Graham guardian., 1901-08-23
LOCAL NEWS.

Globe banker, was in the city last
Saturday.
Frank Groesbeck returned from
Bonita last Saturday, for a visit
with his family.
Stafford will be the first town in
Graham county to have complete
electric light system.
Joseph Bingham returned last
Saturday from two years mission
in the Southern States.
Ben Parks came down from
Bonita Creek last Sunday. Ben
reports plenty Of grass and fat
cattle on his range.
D. w. Wickersham returned on
Saturday last from his summers
vacation spent in the eastern states
and California.
G. d. Stephens, of the popular
and enterprising mercantile firm of
Stephens & Thompson, of Thomas,
was in Stafford last Monday.
The camp meetings at the Lone
Star school house closed Sunday.
A large crowd was in attendance,
and much interest manifested.
VIM. Stapley was up from Eden
last Monday and purchased lumber
for the completion of their new
school house, the brick work Of
which is completed.
On Friday last while cooking on
a gasoline stove Martin Grubel met
with very painful accident. From
some cause the gasoline exploded
and severely burned his right
hand.
The trustees Of the Layton
school district have just received
a supply of tablets, pencils, otc.,
for the children of that district,
which will be sold at very reason
able prices.
Sheriff j. HI. Thompson returned
from Oklahoma last Thursday
night with two prisoners, William
West and Lee Cuthburt, who were
indited at the last term of the dis,
trict court, for grand larceny
Globe Belt.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stafford, accom-
panied by their son Ed, Sheldon
Ijams and Mrs. Leggatt, of Globe,
left for the reservation last Tues
day, where Mr.. Stafford has some
unfinished surveying to complete.
After making an inspection of
Mt Graham and taking testimony
in regard to reported timber grab
bing, S. J. Holsinger, special gov
ernment timber agent, left Stafford
on Saturday last. We expect to
hear more from him in few days.
A. J. Taylor left on Mondays
train for the east, where he will
purchase goods and also attend the
Pan-American Exposition. Mr..
Taylor was accompanied as far as
st. Joseph, Mo-, by Carroll Neese,
who will spent the winter with
sister in Iowa.
J. T. Hildreth was in town Mon
day last and informed us that some
scoundrel had filed up one of his
artesian wells with rocks. Last
spring this well was running a
good flow, when suddenly it almost
ceased to run. Mr.. Hildreth
thought the well had ceased, few
days ago he prepared to case tho'
well but when he commenced works
discovered that it had been filed
within three feet of the top with
) rocks. The well was over 200 feet
deep. Anyone who would do such
an act as this should go to the
penitentiary.
The local authorities have re-
ceived word from Prescott that
the man Vivian arrested by Sheriff
Munds in California for a Jerome
murder, was not the party wanted.
Vivian was supposed to be Rice
d. Foreman gong under an as
sumed name. When Sheriff Munds
took Vivian in custody in Cali
fornia, Vivian requested TO be
taken to San Francisco before be-
ing brought to Arizona, us he said
he could prove he was in San
Francisco on June 9th, the day
that Foreman committed the mur-
dcr. Sheriff Munds compile With
) Ni0iaH'3 reonest and the lat.cr, up
on reaching San francisco d
prove that he was in that city on
June 9th last. 1t is certainly
remarkable case of mistaken ideM3-
ity, as Vivian fills the description
of Foreman perfectly-as to weight
complexion, color of hair and eyes,
height, and has, like Foreman, two
fingers off his right hand, and on
the left the end of third finger
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