Arizona republican., 1901-07-17

and expenses. J. M. Ford also sued Emory w. Fisher for s250O. which is hal 1.he piice of a mine sold and which the plaintiff and defendant were equally
 interested in. The plaintiff in this case also instituted garnishnlent proceedings against the Phoenix National bank. The case was selltled yesterday afternoon and dismissed.
 WIRELESS TRANSMISSION.- N.-Arti- | cles of incorporation of the Central Wireless Telephone and Telegraph com r'any were filed in the office of the cotn- ty recorder yester'day The capital stock is s5,OO0,OOO. The inlcorpoaetors are j. E. PauAey and J. S. Schwab of h. diana.
 HI HOOKER BACK.-Ex- Marshal Hi Hooker has returned from his pros pscting trip in the vicinity of Four Peaks. He says blankets are very nec- essary at night in that region, and the water is so pure he can drink nine pints of it without stopping to catch his breath. He brought back number of mineral specimens. but has no assay returns on them yet. His big mining story is not yet ready for publication.
 BISBEES RELIGIOUS INCLINA- TION.-Rev. Lapsley A. McAfee left Monday night for Tombstone and from there will go to Bisbee, where on Thursday evening lac will preach the sermon installing Rev Mr. Shields as pastor of the newly erected Prssby- terian church. MT Shields has dons good missionary work for that denom- nation in the Gila valley. where he has built up the churches of Solomon vile and Stafford He is said to be a very earnest and capable man. As for Bisbee, the event mentioned above speaks well for the town, as the Bis bee people have built a new church and the society 1t is said is on sslf- supporting basis. The sef-supporting church In Arizona-that is. the church that requires no aid from missionary boards-is the exception rather than the rule. Mr. Shields is a graduate of Park college, Parkville. Mo. an insti- tuition which was founded by the fa- thsr of Rev. Lapsley McAfee.
 ALMOST LOST.-Mr. F. F. Fastoe yesTersay received leter from his wife, who is at Long Beach, descriptive
 
 Mrs. Lena Sears of this city. The de- scription was not very complete, but 1t appears that Mrs. Sears and a. com- panlon were caught in an ebb tide and were rescued win great difficulty.
 $500 FOR REST-Justtce Burnett re- ceived S500 worth of law books yes.er- day. He never intended to buy them. He used to think ha knew all the law there ever was. The common. law, the staie reports and all the revised stat utes were on the end of his tongue, .l1e was even familiar with the Code Napo- leon. Then the LOndcn company and the Daggs cases came on and kept the justice jumping sideways for forty seven days. Ib was during his gyra tions that an agent came around and said he had some new law books tfflt would enable the justice to sJttle the London company case and an other cases and have some time to himself Justice Burnett accordingly bought $500 worth of recreatiOn.
 HYDROPHOBIA SKUNK. - Iron Springs had hydrophobia skunk scare the other day. A certain family in which the re are q number of children, had all gone visiting leaving the lt t,s onss playing around the yard and at the neighbors. The youngsters finally returned home accompanied by several of their playmates, and as they entered the house they saw a little spotted animal in the corner of the roosE. The children are native-born and they had heard enough about hy- drophobia skunks to take no chances. They thought surely 1t was that sort of a beast that had invaded the prem isss. so they lost no time in taking to the tablss and boxes or anything else that was up some distance from the floor Then they began 10 yell, first singly solo fashion. and then in chorus. They wanted help, and they wanted it at once, or at least they thought they gid. Finally help cam and the res2u- ing party found In the house one of the prettiest Angora cats that was ever sesn in this section. IL had been taken to the springs but a few days before by one of the summer residents and had wandered away from home. All houses look alike to the stranger at Iron Springs and the cat. was a stranger.