and Mrs. McAfee, | Mir. and Mrs. Depew and Master Bailey McAfee. Mrs. Barnes, also a member, l of the choir, left for Holbrook Mon day night. Thursday night Miss Sar- gent left for San Bernardino. Cal. to spend the summer with her parents.
 RILEY STRAIT DEAD. -Yester- day afternoon at o'clock Riley Strait passed away at No. 800 South Second avenue, at the advanced age of sev- MT Strait came to Ari- zona a year ago in i'll health from New York. The wife of MT Strait died but few weeks ago in Iowa. A. L. Strait of Phoenix is a son of deceased, and another son, James L. Strait, re- sides in Iowa. A daughter, Mrs Charles Wyatt lives in Pope Joy, Ia. The funeral will take place today at 3 o'clock.