Arizona republican., 1899-10-16
THE NEWS OF
 PRESCOTT

Prescott Ariz., Oct, 14-(Special cor respondence to the Arizona Repubn can)-The Pick and Drill has been purchased by MT. Tom Shultz. for ner employe on the Courier He says it is to be a non-partisian paper ex- cept that it will be 16 to 1. Col. Rog- CTS thinks it has been switched over to the Murphy element, and the purchase of that paper is the result.
 The corpse of an unknown man was found at the ice plant here at an early hour this morning. At the coroners inquest held over the body this morn ing it was discovered that the dead man had stopped at the ice plant late last night and asked for a drink say ing that he was i'll, but not cOnsenting to have a physician called, as was sug- gested by MT. Austin, the man in charge of the plant, and had gone into a little room at the back of the boiler. to get warm. MT. Austin looking in there sometime afterwards, found that the man had expired. The jury re- turned a verdict of death from natural causes, but it was afterwards discover ed that a package of arsenic had been found lying beside the dead body. The mans name is said to be Swenski, time or bookkeeper for Webb, the railway contractor.
 Secretary c. H. Akers made a flying trip up and down again from Phoenix, returning on yesterday afternoons train. He had not even the pleasure of a brief chat with his friends, most of whom did not know he was in their midst.
 Mrs. A. L. Triton, W. M. of the o. E. g. of Tucson, who is in the city staying
  leave on Monday for Phoenix, where she will remain for some two weeks, going on from there to Tucson to par ticipate in the doings of the Order at that place, and visiting with her num- erous friends there.
 The appointment Of Mir. w. s. Gold sworthy to the office of chief clerk in the office of the G. F. & P. A. here gives general satisfaction to and is q source of congratulation from his many friends and well wishers, and is Q recognition of his more than aver age ability and efficiency in the field in which he has labored for a long time past, i. e., as G. P. & T. A. of the Santa Fe System. The departure of MT. Burt Taylor and his wife for Kan sas City, where he fills a position with the K. c. P. & G. R. R., in the General l his advancement and betterment fills the hearts of their friends with regret at losing such popular members of so- ciety here.
 MT. w. w Elliott, of Cherry Creek, came in this week and brought a bar Of bullion worth about S475, represent ing about one-third of the mill run of one hundred tons of ore taken from the G. F. M. mine, the mill having run about sixteen days this last month. He also brought in about forty pounds of precipftates from the cyanide process they are operating there, which had a value of about one dollar per pound There is prospect of this mine develop ing into something very valuable as they have found some exceedingly rich places in the ore body recently.
 MT Hugh Matheson, who represents the Gold and Silver Extraction Com pany of Denver, is in town for a few days, but will leave for Stanton or Ne vada as soon as this weather is settled. lie is here in the interest of cyaniding processes and to assist in starting up the various plants that have been put in round about the country within the past few months
 The City Council are to have a meet ing tonight, when it is expected that bids for street grading will be awarded 1t is said that Edwards and Webster are to have the contract for grading the downtown streets. MT. Webster has done the contract work in the R k grading in the northern portion of the country LOUIE BEE