Arizona republican., 1899-05-01
NEWS
 OF T HE
 TOWN

1 BURIAL OF AN INFANT.-The in fant daughter of MT. and Mrs. T. E
 Irvine was buried yesterday. Tn services were held in the afternoon a
 the family residence on South Sevent. avenue, the Rev. Dr. McCreary off ciating.
 | A NEW DEPARTURE. - Fay Knowlton has received something new in the way of a fan. It resemble: the ordinary electric fan, but Is man 1 ipulated by water power. It can bs used any place where a hose can bs | conveniently attached and where there is an outlet for the water.
 MIR. MINTZ'S CHILD BURIED The funeral services of the three-year- old child Of Mir and Mrs. George A Mintz, were held at the residence yes terday afternoon A number oi friends of the family were present The services were conducted by the Rev. Dr. McCreary.
 TWO DAYS YET.-Although it was expected that there would be three cars on the street car line yesterday, it will now be two days before the full number is running The dynamo belt which was severed at the power house was pasted and it VIII take that time for it to be ready for use.
 EARLIEST APRICOTS.-E P Grindell was in town yesterday from Peck's ranch near Glendale. He said that there are twenty-five acres Of apricots cn the ranch maturing rapid ly He believes a part of the fruit will be ripe in ten days or two weeks and Peck's ranch will have the car Hest apricOts in the United States.
  cursion trains to Mesa today will probably carry the largest crowd that ever visited that place. Trains will leave Phoenlx at a. m., and 12:9O D. m., city time. A train will leave Mesa returning at 4:30 p. m. The fare will be 35 cents for adults and 25 cents for children.
 DEVELOPING THE CHA MONS TER.-James T. Boyd returned yes terday from a trip to the GiIa Monster mine, sixteen miles north of town He says work is being done rapidly. The shaft is down eighty feet and it is proposed to sink 100 feet farther be- fore drifting About twelve men are for the developing.
 ESCAPED UNHURT.-Last Satur- day morning, James Shott, who has q sister, Mrs. c. T. Levis, living in that part of Kirksville Mo-, WF,ch lay in the path of the tornado of last Thurs day night telegraphed to her. He re- ce1ved reply on Saturday night from her husband, an attorney. saying that none of the family had been injured amid the widespread destruction.
 A BURGLARY.-The residence of J. J. Hardw;ck on South First avenue, was burglarized last Friday night. MT. Hardwick is absent from town but his family was at home On Sat urday night the family again had oc- casiOn to be alarmed. They were dis turbed by a noise late in the night and the next morning they discovered that screen window had been ripped from the frame
 KNOCKED FROM A HORSE.-An Indian boy about twelve years old was knocked from a horse not far from the M. 6 P. depot yesterday afternoon. Officer Molloy saw him after he had lain unconscious for half m hour. While the officer was hunt ng for a doctor the boy was picked ID Dy other Indians, who started to tn2 reservation with him.. He had not hen recovered consciousness.
 CATTLE PRICES-J. H. Powell, ! iAS 1NCo 1A-lc5CICO NdlIIS DtIy 6l, Ce'lilG III rom the south yesterday morning. | dr. Powell is engaged only in buying )eef cattle A stockman said yaster- | lay that the demand of California l lpon the Salt River valley for beef ! 'attle would be kept up through the | summer at the present high prices | Stock cattle may not lbe so high, but | hat will not greatly affect the valley, | or there is not very large volume | lere.
 SELECTED A BASE LINE.-A H. l thompson, a government agent, who rItved in this city about two months go, has selected a base line on the ailroad between Casa Grande and | GaricOpa His object is to accurately ivide> certain territory into degrees Of attitude and longitude. From the ase selected he will soon commence he work of triangla.ion for the pur- ose of making the typographical nap soon to be compiled by the gov He will connect with Ormer survey made at F't. Wingate, | nd definitely locate several points nd mountain peaks intervening.
 IMPRESSED HIM STRANGELY.- stranger from New York divided his inc between the band concert and tnef attractions about the tG"n ldSL ight and received an impression of 'hoenix. He tells the story. T have ever seen place. said the stranger, where so many people leave their omes on Sunday evening to attend a and concert. In fact, I did not think here were so many people in this ity until l witnessed your last fire. he population seemed to have in reased last night. the streets were lit rally crowded. Almost every corner ad it's preacher or stump speaker" YOUNG INCENDIARY. - What ! -ould have been the fourth fire of last lonth. was narrowly averted yester- ay. F. o. White while riding along \ dams street noticed a small boy ghting a brush pile agianst a house, 3st of Gardiner's mill. The flames i