Arizona republican., 1899-07-16
NEWS
OF THH
TOWN

! SANTA FEE WASHOUT.-The s. F.
P. & P. train arrived az 800 u'clncl
yesterday morning, six and one hal
hours late. This was due to a washou
on the Santa Fe
NEW DEPUTY SHERIFF George
j W. King was appointed by Sheriff
Murray yesterday as deputy sheriff
in the place of S. C. Coombs. whose
commission was cancelled.
AT A HALT-The long STANDING
litigation between c. r. Willtscrofi
and j. w. Crowley has been brought
to an end. The latter's interest was
sold to j. Ernest Walker yesterday.
NOT MANY KICKERS-The beard
OF supervisors held a session for kick
ers against assessments yesterday.
but few showed up. More assessments
nave been lowered this year than
raised, hence the general satisfaction.
CELEBRATED JULY 14.-The
celebration of the fall of the Bastile
was not entirely overlooked by some
of the French residents of Phoenix
One of them, Marguerite Bernard, was
in Justice Johnstone's court yesterday
for too vivid representations of per-
sOnai liberty, toward which the de-
molition of that famous and hideous
Jail was the first step.
| The HEDGES MIME. M. y.
| Poole, a commercial man. was at The
Commercial yesterday. Mr. Poole was
at the Hedges mine near Yuma in
California a few weeks ago, where he
says considerabl activity is manifest
ed and large force of men is EN-
plOyed. This mine, operated by the
Gold Cross Mining company. hac been
IN Htiga ton for SONG time. but it is all
cleared now and the company is net
ting about $4,000 Il mon tn
SHE'S FREE AGAIN.-The little
girl who was arrested a week ago for
being found in a saloon was released
yesterday at the request CT her father.
at whose instance she had been kept
IN Jail. Soon after she had gone away
with him her mother came in and
threatened the arrest of her husband
who she said was not fit, on account of
MS morals, to have charge of the
child That is not a criminal offense
or even misdemeanor under the
laws of this territory
OFF FOR THE PINES. The fol-
lowing named persons left last might
on the excursion to Prescott: Thomas
F. Grindell, Eta Chaplin. Mrs L. A
Knox, Mrs. d. NJ. Hardy. Mrs. Z. L.
Buckham, Mrs. Addie Paris. VI. 3.
Stratzman, G. III. Smith. d. Wilkie and
wife, Mrs. Lillian Tovrea. Mss Fannie
Peck, Mrs. Elsie W. Jones. Frederick
s Nave. c. Macfarlane Miss Annie
Stout, q. W. Clark, J. r. Reid. Mrs.
j. II. Lacey, E. S. Griffin. Sarah
SmoOt Miss Annie Garrett. Mrs. Lula
Crowley
NEW SCHOOL DISTRICT WANT
EO--A petition is being prepared for
Z q mi s.
the south side of the river about four !
miles below town, in what is known /
as the Crouch neighborhood The |
petition will probably get in too late |
as the county superintendent has al |
ready sent in his annual estimate A !
similar petition was rejected by the /
supervisors a year ago on the ground |
that a majority of the residents were |
and were liable to be in /
Sonora before the cad CT a aew school |
year.
MEETING OF FARMERS.-A meet |
ing CT the Farmers Protective and |
Cooperative association and the |
Farmers Protective association were /
held in the city yesterday. Both So !
cieties are composed of pretty nearly /
the same membership, but their OBJ
jects are somewhat different The
latter association yesterday retained
Judge W H. Sulwe.I at an annual
salary of 81 200. The attorneys of the
former are Kibbey & Edwards One of
The principal objects of the associa-
lion is to determine the rights of the
members as against the Arizona Water
company.
A SCHOOL MA'AM'S WOES.-Miss
Ella Hauxhurst, a graduate of tha
normal school and school teacher, is
being represented at the n. E. A. at
Los Angeles by a trunk. She made
week ago to go 10
Flagstaff, where she viii teach school.
Her trunk was brought from Tempe
lere and sent to the depot She in
ended to leave for Flagstaff on Mon
lay night, but when she went down
o the depot it was gone. Va trainman,
moving her to be a school teacher,
.hOught she must be bound for The
Y. E A. and now her trunk is in Les
Angeles, but she is at Flagstaff.
JUST ROLLED IN.-There was an
lnwelcome visitor at the shoe store
II H A. Diehl & Co, yesterday. A
Irunken man was found lying on Il
'ile of shoes in the rear of the store,
which will be sold at sacrifice. Pre-
-lously, the man had occupied a point
II vantage on the sidewalk opposite
: j. Bennitt's Office. He had rolled !
rom there fully 100 feet into his last i
esting Place. Where am 1 at?' was
is first Interrogation upon being dis
urbed in his slumbers, but the an
wer would have heeu vastly different
the question had been put five min
ties later. lie was then fioundering
bout the soft floor of the city jail, the
rork of Officer Thonan
ELECTROCUTION AS A REWARD.
hOeniX is scarce and they are so
eartIess that they imDrovise various
eviceS to prevent others from drink
lg from their water tank. The street
ar men carried small tanks of ice 4
Tater on their cars two years ago and
hey had wires attached which would 4
i've one who attempted to get a drink