Arizona republican., 1899-06-05
NEWS
 OF THE
 TOWN

has undeliverGd telegTamS for Miss E
 M Lyons, R. Brown, J. E. Howell an,
 R. L. Long.
 TAYLOR WILL GET WELL. Bel
 ford Taylor, the colored man shot b.
 his wife three weeks ago. is so far i'm
 proved that he will probably be abl,
 to walk in few days.
 AT PRESCOTT TONIGHT. After
 a successful engagement of two night:
 the "A Midnight Bell' company wen
 to Prescott last night where it vii
 present the play tonight.
 ANOTHER ADVERTISEMENT =
 A few boxes of valley apricots were
 on exhibition at the trans -Mississippt
 congress at Wichita, Kan. Word has been received that they made a favor-
 able impression.
 NEW INDUSTRY AT PRESCOTT
 John K. Holmes, who came down
 from Prescott on Saturday, says that
 J. H. Brown & Son will deal in horse
 Iadish and rhubarb on a large scale
 next year. That region is adapted to
 raising such vegetables and some | horseradish was bc'-t.ed this season,
 mostly for local trade. MT. Holmes | thinks the industry will soon assume | commercial proportions.
 BROIL AMONG WOMEN. = Worl l comes from Ash Fork that there was cOmmOtion among the women resi-
 dents there on Saturday. In one in l stance a dishpan twas employed by st woman who succeeded in knocking -ha l eye out of another dIenizen. These are merely inside broils, however, anl nothing more has been seen of the or ganized gang of tramps who within a few days have left the place.
 SAYS BLIND MAN CHEATED. = The case of Pettigrew vs. Collins will
 be tried in Justice Gray's court to- day It is brought by Mrs. Minnie Pettigrew to recover $15, the sum she recently paid to A. Collins for a pony. She says that the animal was misrep resented to her. Adding to the inter est of the suit is the fact that MT Collins is blind, and his representa- tions of the pony were based upon what he had heard of the horse.
 A GOOD RANGE. While cattle generally have been suffering from lack of water this season, the ranges near the Superstition mountains where the cattle of Bark & CresfweH graZe, have been in good condition and cattle are fat. A bunch was brought into Tempe yesterday where they will be placed on alfalfa prepara- tory to shipping. On the ranges re- ferred to the snow remained on the ground a great deal longer than in most places.
 ALMOST A RECORD BREAKER Willis Carpenter, well known in Ca:- ifornia as a foot racer, is at present the. expert at the Fortuna mine, and was in town yesterday. MT. Carpenter known as Carp" at the Berkeley college, made a half mile record at tha place in a competition race about a year ago of two minutes, a record very close to the worlds best time and it is said that he could have made better time if he had been crowded.
 IMPROBABLE PULLMAN. An s. F. P. & P. trainman who was in town yesterday told of the effects of the collision of MT. R. E. Wells pri- Vate car with a Pullman recently. The special coliided with considerable force, but only jared the large Pull man slightly. But the car on the CD posite end and attached to the Puii- man was badly shaken. One seat Of the car was detaohed and inverted The private car was damaged con- siderably and is being repaired now
 THINKS PHOENIX QUIET. -"I AAS04 oO 414uO41 Ol I AOC11A S1S c1 MIIt open town and the Monte Carlo Of i America" said a member of "A Mid night Bell' yesterday, that I sup posed we would be in for a lively time when we got here. I haven't found 1t | much different from most places, ex- | cept that there appears to be better | order and fewer drunks, and I'm told | that you don't need many police. l We'll, I should say I was surprised | when I landed here. This is a nice | 1ace.'
 PINNED HER FAITH TO ARI- i IONA Mrs. R. L. Thomas of New i York city ana who has been spending i he winter at the Hotel Adams, will | cave in aifew days for the east. Mrs. | Thomas, although her home is in New York, may be regarded as an Ari- ,onlan, as every winter finds her il | he valley enjoying it's delightful eli mate. Mrs. Thomas has pinned her 'aith to Arizona like many another | 'asterner and has risked her capital in | he Salt River valley, and every year gives her interests her personal su- Dervision.
 UP FROM TUCSON. MT. Thomas /. F. GrindeI, office deputy for tha | United States marshal at Tucson, was | n Phoenix yesterday en route to Pres ;ott on business preparatory to the | opening of court there He says that | Jcch1se county is mere than furnisil- Ing It's pro rata of murder cases for | he coming term of the territorial dis -rict court, there being about twelve | 0n the calendar. MT Grindell says i Tucson is making rapid strides. 1 | great deal of building is being done 1 and many of the oak sidewalks are | being supplanted by cement.
 A SPECIAL OFFICE. Duncan | Campbell, the Wells, Fargo & Co. l special travelling agent, who went to JOS Angeles few days ago, will re- turn on June F tc. look after the ship | ment of early melons and grapes. In California he is shipping cherries : WYE AIDE LIEADOTTA