Arizona republican., 1899-12-27
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\ SUCCESSFUL BALL. The ball given by the Woodmen's Circle last night was a very successful affair. There was an attendance of more than eighty couples.
 TEACHERS EXCURSION. - Tue son is busily engaged just now enter taining about 13O Salt River valley people who left yesterday morning on the teachers excursion arranged by School Superintendent A. +. Fulton for the accommodation of those desir- ing to attend the institute held there this week.
 A CENTER STREET IMPROVE NENT.-Dr. Purman and Dr. Martin are preparing to erect an office build ing on North Center street opposite the Hotel Adams and adjoining the Good ing building The destruction of a small adobe building which stands on the site of the proposed new one was begun yesterday.
 A SOLDIERS DISCHARGE. The discharge paper of Robert Brown of the Rough Rider regiment was found on the street yesterday afternoon and brought to The Republican office, where it is held for the owner. Brown was sergeant of Troop A. which was commanded by Captain Frantz after the death of Captain O'NeilI.
 CRAZY ON RELIGION. William White was arrested yesterday for in sanity on complaint of a member Of the Salvation Army. of which he had been meRber. He is crazy on the subject of religion into which he had gotten too deep. At his examination he said he was all right, but his com plainant was mentally unbalanced.
 DEATH OF MISS BALL. - Miss Maude Ball died yesterday at the home of her sister, Mrs. Jones, on North Third street. She was formerly a res ident of Lansing, Mich. where she was engaged in school teaching. and has a number of friends and old ac- quaintances in this city. The funeral will be held this morning at 10 o'clock.
 WORK ON THE DAM. A gentle man who returned yesterday from a trip to the head of the Arizona canal, reports that the work of raising the new dam is progressing satisfactorily and is almost finished. The dredgers have been hard at work widening the canal, except for a few days when the water was turned out for q cleanup.
 p. II. COYLE DEAD. p. II. CoyIe. an old resident of Phoenix, died last night at 10 o'clock after an illness of several years. The funeral will take place at 3:30 o'clock this afternoon from the family residence one block north of Five Points on the Black can yon road. The services will be con ducted under the direction of the I. O. O. r.
 X GENTLEMAN COMING. A re- cent issue of the Santa Barbara. Cal, News says: "The family of J. H. Franklin of Carpinteria will leave within a day or so for Phoenix. Ari- zora. at which place MT. Franklin is going into the cattle business. He has lived for years in Carpinteria, one of the most respected citizens of the valley"
 A TRUST OF TRUSTS. Articles of an entirely new corporation which may be described as a trust of trusts, were filed in the office of the county record CT yesterday. It is called the Corpora tions Organization and is formed for the purpose of taking charge of and managing corporations. The incor- porators are Quincy A. Gates, John H. Cornell and Ernest F. Balsh, all of New York. The capital stock is S30O, GOO. divided into shares of $1OO each.
 IGNORED BY FRENCHMEN. - l.. M. Francis yesterday received a let ter from Paris informing him that he has been elected to a membership in a society Of some kind. He is not a French scholar. but from what he can make out he is now a member of an association for inventors. Mir Francis has invented a variety of things. but his fame rests so far largely on his dis covery of the tin nose" Some of his other inventions are more complex, but they have not been patented yet.