The Arizona sentinel., 1900-10-03

Col. BrOdie writes to friends in Tue
 son that he will spend some time in the territory this winter.
 The Florence Tribune says there is not Jew in Final county. They have
 proba ply all moved to Phoenix.
 Captain Mitchell, who was major in Col. McCord;s regiment, was killed in action recently in the Phillipines.
 J. D. Giger and two Mexican assist ants were asphyxiated while cleaning a cesspool in Solomonville last Thurs day.
 The territorial university at Tucson has been given donation of S3. eco by the Copper Queen Mining Company to- ward establishing a complete manual training course.
 Cattle are permitted to graZe in the cemetery at Tombstone, which leads the PrcspectOr to suggest that some action should be taken in the matter without delay.
 1uC HULL O1l UilC AOCl0ClIbccI LI1IlC OA Lynx Creek, Yavapai county, was de- stroyed by fire on Thursday night last. Cause of fire unknown. Loss is placed at $7 ,5O0; no insurance.
 It is said that the mesquite been, so prolific and plentiful in Arizona. makes an excellent substitute for coffee, pos sessing the stimulating properties and lacking the deleteriOus features of the latter.
 Deputy Sheriff John Lee shot and in- stantiy killed Charley Thompson last Thursday night in Thompson's saloon at Victor. The shooting was over Thompson's withdrawing from 8 poker game after winning $50, Lee obiecting to Thompsons withdrawal. Thomp- son's brother is hospital steward at Jerome.
 The Phoenix Gazette revives an old story on G. W. Chapman, a former Tombstoner known as ''old Chap" who is nov engaged in the real estate busi- ness in Phoenix and has history that is lurid. Cbap, in early days, was one Of the keenest and most energetic men in Arizona. He was for years an ex- press messenger and mail clerk, and al | so held many responsible positions in the early days in Tombstone. And it can b, said to his credit that he was an honest, efficient officer.
 Some eighteen years ago, Chap was express and mail agent between Yuma i and Los Angeles. He was wild and l woolly, in those days, like ether western youngsters. Chaps train used to car the bones of dead Chinamen from Ari- ! zona to the Golden Gate for shipment | home to China. The traffic was partic- ! ularly disagreeable to Chap, and one | day while the train was moving slowly ! across the bridge from Yuma to Cali ! fOrnia, Chap was standing in the open ! door of the express car, which contained 1 several of those objectionable defurct | Chinese bodies. The day was warm i and the OdOr not pleasant and Chap be- | came indignant, and seiZing hold of the ] boxes, he dumped the whole outfit into 1 the Colorado river and the bones of the ! Celestials probably are still floating in the Gulf Of California, far from their | oriental home in Canton. A big fuss 1 was made about the affair and Chap 1 left the employ of the company. A few l years later he was the republican can didate for city assessor of Tombstone, and the democratic paper charged him with the offense. Chap took the bull 1 by the horns, acknowledging it public ly, saying, Yes, I did dump the d-m Chinamen into the river: and if l had | it to do over again, would throw every d-m Chinaman, alive or dead, into the Colorado riyer, that came into ArizO- na." This answer caught the people | and Chapman got the largest ma ajCrity of any man that ever ran on any ticket in that city. Old Chap is still in PhOe nix, vigorous in mind and doing we'll, and we hope he has many years of life hefOrP him