Arizona silver belt., 1900-05-03

The adjourned townsite meeting will be held at the courthouse on Sat urday evening, May ,, at s o'clock. As understood the object in calling the meeting was to convert the mon- ey in the hands of the town trustee to the cemetery improvement fund. Cit izens interested are requested to at tend the meeting.
 Mrs. Frank Juliff entertained fast Tuesday evening at a surprise party given in honor of Miss Mae Faull. The hours were spent very pleasantly in music, recitations and games, fol lowed with refreshments. The follow ing were present; The Misses Hamms, Oldiclds, Faulls and Messrs. Butler, Hoyt, Tarr, Jacobs and Oates.
 The Florence Tribune, of April 2S, says: Judge Doan yesterday received the sad news by telegraph that his court reporter, Miss Helen Reed, died Thursday at Middletown, Ohio, hay- ing just reached home from Arizona. This announcement will cause sincere regret and sorrow among the young l lady's many friends in the territory, where she was greatly respected and admired
 John Carly0n, a miner native of Cornwall, England, died last Saturday. and was buried from the Methodist church on Sunday afternoon. De- ceased was hurt in mine several years ago, and never fully recovered from the injury. Several months ago he underwent an operation in Los An geleS which did not help him and since his return to Globe his decline was rapid. The immediate cause of of death was tuberculosis.
 Bids were opened at Kelvin last Tuesday for hauling freight from the railroad for the Ray Mines, Limited, and James Gamble, Jr,, Of San Fran cisco, was awarded the contract. It is thought to be only a temporary ar engagement, as it is almost an assured fact that a railroad will be built from Casa Grande to Kelvin, by the way of Florence, within the next twelve months. Florence Tribune.
 Wm. Sidow returned from Phoenix on Monday night. He states that when he received the startling news of the murder of his partner Archie Borques, he had not completed the purchase of cattle for beef, urgently needed in the business here, and con cluding that the funeral would in all likliho0d take place the following day, he remained to finish his business having sent Emmet Reed ahead of him to take charge of the shop,
 Madame R. Leyes, the renowned palmist, who is now in Phoenix, had, large following ing in Jerome, where she foretold some startling occur rences in one instance. telling young man that his death would fol- low the next day while going down into mine; which was only too true; another of telling a man he would meet with serious accident by hay ing his foot crushed before IS hours, which was also true Arizona Repub- lican.
 w. <. Launders and wife, from the Gila valley, were visitors here yester- day. MT. LaunderS, since leaving Gila county a year or more ago, has been bothe industrious and successful, hay ing reclaimed 240 acres of fine land above Fort Thomas and won a wife. He informs us that he has 200 acres in barley, which promises to be the finest crop raised in the valley. unless checked through scarcity of water, which is getting quite low in the river. Late frOstS have done some damage to alfalfa in the valley.
 Earl E. Bacon was brought up from Salt river yesterday, suffering from concussiOn of the brain, the result of an accident sustained last Monday evening. He was one of the roundup party who were tinishing up their work on the river, and having roped a COW which proved too stout for his horse. Earl was thrown headlong to the ground. When his brother. II. A. Bacon, reached him, Earl lay uncon- scious, his face buried in the sand. He has not yet fully recovered conscious ness and his condition is precarlous.
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