Arizona republican., 1899-09-20

I Programme. The citizens of Yuma
Should subscribe literally as such days
are always beneficial to a town-it
! proves that the town is wide-awake if
nothing mere.
Charles Metcalfe's pretty little resi-
| dence on Pine street narrowly es-aned
destruction by fire last Tuesday. The
origin OF the fire is unknown. Lew
Roach,, q neighibor. rctic- d snake Is
suing from the window and promptly
! extinguished the flames before any
serious damage was done. Ne enc was
at home when tha fire broke out, and
/ had the fire remained unseen a few
minutes longer nothing On earth would
have saved the structure from total de-
struotion. -Mch3ve Miner.
The, informal opening of the north
ern- Arizona normal sclool took place
I Monday, twcnty-three pupils being in
attendance. The school was a1drs ssed
by Hon A. A Duttcn, member of the
territorial beard of education; ]. E.
jones, Rev. George Lcgia, J. c. Grim,
Prfof. A. n. Taylor, the principal. and
Miss Bury, the c.s5iaI3nt Tha school
starts cut under the most fave able
auspices. Ten pupils are expected the
first OF next week. five OF them from
Apache county.-COc0T6nc Su2
David L. Nelson has sd cut his
range and cattle interests on FIiucis
creek, this ccurty, to William Pinller-
ton. of SaI:ras. Cal. The deal was
ccnsunmat- Wednesday AID the pur-
chaser rad $4,000 fCt properly well
worth the money. Mr.. Ne.scn came
here a young man with only a few
head CT cattle and by honest thrift and
careful management has am2ss-d a
large herd. His many friends in this
and the adjoining e'surties VII be
pleased - hear CT Dawes g0Cd fortune.
--MChaye Miner.
Friday evening + last week Glenn
McNi3ir, had timbeTman IF the Grand
Central mine at Minas PIi5tzs. enc OF
his sub-jCss1s named Dave KenifaX,
and tive Mexican helpers were caught
in a cav5-in 81 the ssvo-t1 lavel Of the
mine ard ali were severely bruised and
hurt, but fortuna teiy no ore Wi2l5 dam
gerously injured aud no bones were
broken. Glen .HcN3ir was buried IN
der a pile Of Tcck from. which It tcck
an hour and d quarter Of digging to ex-
tricate HIN. He was badly cut about
the face AID 2d.-Nog3les Oasis.
Charles Logan, 2 young man about |
81 years Of age. and well and favcrably |
known in northwestern Arizona, died |
at blackberry Tuesday Of stomach /
tlcuble from which he has suffered for
several years. In his Un'-inlsIy depart |
ure fTsEn this I5fe MotaYa county lcses |
an honest upright citizen and enc
whose impulses wsrs always good |
Born and raised in the west ne grew |
up, married and had his home among
cur p6cple and always was considered |
a worthy young man. He leaves a |
stricken VIE ard child in Hackb cry |
and three brothers in Lincoln county. |
Nevada, 10 mourn lis I0s5.-Mohave |
Miner.
The September term cf the district
court convenea IN Monday next. says
the CcconiDo Sun. There are four
criminal c1ses on the docket the most
interesting OF which & the case CT the
territory vs.. w. z. Roy, VINO was in
dicted for grand larceny a the last
term of the ccu-t, tUs MS counsel held /
that Roy was net Of sound mind. He
was tried before a jury who tetur2ed a
verdict of insanity. and Roy was sent
to the territorial insane ssylurn for
treatment. He was returned from that
institution in July as having been
cured. There are thirty-sayen cascs on
the civil docket, eight of which are di-
VOrce cases.
The people in the Tonic section buy
over half Of their suppii=s either il
Phoenix CT ria gstaf There are three
burro trains that are continually On
che move bringing in goods. When
the Hudson reservoir IS built that
country will be compelled t. t-ade VIII
Phoenix Or Flagstaff, On account Of the
ws-er backing upon the present road,
lEd it would be as easy to pull ever
REQ pass as to try t. get around thu
water by following the foothills and
ross the river above the back water {