Arizona republican., 1900-09-07
THE NEWS
 OF JEROME

Jerome. Ariz.. Sept. 5.-(Special cor respondcnce of the Republican.)- )-The weather is changing from summer to fall very rapidly. Two weeks ago q person could go to bed and sleep all night without any cover over him; now a couple of good quilts are accept able.
 Jack Cleary, who conducted z barber shop in Jerome for some months. re- turned from a trip to Missouri yester- day afternoon. He visited with friends and relatives there fr several weeks.
 Walter Wiley left yesterday for Or egon to join his father. Lon Wiley. who went there from Utah last week. Lon writes that Washington and Oregon are lively at the present time.
 Diego Mendoza was Id wi hoU. bail to answer to the grand jury this fall to the charge of murder. A great many with sses testified. and the ex- animation took up all the afternoon. As there was no alternative in the shape of bail. Mendoza will be taken 10 Prescott this afternoon. The defense put on no witnesses. but will make a strong fight in Prescott.
 Mrs. C. E. Hart and Miss West. bo;h of Jerome Junction, were in Jerome yesterday on a shopping expedition.
 G. w. Hull is in Jer me again after an absence of over two months during which time he saw the Paris exposf- tion. He says that as soon as the re- suit of Judge Sloans deliberations are made known m the question of the le- galtty of tho ilcorp0rg tion of the town. tNoH he viii know letter what to do in the way f 0o r-:.ng his mining claims in the town. MT. Full says the people throughout the eastern states are look ing this way for good mining invest ments and that th5y are ready to spend their money whenever they can see A proposition that looks good He will leave for Prescott this afternoon and will return again tomorrow. H. has been in Jerome two whole days since last April. That story they tell on MT. Hull about sWeetening his boullion soup at the Waldorf Astoria in New York is all a mistake. He did not put sugar in it and drink ii for French cof- fee. as some people claimed he did.
 C. s. Marsh nearly lost an eye this week. He was working in tn. mine when a small rock struck him in the right eye, embedding itself in the eye ball. He went to the hospital, where it was pulled out with pair of tweez- CTS. Had the stone struck the center of the eye the sight would have been destroyed.
 Pete Strahan returned from Prescott yesterday afternoon, where he had been on business for several days.
 There was a good attendance at the Methodist bazaar vest rday. Tn the evening the ladies served refreshments.
 Deputy Sheriff Al Marsh came over from Pr scott yesterday afternoon.
 Yesterday afternoon Marshal Rob erts got hold If a refractory drunk, and in arreSting him had to use con- siderable force. Pee Strahan was as sisting Jim in taking the prisoner to jail, and when at the door of the bas- tile ;he man caught Pete's hand with his teeth. Jim hit the man several times with his right hand until he was knocked out. When the blows w-re struck Jim lad bunch of keys in his hand, one of which was driven almost through the palm of his hand.
 John Woody, James Vail and Chas. McKane drove bunch of cattle over from Flagstaff for the Jerome meat market, arriving yesterday. Mir. Vail is one of the most substantial business men in Flagstaff, and Mr. Woody was