Arizona republican., 1899-02-05

Capt H Fully who edits Tucson s Spanish paper, LaAlianza, has the to-- lowing to say in his last issue:
 The new wagon road from Prescott to Minnehaha has been completed The Crowned King company proposes to
 build a road to connect 9 road run ming to their mines with this one.
 Bids for furnishing 200 OJ0 pounds Of baled alfalfa hay at Fort Grant were opened at the post Monday. Mr. Evans of Stafford had the lowest bid, 95 cents per hundred pounds delivered.
 Tombstone was lately struck by the ragged edge of a Kansas cyclone. King BoreaS had full sweep and every ything g mOveable was taken on to the next township. No great losses were felt however, and we do not miss the real estate that has left Us.
 A letter received from Tucson yes terday states that Barney Harold, the we'll known miner, who left here for that place only a short time ago, says the Bisbee Orb, died on Monday ias5. Barney was suffering from a1 absces5 on his liver and went to Tucson to have an operation performed. This was done and he lived only twenty minutes after the operation was pe.- formed
 How agreeable is the view to the traveller who goes to Yuma in Deem Der or January. In various yards are seen trees loaded with their respective products-limes oranges and lemons. All kinds of vegetables, including the chilli verde, are produced during the winter. Yuma has very brilliant future: perhaps 1t will not be seen by the editor of this paper, but his grand children will see it."
 J. D. Benedict, superintendent of for est reserves for Arizona and New Mex ico., arrived on last nights train for brief professional visit to this section. Mr Benedict's special mission Is t0 investigate the sources of the various water courses in the territory and the relation between them on the irTigable lands of the territory, as well as the connection Of the latter with the for est reserves of the territory nal-Miner.
 4 report came to town yesterday that smallpox had broken out among the Yuma Indians living in the Colo rado river bottom below town. The facts in the case have not yet been ar rived at, but the county physician, Dr. G. w. Greenleaf, accompanied by Dr. W T. HeffeTnan, went on an investi- gating trip this morning. It is thought that what is really bothering the abo- rigineS is the measles, Of which dis ease one is known to have died cnly 9 few days since.-Yuma Sun.
 B. E. EdcNasser left this morning for Montezuma canyon in the Huachuca mountains with a wagon load Of sup plies Mir AicNasser goes out prepared to open up some mining property in which he and E. g. Adams are inter ested On one of the claims a small vein of gOld-beaTing quartz has been discovered which assays $l15 in gold. On another claim, a recsnt b. cation, ore has been found that runs S75 in gold and carries lead to the amount of S20 per ton. Several tons of this ore have already been taken out and a shipment will he made Gs soon as a carload has been sacbed.-Bisbaa Orb. i
 About 2 month ago tramp printer came along and wanted work, says the Jerome Mining News. We took him in and fed him at the editorial table and gave him the best bed in the house to sleep in; in fact we treat 1 ed him like a lCng-IOst brother and this is how he repaid our kindness: [ Stole three of our solid silver table knives and two forks. Have never been able to find where he disposed of the cutlery. He then 5wiPed two blankets, two quilts, a cot, q gum coat and common coat and sold them i'll town for whiskey nloney. He then exchanged shoes for 0 better pair and left f6~ parts unknown. If any of our contemporaries employ him we would advise them to buy plenty of padlOcks and bulldogs.
 A suit containing some peculiar fea- lures has been instituted in the district court. The title of it is Mcfarland &1 Hooker vs. Syea Insurance company. f Tho rIaiDtjfTc cpalr Tn vao0--cT. -I7rl, of $3,500 insurance they claim to have applied for on their building, r. stock in the building and furniture. Tn their complaint they allege that l. H. Collins was the duly authorized agent of the company at Jerome; that as such agent he solicited the insurance Of the plaintiffs; that on Septem Der they filed their application for insurance < in the above sum with the said J. H. Collins and paid him &126 to cover the , period from September 3, 1698 to Sep ; tem6er g, 1899; that on September F their building, with all it's contents. was destroyed by fire, the total value ] being $7, ,500. The insurance company i through an attorney has entered a gen eral demurrer to the cOmplaint- JCuTnal-Miner. The appearance or our streets of a wagon drawn by six large Newfound- land and St. Bernard dogs last Mon l day, attracted q large and curious s crowd, foF-the day was warm, and as usual in Yuma, the sun was shining ( and none of the charaeteris- l tics of the kIondike country, save only ! the existence of gold On every hand, ] were apparent. Investigation I'evaaled { the fact that D. c. Blandy, wife and Q