Arizona republican., 1899-02-24
NEWS
 OF THE
 TOWN

| c&urcn JOELS1L. NO aUmlSSlOn VIII be charged and all who go may be sure of a pleasant evening.
 HIGH SCHOOL ANNEX. The con-
 tract for the building of the high
 school annex was let yesterday to Fi field 6 Gallagher. with a proviso re- 1 g2rding the shinglipg. The contract i Ors mentioned were the lowest bidders i at $5,745.
 B. Y. P. U. SOCTAL-At the social i given by the Baptist Young Peoples Union at the church this evening there 1 will be literary selections by Mrs. i George Brewer, Miss Bessie Thomas. ! Miss Bella Forbes and Dr. HRisey;
 music by Mrs. Walter Porter, Miss
 Alfree and the Misses Halsey.
 HIRAM WHITTON'S DEATH. - 1 Hiram WhittOn, aged 19, died yester-
 day afternoon at his home near the
 Madison school house. His death was
 the result Of a hamOrThage of the
 lungs. The funeral services will he l held at the residence lcf the deceased I this afternoon at o'clock and the ] body will be inferred in the Loring ! cemetery.
 CROWDED BOTH WAYS. Rail
 road men are observing a peculiar sit
 uation in the passenger traffic. Both l incoming and outgoing trains aae crowded. It has always been the 1 ease that trains were well filled in cnly 1 one direction. In the fall and winter 1 they were crowded only coming in. | When warm weather began to come | the tide turned the other way.
 PROGRESS ON THE CAPITOL. - | The trenches for the foundation of the 1 walls of the capitol building were fin ished yesterday. Contractor LCve1l ! 11a l excavation for 'the foundation support | ing the dCme. Men will also be set al work hauling sand to De used in build 1 ing the foundation. The contractor is waiting now on the conmissicn to de- 1 eide regarding the kind of material to 1 be used and the commission is waiting 1 on the legislature for the a9propI ia | ton of S27 000 recommended by tie | joint committee. II. w. Clusky, Lov- 1 els general foreman, aTriyerd from | Dallas yesterday accompanied by his wife.
 DANGEROUS DITCH. Officer Al ! HaWley discovered a dangerous ditch l before sunrise yesterday on Third | street between Washington and Adj ans. It seems that the man who had 1 been digging it during the night be- ] came tired and left his work without l taking the precautiCn to place over 1t i 9 safety lantern. Officer EEaWley caused l him to fiji it and stationed his laE- l telns there Returning again last l evening he found that the ditch had l naenl. covered with soft mud, but was
 in even more dangerous condition than | before He said the ditch was in very favorable position to encourage 1 anashups of rigs CT bicycles and decLl- | ing 1t extreme carelessneSs, logged a | -,T,,-, }70
 1 NEW PLACE OF WORSHIP. The l members of the Christian church are pushing the matter Of the erection Of 2 1 new house of worship quietly, but eG- ! pect to break ground in few days 1 for the foundation The structure WILL l be of brick, with stone foundation l with modern c0nveniences. It will De so constructed that 1t may be enlarged l later on without marring the archl- ! tecLural appearance Of the building. | The building committee is new aI W7~tk 1 examining designs and considering the 1 hest method of construction, etc. The ] committee is composed of M. v. War i ren. chairman: ]. B. Tannehill, Frank 1 Fuqua and Robert Friedel. A. P. i WaIbridge is secretary Of the ccnni1- 1 tee. Beginning next Sunday regular 1 services will be held in Good TemDlar l hall on Adams street, between First and Second avenues.
 i OFFICER BUSH'S ASSAIIAN FS.- 1 William SewaIl. r D. Black and Dave l Gibbons. the three Santa Fe bridge men. who with three others, assaulted 1 Deputy Sheriff Joe Bush on Wednesday ] nieht, were taken before Justice jodn- | stone yesterday morning SeWaII l pleaded guilty to misdemean0r, sInce l it did not arppear that he was engaged 1 wi p fyETc whom the officer had arrested 11f 1 drunkenness and whCm the others | were trying to release. The case 1 9gainst Black and Gibbons is more l serious. They are charged with tei- o1v. They gave bond in the sum of i $500 for their appearance today for 1 preliminary examination. The other three have not yet been appIehended.
 DeDuty Sheriff Bush was about his du- ties as usual yesterday little the worse
 for his experience the previous night.
 A SCATTERED REGIMENT.-'5fncs | inc muster out of the AEcCOrd regiment
 many of the soldiers have scattered ! through the country. Following is J list of their whereabouts 50 far as
 known: Gus Heyd9rn, Germany; J.
 Bush, Cuba; Nat Johnson, Maine; E.
 N. Whitney. Pennsylvania; Edward
 Wade, A1ichigan: Frank Utte1sOn.
 BIare Rimmer, Charles Meyers. James
 J. Medley, san Francisco; H. II.
 Weaver, Portland. Ore; John Meigan.
 Charles ?. Cox. F. [. Layman and
 Frank Clifford, Kentucky; E1.ry
 WTIding. Georgia; [. G1. Lamson and
 Charles 1Vorthingham, Chicago; Q. M.
 Judd, Nebraska; Edward Wanger
 Kansas City; w. J. Labner, Nova
 Scotia; O. O. Matthews, Mexico; c. w..
 Williams Kentucky; Walter kibbay.
 Indiana; Charles Noyea, Iowa; 4 D.