Arizona republican., 1900-08-02

where Dr. swetnam attended his in- juries, and he will likely be able to be about soon.
 AN ARTIST IN SKINS. MT. Ernest Hall of the office of the territorial sec | retary is an adept in the art of skin- ming. Not however, in the slang ac- ceptance of the term, but rather as d | tanner of hide. MT. Hall is an anna teur in the work, but has evidences of his skill which few veteran tanners can boast of. Not only has he choice collection of belts. hat bands and neck ties made from snake skins, a collec- tion which might easily frighten a drinking man into delirium tremens, but he has a few pieces of human cuti7' cle which are masterpieces of a rather grewsome work. One piece in partic- ular is about eight inches square and was taken from the breast of a man. Several others testify to his ability in the skin line and were obtained while MT. Hall was student at the Univer- sity of Nebraska.
 TRAVELLER RETURNS AGAIN. - George Kirkland returned Tuesday night from a two weeks visit in Pres 
 from Wickenburg, where he laid over for day on business. He says Pres colt is worth a visit just to see the burned district. which can hardly be appreciated from descriptions. The people of the town are taking hold in earnest, clearing up the debris and getting ready for the erection of mod ern store buildings. Wickenburg- he says, is also lively for a small town and seems to have great prospects. The most sehsational feature just now in that camp is a tonsorial parlor with female artists. Nearly everybody in town is giving them their patronage. The few populists that live thereabout have cut off their whiskers and all the boys who are big enough to wear pants are encouraging an incipient beard in the hope that they will soon have an excuse for a scrape with the razor. There was slight shower there Tues day following the big wind and the sand storm experienced in the Salt River valley was witnessed from afar by the residents in and around the prosperous camp.
 STILL IN BUSINESS. The Re publican announced yesterday that R. s. Stearns and Frank Turner had pur- chased the Thomas barber shop next to the Anheuser. It was misinformed as to the name of the shop, which was formerly that of G. H. Mumm (not the man who made certain brand of champagne famous), while Theodore Thomas who owns the only Thomas shop in town,, is located in the Gotten block. The error, MT. Thomas an- nounces was a very serious matter to him. His few creditors thinking he had sold out to enlist and fight the Chi nese, were all sitting oa the curbstone when he opened up yesterday morning. His friends thinking he had got rich and retired all came round and wanted him to treat. His bootblaok threat ened to sue him for damages for being thrown out of job on shor notice. The only way he could convince the gathering throng of his good inten- tions was to hire a man to sit ir his chair all forenoon during the dull hours, while Thomas diligently lath- cred and scraped. Thomas says he is about fifty years old, but is just in his youth yet and will be stropping razors in this town when Stearns and Turner have died of old age.
 SAVED BY FIRE. MT. Mack Ham, ilton, a commercial traveller, who formerly resided in Phoenix, like all good drummers is very sociable, has pronounced ideas on some things and is always ready to back up his argu- ments with a small wager if nece ssary