Arizona republican., 1899-02-09

The following appointments, made by Mayor Dougherty, have been con- firmed by the Prescott city council: Health officer, T. B. Davis; city attor- ney. P. w. O'Sullivan; surveyor, J. J. Fisher; night watchman, Charles R. Wallace; city auditor and clerk, John P Bauder.-Prescott Courier.
 Alex Jeffrey is on the warpath. He gave a travelling piano tuner $25 for fixing his piano. The tuner" tore the instrument to pieces, and then hammered it together again and made good his escape. Alex says he is out piano and $25, but has gained sufficient experience to last him many years. Look out for fake-s.-Border Vidette.
 Mrs. Lieutenant Franklin was heard from at Yokohama yesterday. She was five days late, reaching that place or January 18th, although due on the 11th. They encountered a very rough sea about half way between Honolulu and Yokohama. Mrs Franklin likely reached Manila just in time to have to take to a transport to get out of the way of the fighting Saturday, Sunday and today.-El Paso Herald. Mrs. Franklin was in Phoenix on her way to join her husband i'll the Philippines. She spent several days here the guest of Mrs. Scotten.
 The Old Dominion Copper Mining and Smelling company, which shut down it's smelter December Sth last on account of the severe snow storm and scarcity of fuel wood is preparing to blow in one of it's furnaces again with in few days. From this time forward a gradual expansion Of mining and general business may be expected that will soon make Globe the liveliest and most prosperous mining town in Ari- Zona. No boom is expected or desired, and persons of speculative turn and those without money or capacity for hard work who are figuring on coming here with the expectation of growing suddenly rich, had best stay away Globe Silver Belt.
 This morning Tombstone awoke to find the ground covered with mantle of the beautiful. Such occurrences here always seem to infuse new life into old folks, who think they are young again, and readily join with the young men and boys in the more or less devilish practice of unmercifully pelting pedestrians with snowbalis About the time the unwary one thinks he has escaped from a volley of frozen missiles, he is covered in an avalanche of snow rolled from the roof of build
 
 bombardment was on in full force this morning and continued until old Sol took a hand and confscated all the am- intuition. Tombstone Prospector.
 E. G. Lewis, familiarly known as Red died on the 2d of the present month at WinslOw, Arizona, of small pox. MT. Lewis had been in the G. H. & s. A. yards as switchman at this point for almost a year. He was first employed in the night yards and from that position he was transferred to day work in the same yards, which po- sition he held until few weeks ago, when he resigned and announced his intention of going to Williams Ari- zona. He left for that point, but was only there a short time when he was taken down with the smallpox, and af- ter a short illness he died The news of his death was great shock to his friends at this point, as he was the pie ture of health when he left here but a short time ago.-El Paso Herald
 The Deseret News, referring to the | Arizona strip of country coveted by l Utah, says: "On the so-called 'Ari- zona strip which created So much dis | cussion in the Utah legislature two l years ago and which the Arizona legis- 1 lature declined to allow to become l
 
 less than ,000 Utah sheep, 10000 Of i which are from Kane county, are now ] wintering There are probably 15,OOG | head of cattle from Kane county on the ! Arizona strip at this time. The cattle 1 business is enjoying a good deal of a l boom down there." Commenting on the above, the Coconino Sun says: Tt is evident that the strip of country north of the Colorado is not the barren | deserted spot that our Utah friends | tried to make us believe it was. On i the other hand, it is fine grazing sec ticn and also contains many acres of 1 fine timber as well as fine mineral de- 1 posits."
 The impression exists in the minds | of some people that the Helvetia cop per properties, thirty-seven claims in ! the Santa Ritas, is on the market. This | is merely a dream. Messrs. Seager, | Cooper and Fellows, of the Calumet l Hecla Copper Mining company of !! Michigan, paid $50,000 for the property | under contract with Messrs. UdalI 6 | Dwyer, in December last, have exam | ined the property and are now in the | northern state arranging details. MT. ! Cooper, who Is experienced in the man | agement of smelters, will return to the ! Belvetia in few weeks to take con- | trOl Meantime MT Dan Dwyer is su- ! perintending affairs, with fifteen men | working He will have fifty men at | work by March 10 The properties; ! will be fully developed and Dlockei out, i and the largest plant in the territory i will be established thereafter This | Helyetia deal is an extremely import | ant one and will throw into Tucson. | gradually for the present, a large |