Arizona republican., 1899-01-26

The Tucson Driving association de- s;res to hear from Bisbee and Phoenix in respect to representation as base ball club or bicycling.
 It is understood that Charles Hof, ex-treasurer Of Pima county, will not return alone. He has been in Texas and is due in Tucson this morning.
 Sam Braunhart, the erstwhile com mercial traveller, well known all over Arizona, is member of the California senate. MT Braunhart is accompa- nied by his talking machine.
 Considerable mining excitement is manifested about Bisbee. New finds are being made thereabouts and all tend to show that there is good flu ture in store for that section
 Work has been commenced in earn est on the new base ball grounds at Bis pee, and it is said that before the 22d of February, 1899, the grounds will have been fully prepared for the game that is to be played on that day.
 H. Gerwein, the Benson lumber mer- chant says lots have risen in price at the junction, and that building i'm provements have been quite active in the past six months. He thinks Ben son the proper place for the county seat of Cochise county.
 Rough Rider Tom Wiggins of Bisbee has been suffering considerably from the effects of the wound he received at San Juan hill, Cuba. He has been ad vised by an eminent medical expert to go east to have the bullet, which Is still in the hip, extracted, as it will take an expert operation to extract the ball.
 Supervisor Benton returned from Tombstone today and reports the as sessor business not settled yet, and that it will not be until the 11th of next month, when the board will have to go to Tucson and show cause why they have not issued a certificate of election to w A. HarwOod, as assessor. Bis bee Orb.
 The first negro to receive recognition in an official position around the legis- lature is w. P. Robert. colored preacher of MaricOpa county The Maricopa democrats demanded this po- sition as their share of the patronage and it was conceded to them. Robert did some good work for the democrats during the campaign.-SilYer Belt.
 Thee Bolle of Prescott won a $40 Petaluma incubator last year by pro ducing the best single hatch of chick ems in one of The above incubators. As there were about 1000 contestants this speaks well for Prescott as a favorable place for chicken hatching. MT. Bolle reports having raised over 5000 chick ems last year. He has one incubator with a capacity of 1900 eggs.
 Justice Hanna is in from Chaparral, says the Prescott Courier. He is in re- ceipt of telegram from Kansas City conveying the sad news of the death at that point of his youngest brother, whom he had not seen since Q boy The young man was an employe of Wells, Fargo & Co.,, and was contem- plating coming to Arizona for his health, some weeks ago, upon the ad- vice of Justice Hanna.
 It is certainly assured that all the speedy horses in the southwest will be at Tucson by February 10 to go into training for the races set to take place February 22.. With two base ball games and several bicycle contests, the two days will be full of entertainment Tucson will be in a position to enter tain guests from Wilcox, Bisbee, No gales, Benson, Casa Grande, Tomb stone and Phoenix and ether points. Before the week is out more definite in- formation concerning horses, base ball clubs and bicyclists can be made public
 With the ''big strike" so persistently, regularly and hopefully reported there came change in the shape of gold nuggets found in the region Of Tom Fitch's mythical, world-moHfng. value changing gold mine, to-wit, in Canyon del Orc, north of the city. Dick Brady and Arthur Crepin gre making a test of one of Campini's new ore machines. When through they will either have money or possibly both It takes such ventures to make things move. There is gold in abundance in that canyon and some day the right spot will be oyered-Fronterizo
 Joe Trolio, commonly known as Big Joe,'' went on, jag. yesterday evening and went to the house of Joe Dairo,