Arizona republican., 1899-01-30
NEWS
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 signed his position at Congress to be-
 come office manager for Wakelin 6
 Robinson. Mrs. TOrrey will arrive
 from Los Angeles in few days and they will keep house on Third avenue.
 ANOTHER BALL CLUB.-An effort is being made by George Cisney to or ganize a base ball team. He believes, as do many others, that there is enough material in the city to form a team which would give the DeMund nine a hard rub. Now that the Trilby nine has disbanded. ball fans are anxious to see another team organized and will probably lend their assistance in the formation of a new team.
 RETAIL CLERKS ORGANIZING A movement is on foot among the re- tail clerks of Phoenix to effect the or ganization of a Clerks Mutual Benefit | Association. A preliminary meeting for this purpose was held yesterday afternoon and another meeting will
 be held at the Forrester's hall, in the O'Neill building, on Tuesday night to complete the organization and elect officers. Every retail clerk in the city is requested to attend.
 THE TRILBY'S CAKE WALK A grand concert, cake walk and ball will be given at the O'NeilI hall next Tuesday night for the benefit of the members of the Trilby base ball team. A prize buck and wing dance will be a feature of the programme. The doors will be open to the public at ' D. Ill. and a concert will follow. The cake walk will take place at, 9:30, after which the hall will be at the service of the dancers.
 SAY THEY WEREN'T THERE In the society column of the Republi- can Sunday morning the following ap- pears: Miss Jessie Smith, Miss Win Hendy and Miss Jennie Willis of Pres colt, Hon. T. c. Beardsley of New York, Professor J. M. Smith of Wash ington. D. C., and Dr. McHenry of Virginia were members of a tamale party on Wednesday evening at the Wave" Miss Hendy and Miss Smith called at the Republican office last night and declared that they were not mem bers'' of that tamale party. CLIFFORD HARRINGTON AT HOME-Clifford Harrington who left with McCord's regiment has returned on account of sickness. Rheumatism settled in his left shoulder which had been crushed several times. The med 1 ical treatment he received at the bar racks caused him to be saliyated and the upper left side Of his body is badly drawn, the muscles having contracted from the effects of the salvation and rheumatism. He is gradually getting better and it is not likely that any per manent disagreement will remain.
 METHODIST REVIVAL MEET INGS.-The M E. church and the M. B. church South, will hold union re- vival services during this week. The services tonight will be at the M. E. church South, corner Monroe and Center streets, beginning at 7:3O o'clock Tuesday night the services will be held at the NJ. E. church, cor ner of Second avenue and Monroe street. All who will come to these services will be cordially welcomed. The meetings will consist Of a half hour of prayer and praise, short ser mon and an after-neeting.
 FAVORS PENSIONING BOSTON The Prescott Journal Miner in speak ing of the project to pension COlOnei Charles D. POstOn says: While leg islatures should be very careful about pensioning private individuals, there | Is an exceptional case of this kind now up before the present legislature. It is that of Hon. Chas. D. Poston, the proposition being to give him $25 Fer month. It is doubtful if any man in the territory familiar with the part the old gentleman has taken in the his tory of Arizona would object to the l territory's paying him this small pit tance."
 l KENNEDY RESURRECTED - Geo. Kennedy of the block was arrest ed again yesterday for a disturbance of the peace and general cusseGness. will be tried in Justice JohnstOne's court and it may go hard with him. This is not his first offense. He has fo.G with to leave town. The last time the law took cognizance of him, it was for beating a woman off Of whose earn ings he was living. Justice Kincaid fined him $25 that time and would have made the punishment much heav-I fer, but Kennedy promised to take himself away from Phoenix forever. He did nothing of the sort. He merely laid low until Saturday night when he got drunk and broke out again.
 NOTED WOMAN GONE Chap lin Winfield Scott received a telegram Saturday, conveying the sad intelIi- gence that his mother had just died at her home in Geneva, N. Y. She was aged S9 years and was noted as one Of the patriotic women of her state. Her grandfather was a soldier in the war of the Revolution. Her father was q captain in the war of 1912. Her cousin, Bernard Covert, is the author Cf that patriotic hymn, "The Sword of Bunker Hill" When Capt Scott went to the front in 1862, she followed him to the wharf and with tears streaming down her cheeks cried goodbye my boy, victory or death.'' She has lived a sunny, cheerful Christian life fer over seventy-five years and died in un- flinching faith and unspeakab;e reace NEW TROLLEY WIRE.-Twenty- nine thousand feet of the best copper trolley wire arrived over the M & r. yesterday consigned to the Phoenix Street Railway company. While com plaints of the street car service, like