Arizona republican., 1899-05-14

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 TOWN

A LONE HOBO. There was lone hobo in police court yesterday. He was given twenty days.
 LICENSED TO WED. A marriage license was issued yesterday to Juan Zapeda and Josefa Perez.
 THE BATHING SEASON. The work of oVerhauling the park nata- torium is being done and the baths will be opened some time next week.
 LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATORS. Letters of administration upon the etsate of Macedonia Valdez were is sued yesterday to l.. l.. Plank. Letters were issued to Susie Guthrie upon the estate of Samuel L. Guthrie.
 CITY WATER WORKS WELL. - The well which is being sunk at the city water works is now down to the gravel level. The diameter of the new well is greater than that of the old one It will be sunk about fifty feet.
 GOING TO SOLDIERS HOME. - Justice G. D. Gray yesterday obtained transportation to the soldiers home near Santa Monica, Cal, for Uriah Thompson. Mr Gray has received several letters recently from veterans who went to the soldiers home from Phoenix and all of them are well pleased with the place.
 THE WICKENBURG SABBATH. - MT. H. w. Stevens, the WiGxenbarg mining man and broker who mas been in town attending the Wilson murder trial as a witness, left on a freight train for home this morning, He will return tonight Wickenburg presents Sabbath day attractions which cannot be resisted by it's inhabitants when within striking distance
 THE CAPITOL BUILDING. The interior walls of the capitol builcing have been finished to the height of the sub-story. The granite cutting~~has been going on rapidly and enough stone is nov ready for the first course. The work of setting the heWE blocks will likely be begun tomorrow. Con- tractor Lowell is expected back from his Texas visit by the middle of this week
 GRATEFUL TO THE PRESS. At a meeting of the Philharmonic so- ciety held Monday evening, May 5, 1899, a resolution wasFs unanimously passed rendering vote of thanks to the daily press of this city for their kindness in opening their columns to this society during the past winter, and especially for their kind notices of the presentation of the opera, "The Chimes of Normandy"
 TEMPERANCE LECTURES. J. H. Campbell, ths Good Templar lecturer of ICiwa, who arrived on Friday night, gave a lecture at Cartwright last night The meeting was attended by a large number of people Word IS coming in from the various towns north where MT. Campbell has lee tured, ana in each instance he is spoken of as the ablest Good TeInplar lecturer who has visited the town.
 CAPITOL ADDITION BOOMING. - Building in the Novinger tract of Cap itol addition took an important spurt yesterday afternoon An arrangement which had been pending for some time was concluded. Under it there are to be built ten brick residences which are stipulated to cost $2, 900 each and to be two stories in height. Among the par ties to the arrangement are H. P. Demunds, J w. Galpin, J. B. Long, MT. Golf, MT. Dougherty, MT. Perry of Tempe and Architect Norton. The building of MT. Dougherty's house will be begun immediately.
 A NEW APRICOT. -C.. Purdy of Alhambra says an experiment is being conducted at that place with a new variety of apricot. The variety is not named. and in fact the only trees in existence are in this valley. The new variety was discovered by accident. A number of seeds were thrown on the ground near a house in Glendale and a few of them sprouted. The small trees were transplanted. They have now borne fruit of a choice quality, but their merit lies in the fact that fruit produced comes, early in the season It ripens about the same time as the early Newcastle
 EPWORTH LEAGUE ANNIVER- SARY. The anniversary services of the Epworth League of this city will be held tonight in the First M B. church. At the services there will be short ad- dresses and papers cn league work There will also be special music and a fifteen minutes service by the juniors which promises to be very interesting. There will be an address on Christian citizenship by Frederick Nave The church has been beautifully decorated for the occasion. A cordial invitation is extended to all to be present. The devotional service begins at ' o'clock and the programme at 7:30 p. m.
 SALT RIVER VALLEY ALTT- TUDES.- Thomas Winsor of the United States geological survey, who is at the Commercial, has completed line of levels from Phoenix to Nera. He received word from Washington that the altitude of the M. & P. depot was f,OS3 feet and he has worked from that basis. He finds that the altitude at the intersection of Washington street and First avenue is but three feet higher. The elevation of Tempe. he computed to be 1,15S feet. and at Mesa 1,244 feet MT Winscr will