Arizona republican., 1899-03-24

Marchal'' must have heard about Cab-
 tain Hagens' instructions. for they
 kept out of Sheriff Murray's way all
 day
 | MOTORMAN INJURED. -Benjamin
 Sandy, motorman of the Phoenix
 street railway, was badly hurt yester- | day. He was coming east on car IA,
 when about half a mile this side of the
 capitol grounds something happened
 to the trolley. Sandy was alone in the
 car. He got on top of it to fix it. He
 received a shock from the wire which
 knocked him from the car. He fell on his head and shoulders and lay sense-
 less for some time. A lady found him,
 and restoring him to consciousness
 bandaged his head. He was brought
 to his room near the corner of Fourth
 avenue and Washington. and late last
 night was still badly muddled. Dr.
 Robbins, who Is waiting on him. says
 that dangerous complications are pos
 sible
 DESCENDED THEIR POWER. "A
 special meeting of the city council was
 held last night for the purpose Of
 creating an ordinance granting per
 mission for the construction of a ce-
 ment sidewalk on First avenue be-
 tween Adams and Monroe streets. h the course of the meeting the question
 of commissioning members of the
 merchants patrol was discussedg It was finally decided to revoke any power which may have previously been vested with Al Galpin and L. M Fran cis. The council came to the con clusion that it was not the sense of the law to consider the members of a merchants patrol as having any more power to arrest or carry weapons than any citizen. The arrival at the de cision was augmented by the recent brGil between the night watchmen,- and it was thought that a club would be an effectual weapon for a special man.
 BEEF CATTLE PRICES. - Charles F. Schumacher of Tucson whC was iE town on Wednesday buying cattle for his market, says that the price of beef cattle is higher now than it has been ! at any time during his sixteen years | experience in the butchering business of Tucson. It has not been many years ! since MT. Schumache4 was first driven 1 into the Salt River valley after cattle ! and his latest trip is his first purchas | ing journey to the north side. He said | that there had been a phenomenal ad i vance on the south side and the figures i were so high that he could not adjus5 i his beef market to suit. He believes | that the rain in California NWill be i quickly followed by a decline in the i price of stock in the valley. Without ] the rain there seemed to be nothing to ! keep figures from soaring out of sight. i The immediate effect Of the California i rain on Arizona catile will be only in i direct in stopping the demand for val ! ley hay. which will sharply decline. | The decline in cattle will naturally be | almost simultaneous. Later Califor- nia beef will be brought into cOmpeti- ! tiOn with Arizona beef if the rain on ] the coast is of any importance.
 SAVED BY TELEPHONE. The tel | CphCne wire between Mesa and Phoe- ! nix was supe~heated by use fer a short | time yesterday afternoon. A young | man living three miles south of Mesa | came to town to get married. He was i dressed in shining black and the bride ! in dazzling white. They were accOmpa- | nied by a best man ard a bridesmaid i from their own neigEDOrh0Od. They drove about town until the middle of . the afternoon, when the bridegroom i and groomsman went to get the mar riage license. The startling disclosure . was made that the young man was not yet his own boss and that his fathers to the hazardous step he was about to take was a legal requirement. The young man was so stunned that he could see no way through, over or around the obstacle. The father was twenty miles away and the wedding hour was not half mile distant. Pro bate Judge Scott suggested the tele- phone. The young man seized the wire with the enthusiasm with which man lays hold of straw. All other business between Mesa and Phoenix was suspended for the next few minutes. A messenger was sent out after the old man and half an hour