Arizona republican., 1900-07-30

| Zander and several others will take a
 trip to that vicinity and try their luck
 with the sheep and other game. At one | time mountain sheep were rather plen- tiful in Arizona, but of late have be-
 come very scarce. They are much wilder than deer and frequent the most i inaccessible parts of the mountains, making it difficult matter to get with
 in shooting distance of them.
 MACHINERY BY EXPRESS.-Th Detroit Copper company at Morenci is | getting in hurry to get to work again.
 It has been shipping machinery by ex- ! press. A motor weighing some 1.S0O pounds was received last week. and even heavier machinery is reported on the road by express.
 SUNDAY CLOSING.-Messrs Elvey
 & Hulett, for the last three weeks, have
 been closing their drug store on Sun
 days from Il clock a. m. till , o'clock D. m., and say they expect to continue
 these hours during the summer season or make the closing hours even longer
 if the rest of the druggists consent to the arrangement. T. F. Hudson has also joined the Sunday closing move
 ment and others have announced their
 intention of doing so.
 BEAT TRUE BLUE NINE.-A large
 audience at the Phoenix park Sunday
 afternoon saw the DeMund ball team
 defeat the True Blue nine by a score of
 14 to 3. The game was a good one up
 to the fourth inning. each side having
 three runs to its credit at that stage of
 the game. From here on to the end
 the DeMund men piled up the goose eggs and won a comparatively easy vic
 tory. The game was full of applause provocative plays and aroused the au-
 dience to an unusual state of hot
 weather enthusiasm. Joe Levy was umpire.
 ON TO CHINA.-Friday last troops D and F of the Ninth cavalry (colored) left Fort Huachuca for San Francisco. expecting to sail shortly for China. There were seven sleepers and five box and nine stock cars. Troop F is in charge of Captain H. H. Wright, who is in charge of the detachment of 200 men. with whom there are 175 head of horses loaded into the stock cars. Captain J. F. McBlain is in command of troop D. The other officers are Lieutenant E. H. Rubottom and Dr. w. E. Brown. act ing assistant surgeon. Captain McBlain had command of D troop on San Juan hill Troop A of the Fifth cavalry is now located at Fort Huachuca, having arrived there but few days ago. Col onel McGregor. with two troops from Fort Grant. together with the regi- mental band, left Wilcox Sunday. fol- lowing the regular passenger train west bound.
 DEATH OF w. B. GREEN Yester- day morning at o'clock at his home eight miles west of Phoenix, occurred the death of William Bailey Green, of a complication of diseases, aged 73 years. The deceased was born in Eng land came and came to Arizona many years ago. He leaves his wife and two sons, Charles and Samuel. both O f whom have families. MT. Green was one of the most respected ranchers in the valley, a man whom to know was to respect. He was a veteran of the civil war, having served in the Thirty third Mssosuri regiment, and all old soldiers are requested to attend the funeral service which will be held at the cemetery at 9:30 o'clock this morn ing. His death was a great surprise for though in advanced years he arose yesterday morning seemingly in his usual health, but took walk in the di- rection of one of the out-buildings on the farm and few minutes later was found dead.