Arizona republican., 1903-07-14

M. F.. BLN STONE, section Director.
 THE P. & F.. RAILROAD.-Track laying on the Phoenix and Eastern railroad has now reached a point seven miles east of Mesa and is being rushed as fast as possible.
 BIRTHDAY PARTY Miss Buelah Donnell gave a birthday party yester day afternoon to a few Of her girls friends at the Donnell home on North Filth street.
 THE W. C. T. U.-The Women's Christian Temperance union will meet on Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 in the rooms of the union. corner or Center and Monroe streets.
 GOES WEDNESDAY-M. Stein ex- poets to leave tomorrow morning for the east to join his family. and with Mrs. Stein will spend the summer in buying a winter stock for their cloak and suit house.
 THE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION. The county board of equalization is put ting in full time and making great headway in putting the final valua- tions on property. The board has only one more week to sit so that those who are dissatisfied with their assessments would do we'll to call as early as pos sible.
 DOUBLY PUNISHED.-A the man who fired into crowd near the Columbus saloon on Sunday evening, was before Justice Burnett yesterday on two charges. The first was for dis turbance of the peace. for which he was given ten days. The other was for carrying concealed weapons. For that he was sentenced for twenty days.
 CARRIED OFF THE KEYS-SOme- body yesterday morning carried of bunch of keys belonging to Deputy Sheriff Jeff Duncan, which had been left in q door of one of the rooms Of the court house. The bunch contained house. key, fire department key. a key to a trunk and several others.
 FUNERAL OF TRINIDAD BAL LESTEROS-The funeral of Trinidad Ballesteros. ho died last Friday as result Of burning Of two weeks ago. took place yesterday morning at the Catholic church II was largely at tended. The funeral of John O'Connell was held a the some church.
 AFTER MANY YEARS.-There was 9 slight boom in the cigar business in
 
 tie incident that happened at the home of Seth Byers. The incident was nine pound boy. The next youngest member of the family is ten years old. Both the baby and Mrs. Byers are well.
 A PHOENIX GIRL.-Miss Edith Campbell, who was born in this city and who went from here to Los Angeles with her mother some years ago, re- TA1l. school of expression and dramatic art in that city. On the evening of her graduation she appeared as Lady Mac beth and also in other heavy parts.
 FIXING FOR A VACATION.-Coun- ty School Superintendent Fulton is ma king final preparations for his Vaca- tion on which he will start in day or two. He will spent part Of it at his former home in Illinois. and the rest at the home of his wife's parents in Iowa. where Mrs. Fulton now is. During his absence the office will be in charge of Professor w. H. Lee.
 HE WAS NOT INSANE.-An Italian was before the probate court yesterday charged with insanity. The charge was not sustained. It was found that ne was suffering from a trouble of the stomach rather than of the brain. He had been at the Sisters hospital for some time. He became violent on Sun day night and was taken to the county jail, where he kept the neighborhood in an uproar until late hour.
 NOT YET IN POSITION.-The work of putting up the big smokestack at the Phoenix electric light works was not finished yesterday. and it will probably occupy all of today. One end of the stack was raised to the top of the boiler house. when the rigging was taken up and got in position so that the work of elevation will begin this morning. Every precaution has been taken to avoid a recurrence of the seri- ous accident of week ago.
 A DEAD INDIAN.-An Indian came in yesterday morning from the junction of the Salt and Gila rivers to see about the burial of another Indian who had just died. There was no money in the