Arizona republican., 1899-06-23

night.
 HENRY E. KEMP BETTER. -
 Henry E. Kemp, who has been seri
 ously tll, is convalescent.
 BARLEY AND FIAY-Severa1 cari
 of barley and hay were sent nortf
 last night for disposition along tht
 Atlantic & Pacific.
 MRS. STRONG IMPROVED. Mrs
 A. B.. Strong of North First avenue
 who was badly burned a week ago, is reporter to be greatly improved.
 SCHOOL TEACHER CHOSEN. =
 The school trustees Of district No. II
 have elected Miss Anna Fleming as a
 teacher for the fall and winter term.
 ESTATE SETTLED. In probate
 court yesterday the final account of the J. P. Evans estate was made, and
 a distribution of the property was or
 dered.
 CATTLE SHIPMENTS. -Thirteen cars o,f cattle were shipped by Johnson
 & McDonald o Kansas. City yesterday. Ten cars were sent from here and | three from Tempe.
 A PROFITABLE FRUIT. The prunus somoni fruit raised here is gaining favor wherever it is shipped. There is no place better adapted for this fruit than this valley
 LARGE APRICOTS. - Chaplain Winfield Scott has sent to this office some sample apricots raised on his ranch at Scottsdale The apricots measure seven inchss in circumfer- ence.
 A NEW SLEEPER. Probably the finest vestibule slsering car ever brought to Phoenix is on the tracks of the s. F. P & P here now It is an elegantly fitted Pullman with double drawing rooms.
 COAST EXCURSION. There will be an excursion over the northern route to San Diego leaving at a. m next Thursday. It will be personally conducted by some official of the road. probably E. W. Gillett.
 POULTRY SHOW. At the last meeting of the poultry association 1t das decided to give an exhibit next December Of necessity &hese dates are made a long time in advance. An other meeting will be held soon.
 DOGS IN DANGER. = George Brooks, the newly appointed dog catcher, announces that from this time he will prosecute an active cam paign against all dogs not permitted by law to live at this time of year.
 ASSESSMENT COMPLETED. The kr1it prescribed by law for the county assessment work to be completed ended for this year on last Monday The books were completde, but the recorder has re-examined some of them to verify the amounts.
 IN DISTRICT COURT. In the dis tr:ct court yesterday the case of Wells vs. Goldman was tried and taken un- der advisement The case of James vs Bohen, which was set for trial yes terday, did not come up, but will be the first case at this mornings ses- sion.
 A TRADING POST. - Garne95 Holmes of Tempe was n town yestar- day. He will open a trading post on the Pima Indian reservation fifteen miles southwest of town. This will be the first trading post on that reserva- tion opened by wtite man.
 SHIPPING WATERMELCNS. - Lincoln Fowler says that he shipped | carload of watermelons to Tucson 1 yesterday for the eXcursionists who i will go down from here Saturday. He does not want them to miss anything 1 by going away from home for two days.
 A PHOENIX MILLIONAIRE = William Melczer considers himself millionaire. He has received word | from his Copeta mine in Sonora that | cross-cut has been made which reveals | an immense deposit Of sulphurets | Within the last two weeks Mir. Melczer has refused an offer for his mine of | s, ,00O O0O
 TWO DRUNKS YESTERDAY. = The recorders busy day concluded in the hearing of two men who had i'm bibed excessively. Che of them was Of the disorGarly kind and the other belonged to the variety of sleeping druAks. The former was fined S7 and the other $4.
 HONEY IN DEMAND. A carload of honey was shipped to Boston last night. A car of honey weighs 28000 pounds and the market price is better than it has been for years The aparies in the valley show a small shortage, but California is unusually short this season, which accounts for the high price.
 MADE A STAKE. J. D. Lorraine received a draft for $5,OOO which represents the earnings of an investment he made some time ago in sugar. MT. Lorraine owns some prom lslng mining claims in the Pinto creek uISlrlcI m Glld county, and he pro- poses to use this money in the further development of his claims.
 WANT TO GET IN. Petitions II have been circulated in Prescott and signed by great many people asking that the great forests of the Prieta range be included in the forest re serve. The area of pine growth which IS asked to be included is very large and it is believed that ttis step is in the direction of protecting the coun- try from ruin (by timber cutters.
 MIR. HEYMAN'S PRESENT. -B Heyman, president of the Phoenix Lii brary association, has presented that association with an office desk. ten