Arizona republican., 1899-05-05
NEWS
 OF T Fl E
 TOWN

A WAITING TELEGRAM The Western Union has a message for N.
 NJ. Hughes.
 DELAYED FIVE HOURS. The 5. 1 r. P. 6 P. was delayed five hours last
 night on account Of a late train on
 the main line.
 JOHN SLOAN'S DEATH. John i Sloan, who came here from Chicago a | few weeks ago in quest of health. died i yesterday at 3 D. m. He was young
 lawyer and is survived by wife who will accompany the remains to Chi 1 cago, leaving tonight.
 1 A DANGEROUS BRIDGE. Com plaint is made of the neglected condi- i tion of the bridge across the canal at ! the First avenue crossing. There is q l broken plank which one of these days | will let a horses leg through and then i there will be a damage suit.
 l SMITH VS. BAKER. The case | brought by Thomas Smith to obtain possession of three mules now in the ] possession of Mrs. Maria Baker was 1 heard in Justice Gray's court yester day, but will be argued this morning. i The same case was heard three weeks ago, when it was decided in favor of 1 the defendant.
 1 CANVASSED THE VOTES. The city council met last night ard can vassed the votes Of the city election. ! The original count was found to be ! accurate The bills which had been presented for election services and expenses were allowed. Tho council adjourned to Monday evening at 7:30, when the affairs Cf the city will be turned over to the new council. LEFT HAND SOCIAL. A hay ride
 will take place this evening from the
 First NJ. E. church. The pa:',y Will
 drive to the residence of Lloyd Christy
 on Grand avenue, where 3 left hand"
 social will be held Nobody pre-
 fesses to know what the left hand so-
 cial will be, but one feature is an
 nounceid. Every enc will be supposed
 to register his name and address with
 his left hand
 SCARCITY IN EGGS. Within the
 last few days the price Of eggs has
 taken sudden rise Shippers are
 unable to supply the outside demand
 and eggs are scarce in the local mar
 ket. Hens have almost stopped lay
 ing owing to tie cold and wind
 weather. Eggs this season have sold Gs low as 1212 cents, but they are now in demand at 20 cents. Until recently they have net aoId that high since February.
 ATTRACTIVE COLOR. There is 9 rel map in the Santa Fe cfice which attracts more attention than all the other maps in the office. There is 15thing unusual about it except that it is red. It is new departure in the way of railroad maps. A large num- Der were shipped from New York to San Francisco. but the demand for them was so strong that the original stock had to be replenished. The map mentioned was brought by MT. E. w. Gillett on his recent trip to San Francisco.
 4 PROMINENT MAN. -L1r. A. G. Ut.ey yesterday received q communi- oatiCn from Providence, R. l., stating that Charles Baker had died. The dead man was one of the owners of the Gorhan Silver Manufacturing com pany, probably the largest of it's kind in the wcrld. The superstition that an old man twill soon die if he builds a new house to live in has received strength. MT Baker had just finished one of the most magnificent residences in Providence and had lived in it only . short time.
 AQUARIUM AT CATALINA. -G. w. ThSmpscn, agent for the Catalina l island summer resort, was in town | yesterday and left last night for Tue | SOD. The island, said MT. Thompson, i will soon have an aquarium. On the l terraces near the beach from ten to | fifteen glass tanks are being put in i They will be about UTeney-five feet | square. The reason for @not mak- ! ing one large tank instead is that ! a large variety ,cf fish will be placed in l the tanks and the larger fish would de- i stroy the smaller ones. It is claimed | that a greater variety Of ca life can ] be found at Catalina than in any sea coast resort in the world, and the | aquarium will be the most complete.
 SCHOOL MONEYS. The final ao- | p-rtionment of school funds will be i made a. noon today. The amount will i be $10,659, which is 102 per cent of tie | estimate made by the county treasurer. The estimate usually exceeds the amount appoTtioned and would in this i case had it not been for the poll tax | law. IL was not taken into consid- eraticn in the original estimate, but it has furnished much greater rev enue this year for the schools than ever before. The general school fund | this year is S63, ,954 and the total high i school appcrti0nment is estimated to i be about $11 900 in addition, making | the total amount Of money exp ended i for school purposes this year about $74 ,954
 JUST LIKE OTHER HOBOS. Yes terday afternoon g hobo, ragged and | dirty, came to town. The difference between him and most other hcbos l WAS that he had a few dollars in his |