Arizona republican., 1899-12-30

Hamilton & Ford will occupy on, corner of the Sturmer building in Je rome with a butcher shop.
 The JeroDr foot ball team will play the Indian team in Phoenix on January 25, 1900.
 J. F. Tomlinson is in Jerome to take charge of the building of E. c. Bart let's new hotel on which work has beeyi commenced.
 A Prescott paper says: Phoenix i: to have a meat and milk inspector Judging from happenings of the past few days Prescott should have whis- key inspector"
 The Tucson Grays won the game with the Phoenix ball players on Sun- day by score of 12 to 1. Many oi the visiting team were players of the Indian eleven.-Tucson Star.
 The new university dormitory for boys was occupied yesterday morning for the first time. It has forty rooms and the building is a great convenience and will be greatly appreciated by the
 male students.-Tucson Star.
 R. s. Summer is now doing business in his new fireproof business block. The new store is finished in an up-to- date manner and stocked with an up to-date- stock of goods.-Jerome News.
 Last week Gene Allison received an other consignment of fish from the government which he has deposited in Oak creek. They are bass. This is the third lot that MT. Allison has deposited in Oak creek and all at his own ex- pense.-Jerome News.
 John J. Ingalls,, ex-senator from Kan sas, and one of the most talented jour nalists of the present day, arrived in Tucson last night. MT. Ingalls, is here for the benefit of his health and will re- main all winter. At present he IS guest at the home of E. J. Trippel.- Citizen.
 On Christmas day the university stu dents enjoyed an excellent spread late in the afternoon at which President Parker and family and several teach CTS were guests. In the evening the young lady students entertained the young men at the young ladies dor nitory.-Tucson Star.
 Dan Murphy, the Needles merchant, invested s2O,OOO in Fullerton oil lands few months ago. The lands are now said to be worth half a million dollars. A few days ago a big gusher was struck in one of the wells on the best belt in the state. The flow is rated at 1000 barrels per day.-Mohave Miner.
 Jerome now has a first class soda water works, the property of MT George Merritt. The machinery is all of the latest and experts have told the News that with it and a man of expeT1- ence to run it MT. Merritt will give the town of Jerome and neighborhood as good service in this line as it is possible to, give.
 J. K Day handed in to the clerk Of the supervisors for the scalp reward the scalps of five lions which he killed in the Verde valley section, says the Prescott Courier. The bounty on lion scalps is S20 each and each one of these animals can be de.ended to get away with more than S20 worth of live stock every time it gets hungry.
 One of the largest pumpkins ever seen in any country is on exhibition in the show window of D. Levy & Co. of Prescott. This pumpkin is called the baby of Verde valley and was grown on the ranch of H. K. Behn by Charles Goddard. The pumpkin is of the large yellow variety, is as round as a free silver dollar and weighs 192 pounds.
 Last week in the case of Anna M. Fleming vs. School District No. 9, de- fendant's demurrer to first ground was overruled and demurrer to second ground not determined; plaintiffs mo- tion to strike from their files defend-
 I ruled and case tried before the court and continued for argument at the con- venience of the court and counsel.-Je- rome News.
 Albert E. Manley and Miss L. Lucia Grove were married last Sunday even ing at the residence of MT. and Mrs. r. G. Lane in this city, says the Prescott Courier Judge Barton performed the ceremony. The bride had just arrived from her former home in Richland. Wis. The groom has resided in Jerome for over a year and is an employe of the United Verde Copper company. The young couple will make their fu- uure home in Jerome.
 C. E. Franklin, one of the men who was given a ten days sentence for va grancy yesterday, escaped from the city jail last evening. Franklin was loose in the jail yard with d ball and chain attached to his leg. He greased his shackles and managed to slip them from his feet. Then he climbed the jail wall and escaped. Franklin is well known to the local authorities. He comes here every winter and the offi- cers say that he escaped from the city