Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1899-11-01
Arizona Day by Day
Live News Taken From Territorial Exchanges.

with Maricopa. The work is necessary
as the government is soon to com
mence certain scientific work in Ari-
IONA and must depend upon the coast
and geodetic survey for a starting
point.-Tucson Star.
Now that the spirit of progress is
abroad in the land and our town is be-
ginning to grow it seems that the time
is ripe for reincorporation. The old
charter has served its purmpose and
rounded out its full sphere of useful
ness 1t should now properly take its
place among the things of the past
Yuma Sentinel.
Mrs. c. D. Reppy. who returned from
] California on the 18th instant, has been
confined to her bed since that date
with a severe attack of typhoid fever.
says the Florence Tribune. The fever
was broken day before yesterday and
| the patient is now on the road to re-
covery. thanks to skillful medical az
! tendance and careful nursing. Mrs.
Reppy had been feeling badly for
couple of weeks. but it was not until
after her return that the typhoid symp-
toms fully developed.
Yuma came near having another
confagration the other day, says the
! Sentinel. In moving the Gem saloon
/ out on line with the other buildings
on Main street and readjusting the
g electric wires, in it and the Yuma
I bakery. the wires in some way came to-
! gether and the insulation got rubbed
| off, which resulted in the setting on
fire of the ceiling of the bakery. For
tunately for that section of the village
the flames were discovered and eXtin-
guished before any damage was done.
Some people seem to think that the
road TO the gulf will not be built until
years to come. These. we would advise
to go along down the line of the pro-
posed road and look at the country to
be developed. Then go down the coast
of Mexico and see the markets to be
opened up. When they have done this
we would suggest that they inquire in
to the concessions granted to the road.
Then We'll be ready to record their YER
dict-"The road will be built Yuma
Sentinel
One of the most shocking accidents
that has ever occurred in the history
of this camp happened last Saturday
evening about o'clock, when An
tonic Mullinar an old-time Mexican
in this place fell upon the track of
the \. & N. NJ. railway, at the COM
pany's store and was literally cut to
pieces by an engine and several cars
that were almost upon him when lc
fell from n four-foot embankment
while in a state of intoxication.-Clif-
ton Era.
The case against Rufus Nephews,
alias Climax jim" charged with
stealing twenty-nine head of cattle
from the Chihuahua Cattle company,
was dismissed on the ground that the
alleged offense was committed on an
Indian reservation, says the Copper
Era. and that the court had no juris-
diction in the case. The prisoner was
remanded to the custody of the sheriff.
He had another inning Friday after
noon. This time he appeared under the
name of John Thomas. indicted for
unlawfully branding cattle last year.
The jury returned a verdict of not
guilty.
Preston Nutter has purchased nearly
all the cattle in northern Mohave coun-
ty, together with water holes and
ranches, says the Kingman Miner.
From Andrew Sorensen he has pur-
chased the Parashant ranch, including
zoo head of cattle: from Nose AnGrus,
Wolf Hole with 300 head; Frank Fos-
ter, Sarah NJ. Foster and Junius Foster
200 head. He will drive LOCO head out
of the country. Nutter has a big ranch
in Strawberry valley where he puts
cattle in condition for market. The
purchases of cattle in the northern
part of the county will cut off about
$1,000 of revenue to Mohave county
next year