Arizona republican., 1899-01-05

Joe Lazure of Florence has gone to work for the government at the Butte dam.
 Born, in Florence, December 29, 1898, to the wife of County Treasurer F. R. Brady, Jr., son.
 Captain J. c. Keating of Florence is again at his place of business after his recent severe illness.
 Miss Carrie Jageman, teacher of the Dudleyvilla school, is visiting friends in Florence this week.
 Miss Ella Whittemore of Florence expects to go to California next We'd nesday to spend a month visiting friends.
 Captain and Mrs. P. P. Parker came over from Phoenix to attend the silver wedding anniversary of Judge and Mrs. F. M. Doan.-FIorence Tribune.
 Mr. John Nets and Miss Reid of Florence and Mr O'COnnor of Kenil worth attended the joint teachers in stitute in Phoenix this waek.-FlOrence Tribune.
 Two games of billiards were played at the Pawn on a wager of $25 and $100, respectively, Cn New Years night by II. J. Green and R. B. Rogers. The former won both games and sustained his reputation as the champiOn.-Tuc- son Citizen.
 Tom Hamilton was brought in from Kirkland last Sunday evening and talk en to the Mercy hospital. He was ex- amined by Dr. McNally, who found that MT. Hamilton was suffering from bilious fever, contracted in tuba during tne late war.-PrsscOtt Courier.
 Louis c. Shields and wife of Cripple Creek. Colo, arrived in Florence Mon day and on Tuesday went to the ranch house of Shields & Price at Kenilworth where they will remain for a time. Louis and Frank Shields are brothers and have not seen each Othsr for many years. The former is a very sick man, and seeks the mild climate of Arizona for the benefit Of his health.-FIorence Tribune.
 Judge w. H. Barnes received a dis patch this morning from Hartford an- nouncing the death of his brother, Col onel N. H. Barnes, who was one of the professors in the university of Arizona last year. Hs. died from a long illness from which he was great sufferer, and which caused his retirement upon half pay from active service in the navy in which he had been an officer for q thirdof a century. Citizen.
 MreHs~W. BlaisdeL, who is operating in the Picacho, San Diego county, and who has huge interests in and near Yuma, has taken lease Of the Mohawk mining and milling property at Shultz Pinal county. He will have twelve men working under For5man Frank Lester. Extensive development work will occupy two months time when the thirty-stamp mill will be operated. Messrs. Blaisdell and Lester went out this mOrning.-TucsOn Star.
 w. P. Durham of Los Angeles, w E. Nelson and G. A. Whiteford of Quincy, H., and Riverside, Pinal county, re- spectively, and D.-J. Murphy and Judge G. w. Herdman of JerseyvilIe, H., came in yesterday from Riverside, where they went to see mining proper ties they are interested in. MT. Dun- ham will return to Los Angeles, Nel- son and Whitsford to Riverside. Mur- phy and Herdman are going to Bisbee on a sightseeing trip.-TucsOn Star.
 The government has commenced the construction of a military road from Rice, a station on the G. V. G. & N. 1 railroad, and nine miles from San Car los, to Fort Apache, distant about eighty miles. This road is for the pJr- pose of transporting the supplies need 1 ed at the fort during bad weather All | the supplies go in from HOEbrOOk. bur l during the winter season ths roads are | impossible and the distance is greater ! than by the contemplated new road. | w. o. Tuttleiof San Carlos has force of Indiansat work.-Globe Times H.
 A proInin ent man from the east who | represents heavy capital was in Tucson l yesterday after having visited the prin- l cipal mining districts of the territory. i He told the Star that within thirty 1 days sexra1 properties will resume op- eratioqs and give altogether employ 1 ment to 1000 men. He mentioned | among others the Old Dominion at | Globe, which will employ 400 or 800 |