Arizona republican., 1899-09-13


the darkness were unable to find a
trail.
NEW FIRE DISTRICTS. = The
Icity council, sitting as board OF
equalization, resolved Itself into a
council long enough yesterday evening
to take up a new fire ordinance ere
ating two fire districts, a general and
a special one. The general district is
bounded by Seventh street, Seventh
avenue, Van Buren, street and Jackson
street, the old city limits. The special
district is included between Fourth
street and Fourth avenue and the al
| ley between Adams and Monroe
streets and the alley between Jefferson
and Madison streets, practically the
! limits Of the old district Within the
general district and outside the special
district no combustible material can be
used in the construction of cutter walls
of new buildings. or in additions or
repairs to old ones. By combustible
material is meant any other than brick,
stone, cement or adobe. Corrugated
iron and tin as wall protection are pro-
hibited. Roofs within the general and
outside the special district may be Of
single. Within the special district
they must be Of slate, tin or iron. The
OuIy nldL6IId1 ludl may III
exposed must be in window and door
castings.
A GHOST STORY. The house in
which Minnie Powers was killed by the
'"Cockney" just before committing sui
eide almost year ago is getting a bad
name It always had a bad, that is,
disreputable name, but now it is be
ginnig to be regarded with awe. The
hocs tod Er1.s 1fT1er
time, almost ever since the double
tragedy. People who passes it at night
hear things. So far nobody has seen
anything, but almost any night there
are noises as if heavy objects were be-
ing moved about and as if people were
walking heavily. 1t has not been
very long since these noises began to
be heard and it was at first thought
that they were made by hobcs who
had taken possession of the deserted
house of blood Residents Of the neigh
borhoCd and officers have satisfied
themselves that nobody of flesh and
blood could be in the place. The doors
and windows were found to be securely
fastened and no signs Of inhabitants
have been discovered. Neither were
any noises heard by the Investigators
while they wer in the building, but on
I6dN Ing II n6 SnOotIN SOunQO " C1 IC-
newed. Some of the superstitious peo-
pie Of the nefghborhood account for
the demonstration at this time after
the long silence on the ground of the
near approach Of the anniversary OF
the murder and suicide.
CHINESE MARRIAGES. - Lee
Chin, better known as John, a peddler
Of vegetables, was in the county re-
corders office yesterday giving away
state secrets of China and the
matrimonial customs Of the Ce-
les'tail kingdom Plurality CT mar
riages, according to Lee Chin,
are much more in vogue in
China than would be supposed, judging
from the Cinnamon who came here
and who are not married at all. The
extent to which plurality Of wives is
carried, Lee Chin says, depends upon
the wealth of the husband and the
of his house The en-
peror has 120 wives, that's all says
Lee Chin. Lee Chin's grandfather
stood pretty high in the social scale !
and had fifteen wives. Then the fam
lily began to run down at the heel Lee
Chin's father had only ten and the
fortunes of the Chin family had
reached such a low ebb when Lee ar
rived at the marrying age that he
could afford only six helpmeets. He !
has been deprived by providence of all !
but two CT them. One lives in Frisco !
and the other in China But these |
TWO, Lee Chin says, are ''too muchee, !
90 muchee, big cost, raise hellee alice i
time" Recorder Sheridan grew very /
much interested in Lee Chins con- /
Eersation, inquired the cost of living /
n China per wife, the fare to China, !
he salaries paid county recorders /
here, the profits in cattle raising and ]
he general condition of society.
AUDIBLE RATIOCINATION. A !
nan by the name of Thompson, !
;amped on a vacant let in the eastern /
part OF town, became an annoyance to /
lis neighbors and yesterday complaint /
Vas made to the sheriff, before which !
official he was summoned. The COM j
olalnt was that Thompson was a .
man. Net only that, but so /
emphatic are his thoughts that in or
Ter to get their full value they must
}e audibly expressed. He Therefore +
kinks out loud and finds great enjoy /
nent in conversation with himself, no /
loubt more than if the dialogue were /
carried on with is unappreciative /
leighbors. At times large Web ,
terian thoughts force recognition [
lpon him; thoughts that can hardly I
)e expressed in grammatical English .
md as he is not linguist he necessar- 7
ly resorts to rhetorical and pyrOtech !
lical profanity. 1t is these intervals /
# mental travail that offend the
leighborhood It is not believed that /
le has any desire to be a disturbing +
lement in the community and his good +.