Arizona republican., 1899-10-11

as large as the innocent little fellows
 that have visited town heretofore The
 big grasshoppers are not entirely q new
 invention, as they have always been
 here in limited numbers, but this year all the grasshoppers are big ones. They seem to argue that at this time it is
 no use to be a grasshOpper at all if you cannot be a big one. Some of them
 look as large as wild turkeys when they fly in your face. and if they light on ones shoulder and fly off again the recoil will almost knock man down.
 DEATH OF MRS. SLOSSER. H. E. Slosser died at the home of her husband seven miles southwest of the city at o'clock yesterday mOrnin. . | She had been an invalid for eight years. and for the last two years her i illness was regarded as hopeless. She bore her sufferings most patiently She
 was most highly esteemed by a wide
 circle Of acquaintances, who join in i the sorrow of the relatives. Beside the husband>three children, two daughters and a son mourn the loss of a kind mother. The funeral will take place at Peoria this afternoon. Mrs. SlOsser was native of Humboldt county, Cal. and was educated in Oakland. coming to Phoenix in an early day. MT. and Mrs SIosser are among the early set tiers in the valley and were married in Phoenix about twenty years ago YOUTHFUL DEMOCRATS. Tine secondary battery of the democratic organization in this city, an adolescent aggregation. which calls itself the Young Mems Democratic club, met at the court house last night. No preteXt was offered for the convocation. There is no campaign on and none. municipal. county. territorial or national, lr sight. The boys just wanted to meet and they met, perhaps to prove to each other that they were still in youthful vigor. There is, though. one matter which is agitating the democrats of tender age both in and out of the club. the selection of a delegate to the na- tional democratic convention next year. Their elders have probably been turning the thing over in their minds too. but they have not reached the point of engaging in an open scramble yet The clubs candidate is E. S Russell. while s. J. Nicholson assisted by friends of all ages is conducting an independent contest on the outer edges.
 PUMPED A HAND CAR.-George A. i Mintz grand secretary of the l. O. O. i F. of this jurisdiction, has returned . from a weeks visit in the southern ] part of the territory where in com , pany with Grand Master H. C. Hitch cock of Globe and Grand Representa- [ tive Emil Marks of Bisbee. he visited . the various lodges in that part Of the . territory. Mr. Hitchcock accompanied by his wife will reach Phoenix in . few days, where the latter will visit friends. while the two grand officers
 
 the territory in the interest of the order. MT. Mintz relates an inci1znt of his southern journey that brought Dlisters to his hands and tears to his eyes. A washout on the Sonora rail road had caused the suspension of traffic and it was imperative that they catch the next train at Benson, eighteen miles distant and up grade They joined issues with man. wife and child who were also anxious to travel, and chartered 9 hand car 1he start was all right, but by the time they had reached the summit they had ost interest in the proceedings, were Respondent in spirit and exhaustel in It became necessary to press a Mexican into service in order to keep from losing all the groul Id hey had gained. The Mexican pushed md they pumped, eventually getting ,ver the grade. SHORT CUT TO HAPPINESS.-Nrs Grace Baird Young, a charming young widow of twenty summers and David Care, whose birthday anniversary has s been recorded some forty times. were ] lmong the incoming passengers pn ast nights train. When at home they get their mail at Congress. but just at present they are not at home. though i heir mission to Phoenix was for the purpose of disposing of the prelinsi- laries necessary to the establishment If another fireside in that prosperous mountain town. In short, they cam o Phoenix to get married and desired hat the nuptial knot should be tied IS eXpeditiOusly as possible in con ormity with established customs. They wanted the best there was and vanted it quickly. They had evident y been looking forward to an event of his kind for some time and had been the facilities for hasty marriages in Phoenix. and had learned l hat Billie Zerres, the hack driver. made a speciality of that line of work nd instanced a couple of hasty events hat he had engineered here about a ear ago. When they aIighted from rom the train they made straight for SilIie's hack and tried to get in, but ound every seat filled with deputy heriffs and prisoners bound for Yuma. hey were determined that the event houId be pulled off under no other lana cement, so while he drove to the ourt house and unloaded his through reight, they strolIed up to Washing