Arizona republican., 1901-07-29

| inches deep on the hoor in minute at- ter the rain began to fall. Fortunately | the wind did not strike the house. The path of the cyclone was about 400 yards
 wide A lot of large trees at the edge
 of the cyclone had the limbs stripped from one side. while the ether side was
 not hurt at all.
 The Verde queen shelter is running
 steadily and has been doirg so for sev- | eral days. Bullion is being turned out
 in a most satisfactory manner, Dr. J. A. King, superintendent of the compa- ny. has been confined to his bed by l sickness for several days.
 The Verde King is developing into a | mine. Ore from the bottom of sixty | foot shaft assayed 20.4S per cent copper, | N dollars in gold and several ounces sil- | yer to the ton. The company has been prosecuting development work steadily since last October. Contracts were let last week by the company to the | amount of over 5000. Chasi. J. George, president of the Verde King. Lincoln and Amrican gold and copper compa- nies is now at Hot Springs Junction 1 examining the property of the latter | company. He will 20 to the Lincoln mines and come to Jerome before re- | turning to his home in Los Angeles He is accompanied by another officer of the company
 Mrs. r. Jackson. Mrs. Berner Miss Tovrea and Rev Oliver are out at Mon tezuma Wells for short vacation. Miss Andrews of Phoenix, who has
 been in Jerome the gues of her sister,
 Mrs. R. H. Lincoln. returned to Phoe-
 nix yesterday
 A. J. Knoblock, who went east to at | tend the funeral of lis sister who was killed by skyrocket on the Fourth of July. will return the lst Of August
 The accident which happened at a ndiiiotic celebration, was a very unfor-
 tunate and sad affair.
 Fruit and melons are coming in from the Verde every day in great loads. There arrived in Jerome few days ago the widow of the late John Burkes It was surprise to the many friends of the deceased that his wife was alive, as he had told that she was dead She
 was accompanied by a brother of her dead husband, an1 they came to see
 what estate was left for them. MT. Burkes died suddenly in Prescott cou- ple of weeks ago.
 pr. Coleman has broken the record in
 the infant line by being at the born ing of three infants In 2t hours. last week. One baby was born out on Oak creek He has had over thirty baby cases already this year.
 There has been a great deal of bluff ing going on by the clements, bu as yet Jerome has experienced but little rain.
 The Venture Hill property is improv- ing under the development being done oy the men in charge, and promises to become a producer one of these fine days. Local people have purchased thousands of shares Of stock and are all well pleased with their purchases. The management is in conservative hands and the money Is being carefully spent on the group.
 TWO mining companies have been or ganized recently in Jerome for the pur- rose of working properties in Mexico.
 lhere Is always money in Jerome to put into legitimate enterprises.
 George Ruffner of Prescott. was in Jerome this week circulating among his numerous friends. He was down on the Verde looking for good livery stable animals, but could secure none 10 his liking.
 |, E. 1T. Meek, superintendent of the Je- rome power company, was called away on business yesterday. He expects to be away several days.
 sunday morning a comioal thing hap- pened in Jerome. which almost result ca seriously. sam Irwin, the big and good natnred man who works in the fashion saloon, had been boasting to his friends of the many chickens he was devouring at his home until the frineds decided to rob him of the fowls. That afternoon they looked up the hill toward irwin's house and discovered nm Tn the act of decapltating a fat hen. After the ax had descended upon the neck of the luekless hen, Frank threw the body down near the edge of a steep embankment. After giving couple of kicks the hen went over the embank- ment, rolling straight down towards the corner where the hungry friends were standing. When the hen went over the bank one of the watchers on the street started on a run up the hill 10 get her Frank saw him coming. and realizing he was about to be cheated out of his favorite repast, frantically shouted at his son to go after the hen The race was on for about 100 yards and for few minutes it seemed certain the hen would flop down the hill 10 meet the oncoming friend before the boy could catch her. Every kick sent the bird forty feet down the hill. Frank. who was shedding tears larger than doughnuts. rushed into the house ana got his rifle to shoot his friend, when the old critter foppee against A rock and the boy got her. Had she gone twenty feet further Mir. Irwin would have been compelled to shoot e fellow being to maintain the supremacy of his rights Frank, who has a pon- oerous stcmach and duck legs, is a