Arizona republican., 1899-03-18
NEWS
 OF THE
 TOWN

11O REMAINS TAKEN HUME w. P. A. Buckley, aged 20, died yester- day morning on West Jefferson street
 Father and mother accompanied his
 remains, which were sent to Frank
 fort, Ky, last night
 QUALIFICATIONS FOR MEMBER
 SHIP. Every native son of New York
 and every one who fer more than Q
 year has had a home in that state is
 eligible to membership in the Empire
 State society.
 WOOL AND FRUITS. Two car
 loads of wool were shipped to Boston by the way of the Santa Fe last night
 As partial illustration of the valley s l diversity of products the same train
 took out a car of dried fruits con-
 signed by Walter Hill to Chicago par
 ties
 FUNERAL OF GROVER LEE.-The funeral of Grover Lee took place at ? ' o'clock yesterday afternoon from the 1 residence of his parents, MT. and Mrs. | Frank P. Lee, in Brill's addition. The
 services were conducted by the Rev
 MT. Ferguson of the Christian church.
 The remains were followed to the cemetery by a long procession of the friends of the family.
 I AN EX-BOSTONIAN.- is possible 1 that there will be ladies matinee at
 the Patton Grand on next Wednesday afternoon. George Abram Smith pro-
 poses to render vocally eight or ten numbers and he will be assisted by his travelling companion, c. E. Mccoy,
 who has much dramatic talent. Mr Smith needs no recommendation other than the fact of his recent connection with the Bostonians.
 CHARLES R. DRAKE, REGENT. - Governor Murphy yesterday appointed Charles R. Drake of Tucson regent of the territorial university. MT. Drake's name in connection with the educational position is not entirely unfamiliar. It will be remembered that the late unla- mented legislative council had Mr MT. Drake under consideration and neglected to confirm him. But the "has was" council is not an insuperable ob- structiOn.
 DISTRICT COURT.-There was a short session of district court yester- day devoted chiefly to the continuation or settling of cases. The cases Of Lo- gan Cecil and Carroll Cecil vs William Billups, A. Potter vs L. D. Yaeger and H. c. Yaeger, Brill vs the s. F., P. & P, The John Deere Flow company vs The Henry E. Kemp company and the Farmers and Merchants bank of Tempe vs L. H. Orme, were continued for the term. The trial of F. s. War ner vs Thomas Savers was set for March A.
 RETURNED FROM A MINING TRIP.-The party consisting of Col onel J. s. Cooper, Captain J. c. Keith, D. F. Kelly, William Thornton, pr. J. M Ford and J. K. Truman, which left for the Black Buttes less than a week oc od nj bers of the party agree that the stretch of road between Hot Springs and Hot Springs Junction formed the best road way that they had ever previously witnessed. Considerable mining prop erty was examined and Captain Keith became so interested that he proposes to make a similar trip before leaving for his home in Chicago.
 CIVIL SERVICE ROSITIONS.-The civil service commission announces that it desires to establish a regular register from which the following pO- sitions may be filled: Nurseryman at Chilolocco Indian school. Okla; Iaun- dress at the Phoenix Indian school: cook, female at the Pima agency boarding school and cook, female at the Kickapoo school, Kans. No edU- cational test will be offered but appli- cants will be graded upon their age, experience, physical qualifications and skill in the kind of work for which they are wanted. Those who desire to compete should apply at once to the | United States Civil Service Commits | sion Washington, for application blank, form 1903.
 ALL ARE CAPTIVATED. The Re publican a few days ago published an | of 0J, t1av, y1,.Ni merely stopped off at Phoenix to visit | friends in the course of a general west | ern tour and was so well pleased with | his surroundings that he bought an eX- pensive ranch and decided to make the | valley his home. Here is another in stance of the captivating influence of | the country: A gentleman named | Linkletter from Colorado came here On Thursday he bought $1, 900 worth Of property in Capitol ad- dition of L. W. COggins and is going back to Colorado to sell everything he has there and invest the proceeds in Phoenix and surrounding property.
 RETURNED TO SEChUSION.-John has left for his prospect, the Kansas" situated on the headwaters of Cave creek and beyond the Phoenix mine. He has practically led a her 1nit's life at this claim for three years, making occasional visits to Phoenix for provisions. There has been $50 feet of work done in the prospect. and a shaft has been sunk 800 feet. There are several grass root tunnels but the largest drift is from a depth of 2SO feet The vein contains base ore which runs s gold and 40 per cent copper, | but MT. Cnaney said that at times he ! had discovered small pay streaks, of II sulphites of such character that the plated $195. He believes I that ne will not have to drift over sixty II feet in his longest tunnel to undermine Il a rich vein. His conclusion is based Ii entirely upon surface indications.
 ST. PATRICK'S BANQUET. St Il Patrick's ball last night was one of the II biggest events of the present social Ii