Arizona republican., 1900-07-08

granted in the case of the Utah Irfiga- ton Canal company against O. Wing and others. was continued until July 2S. Application was made by Thomas J. Prescott for admission to the bar The examination was set for next Monday and the following examining committee was appointed: w H. StilweH. J. B. Woodward, Thomas E. Flannigan. A. J. Edwards and John NJ Langston.
 ACCORDING TO SCHEDULE. - According to calculations made by ConUact-r Tom Lowell some months ago. the capitol building will be fin ished on July 20. and will be ready to be turned over to the territory Th- clustering was completed yesterday. lut there are odds and ends to be picked up which will take ten days or two weeks. The huge metallic statue of the Goddess of Lib5rty which will grace the dome was received yester- day afternoon and the work of putting it up will be commenced at once. It is sixteen feet high.
 CANAL CLEANING. G.-Superinten- dent McDermott is getting a large outfit together for cleaning and enIarg-
  cut. Owing to the low stage of the water the dredger can not be used for this work which will necessitate the use of scrapers. The dregde has reached a point a short distance above the orange grove, and is making good headway. considering the diff cult nature of the work. The canal is being widened from ten to fifteen feet Ia cottOnwoods and brush that the roots form Q tough network that is very diff ficult to remove.
 IN CLOVER. Dan GooGin. who re- moved to California last month. writes to a friend that he has rented a place at Hanford. and is living on black berries, apples. prunes and such truck, and is. happy at last. Although the natives were complaining of the heat he found it quite chilly. as the mercury had not yet been above 100 degrees. He said he had rented a good warm house. with three stoves and a lot of extra bedding. and by sleeping late in the morning and sitting on the sunny side of the house they managed to keep comfortable. He adds that the mos quitoes up there are as big as horses. which is not surprising, as they have such good pasture.
 QUIT THE HORSE BUSINESS. .-E. O. Slocum. who has lived in the valley about twenty years and for a consider able part of that time. has be=n en- gagged in the business of raising horses; that is. good horses and not scrubs or cayuses. has retired from it. He has rI of l,ie of 200 head. About a year ago he sold 100 head for $S,OOO. His experience with the horse busin =ss has been very satis- factory notwithstanding the general impression that the average horse eats his head off in the course of a y=ar un- less he can be put to some kind. Of r=- nun rative employment. But Mir. SlOcum believes there is more money in the cattle business. so after a va cation and rest on the coast he will come back and try it.
 A TEN MINUTE TRAGEDY. - There must have been a badly scared young man in town last night. H. sent a telephone message inquiring for a policeman or a newspaper re- porter. He said man was lying deaG at the corner of Third avenue and Ad- ans street; his head seemed to be crushed. The young mans voice trsm- bled as he talked until the wire vi brated and central was seized with mysteries. An expedition consisting of Officer Tom Gray and a Republican re- porter was fitt=d out. Everything seemed to be quiet in the neighbOrhood of Third avenue and Washington. Pe3- pie Were about on porches and lawns chatting and laughing, little imagining that a tragedy had occurred right un- der th=ir noses. Tn the midst of life we are in death" The officer flashed his private electric system over the community and f-unG a man lying in the gutter at the same time. The corps groaned and the officer said: He is not dead. but sleepeth off a jag" Sta bu=nO." mUrmured the remains. He was put into a hack and taken to the lookup at his own expense. where he will be fined tomorrow $2 for his ride exclusive Of the price of the drunk.