Arizona republican., 1900-09-28
JEROME JOTTINGS
Another Fire Alarm That Aroused the
 Anxious Populace.

Jerome, Ariz.. Sept. 26-(Special cor respondence of the Repubican.)- There was an alarm of fire last night that succeeded in getting out most of the male population of Jerome in a very few minutes. The fire was in a large pile of wood at the rear of a residence on Main street. and would have re- suited in a serious conflagrati ton had not the pile been scattered and the wood sJaked with water in a short time after the fire was discovered. An extra night waterman will be put on to watch the outer edge of town for a few weeks or until the dry weather shall have been superseded by rain or snow.
 A new chemical engine of much greater capacity than the one we now have. came on this week for the town. It is mounted on four wheels instead of two, IS the old one is. The fire compa- nies should get out and practice regu- larly with the engines.
 Japanese Charley. a well known res taurateu". who was in the restaurant business in Jerome for years. has pur- chased the Bon Ton from Cal Wilson and will continue to put up good meals at reasona ble prices. Charley was burned out repeatedly in Jerome in the past
 NJ. F. Dicus mas rented the Cohn building on Main street. formerly oc- cupied by H. W. Laskev and will move into it soon. He will put in q complete stock of hardware in connection with his timing and plumbing business.
 Dr. King, superintendent of the Verde Queen company, has been sick with fever for the past week. but is now inn proving.
 C. w. Hull is having the lot next to his office graded preparatory to having q solid stone office building erected on rhe ground. The office erected tempo rarily after the September fire is too small for MT. Hulrs large business The building will be an improvement in that part of town.
 A. Grant returned from Camp Verde yesterday. where he has been doing the carpenter work on the fine stone resi- denco erected by AIr. Head on his farm below ,Ae old military post. The house nas five rooms and is finely finished 
 w. Hobbs and Geo. Morris are in town from Prescott.
 There was to have been meeting of the council last night. but as two of the ccuncflmen were working the meeting was pos poned.
 c. w. Hull signed the papers yester- day transferring that piece of ground between the Wcrkin gman's beer hall and the street to the town of Jerome Tn payment for the piece of ground the town agreed to give Irp all claim to the lots sold to J. T.. Mchflster by c. w. Hull three years ago. and further agreed to change the road from it's present course. where ft passes over the N'AIlster lots. to the vacant ground intended as a street above the McAI- lister residence. This amicable settle ment was a good move on the part of all parties concerned and will do away with certain law suits that would have been sUre to follow had the compromise not been effected. The street will be graded as soon as all preliminary ad- HertisinG for bids ran he done.
 Judge McKinnor fell down tn, stair way leading from the street to his of flee Monday aftern oon. and was bruised In various places. He was standing on the top step when a piece of the step broke. throwing him to the bottom of .he step head first. Luckily he was not injured
 D. D. MrDON