Arizona republican., 1901-07-22

TO day. But there is one thing In which
as all Phoenix people agree, and that
is that the fruit and melons sold by
Buxton, both to MS local customers and
to his shipping trade both north and
south. are the best aver. and the prices
are right.
PRAYERS FOR THE WEAK.--.At a
Christian Endeavor meeting at the
Presbyterian church las. night special
prayers were offered for those young
girls who have been in the police court
lately and for those whose course is
leading them there The Endeavorers
prayed that they might b. made strong
against the temptations which SUR
round them.
a TROLLEY INCIDENT Corporal
John Swilling. who served through the
Filipino war without getting a scratch,
was dead for a couple of minutes yes
terday evening about 5 O'Clock, but ne
came to again as soon as he realized
that If he stayed lead his pay would
stop. Johnny is a motor man on the
street railway line, and somewhere in
llhe vicinity OF Twelfth avenue the troll
ley rope broke and the pole was carried
forward by the spring. He climbed on
the car to pull the pole back to position
and in doing so he allowed it TO touch
the trolley wire. or what happened
Immediately after that he took no note
but when he regained consciousness he
was lying fiat ON the car with an ugly
burn on his left hand. The Swimming
Bath sign ON the siie of the car is an
that kept him from rolling off onto the
ground. His burn is not serious.
DIAMOND MEDAL IN JEOPARDY.
The following from the Journal
Miner of Saturday evening viii be of
interest to Phoenix sportsmen: An
exciting gun event took place yester-
day evS ming in Jerome between u. ID.
Mcdonald and Walter Miller for a
purse Of 800 at fifty birds. Mcdonald
won with forty-six and still maintains
his r. putation as Center-Fire Bob,
while his opponent for that matter IS
still! formally addressed as Maguatrap
Miller The event IN the outsrowth of
the recent gun club shoot in Prescott,
narrow margin. Between these two
nimrods there is pleasant rivalry for
shotgun supremacy. and when Miller
vanquished Mcdonald on the latter's
own ground In Prescott, Bob beardSd
the Hon in his den at jerome, as ii
were, and now comes home with his
scalp. Miller holds the Arizona dia-
mond medal as the best shot in the ter
ritory, and Mcdonald today formally
issued challenge TO him to shoot for
1t this evening at jerome. If the con-
test takes pace, heavy side bsts In
money will be made. as Miller is the
ideal Of Jerome, while Mcdonald Is q
slayer for money or marbles We CON
graduate Our Bob on his skill and
his disposition to cal any Of thsm
Gown to standstlll, and extend 20
Miller blue (rock) sympathy"
FUNERAL OF IRENE Sl1ARS.-The
funeral of little Irene Sears was held
yesterday morning Ct 10 o'clock at the
Presbyterian church. the change from
the undertaking rlrlors having been
previously decided upon. II was one OF
the most largely attended funerals Of
child that ever took place in this
city. The family being well known
there were hundreds cs personal friends
in attendance. and the tragic manner
in which the death OF The little one oc-
CURED made the recognition Of the fam
lily sorrow even more general The
church was filed to overflcwing and
there were many who could not find en-
was an unusually long one and the
services were wen under way before the
las, of the long line 81 carriages reach
ed the burial place. There was A pro-
fusion of flowers and many very pretty
floral emblems, crosses, wreaths and
bouquets. were sent in by sympathizirg
friends. Rev Lapsley McAfee conduct
cd the services. aIi1 his remarks were
most appropriate and touching, the oc-
CASTOR being one on which both speaker
and congregation were in full accord
and in which universal sentiment pre-
vailed The choir furnished special and
appropriate music. The grief of the
stricken parents was pitirul and the
most sincere sympathy of the public
goes out to them.
FOREST FIRES--There have been
innumerable small forest fires in the
northern part OF the territory and arti-
cles appearing from time to time in the
northern papers intimate that In fires.
n any of them, have thei origin
the criminal negligence or
wilfulness of campers and hunters. II
is to be hoped that the rangers will
succeed in proving a few cases and
making some examples. The Journal
Miner, however, prints the following
which is an entirely different case, and
shows that forest fires are frequently
unavoidable: "A forest fire started on
Lynx creek on Thursday, which, but
for the prompt action of Mark Muir
ply. foreman OF the Penn Gold Mining
nnmnanN'e nrnnnrlN- might have henn