Arizona republican., 1900-08-08
THE }NEws
 OF JEROME

Jerome, iAriz., Aug. 6-(Special cor respondenc(e of the Republican.)-E. H. Hughes crdated some little excitement yesterday Afternoon in the Kentucky liquor house by accidentally discharg- ing his shoS gun while attempting to take the cartridges out of the maga- zine. The asun was a Winchester and Mir. Hughef was not accustomed to handling a repeating gun. therefore the accid5 ntal (discharge and consequent gaping hol9 through an empty whisky barrel sftti1g at the end of the bar. No one was in Ahe room except MT. Hughes when the glbn was diAcnargcd. Several similar accidents have occurred in J5- rome in the Hast year, but, luckily, no one has been( hurt.
 H, P. Merrill returned from a lengthy stay in Prescott yesterday afternoon.
 Fred Carrigah, a well known J5rom- lite. came oveH from Prescott yester- day. and is meeMng old associates.
 Dr. Cody is a very sick man, with chances for his recovery not the best in the world. He has typhoid fever, cou- pied with malaria and to further the complication has been racked to pieces almost for the past week with hic- coughs. His brother. who resides in Illinois, was telegraphed yesterday about his condition.
 ! w. B. Laird, who was hurt at the Black Hills mine Saturday night by timber falling on his head. is not in- jured fatally and will soon be all right. He was unconscious for twelve hours after receiving the blow.
 A person can get shave at any shop in Jerome this morning for 15 cents. The Masonic Temple parlors, as fine a shop as there is in Arizona, met the cut this morning.
 Dr. Carrier returned from Prescott Saturday, where he was sent as a rep resentative from Jerome at the demo- cratic meeting which assembled there to fix the dates for the holding of the primaries, county and territorial con- ventions. The primaries will be held on the 18th of the present month in every precinct in the county. The county convention will be held in Prescott on the first day of September, and the ter ritorial convention will be held a Phoe- nix on September 5th. Jerome will have r delegates to the county convention this year against Prescott's 19. The outcome of the coming election inYav- apai county this fall is not an assured fact for any man. The union in Jerome may cut little figure in the election.
 H. I. Russell is sad and will not be comforted by his best friend. The cause of his sadness is the death of his lit tie dog, Sancho. MT. Russel is a con- ductor on the United Verde and Paci- fic railroad, where he has been in faith <ul service for several years. Every one knows him and every one travelling over the road knew the litle dog, that rode every trip with MT. Russel. For three years Sancho had been the coz stant travelling companion of the trusty conductor, never missing a trip in good or bad weather. either way. When the train would whistle for the start the dog would jump aboard and sleep un- der one of the seats. He was a regu- lar boarder at the Smith hotel at Je- rome Junction and was the pet of all the people there, as he was of all the patrons of the road. Whenever the train would stop at the siding along the track Sancho would jump off and | chase prairie dogs until the train started again. This habit was the | final cause of his death
 The Y. F. Miller band entertained the ! residents of Jerome last evening from | the band stand, with a number of se- lections which were well rendered. The | band comprises 20 members. who are improving in their playing each time they practice. The boys should receive every encouragement at the hands of the people of the town, as they are working hard to build up a good band. For the short time they have been or ganized they play as well as any band in the United States. Senator Clark who has heard the finest bands in the world, complimented them very highly on their playing while he was here re- gently.
 "e wac q fine dance given on Oak creek at Friday night and there will T. another one given there soon. It will be a novelty in the shape of a pow erty ball, where everyone is expected to tt5nd in their oldest clothes. If all who atte nd dress in rags, the party will be an interesting affair.
 Judge McKinn0n and John Burkes went to the river on a fishing expedition
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