Arizona republican., 1899-01-14
NEWS
 OF THE
 TOWN

A NEW NOTARY-A notarial com
 mission was issued yesterday to A. D.
 Brewer of Morenci.
 UNDELIVERED TELEGRAM. The Western Union has a message for Mar
 tin I<illalee.
 IN HIS NEW CFFICE. District
 Attorney Flannigan yesterday moved
 into his new offices in the court house building
 THE KINGS DAUGHTERS. The
 Kings Daughters of the Baptist Ichurch meet today in the church par lOrS at o'clock for a sewing bee.
 MATINEE POSTPONED. The rae ling matinee set for this afternoon has I'been postponed until next Saturday on
 account of the condition of the track.
 MISS SMITHS DEATH. Died, in
 Minneapolis, at the home of her par
 ents, MT. and Mrs. 1. W. Cone, of con-
 sumption, Mrs. George H. Smith, last year a resident of Phoenix
 FIRST REGIMENT CHAPLAIN. = 1 Rev. Lewis Halsey, D. D., has just been
 commissioned by Governor Murphy as
 chaplain Of the First regiment of in
 fantry of the National Guard of the territory of Arizona.
 THE LEGISLATIVE BALL Mayor
 Adams has called a meeting of citizens
 at the Hotel Adams at o'clock this evening to perfect arrangements for
 reception, ball and banquet in honor
 of the Twentieth legislature
 A CHANGE OF NAME. Amended
 articles of incorporation of the Phoenix Land and Trust company were filed in i the office of the county recorder yester- day. The only change made is in the title of the company, which will be hereafter known as the Phoenix Trust company.
 HAY FOR CALIFORNIA. Six cars of hay went out over the s. F. P. & P. yesterday for California. It is prob able now that hay shipments to the coast will dwindle with the springing grass resulting from the late rains Hay had just reached a figure which was becoming interesting, $11 ton, when the rain interfered.
 THE STRONGER TRILBYS. Two inew men will arrive from Los Angeles either this morning or tomorrow morn- ing to strengthen the TTilbys in to- mCrrOws game. The team has been la little weak in several places, but the manager believes that the new rein- forcements will make his team more than even with Phoenix.
 POISON CLAM CHOWDER. = A girl living in the block had a narrow escape from the hereafter yesterday by the PtCmaine poisoning process. She had enjoyed a feast of clam chowder made from canned clans. They thought for hours that there was no prospect of saving her. She was, how ever. pulled through with a dimin- ished appetite for shell-fish and other sea foods.
 NEVEJO'S NEW COURT HOUSE. ! Architect George L. GrOSvenOr, who ! has been supervising the building of the new court house at HOlbrOok, re- {, turned on Thursday night. The court house cost $12,000 and everybody who had anything to do with it lost money. | If it had cost any more Navajo county | could not have paid for it. A scraping of the treasury was necessary to raise the contract price.
 SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING. - A special meeting of the city council | was held yesterday afternoon to decide the bond election. It was nct f known to be absolutely nee essary, but the council de- cided to run no risk of invalidating I the bonds in case they should be voted. So registration was ordered. l. will t begin Cn January IA and end on Janu- ary IS.
 A RICH COPPER STRIKE. A came in from the Volcanic mine in the Eagle Tail mountains yes terday and reported a wonderful strike A fOur-foot vein of extraordinarily rich ore has been opened. A part of it is not ere at all, but pure metal. Ben iarnin E. Lower of Los Angeles, one Of the owners of the property, took away with him a chunk of copper weighing E0 being made for the development Of the mine. s
 ROUGH RIDERS FUNERAL. The ( funeral of Rough Rider Willard Ray s mond has been fixed for Sunday after l noon at o'clock. The funeral will be { under the auspices of the Rough Riders ' in the valley. Col. Brodie and Captain | AIoClintock will be present. The local l' militia companies will act as esecIt and the c. A. R. will attend in body. ] The Rough Riders will wear the uni | form of the regiment Invitation is !; extended to the public to attend the ( funeral The funeral will take place rom w. A. Davis undertaking parlors. It
 A HUNT FOR FIRE. There was a lively hunt for fire last night in the ( 5. F. P. & P. office and the adjoining | store Of the McDougall-Gag company. There was a cloud Of smoke in both, md it was evident that pine was burn X ng. The search came to an end in the alter room. Somebody had dropped a lighted cigar into a pasteboard box filled with dry pine sawdust. The Id cigar burned it's way through the saw dust, the bottom of the box and the inoleum upon which the box rested.
 CAPTAIN M'CLINTOCK'S RETURN. Captain James H. McClintock of B / roop, Rough Riders, returned home T ast night looking little the worse for 2 ais wound and long confinement in the hospital. Captain McCIiutCck has been z visiting on the coast since he came pack from the east. He arrived at ' 2rascaLt -rh1l,.sda1- nioh.t a-d snan.t :