Arizona republican., 1899-01-27
NEWS
 OF THE
 TOWN

giving information that splitting on tne
 sidewalks will be taken cognizance ol
 again and that a price per each expec-
 toration will be put on the perform
 ance.
 SUPREME COURT. The only bus mess transacted in supreme court yes | terday was the admission of Aaron R.
 Edwards of Globe to practice. The case of Wiser, appellant, vs. Lawler, appellee, from Yavapai county, was l set for hearing, but on account of the | absence Of J. c. Herndon Of Prescott,
 one of the counsel, it was continued.
 LETTER FOR FRED SHARON. = | There is a letter at the city hall ad-
 dressed to Fred w. Sharon in the care of the chief of police. As soon as l Sharon, who had been unjustly arrest | ed a month ago for passing counterfeit money, was released on habeas corpus | he disappeared from town and no
 one could be foun-1 yesterday who
 knew anything of his whereabouts | The letter is trcm Sacramento. JOSEPH SPAUL DEAD. Joseph B. Spaul died at his residence, Fifth aud Monroe streets, last night. The funeral
 will take place at o'clock today from Davis undertaking rooms. Death was the result of a fall from a horse last Tuesday. The animal slipped on a
 sprinkled street, crushing the riders
 leg. To a man in robust health the
 injury would not have been serious,
 but MT Spaul was already weakened
 by consumption.
 AN UNKNOWN CRAZY WOMAN
 Word was brought to the sheriff's of flee last night that a crazy woman had appeared at the residence of George
 Collins six miles below the city. She
 was first seen yesterday afternoon
 wandering about the fields in that vii
 cinity. At last she was taken up and locked in a carriage house at the Col lins place. An officer started after her last night. The messenger said the
 woman had never been seen by any body in that neighborhood. Her clothing was badly torn and froth was issuing from her mouth, from which circumstance it was suspected that she might have taken poison. She is evidently not an escaped lunatic, since no notification Of any insane patient being at large has been received here from any source.
 DEATH OF MRS. JENKINS. Hon. Will D. Jenkins of Olympia, Wash, secretary of the state, returned to Phoenix yesterday, called by the last illness Of his wife, who died two days
 
 for home last night with the re- mains. He came here with Mrs. Jenk- l ins about December 1 and remained a month, when he went back to enter upon his official duties. Mrs. Jenkins | was 31 years of age. She was adaughter | of Captain Hosmer of the Third Cali fCTnia volunteer cavalry at one time | stationed in this territory. She was also niece of Harriet Hosmer, the famous sculptress. MT Jenkins de- sires to thank the many persons Of | Phoenix for kindness extended to his | wife and for sympathy expressed for | him in his bereavement.
 SUPERVISORS IN CONFERENCE. | The conference of the supervisors was resumed yesterday morning. Be- side the representatives of Mohave, | Yavepai, Apache and Coconino coun- ties, who took part in the deliberations of the day before, there were present yesterday M. G. Samaniego of the Pima county board, John W. Began. the assessor of that county, and Henry Levin, his predecessor in office. was received from John w. Montgomery of the Cochise county board. There was a general discussion of all the matters which had | brought the supervisors together and Wl4IS luGIS were uIauy u6ClUoQ GX- pressions Of opinion. nothing was agreed upon. There was a disposition to increase the valuation of railroads and producing mining properties. It was also suggested that there he in the valuation of mines. and that there be bullion tax. The matter of abOlishing the territorial board of equalization was discussed. | Another session will be held today.
 MISS ROSA PROOFS HURT. Miss Rosa Troops was thrown from horse yesterday afternoon and seriously, if not fatally, injured. The animal be- Onged al the Golden Eagle stables and Miss Troops was riding near the stables when the horse rar away and turned nto the entrance. He slipped on the inclined cement approach to the stables and fell against the side of the doorway. The impact threw Miss Troops against the brick front. There vas a spurt of blood from her mouth md a great pool was formed on the sidewalk. She was carried '. senseless nt0 the office of the livery stable and physicians were summoned. She soon ecovered consciousness, but was de- iriouS.. The eXte nt of her injuries ould not be determined last night and nay not be made known untn today There is. however, double fracture of he left wrist and the upper bone of ; he same arm vas broken There was m ugly GU. in the skull, but, in spite 'f probing 1t could nor. be definitely as- that it was frac .ured.
 VISITED THEM IN PRISON. MT Dwight L. Moody, accompanied by Mr. W. Messenger, visited the county all yesterday afternoon Mc Moody ave the prisoners a sbor and helpful ak. All were glad to see the evange- lst, and when Deputy Sheriff Boyd announced him they came trooping rom their cells headed by Bert Harris, lias Franklin, who seized MT. Moody's land eagerly. Harris, by the way,