Arizona republican., 1899-07-02
NEWS
 OF THE
 TOWN

A PATRIOTIC THEME. The ser mon at the Baptist church this nom
 ing will be especially appropriate t1
 Independence Day.
 1 CAUGHT IN AN KRONER. "A
 young woman employed at the Ma
 tional steam laundry was badly burned
 on one hand yesterday by having it caught in a steam ironer
 1 WILL SPEAK TONIGHT. Rev
 Dr. E. D. GMcCreary will speak at the | first union service this evening. Dr
 speaker and this will be one of the
 last opportunities for hearing him be- 1 fore his vacation
 GRADUATES DIPLOMAS. - Su-
 perintendent R. L. Long has prepared
 the diplomas for the normal school graduates which will be delivered to them this week The diplomas are handsomely engraved and will com pare favorably with thosa issued by
 much larger normals than Arizona
 supports.
 HAYRACK RIDE. Tine Baracas
 and Kings Daughters of the Baptist church, chaperoned by Mrs Bucklsy and Miss Eccles. enjoyed a moonlight hayrack ride to Mesa Monday evening.
 They attended the concert given at the Baptist church in Mesa On the way home the boys caused the mocn-
 light to turn pale under the blaze of
 the burning sahuara.
 GERMANIA VEREIN. The Ger mania Verein was partially organized
 here on Friday night. IL is the first social club of the GerElan-AmeIicans of Phoen:x It starts in with a mem- Bsrship of thirty. The presjleui is Frank Holzner and the secretary MT Blake Another meeting Will be held next Wednesday night at which the organization of the club will be com pEe'ted.
 TAKEN SUDDENLY ILL. Late lal-l, night J. Ernest Walker was taken violently ill ac the office of pr. Thomas. and at ? o'clock this morn ineI he was sI1:ll very sick. Dr. Thcmas sa31 tIalere YVES no necessity for alarm on the part of his friends, as he thought MT Walker would be we'll in a few days. The sudden.ress of the illness came from an affection of the heart.
 A NEW BUILDING. Washington street is to have a new business block It is to be built by General M. H. Sherman on his lot adjoining the Lewis block on the west and between Center and First avenue It is said that the building will have frontage of severty-five feet and run back 10 the alley, 135 feet. The building will probably be three stories ln height and constructed of brick.
 BAPTIST CHURCH. Second av- enue and Jefferson street, Lewis Hal sey. pastor Bible study. 9:45 a. m; sermon by the pastor Il a. m-; theme, How America May Be Blessed" Pa triots are especially invited. In the evening there will be union outdoor service on the lawn at the Presbyt6r- ian church, with sermon by Rev. pr. McCreary All are cordially invited to these services.
 SHIPPING MELONS. The Phce- LUX Melon association, of which Lin coin Fowler is president, yesterday shipped a carload of watermelons- to Kingman. A carload of melons will be shipped to Tucson on Monday by the association and one car of canae- lopes will be shipped to Denver. There is considerable demand for melons from outside places this year, and the Melon association finds a ready mar ket for all tis product.
 JOURNALISTIC. -El Democrata, whose editor is. Pedro G. de la Lama, yesterday contained an ar"ticle which m ight be construed to be a criticism of the judiciary. Editor de la Lama lamants that the courts should be used to administen poE'tcal punish ment MT de la Lama had recently been indicted by a United States grand jury for adultery He accuses the deputy United States marshal of hav- ing worked up a case against him.
 THE NEW BERKELEY PRESI- DENT. --Dr. Benjamin Idle Wheeler. the new president-eldct of the Uni vers.ty of California, is an old ac- qua:ntanoe of Rev. Dr. Halsey, who spent a Sunday With him in New York state and filled the pulpit that day. He is not an ordained min ia5er, but is en earnest church worker. 1 a member of the Ithaca Baptist church and is oftan called upon to give addresses at state and national re. igious assemblies. Cornell univer- sity has the finest college Y. M. c. A. | in the United States, and Professor Wheeler is a leader in Y. M. c. A. | work
 STRUCK RICH ORE.- A prospector who has returned from the Clark min ing district says that rich ore has been found in the Little Mandie shaft on the Tuba Dam gold properties. The 1 assay returns showed four ounces in gold and S70 a ton in silver. The Lit | tle Maudie vein is about three feet in | width and is exposed by a forty-foot | shaft. The vein does not vary an inch | in that depth until it reaches the | bottom of the shaft when there is widening which indicates a great | chute of ore below T. D. Morris of | IS the owner of the Little l Maudie claim, and he also owns a great many good claims in the Clark l district
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