Arizona republican., 1899-03-26

I4d0, IOfInSW4N CT f1O2'IiA, IS III t'N t4' He is contemplating en EdgInS i'll bHsl- ness ill this county.--JOIEHIl-M Miner
 Miss Bessie Sharkey, who has been teaching school at Schultz during the past winter, spent yesterday III I tucson en route to PhOenix.-Tucson Cltlzen'
 Johnny Bell, the Rough Rider. IS lald up with an attack of chfu5 and fever. He was obliged to reslgn his position in Winsl0w Ariz., 2n1 come home Albuquerque Democrat.
 Archbishop Bourgaile w!li arrive n this city Thursday, April 6, from I Gc- son. As the train reaches LamY in the night time, the archbisn2p will ye-
 main there over Wednesday night, and reach this city by 9 special train Thurs day morning-Santa :.e New MeXi- can
 H. H. Harder, one of the cOmmis- sieneTS of the Greater American EXpo- sition, to be held at Omaha this year, beginning July 1 and ending Novem- Der l, is in the city. MT. Harder has just paid visit t1 Arizona to procure exhibits fer the exposition and has en- deavored to induce that territory to send exhibits showing the products and resources of the Salt River valley and the rich mining interests fo: which Arizona is noted-El Paso Herald.
 Treasurer Drachman says that the taxable property in new Pima county will be over $3000, 900 this year owing to the improvements which have been made in Tucson this spring. This will make Pima a firSt-claSS county. The taxable property in old Pima was $3,S00 900 last year and the new county Of Santa Cruz took about 1000 900 of this. Tucscn has been segregated four times, but the old county always turns up in the first clasS.-TucSOn Citizen.
 Marshal McMillin has received iet- ter from man by the name of John Oberlitner of Tucson. ATiz. who thinks that he is the Black Jack concerning whom inquiry was received sUme weeks ago from a brother, who s;aled that Black Jacks" father lad died iii Missouri, leaving him $2.5G0 as his share of the estate. Ina marshal WI notify the brother in Mis 50uri and If Black Jack proves to be the light man he will receive his heritage.-AI- bUQuerque Citizen. @
 Emil Cassi, a trumpeter of the Rough Riders during the Cuban war, and who, according to reports from other members of that regImGur, GiStin- gCished himself by his g-eac modesty, in refraining from making himself COIL spicuous on the firing inc, has again become distinguished DJ shooting q Cuban majCr in Hayapl Cassi was ! lieutenant on the police force of that city. The Cuban officer, it is said will die, and Cas5i is in jail. Cassi was a member Of the Pioneer band for short time a year ago.
 w. J. Parks is here ttfs wce1 frcn the coal fields strip. He reports that negotiations are now pending for the sale of his mining pr0perci~s there. ail but two claims, for a sooj sum. The following claim owners arc steadily pursuing development work with en- cOuraging results: Parks t& &tchal d. son, Knowles & Parish. Albert Warren and associates, wh recently purchased the Jimmie Stevens minn, Bill NYno.en, Frank Piper, Henderson and IJans Considerable ore is being sacked for shipment to Fl PaSo. Mr: Parks health is not very good and he Niil probably remain here until after the spring term of the district court.-SoI- omonvide Bulletin.
 William Harrison, who left here as a packer for Cuba, where he took Bill Eckhorst's place as chief packer, was killed a short time ago. It seams that the packers were gambling among themselves and Bill Harrison had been quite successful. A dispute or quarrel arose among them- The cook of the pack train pulled a pistol and shot Harrison dead. Bill was well known and had many friends in Gra- ham county. He was at one time fore man for B. B. Norton at Cedar Spring The Quartermaster at Grant has been notified that $700 in cash and $500 in checks was found on him, and asking about his relatives, of whom nothing is known here except that they live somewhere in Ohio Harrison also owned some fine copper prospects in the lower Aravaipa-Bonita Cor respondent SOlomOnville Bulletin.
 Almost every day brings an influx of farmers from the drcsitH -sttickcn ra- gions Of California to the fertile valleys of Arizona. This is the third success i've dry season for California Three years ago the farmers of that sulte had barely half a crop on account of the scanty moisture; last year a tCtal failure ill most parts of the state. and this year promises but little better. Although it has been IaiRin2 recently in the southern part O. the state, q greater portion of the growing season has gone by and not more than half q crop can now be raised. This cOlltjn- ued failure of crops in California is sending many of her citizens to this part of Arizona, where the farmer pays no more attention to rain than he does