Arizona republican., 1903-12-07
Additional Local


IOOSE 0AII.-Ine ReDekaN lOOSc
of the city will give its annual Home
Fund ball on Tuesday evening at
O'Neill hall.
THE WEATHER.-There was a
very honest effort to rain yesterday.
but il was about as unsuccessful as it
was honest. 1t sprinkled a little in
the early morning and was cloudy all
day. Last night there was a slight
drizzle. but not enought to amount to
anything
THE GOING OF BURT ALVORD.-
Burt Alvord, who has been an occu-
pant of the county Jail of this county
for some time, pending the trial Of his
case in Tombstone on the federal
charge of interfering with the Unit
ed States mails. was taken back to
Cochise county last night by Deputy
United States Marshal John Foster.
The deputy was accompanied as far as
Tucson by Deputy J. A.. Porterie,
where perhaps Billy Stiles. the part
ner of Alvord, who has been in Jail
there. will be picked up The trial of
both of them has been set for this
week. Alvord manifested great deal
of interest in the number of deputies
who would accompany him on his jour
ney. Whether that interest was just
curiosity or whether it entered into
calculations regarding his chances of
escape enroute is not known.
HERE FOR THE WINTER.-The
family of Charles Brown, which spent
last winter here, has returned and eX-
poets to stay here during the present
season. Mr.. Brown accompanies his
family this year and is greatly pleas
ed with Phoenix. None of them are in
valids. but they come because they
like a mild winter climate and are in
a position to suit themselves i'm the
matter. They have taken the Rrowell
residence at No. go South First ave
nue.. Mr. Brown is one of the large
contractors of the country and is the
man who built the power canal for the
locks at Sault Ste. Marie and the large
works at that place fot the manufact-
ure of carbide. Fortunately his opera
lions were completed before the recent
financial crash came in that vicinity,
so he did not suffer by it.
GOOD EATERS.-Among the his
toric incidents that have occurred in
Phoenix since the world began. one
that is remembered by hundreds is the
great oyster eating contest >that took
place here some years ago when a man
ate ten dozen of them at a single meal
and later in the evening ate some more.
4 Philadelphia man, though, has him
faded, according to the following dis
patch sent out of that city a few days
ago: Percy Friend ate himself into a
state of partial coma ard won a. bet
of $50 for his employer today by de-
vouring five and threequarters pounds
of becfsteak, with bread and three
portions of hashed brown potatoes on
the side, in fifteen minutes. Early this
morning Friend did a little light work,
partaking OF twenty five raw oysters
and d dozen buckU heat cakes ds AN
appetizer. He took his corner at $50. !
Three minutes later the steak disap-
peared. Co. said the timekeeper at
9:55. Friend tented and fddled with |
the salt and pepper. They clinched. |
Occasionally he sidestepped, with the I
bread and potatoes. The steak was on /
the defensive from the start. BY 1910
it was over. Cheers greeted the vic !
tor"
IN DISGUISED. w. Chamberlain !
did a DR.. Jekyli stunt last week that
netted him a whole lot of amuse-
ment. AS all his friends know he has |
for years worn handsome beard !
which he parted in the middle in the |
most approved style and which came ,
to be looked upon as his mark Of iden- !
One who wanted to find him |
went searching for the beard, knowing /
that Mr.. Chamberlain would not be /
far away from it, and it was easier to !.
find than he was. Last week he cut it /
off without first securing the PERMITS !
sion of the family. When he went home |
a member of the family was engaged |
in preparing a pOrterhouse steak fer /
the evening meal and had it elevated /
midway between the stove and the /
platter when he entered unannounced. |
to be a stranger, his affron- /
terry in entering unceremoniously |
caused the household fright and the |
steak platter and all landed on the !
floor breaking the dish. He might have |
played the game further but it was |
too funny and he gave himself away !
by laughing. Down town he had many !
similar experiences. One was with Tom /
Prescott, his bosom friend, to when he !
was introduced at the Maricopa club /
as Mr.. Swayne who had come to spend !
the winter. Mr.. Prescott had promis- |
ed him all kinds of courtesies before
he discovered that he had been jobbed. |