Arizona republican., 1903-10-15

M h. BL4 SION l.. Sec Director.
 CHURCH MEETING.-There will be meeting in ONel hall this evening, of the officers and committees of the Baptist church.
 MRS. HANKS BETTER.-Mrs.H H. H. Hanks. mother of Mrs. Norris Golf. who has been very lil for the past two weeks, is slowly improving.
 BANK ExAMINER.-M. Weir. ma ti0nal bank examiner, who has been in Phoenix in the regular course of his duties left on last nights train for Fl Paso.
 CHiNAMAN ARRAIGNED. - The Chinaman accused of striking Mrs l.. A. Simms a day or two ago was ar rested yesterday and arraigned before Justice Robertson the case being set for trial today at 10 o'clock. BOSTON MINISTER-Rev. Dr. Hen I ry w. Sfabie of Boston will preach Sum I day night in the Baptist church. | LOCAL PHOENIx.-Local Phoenix ! of the Socialist party will meet on "Wednesday evenings hereafter at the usual place.
 1 LEFT LAST NiGHT.-The body of l
 M. & P. train for Philadelphia, where interment will be made. It was escort ed by Miss L. A. Gibberson. the nurse who accompanied him here a short i tinne ago.
 SELLS POSTOFFICE SUPPLIES 1 J. Melrose Wilson of San Francisco
 was in Phoenix again yesterday look ing after the business of the Pacific 1 st
 which fitted up the present new rost- office.
 NEW POSTAL INsPEcTOR.-J. J. Smythe. postoffice inspector. has 1 been assigned to the district of Arizona
 which has been without a regular in-
 spector for a long time. Mir. Smythe is an old employe of the postal servica
 thoroughly competent and a pleasant 1 gentleman to meet. Honest postmast-
 CTS are always glad to see him. COMING BACK TO PHOENIX i Walter G. Reedy, formerly bookkeepeI
 for the Republican, wto has been i spending the summer with his re!a-
 tives in Detroit, will shortly return to Phoenix He will bring his parents with i him.
 | BOARD OF EOUCATiON.-The was a meeting of the territorial board
 of education yesterday q which 1t wis decided to send Elmo Kemp. small boy of Stafford. to the state institution of Utah for the deaf and blind. Miss Corinne E. Smith of Prescott was i granted a teachers certificate on a i diploma from Leland Stanford, Jr. i University.
 B COMPANY MEETING.-AH mem bers of Company B. \. G. A.. should Dc
 at the armory tonight as matters oi interest to all members of the company
 will he under consideration. Besides
 sHIad and company drill the company
 " Fl be put through the ceremony O:
 inspection. Three cabinets of lockers
 were delivered at the armory yester-
 day. The rest are expected in q feS
 days.
 MORE FRUIT TS.-Secrear,
 Van der Veer of the board of trade
 yesterday received some more fruit
 from the Verde valley for the World:
 Fair exhibit al St. Louis- F. L. Jordan
 was the donor, but his letter naming varieties has not yet arrived. Int samples are of quinces and apples anC but are unusually large ard handsome in appearance. The quinces are bigge than the pears raised by most peop.' and the apples were evidently growl on pumpkin plans and specified tions in respect of size and after tn
 manner of Phoenix girls in point o beauty. LOADED TOO HEAVILY.-A. hunt ing party of seven professional gen tlemen went down the river to the duo q country last Sunday. Nearly everybod s in town knew about it but it was a very ordinary proceeding and no com s ment was made. The result of tn a hunt, however, was most extraordina I ry and has just leaked out. The seve q men claim to have killed six ducks an the duckIess man is probably the on S that did the talking. He says tha d while six were killed only three wer brought back to town, the other thre being so full of lead they sank in tn water before they could be retrievef s This story is designed to convey tn
 idea that the craftsmanship was per - feet but the ducks scarce.