Arizona republican., 1899-06-17
NEWS
 OF THE
 TOWN

ADMITTED TO PROBATE. Tn,
 will of Emma C. Cristy was admitte
 to probate yesterday.
 MRS. PARKER CONVALESCEN1 Mrs. P. P. Parker, who has beer
 sick of typhoid fever. is convalescent
 CATTLE TO FL PASO. Ship
 ments of cattle to Fl Paso are bein;
 resumed. Three carloads were sen
 there yesterday.
 | GEORGE ALKIRE BETTER. -A
 slight change for the better occurred
 in the condition of George Alkire yes
 terday.
 MRS. WALKERS CONDITION. = 1 No change was noticed yesterday ir
 tho condition of Mrs. J. Ernest 1 Walker.
 BADLY GUT. Walter Perciva1, the
 express man, was badly cut about the
 head in a runaway at the M. & P de
 pot yesterday afternoon. His condi-
 tiCn, however, is not serious
 STAR GROCERY TO INCORPO-
 RATE Articles of incorporation of | the Star grocery at Five Points are | being drawn up and may be filed to- | day. J. T. Bridewell, the present proprietor, will be interested in the | corporation.
 A SCHOOL VACANCY. W. J. An l derson, who was appointed by the grammar school board of trustees as a | teacher in the Central school, has concluded not to accept the position
 There was nothing definite in the ap-
 pointment as to salary or grade to
 teach.
 DISTRICT COURT. In the case of Mary J. Lott vs. P. B. McCabe and F. P. Daggs to recover on note, judg- ment was given the plaintiff for S2,700. A garnishment was immediate ly filed under this judgment against the Farmers and Merchants bank Of Tempe.
 BUILDING GOING ON. Consider able building is being done here noTe among which is a splendid dwelling for J. H. Finished in the Montgomery addition. Another nice house which will be built soon by Miss T. Eccles will be located on the corner of Ad- ans and Fifteenth avenue.
 EFFECT OF WARM WEATHER. = The farmers all over the territory in the last few months have responded. better to the call of the Phoenix weather bureau for crop bulletins than ever before. The reports recently show that since the abnormally cool spring the crops are now maturing uniformly.
 WILL IRRIGATE BETTER. City Zanjero Al Arthur was Cn the street yesterday after a confining illness. He. will make an effort now to conceil- trate the allowance of water for the city and use only strong heads for IT, rigating. For a week he will add to the usual head in the northern DOT ticn of town twenty-five inches which is not needed in the southern part.
 BITTEN BY TARANTULA. A telegram was received from Wicken- burg yesterday calling for doctor to go to Wickenburg. Miss Lay had been bitten in the hand by a tarantula and her arm was greatly swollen T above the elbow. A telegram later said that Miss Fay was in a serious condition, but that a doctor of Con gress Junction happened to be in the town and no physician from here was needed
 DEATH OF EDGAR P. BELVN.- Edgar P. Belvin, aged 45, died of pneu- monia at his home six miles north west of town yesterday afternoon at 3 o'clock. He had lived in Glendale fer ten years and was a highly re- 5pected citizen. The funeral ser vices will be held at the Methodist i church at 10 o'clock this morning, and | will be conducted by the Rev MT. Brandes of Glendale, assisted by Rev. | E. D. McCreary of the First M. E. church, Phoenix.
 PICTURE OF BANDITS. When | 1o t7ZxrO Har+ and companion, were taken to Florence, | ,. c. Babb and J. F. Appleby, the gov engineers, managed to get ! picture of them. They were dressed | IS they were at the time of tn hold ID, tn woman in buckskin trousers, with high heeled boots, a sombrero md the accoutrements of a cowboy. When Messrs. Babb and Appleby were n Phoenix they left the pictures with ?. L.Andrews & Son to be developed. They will be finished today.
 DRY IN COLORADO. Walter H. Campbell arrived yesterday from Trin- dad, Colo. This has been an unusual y dry season there and if the drOuth continues it will result disastrous,y o the farmer. The farming districts Ire occupied largely by Mexicans, who Ire now invoking proVidential prCtec- ion against the threatened failure or ;rops. They have collected from all 'ver the country and are camped in a Il anyon about eight miles from Trini- lad, where they are earnestly praying or rain.
 JUNO T. HEARD FROM. W. N. Tiffany yesterday received a letter rom J. K. Wheat, the trainer and lriver of his mare, Juno T. Mir. Wheat ays she is doing well and though he lasn't made her show burst of speed, he has won the admiration of horse nen at Des Moines. She has earned II o eat oats and timothy hay with as great relish as the alfalfa and barley \ m which she was raised. She refused Ii he first item of her new menu, red II dover. MT. Wheat writes that he II las ascertained Nvhy Tid-bits, the ca