Arizona republican., 1902-02-19

years Old ana came here about two
 years ago from West Virginia. His
 wife died some years ago. and his fam
 fly consisted of five sons. of whom two
 William P. and Robert, are residents
 of this city. William is the steward at the Country club house. The three other children are in the east. Funeral arrangements were not fully decided l upon. last night and it is possible the
 remains will be sent back to West Vir- | ginia for interment.
 | REV. BARROWS' LECTURE.-The
 second lecture of the Epworth league | course will be given in the First Meth odist church Thursday evening, Febru- l ary 2 by Rev. John Henfy Barrows Rev. Barrows is one of the most nota- ble ministers of the gospel and is said to be the best authority in the world l on compara tive religion. It was through
 his efforts the congress of religions at the worlds fair was brought about
 The subject of his lecture will be The
 Worlds Pilgrimage, With Experiences Serious and Not Serious"
 ACTIVITY IN MINING STOCK
 There was a great sale of mining stock
 yesterday at the east front door Of the
 court house under an execution in favor
 Of J. O. Hill in an action brought by
 him against J. G. Hardin and tried in
 Grapevine precinct, near Gila Bend.
 The stock was- sold at auction: 100 900
 shares of the Arizona Copper Mountain
 Mining company brought $1.5O and
 3s.925 shares of the Lime Creek Copper
 company were sold for s12S.25. It is not
 to be understood that the figures
 brought at this sale furnished any sort
 of an idea of the market value of these stocks. since Hardins title to them was ct interested parties.
 WOOL BUYING.-There is printed in the telegraphic columns of The Repub- iican this morning a dispatch from Bos- ton relative to Phoenix as wool sell ing center. There have been more buy CTS here this season than ever before and as result of the congestion of buyers growers have realized excellent prices. Some of the buyers have bought none: One representative of Boston concern who had been in the city since before the opening of the shearing sea son, left yesterday morning. He said his journey had been a water haul: | that he had not bought a pound. He also said he could buy Arizona wool in Boston cheaper than he could get it in Phoenix.
 PROBATE COURT-Letters of ad- l on the estate of Joseph k. | Day were yesterday ordered to be is | sued to Thomas Bowers. his bond hav- ing been fixed at s1 500. Notice to | creditors was ordered in the estate of | Ada Smith. The annual account of F.. J. Bennitt. guardian of the estate of | F.. A. Poyen. was filed and set for hear l ing on March 3. The final account of Frank Alkire, guardian of the Routh l was filed along with a petition | for his discharge. Henry L. Bixby !. filed d petition for letters of admins ! tration on the estate of William NJ. | Riley. Riley is the man who died about ! two weeks ago of injuries received in | being thrown from horse
 CHINESE NEW IEAR-Saturday | night will wind up the festivities Of Chinese New Year for another eleven | or twelve months. It is understood 1 that the long drawn-out holiday will | be disposed of in blaze of glory and | that several hundred thousand million | firecrackers are stored up in room in | Chinatown for the big event. They | will be brought out Saturday night and | it is planned to make the evening one ! long and continuous explosion. People | with sensitive nerves will do well to | get out of town. for the Fourth of July | will be made to look like thirty cents | in comparison A delegation of man darins waited on the police force yes terday and announced that If the blue coats would guarantee to restrain the | American small boy from meddling. would turn itself inside out ] for the benefit of visitors who desire | to see something of celestial customs.
 WHAT KILLED THE SHEEP was made in this paper a few days ago of the sudden death of several hundred sheep under peculiar circum- stances near the camps north of the | city. It was supposed at the time tha bluestone or some similar poison had | been scattered over the sheep run by persons, but it has since been learned that the conclusion was erro- neous. One of the sheep owners reports that the deaths. though peculiar. are directly attributed to d certain weed | found in abundance on the edge of the desert in that vicinity. It has been noted that the sheep eat freely of this weed. but that it seemingly affects only ewes heavy With lamb. In. every in stance where they have been known to eat the weed the result is fatal, though It is a satisfaction to know the cause. not only that recurrence may be pre- vented, but to know that no resident of the county could become so much of a miscreant as to spread poison promis- over a sheep or any other