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Arizona republican., 1899-03-31
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Elks, Workmen Wcodmen, G. A. l. and Good Templars.
 Phoenix has three banks. The Val ley bank, the Phoenix National and the National Bank Cf Arizona.
 There are a,so several banking and investment companies, among which may be mentioned the Evans Loan and InvestmeEt company and the Phoenix Building and Loan association.
 Three daily newspapers are pU0- lished in the city. The Arizona Rcpub- Mean, the only newspap5, in the terri tcry that appears every day in the year: the Phoenix Daily Herald and the Arizona Gazette. There is one weekly the Southwestern Stockman Farmer and Feeder, and twS Mexican journals published weekly, Fl Demo- crata and Fl Observation.
Arizona republican., 1899-03-31
FIRST STREET PHoENIx. LOOKING SOUTH.

umns of the town weekly paper. h ! the mass of miscellaneous crime, there l had been two stage .obbeTies and ] seven killings in a single week. Then ! the VlgilanteS came cut about 100 Of i the best citizens. They took two pris- i oners from JailOr Mcdonald and | hanged them to cottonwood trees on Ithe Washington street side of the i plaza, just about in front of where the city's official artillery now men2ces Mars. The fellows hanged were Me i Cl0skey and Keller. Gaurderers re- 1 spectively of John IPB3Ir and Luke
 M0nihon. That good j-b accom- plished, the Vieilantes assisted Sheriff i Thomas in clearing the community Of
 tin-hOrn" gamblers and of all who had no visible means of support. This action not onlJ- was tough on the other Arizona towns, but materially
 abridged the value of Phoenix as a
 news center.
 July l, 1887, the Maricopa and Phoe-
 nix railway materialized, giving steam
 connection with the world, and Phoe-
 nix became a city In 'S9 she took
 further step i'll becoming the terri
 torial capital March 12, 1895, she as
 sumed the place of southwestern cen
 ter and metropolis, upon the compile
 tion of the Santa Fe, Prescott and
 Phoenix railway, through which she not only secured competitive freight rates, but was given outlet for her
 products to the northern part of the territory.
 The Phoenix of toGay-the county seat of Mariccpa and capital of the ter ritOry-has 15 ,009 inhabitants, and it's people are m ertcrpIising and pro- gneSsiye body Of citizens. The large transient reputation, principally com posed of pleasure anI health seek kers, add much to the busy appearance and material resources of the city, while rapid progress has Of late been made in the erection of buildings of substantial character as well as architectural beauty. The streets are wide and level, and Washington street. the prin- c1pal thCrOughfare Of the city, is three miles in length, lined on either side Tor many blocks with handsome busi- ness establishments.
 West of Center street are the aven- ues, running north and south, which i are numbered. First avenue being inn mediately west Of Center street: and on 1 the east are the streets. also numbered. ] Fflst street being directly east of Cen ! ter. The streets are named after the : alternately ip the order Of | tHeir successor, ana Keeping this in . mind the city of Phoenix is not a difn- | cult place to find one way about in.
 The principaE business blocks are Inc Fleming, cbrncr First avenue and the O'Neill. corner First . avenue and Adams; the M0nihon, cOI- ler Washington and First avenue; the focdirS, corner Adams and Center, he Padgatt f16-t20 West Adams; the Holmes. 70 North First avenue; the Creighton, 26 North First avenue; the Alexander, corner Wall and Washing on, and Gardiner's building at 226 1ast Washington
 On the north side of the city lies the residence district, which is by some as handsome resi- fences as can be found in any city in he southwest. The climate being al most perpetual spring and summer the
Arizona republican., 1899-03-31

The inception of the city is within the memory of many of it's present res idents. It was in 1868 when small number Of pioneers banded together to form it's nucleus. In 1870 it was plated. Among the original Ameri- can residents were w. \. Hancock. John T. Dennis, Pen Block, Thomas Barnum, Jacob Starer. E. Irvine. c. H. Gray, J. D. Monihon and J. P. Os- borne
 The valley had been occupied fer several years, since Jack Swilling, one of the noted dcsperadOes of the time. had come from the Rich Hill diggings to cut a ditch from Salt river and to practice the arts of peace. Peaceful Indians were to the south and wild Apaches on the north and east. John T. Dennis. who then lived near the present water works site, in the late sixties lost large number of cattle and horses through a raid Of the Yav- apai ApacheS, and only proximity to the friendly Pima and MaricOpa tribes saved the infant settlement from con- tinued depredations. The first. store was started not far from Dennis E6Ach by J. M. Murphy, after whom MuI Es addition was named. In Il a tra Ter wrote that Mrs. J. M Gardiner was
  lage, there being at the time about seventy-1ve American men. In TT Hinton wrote that Phoenix was a town of about 500, half the population be- ing Mexican.
 September ,, 1872. the first public school was started, the teacher being J. D. Daroche. and the trustees ". A Hancock, J. D. RumDe.g and ], P Osborne. It was placed in a long adobe building on what is now First avenue, about fifty feet south of Wash ington street. the same edifce serving as court house. A few years later a little, adobe, One-rOOmed building was erected on what is known as the Cen tral school block. on North Center street. The first school in the new quarters was taught by Miss Nellie Shaver, soon after welded to John Y. T. Smith, valued instructor, later, was R. L. Long, now territorial super intendent of public instruction, his as sistant being Mrs. Beverly Cox.
 In 1871 the county was established. 1 carved from the southern portion of i the giant county of Yavapai. The first ] county record filed was deed in i which was transferred the ownership 1 of the ground on which the Porter | block now stands. The price was $100 i | ue pItSCHI Ndlue OI the same ground : is about $20 1000. The location of the | first court house has been told Later { the hall of justice was moved to a site on Washington street, the squat, mud built county building occupying about the frontage ot fhe southern half block east of Center street.
 In 1878 the village developed into q own. A sprightly weekly newspaper, ho Salt River Valley Herald was cs- ablished by Charles E. McClintock n the spring of '79 the Southern Pa fife, building eastward, reached Mari opa, and through Phoenix flowed the .ntire commerce of northern and cen-ti ral Arizona, then rejoicing in the ,reatest degree of mining activity eyerA ,nown to the region. Dusty freight cams, not infrequently with twentJ nuleS to a team, were almost continu
Arizona republican., 1899-03-31

A. Jobs, recorder; Samuel Davison, l surveyor; Thomas Prescott, assessor ! and tax collector; Dr. William Dutfeid i health officer.
 The United States Indian industrial i school (next to tEC largest one of ifs kind i1 the cGuntr) is situated three and Q half miles north of the city. The various buildings Of the institution make 2 very charming picture in the midst of their pleasant surroundings, and the school is well worthy Of q visit Nc further description is here neces- sary. however, the subject of the In dian population of the territory and the Phoenix Indian school having been eXhaustiye.y dealt with elsewhere in this issue Dy Prof. 5. M. McCGwan, the UEerintendent Of the institution.
 Tie territorial asylum for the insane is or the Tempe road three miles east Of the city Dr. J. Miller (whOsa mos Interesting and authoritative article Cn the archaeology Of the tefr-lory will be foInd elscwhereE } is medical superin- tendent, and '. r. Kelly is steward.
 THE CITY SCHOOLS.
 The high school building, 2 three story brick structure is situated on East Van Buren between Fifth and
 
 itY of 150 and the average attendance is 125. \ new building adjacent to the high school is now in course of cree tiOn, which, when completed will with the existing structure provide accom- modatiOn for 450 scholars. The dimcn- sions Cf the new building are 75 feet by 90 feet; it will be two stories ia height and will contain CD t1e first floor a gymnasium, biological iaboTa- tory and recitation rooms, on the up- per floor teachers rooms and auditor ium. Prof. George BlOunt is the prin- cir1I
 The Central school, cn Monroe street between Center and First avenue, is a cOmm0diOus tWo-stOry building 100 feet by 75 feet and contains sixteen recitation rooms with a total seating of 500. Principal, Pref J. C. | Cole
 The East End school is on East street at the co-rer of i Arizona avenue and is 3 building about 1 so by 90 feet, with accommodations fcr | 200 scholars. Principal, Prof C. o. [ Case
 The West End school on West Madj- | son street between Sixth and Seven tl | avenues, is similar in size and seating to the East End school The ! principal is J. w. Stewart
 A new school building near Five Points in the northwest par. of the city will be erected during the coming sum neT.
 As the superintendent of public ir- ,truction, MT. E. l.. Long, in an ar ice which appears elsewhere deals uly with the subject of education, it 5 unnecessary to here further enlarge hereupon. except to state that ali the schools mentioned are under the cd- -iont management of Prof. W-B 1rca6cr, -he ely superintendent of 'choolS.
 Church organizations are main aimed by the following religious 'odies: Baptist, Catholic, Christian, Episcopal, Methodist CFree), Methodist Episcopal, Methodist Episcopal SOuth), Prsby yterian, Seventh Day Ad-
Arizona republican., 1899-03-31
THE ARIZONA KID

They calls him tOugn. I s'pose cause why he takes his red
 eye straight. But he mostly knows when he's got
 enough, An gener'ly pulls his freight. He can play hand At mos any old kind of game, An will buck agin faro to beat the
 band For money, marbles or fame. An smoke cigareets. Is right at home on the back of
 horse. At all hours O night runs loose on the
 streets. Fight-as a matter O course. Loves powder smoke. At an age more f1ttin' for marbles
 and tops, He carries a gun and wagon spoke, An savveys to use his props. He sure is tough-tough as they make
 'em, 1 reckon. But chuck full of sand, and comes
 a-runnin' when dangers bcckOn. 'Membei the war-how the Rough Rid-
 AS charged in advance? Well, em was our kids that fit and
 but they took a chance, An falteied- Made good theiS Died in. Yes, our kids is
 Herbert Al
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Arizona republican., 1899-03-31

ventists, but the churches and church work Of Phoenix having been dealt with at length by the Rev. Lewis Hal sey, D. D., in his able article in another part of this issue it is needless to here enlarge upon the church organizations of the city.
Arizona republican., 1899-03-31

made in properly selected real estate. Conditions arc most suspicious for a rapid advance in values
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-17
PECKVILLE.

Mr.. Roy Wademan, of Wilkes Barre,
spent yesterday at the home of his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Miles Wade
man, of Hickory street
Mrs. F. L. Taylor is visiting relatives
in Scott
The price Of coal advanced on Fri
day last. Pea coal is now delivered
for S1,75; mixed coal, $40. Chestnut
coal did not advance in price.
Mr.. Frank Greiner died at the Hill
side home yesterday morning, aged so
years. Deceased was confined to the
above institution on account of men,
tai disability. The funeral will be
held on Tuesday at 2.30 o'clock, at the
home of her brother Mr.. +. Z. Grener,
Of Main street. Interment in Prospect
cemetery.
r. NJ. Maloney, Of Providence, vis-
tied Grassy Island friends yesterday.
Mrs. j. b. Grover returned Saturday
from a few days visit with her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs, A. b. Group, of
Berwick.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. II. Sitgraves re-
turned Saturday from a visit with
Hcnesdale relatives.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-17

tion. The list up to Saturday noon
was as follows: For prothonotary, John
oliver. OF Nicholson township: NJ. w.
Cortrlght, of Meshoppen borough; Isaac
Miller, of Washington township, and
II. c. Provost. OF Tunl>hannock bor-
ough; for sheriff D. L. Howell, Of Clin-
ton township, and N. A. McKown, Of
Tunkhannock borough: for register
and recorder, w. ". Shaw, Of Tunkhan-
mock borough; for county commission
er, A. II. lTrear, OF Overfeld township;
f H. Chase, Of Clinton township: r.
u. Newton, Of Nicholson borough; T..
Il. lt0bnson, OF Torl,ston townships
Charles A. Capwell, of Nicholson town
ship, and NJ. e. Moyer, OF Monroe town
ship, for delegate 20 Ate convention,
y. r. Mantzer of Tunlhannock bor-
ough: for Justice Of rhe supreme court,
II. w Archibald, ef Scranton.
W. p. Billings assistant cashier of
the Second National bank of Wilkes
Barre. stopped of Ncrc on Friday for
a short visit with his people. lie was
on his way hcme crom vacation trip
through New York state.
The following people from here took
in the dance at the Lake Winola house.
Lake Winola on Saturday evening:
Miss Marion Metcalf, Miss Mary Mitch
ell, Miss E'vylyn Townsend and G. w.
McKown, f.. +. Mentzer ana II. S.
Harding.
Mrs w. e. Little, who has been at
Lake Winola during the last week, re-
turned home today
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-17
NEW ZEALAND RAILROADS.
Travelling There Is Slow and Very
Aggravating to an American.

From the Baltimore Sun.
New Zealand's steam railways are
owned and operated by the govern
ment. Compared with American rail-
ways. they seem like toy railroads and
the men playing train" The locomo-
tive is queer and small. The engine
driver blows two loud blasts of the
locomotives whistle before starting,
much like a steamer. large hand
bell at the stations is loudly rung prior
to the shrieks of the locomotives whis-
tie. The guard (conductor) walks up
and down the platform and says:
Take your seats-eVerybOdy take
seats" instead of "all aboard" after
which he blows a pocket whistle signal,
like some United States trolley car
conductors, and the train starts, but
does not go much faster than a horses
slow pace, except down grade. The
train stops in the bush, and you think
an axle is broken or something Is
wrong, probably u "hold-up," which
they call a "stuck-up;" but no, the
stop is merely to let the guard apply
the brakes Why do they want the
brakes applied after stopping? Well,
yoU see, there is ahead of us q slight
down grade, not very much, but enough
to require brakes, and the solitary
guard could not apply ali the brakes
quick enough so they wait ten minutes
for him to do SO. II is almost like
stopping an OK team in pioneer days.
Air brakes are unknown, and the loco
motive has no bell bot must always
whistle.
The railway carriages have a plain,
square, fiat hoard seat against the
sides of the coach lengthwise. Some
have n leather cushion to sit upon. 4
few late coaches have six to eight mar
row reversible seats. A solitary step,
high mp, made OF one piece of board,
aids the passenger 10 enter. The win
dowa are small and near the roof Bag
gage checking is unknown. You paste
q label on your baggage, they gather
it. up and take it. but YOU must see
that they put il off at your destination
and must claim it in the general scram-
bic before some one helps himself to IT,
Letters posted in a mail car must pay
from to 70 cents extra, according to
their destination. No trains run at
night or on Sunday. Live stock can
not travel on Monday or Friday. The
cars ioI HoIseS anu Cattle are called
carts; other freight cars are termed
wagons They are built like packing
cases, and have no opening except the
missing roof, the door closing tightly,
They are scarcely one fourth the size
of American cars
There are no trolley cars in all of
New Zealand, Notwithstanding a popu-
lation of 10000 in Auckland and other
towns almost as large. They are buses
chiefly, and a few horse cars called
trans" On race days and other
events the buses quit their regular
routes and carry people from the center
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-17
NEW MILFORD.

The Young Peoples Christian En-
deavor society will give a social at the
presbyterian church parlors, Thursday
evening. Ice cream will be served
Mr.. and Mrs Edward Tiel, of Scran .
ton, spent the Fourth at the home Of
Mrs. Tiel's parents, Mr.. ami Mrs.
Theron Grinnell.
Miss Nellie Mcconnell and MIR. Jo-
seph Matthews, both of the township,
were united in marriage, June 2S, by
Rev. Charles Smith.
Mr.. and Mrs. David Davenport re-
Gently visited their son, Frel, in
Kingston, n. Y.
Miss Ina Mcconnell spent q few days
last week with friends at Beaver
Meadow.
j. V. AXtell, of Starrucca, called on
friends here the first % the week.
w, NJ. Van Cott and wife visited
their daughter. Mrs. David Shay, in
Peckville. last week.
Mrs. H. A. Smith and daughters, OF
Kingston, are spending the summer at
their cottage at Upper Lake.
Theron Shay, OF Peckville. visited his
parents ir the township last week.
Miss Hattie /. Pratt Is enjoying a
trip to California this summer
MI and Mrs. Bruce Pneuman have
been visiting relatives in Nicholson the
past two weeks.
Colonel G, c. Pratt attended the dedl-
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-17
DANGEROUS GROWTH,
DR.. Reed Burns Performs Difficult
Operation on Charles Wagner.

Charles Wagner, of Waymart, for
merly resident of Lincoln avenue,
This city, and for many years a trusted
emplOye of the Hendrick Manufacture
ing company, underwent a very diff
cult operation at the hands of Dr. Reed
Burns, of Scranton, for the removal of
a cancerous growth of the face at DR..
Wheeler's private hospital, Saturday
morning.
Three square inches of diseased tis-
sue were removed from the right side
or the lower jaw and a portion Of the
bone was cut away. In order to cover
The denuded surface the remaining tis-
sue of the face had to be cut and re-
arranged. This pulled the mouth a
little to one side and reduced the ori-
ice somewhat in size. To correct this
the surgeon slit it back a half inch on
the left side and sewed the mucous
membrane over the surface of the in
asion, forming an extension of the Inns
10 the patient will recover with n
mouth of normal size and a pretty fair
tace.
Notwithstanding the hfty-nine years
Sf Mr.. Wagner, he stood the operation
veil and his many friends will be glad
% learn that the probabilities are in
'aVor of his discharge from the hos
pital in about three weeks
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-17
AVoCA.

The picnic which was to have taken
place at Pastime park on Saturday has
been postponed until Thursday, July 90.
Miss Barbara Dunn, of Hazleton, is
the guest of her cousin, Miss Jennie
Newlin.
Mrs. Michael MCGOWAN, of the North
End, is suffering from a severe attack
of nervous prostration.
Misses Kate Dempsey and Mary
Quinn will leave tomorrow to attend
the l.. c. B. A. convention at Asbury
Park
James Gillespie, of the West Side, is
critically i'll of asthma.
Miss b. Kelly, of Scranton, is the
guest of the Misses Gilroy, of Lincoln
hill.
Miss Ella Early has returned from
New York city.
Mr.. and Mrs. f. r. Smith, of Haw-
ley are guests of Mrs. Burns, of Main
street.
William Brown, sr., and William
Brown, jr spent yesterday with friends
in Peckville.
Through the kindness of Mr. Ashley.
the employees of the silk mill may at
tend the Avoca- -Moosic Presbyterian
excursion to Lake Ariel, July 2S. The
Moosic band will also accompany
them.
Mrs. Charles Davis, of Jermyn, is
spending few days with her mother,
Mrs. Ellis, of South Main street.
Mrs. Bridget Cawley, an aged resi-
dent OF Lincoln hill, is critically i'll at
the home Of her daughter, Mrs. John
Tigue.
Miss Name Fitzsimmons spent yes
terday with Mr.. and Mrs. George AL
len Of Dunmore.
Mr' and Mrs. R. r., Bailey have re-
turned home after few weeks visit
in Bradford county.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-17
THE HARMLESS RATTLEsNAKE.
1t Does Not Always Strike When
Given the Opportunity.

From the Atlantic Monthly.
have seen good many ratlesnakes
perhaps a hundred or more-in the
Sierra Mountains, but | have never
Intentionally disturbed them, nor have
they disturbed me to any great extent
even by accident, though they We're
oftentimes in danger of being stepped
on. Once, while on my knees kindling
a fire, one glided under the arch made
by my arms.
The last time l sauntered through the
big cannon l saw about two a day.
One was not coiled but neatly folded in
a narrow space between two cObble-
stones on the side OF the river his
head below the level of them, ready to
shoot up like a Jack-in-the-b box for
frogs and birds. My foot spanned the
space above within an inch or two Of
his head, but he only held it lower. In
making my way through a particularly
tedious tangle of buckthorn. 1 parted
the branches on one side of an open
spot and threw my bundle OF bread in
to it, and when, with my arms free,
was pushing through after it. ] saw a
small rattlesnake dragging its tail
from beneath my bundle. When he
caught sight OF me he eyed me anGrily
and With an air righteous indignation
semed to be asking why had thrown
that stuff on him. He was so small
was inclined to slight him. but he
struck out so angrily / drew back and
approached the opening from the other
side, But he had been listening, and
when I looked through the brush
found him confronting me still with a
come-in"if-you-d expression, In
vain l tried to explain that l only
wanted my bread; he stoutly held tho
ground in front Of it, and l was afraid
that as he came nearer he might close
in on me and strike before 1 could get
away in such a tanglc; so l just went
back a dozen rods and kept still for
half an hour, and when / returned
found he had gone.