Arizona republican., 1901-01-28

NEW ENGLAND DINNER. The
 ladies of the First Methodist church
 will serve New England dinner in the basement of the church next Thurs l day evening.
 TO THE LADIES.-Mlss Brehm will | conduct a parliamentary drill and ques- tion box at the Baptiet church this af- ternoon at half past two o'clock. A cordial welcome to ;.ll.
 BAND CONCERT. Though the day
 was cloudy there was a good attend ance at the band concert yesterday af- ternoon and the programme was appre- cated just as much as though the sun had been shining.
 MINISTERIAL ASSOCIATION. = The ministerial association meets this afternoon at ? o'clock in the pastors study at the Presbyterian church. Or der of the day, 2:15. Paper on Evan gclistic Services" by Rev. l.. A. Me- Afee. Discussion will follow.
 OIL WELLS.-The Globe Silver Belt says there are good oil indications on Cherry Creek in Gila county and sug- gests that somebody begin prospecting.
 SIXTY TON SMELTER.--A sixty ton shelter will be erected at an early day at the Gleason mines in the Turquois district in Southern Arizona.
 w. c. T. U.-Miss Marie c. Brehm, one of the national superintendents of the w. c. T. IT,, Will lecture this even- ing at the N. M. F. church at o'clock. Miss Brehm is remarkably interesting speaker, of most pleasing address ana no one should miss this opportunity to hear her. Everybody is cordially in- vited. Admission is free, though a collection will be taken.
 A NEW COURT HOUSE.-The most giaring illustration of counting chickens before they arc matched, that has come under recent notice is is in the last iS- sue of the Copper Era, which is so sure of county division that il printed the picture of four-story building with an Eiffel tower on top of it, purporting to represent the kind of court house somebody over that way would like to have some day in case the new county is created.
 DoRMITORY AT RICE.-The new dormitory and store building erected at the Rice Indian schools under the supervision of Architect Ed Lauffer, are practically completed and will be turned over to the government upon Mir. Lauffer's return from Fl Paso, within a few days. The dormitory is lOix35 feet, two stories in height and contains ten large sleeping rooms, laundry, baths and many modern con veniences. The storehouse is of about the same dimensions.
 PRINTERS ORGANIZE.-The print CTS of Phoenix met yesterday afternoon in the office of Justice Burnett and or ganized typographical union. J. Frank Elwsll was elected president; Eugene Baker. vice president; E. Percy Wilson, recording secretary. and $. Palmer secretary-trcasurer. Consti- tution and bylaws were adopted, sub ject to the approval of the interna- tional union. About thirty members of the craft were present and signed the membership roll.
 RUFFIANs AT CLIFTON.-An ar rival from Clifton, Ariz., says that that camp has suffered of an epidemic of sandbagging recently which was only terminated by unusual activity of the police, There have also been several robberies, Paul Weise, a jewelry, be- ing the heaviest loser. His store was entered and the robbers were not sat- isfled with stripping the shelves and cases of all the jewelry in the store, but included watches and jewelry left for repair in the loot. Joseph O'Brien, a young man employed by the Arizona Copper company, was one victim of the sandbagglng. He put up a nervy fight, but was overcome by ruffians and robbed of his watch and considerable money. Santana Saiz, well known