Arizona republican., 1899-09-18

NEW HELLO GIRL" - Miss
 Mamie Meagher has accepted a posi-
 tion with the telephone company of
 Phoenix
 ! HER FIRST SCHOOL. Miss Mauda
 Lincoln, a graduate of the class of '99
 Of the normal school, left for Prescott on Saturday evening. She will take ! charge of the school at Lynx Creek, 1 her first school.
 JEFF FITLEN DEAD. Jeff Fitlen,
 an inmate of the county hospital, died
 on Saturday and his remains were : buried yesterday. The dead man had lived in the valley a number of years
 and was 40 years of age
 THE INVINCIBLES. The Crack
 CT Jack" foot ball team will reorgan-
 ize this year This team claims to
 have never been defeated and it will
 pose as the champion of all juvenile
 fee. ball teams of Phoenix, and ready
 to meet all com6Ts
 STONE-CUTTERS UNION. - The
 stone-cutters Of Phoenix have or ganized a union which will be branch of the general union of North America MT. James Dooner is pres ident and Albert Kreig corresponding and financial secretary
 IT MADE A DIFFERENCE. - flows the train tonight?" asked a man entering the Santa Fe cff1ce yes terday Its one hour late,' answered a clerk who didn't know anything about it. We'll inquired the man, do you mean it's an hour late, city time. or railroad time?"
 THE PICKET POST MINE. - James B. White and Louis Burdette, two stone-cutters of Phoenix, have located a promising gold claim in the Superstition mountains and have christened it the Picket Post. The development work is in progress and says run very high.
 BASE BALL IN PRESCOTT. The DeMund base ball team has sent a let ter to Prescott in the hope of arranging a game there during the time of the excursion to Prescott. An answer is today. It is understood that there is a good ball team at Prescott, but the players have only had a linn ited amount of practice.
 CANAL CLEANING. HI. c. Robi- l nette yesterday afternoon took a large i force of men out to the Grand canal i 0n North Center street and will begin 1 the work of cleaning that waterway, 1 working in both directions from the 1 point mentioned. The work will be | pushed as rapidly as possible that i here may be no unnecessary delay in i getting the canal ready for the fall ir- 'igaticn.
 HIGH SCHOOL FOOT BALL. - Since the high school reopened the ! )Oys have been active in recognizing he foot ball team. It is likely that an .leYen will be organized which will be wen stronger than last years team. t will be necessary to get a strong cam together to cope successfully with he normal school, which is organizing stronger aggregation this year than yer before.
 UNIVERSITY APPOINTMENT - Burt Hollingshea1 has been appointed o a clerical position at the university # Tucson. He will leave to, be pres mt at the opening of school, where he yill pursue several studies which will @ valuable to him in his study of the aw.- In connection with his work he will study elCcution. Mr HOlingS- ead will return to Phoenix for few ays in December to take the examina- ion fer admittance to the bar.
 TELEPHONE CONSTRUCTION. - The cnly thing which new stands in he way of commencing work on the ong distance telephone is the non rriYal of the poles from Washington. The lumbermen have been slow to fill he order, but word was received yes erday that the poles had been shipped nd they are expected here any day. Jnless something unlocked for hap k ,ens it will not be long before work commences. Forces of men will be ut to work constructing lines in two irectiOns from Phoenix as soon as the !.