Arizona republican., 1899-05-04

fires at the Central school building during this month, and other public | institutions have employed artificial heat. The weather observatory yes | terday morning recorded tempera-
 ture of 39 degrees, within degrees CT
 the freezing point. The temperature
 of April and May of last year ranged
 from 95 to 102 degrees. In the cor.
 responding months this year the tenn peTature has averaged so far about 70 1 degrees. The difference in temporal i tuhe between yesterday and the cor l responding day of last year was 23 1 degrees. William c. Burns, the weather observer, said yesterday that | the weather this year is abnormal, but l he could not suggest the cause. Dur ing the sumner months he is shut off
 from all telegraphic communication
 and he cannot say whether the condi- tiOn is general or local. He thinks the weather will grow warmer soon, but there may be another cold wave before
 summer comes in earnest
 BUSINESS BEFORE PLEASURE-
 The Pioneer Hose company held
 meeting last night and elected the fol- lowing officers: Clinton Lauver, pres iGent; N. A. Sanders, president; Robert Hayes, secretary and treasurer: Harry Parker, fireman; o. E. Bell.
 assistant foreman. The standing t:o1n-
 mittee will consist Of Hi Hooker. T. w. Stokoe and Harry Troops. The company has two kicks to register.
 The members have been working for
 hose cart and it is announced pub
 licly that they have realized their
 wish. They say they have not seen
 it's cclor yet. The fire police are not satisfied. Al Arthur, the captain, said
 last night that the fire police who have been rendering their services re- gently have not been paid He does not doubt that they will be, but he thinks the payment by insurance con- panies should be prompt, because if he has to wait it will be difficult in the future to get any one willing to do the work. The fire police are neces- s2ry to Q fire when the owner Of the property partially destroyed is not at hand. After the business of the even ing the department resolved itself into Q feasting party. Occasionally the department reaDS the fruit Of it's la bors. Last night Prosper Bcrdoni had a lunch prepared for the ffremen 10 show his appreciation Of their work ir, saving his saloon in the recent fire Mayor-elect Emil Gang and Louis M 7iczer furnished the liquid feature of the reDast.
 WILLARD VS. CARRUTTIERS. = The case of c. '. Willard vs. D. G. ] Carruther5 was tried in district court yesterday This is an action for damages growing out of an alleged as sault by tie defendant upon the plain tiff at Gi.a Bend . few months ago. That there was Q quarrel and Q nlix-lp i Of some sort is certain. There is al 1 ways discontent at GiIa Bend. The ] extent of this particular combat and ! Cha resultant injuries to the plaintiff | was the subject Of a great deal of con ] trary swearing. The case went to the i jury late in the afternoon and about i o'clock the jury returned Q sealed ! verdict. IL was net Opsned last night, l as Judge Street had gone home to : make preparation for his departure ! for Tucson. Judge Davis of Tucson 1 vii, arrive in town this morning to sit in cases in which Judge Street is disqualified The verdict will then be opened. The plaintiff came here befol.9 | the November term of court to make i complaint before the grand jury . agalnSL the defsndant. In the evidence, he was prepared to lay before that 1 body was his face, one side of which :. was adorned by flowing beard. The ! other side was adorned with one less flowing and Iuxuirant. This hirsute Gissimilarity he attributed to his en- counter with Carruthers He com plained also of more serious and per manent, but less observable injuries The grand jury ignored a charge against Carruthers of aggravated as- sauIt and than sthe civil action for damages was brought. The most won derful thing about the evidence yester- day was that such a wide variety of testimony could be gotten together in such a sD2rsaly settl5d community as Gila Bend.