Arizona republican., 1899-03-25
Arizona Day by Day
 Live News Taken From Territorial Exchanges.

John Mohr who lately sold his gro cery store, corner of Fifth and D, has gone to Globe, Ariz-, and will start i'll business at that place.-Aibuquerqu Democrat.
 The Jerome city council has appoint ed Rough Rider Frank Ferguson, chief of police; Thomas Miller, night watch man, and pr. Carrier, health ofncer.
 We made mention a short time ago of Mrs. Clay being bit by a skunk and last evening we were informed of her death She died about ten o'clock Tucson Star.
 Dan Ming says he is going to the Philippines and will probably start in a few days. Dan is one of the most popular pioneer citizens of Arizona and will be missed, but he won't stay in the Philippines long. It rains too much out there for him.
 A rich gold strike is reported to have been made in Gold Gulch about seven miles from here. Samples brought up from there show an abundance of free gold in the quartz. Several parties left this morning for the scene of the strike.-Bisbee Orb.
 w A. Harwood, the would-be county assessor, has returned to the county seat in order to turn his books over to the new appointee to be made by the board of supervisors, according to the new law which is now in effect and $ published elsewhere in this issue Bisbee Orb.
 c. D. Jackson of Flagstaff, formerly a member of the Rough Riders is in town. When the regiment was dis banded a regimental mascot, a dog
 
 MT. Jackson and is with him on his visit to Prescott. The dog accom- panied the Rough Riders in all their campaigning i'll Cuba.-Journal Miner.
 The Star was in error yesterday when it stated that Hon. Charles R Drake had permanently located his family in Los Angeles. MT. Drake says it is only a summer location, that he has become too much attached to Tue son in particular, and Arizona in gen. eral. after a thirty years struggle in helping to build up to the present con dition, to locate elsewhere, especially when everything is so prosperous and promising in this region. Tucson Star
 Amos Simmons and Miss Mary J. Thorpe were married at the resi- dence of the brides parents in Miller valley last evening. The young couple are both very popular in this section. MT. Simmons belongs to one of our Hassayampa families. The bride and her parents have resided in this sec tion four years About fifty invited guests were present to witness the cer- emony, extend congratulations and to participate in the jollificatiOn which followed. Courier.
 The Tucson Star learns from E. A. Jones of the Aravipia, that the Grand Reef, under Colonel Payne's manage ment is running between forty and fifty men on night and day shifts. Air compressers is the power for prospect ing and more machinery is on the way from San Francisco, which means additional development on still larger scale. The ore bodies seem to be ineXhaustable, all the royal metals are. found in paying quantities in the ore-gOld, silver, copper and lead. The ore bodies are very large and the grade good-just the kind of a bonanza John w Mackey naturally falls heir to- Colonel Payne is carrying on the de- velopment work most systematically and while he employs none but Ameri- can labor-it must be first class. The entire administration is under Mana
 
 while he drives a close bargain, he all ways keeps his contracts and fills them to the letter.
 A daring attempt at highway rob bery occurred last evening on the southwest corner of Marina and Union streets, Oposite Jake Marks residence and the Episcopal church. The victim was c. L. Richards. the well known druggist. Mrs. Mary Brown had given dinner at her resi- dencS- on AlarcOn street, to a number of eX-Phoenicians in honor of Mrs. Richards, who expects to leave in a few days for Jerome. Mr. Richards left there at twenty minutes past eight o'clock to return to the drug store When he was coming down Union street, in front of Jake Marks resi- dence he noticed two men standing on the sidewalk by the Episcopal church | As he started across Marina street they l started across Union, and just as he reached the corner one of them | passed behind him and the other | stepped in front of him and pre- scented a six-shooter in his face The | man with the gun never uttered a | word and MT Richards grabbed it, | and showing it to one side tried to | wrench it from his grasp with the ] other. Quite a struggle took place, in which one of MT. Richards fingers | was cut. He was finally compelled to let go of the gun when the man walked away and MT. Richards pro- eeeded on, his way. While the struggle ,or the gun was going on the other nan remained at distance of twenty 1r twenty-five feet away as a spectator. Mr Richards describes the men as be- ng quite young, probably not over