Arizona republican., 1899-01-25

The quarantine has had one or two
 good effects on Williams It has clear
 ed the town of hobos and disposed of a
 large surplus of useless dogs and cats.
 A man in Anaconda Mont, claims to
 have been told by a miner, who has
 since died. where there are several
 thousand dollars buried in Pima cOun-
 ty. and he is coming to Arizona to dig
 up the treasure.
 The last of the sugar stealing ease.
 wherein the Santa Fe Pacific railroad
 company was the prosecutor, was
 closed last week by the release of Jose Perez The Jap" now in jail at Flag staff will be held to answer.
 A Tucson gentleman of practical as
 we'll as theoretical knowledge of geOl- ogy, risks his reputation as prophet
 by the prediction that Arizona will
 within ten years become the greatest
 copper mining district in the United States.
 A miner from Pima county by the
 name of Egbert has fallen heir to large fortune in England. Egbert has
 been an unsuccessful prospector for many years in the hills of Arizona, and the attorneys of the estate have been looking for him for some time.
 A new impetus is to be given to the orange trade in southern Arizona, and number of groves are to be planted i'll localities in which the orange indus try has noc yet been trisd, as it is claimed that heavy crops are raised in other sections where the soil and eli mate is of similar character.
 Prof. Blake has issued a circular let ter to the mine owners of Arizona, re- questing a statement Of the more i'm portant facts regarding the mines, the nature of the ore, mode of treatment, etc. The information is desired for his report on the mineral wealth of Arizona which will be published in the near future.-The Sage Green and Sil- yer.
 A telegram to the Phoenix Herald says, MT. Turpie of Washington took the floor to address the senate On the anti-eXpansiOn resolution of Mr. Vest of Missouri" This is the first time we have been made aware that the District Of Columbia had a senator in congress Is the Washington Turpie a relation Of Senator Turpie of Indiana? The Her aid proofreadsr is evidently posted or matters politically.-Picka and Drill.
 Thomas o. Bullock, ex-suparvisor, and his bulldog, killed a large cougar at his ranch near the Warm springs
 
 animal was raiGing his hen roost when he was brought to an un.imely end. | The dog and club in the hands of Mr. 1 Bullock were the only weapons used to accomplish the feat. The former | was so badly used up ir the encounter | that he was put in hospital for re- l pairs.
 Nogales lodge of Odd Fellows have commenced the work of clearing away | the ground, preparatory to erection of | a handsome structure for lodge room ! etc. The new building will be 34x87 | feet over all, and will have a two-story | front on Railroad avenue, and one | story on Avery avenue. The structure | will be of brick, with the sills, caps and arches of stone. The walls of the lower story will be eighteen inches | thick and those above twelve inches. ! On the lower floor there will be 9 store room twerty-two feet wide. ex- tending the full length Of the building.
 Miss Della Buggeln died at Williams last week Of smallpox after an illness or thirteen days. How she contracted the disease is mere matter of conjec- ture. She had never been Yaccinated l and she nor any of her relatives ana friends suspected smallpox when she was first taken sick. It is said by the physician that she took cold with the first inception of the disease and that the case was at first of continent form and later hemorrhagic; the latter stage being known among the incurable forms. She was a sister of Martin Buggeln, well known in Phoenix
 Bishop Bourgade of the Catholic church of Arizona, with headquarteTs n Tucson, was in Yuma during the past week looking after church matters and visiting Old-time friends While there ne completed arrangements for the erection Of handsome church edffice which has been contemplated for a year or more. Plans were adopted ana work on the new building will begin It onc9. Bishop Bourgade was the pio- leer Catholic priest in Yuma being To- ;ated there in 1870. He is a brilliant nan and well worthy of the high es- -eem Tn which he is held by the people )f Arizona
 Old Phil McGuire is dead, says the : Tucson Star. Old Phil has beer a ;harge of the county for twelve Tg}sfrs 'ast but he declined the good offices of he county. He spent some time in the hospital, however. For a long time ]ast he has rOamed the streets. and generally tOCk refuge in the saloons. 1e was seen little by daylight, as he eemed to haunt the Congress .strees esorts after the lights Of evening were urned on. A nimble sixpence did he tick up and with this buy himself ew apples, bread, etc Stimulants ften fell 10 his lot from nearly all the esorts and these seemed to give the Id man nourishmeut, who was all of U when he died on Sunday morning in he quiet of his dingy room. Old Phil 1cGulr3 was a gardner in CaIifor1ia nd came here in the early eighties