Arizona republican., 1899-04-24

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 recent decision of the United States
 supreme court, has been received. It
 amounted to between $7,00G and $S,000. -Journal-Miner.
 A A Mckenzie showed us a head
 of Australian wheat this week which
 he said was a fair sample from forty
 acres. The head was fully eight inches
 long and fairly filled with golden
 grains. He counted seventy-two stems
 growing from one grain.-F'lOrence
 Tribune.
 Thursday last in northwest Prescott
 the dead body of a white baby was
 discovered, with a rock laid upon it.
 The body was wrapped up in some
 blankets and pieces of carpet. From
 appearances the body had been there
 about four weeks. It was a well de
 veloped child.-Prescott Courier.
 A well dressed hobo sneaked into a Pullman sleeper on the $. F. a few
 nights age, and finding berth un-
 occupied, turned in. He went down
 the road quite a distance before he
 was discovered. His ejectment was more vigorous and prompt than grace
 full In other words. he came out ''a-fiyin' Tucson Citizen.
 The people of Prescott are possessed Of an abnormal longing for informa- tion regarding matters of current In terest. The Courier says: In this is sue of the Courier is published some data concerning the trial and cOnvic- ton of Christ, all of which we believe will be a matter of news to a greaC many people in this section.
 Lieutenant Gilmore Of the United States warship Yorktown, who was captured by the Filipinos recently, was appointed from Arizona to the naval academy. He is a cousin of A. c. Gilmore of the Courier, whose fath CT was formerly a chaplain in the army, stationed at Whipple, and through whose influence young Gil- more was appointed to the naval acad- emy.-JOurna1-Miner
 Ivy Tyson was found dead on the banks of the Little Colorado last Sun day morning. He had sold a horse and saddle on the Sunday before to L. W. Johnson and was drinking con- siderabiy during the day. Before leaving town he told Thomas Seegar that if he was found dead to teie- graph J. P Detrich, Emporia, Kan Two bottles of Whiskey were found OOOAAC dAAAA elAlO cl OOIlAC O'- IIlO4 p-1lA4N. Judge Johnson summoned a jury. pro- ceeded to view the corpse, and a yer dict of suicide by morphine was ren- Mail.
 While showing his wife the work ings of a new model rife W. P. Carr shot and killed his 5- year-old son at Cedar last Saturday evening. Mir Carr elected several cartridges from the gun and think ing all had been extracted was putting them back in the magazine when in some unaccountabIe manner the ham mer fell, exploding a shell that had been overlooked in the barrel, and shooting the child through the abdo- men. The poor little fellow lived about fifteen minutes. The parents are heart-b-oken over the sad affair." Mohave Miner
 c. c. Babb of the United States geo. logical survey returned Wednesday from the upper Gila where he has been for the past six weeks measuring canals and noting reservoir sites. His trip extended into Nsw Mexico and covered a distance of some 900 miles, which was made with mules and buck beard. camping out much of the time. Accompanying him was J. Fred Ap- pleby, also of the surveying party, who is bringing the team to Florence by way of Globe MT. Babb returned by rail from Fort Thomas. These young men arc alive to their duties and credit to the servfce.-Florence Trjb- une.
 The Tucson Citizen. publishes over the signatures of President Frank Smith and Director George w. Cheney of the Ragrarco Mining and Milling company the following statement: Yesterday Jefferson P. Myers of De- troit. Mich, secretary and treasurer of the Ragnarco Mining and Milling was officially informed Of a of the board of directors for today at II a. m., and instructed to bring all books and papers of the ccm- pany that they might be audited, as he has not given an account of the assets of the company and has been using the same for his own wants. lie concluded to disappear and got cut or town on the early train with all the books and papers of the company.
 The widow of Thomas George Uetz, who was killed March IT in a wreck on the T. & P. near aVlentins, returned today from Dallas and passed through Fl Paso on her way to her home at Phoenix. Mrs. UetZ compromised with the company for damages on ac- count of the death of her husband. h. stead of bringing suit for a large sum of money and taking chances on the verdict of the jury she agreed to accept $4,000 cash, which the company promptly paid. The widow also re- ceived $1 ,OOO insurance on the life Of her husband; this added to the money paid by the company leaves quite a snug sum for her support-El Paso Herald. George Uetz was former resident of Phoenix and his bcdy was buried here.