Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1901-12-29

has lost a Crescent and knows the
number of it can get on the track of its
recovery If the number agrees with the
number given to the police.
BEET SUGAR ADvICE.-The board
of trade has secured from Prof. r. H.
Forbes. director of the experimental
station at Tucson, a number of copies
of the series Of Timely Hints to Farm
ers," entitled Sugar Beets for 1902"
The secretary of the beard will be glad
| to furnish these to prospective beet
growers.
VERDICT WAS SUICIDE.-The cor
oner's jury in the case of John Twenty
man. who died suddenly Friday after
noon in the Anheuser saloon.
yesterday afternoon returned a verdict
in substance. that his edath was caused
by sulphate of strychnine. self-admin-
istered and with suicidal intent. The
funeral will be held this afternoon at
| 9 o'clock at the undertaking parlors OF
| A. ]. Bradley.
MORE ABOUT OSTRICHES.-The
exhibition yards of the Phoenix ostrich
farm were opened yesterday. and the
occasion was specially celebrated by
two of the old ostrich hens brought in
from the big farm the day before. They
were so well pleased with their sur
roundings that each of them pro-
ceeded to lay an egg. The yards will
be open TO the public Sundays the same
as any other day. One of the hand
some showcases was brought up from
the salesroom yesterday and placed in
the Hotel Adams. where il was filled
with feathers and feather novelties as
a hint of the many things to be seen
at the farm and exhibition grounds.
SUIT AGAINST A MINOR SON.
Charles Petersen yesterday filed-suit in
district court against Paul ]. Petersen,
the nature OF which is not made en-
tirely clear TO the layman in the COM
plant. The defendant is a resident OF
the town of Bredstadt. Schleswis- Hol-
stein, Germany. He is IL years old and
is the son the plaintiff. 1t is gathered
from the complaint that in 1898 the
plaintiff bought several lots in this city
from Henry Alexander and paid for
them with the understanding that the
title should rest in him. The court is
asked to invest him with it.
ST. CECILIA RECITAL.-The recital
to he given at the Baptist church Mon
day evening by the st. Cecilia club was
at first intended to be an invita- ton
affair. but the time was too short to
send out the invitations the club de-
sired. so an invitation is extended to
all the friends of the club members and
especially to all former members of the
club. There will be no admission
charged. and while the invitation is not
designed to be general to all mankind
the wcrld over. the doors will be open
and all those interested in the club or
any of it's members will be cordially re-
ceived.
HOW LIVES MAY BE SAVED.-A
90 at
day to impart some information which
he had just acquired, and which he
thinks might be useful and even life
saving in certain cases. He was at Il
house the other day when by mistake
a large quantity of Easoi;ne was al
lowed to run on the floor. A young
woman employed about the house. set
1t a fire, and it looked as IL the fire
company could not get there in time to
save the building. But the young wo-
man knew what she was about. al
though the fire was q bigger one than
she had intended to kindle. She threw
a lot of flour into the flames. and they
quickly died away. They had in the
meantime licked up all the gasoline and
had not had time yet to take hold of
the woodwork.
REPETITION OF HISTORY-Every
body has heard of the man who started
out one morning TO walk from Denver
| to Pixies peak to work up an appetite
| for his breakfast: that story has be-
come q classic. The other morning
man on his way to town met a lady
and little girl of or 10 just short
| distance this side of the river. The
| lady stopped and inquired how far 1t
was to the mountains The man did
not know precisely. but he knew 1t was
something more than six miles. The
| lady said she was surprised; she had
| never seen any mountains at large be-
| fore. and these seemed so near that
she thought she would take a look at
them before breakfast She was easily
persuaded to get into the wagon and
| come back to town. She. had arrived
in Phoenix the morning before.
FALSE ALARM.-The fire depart
ment was called out again last night
| about lis by false alarm turned in
| from box SO. on the corner of Monroe
street and Fourth avenue. This is the
same box from which the first false
alarm was turned in on Christmas
night. If the miscreant who is doing
| this work should be apprehended it
would be better. for him that he had
never been born. Whoever the guilty
person is. his heart must be filed with
! murder. for every run made by a fire
company is necessarily a menace in
| greater or less degree to the lives of
! the firemen and the public generally.
| ON night an al