Arizona republican., 1904-02-08


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 A GREAT HORSE RAcE.-Among the horsemen the next local event of interest is to be the race on Tuesday Tor what is considered the largest stakes ever run for in Arizona The race will be a quarter mile between Chic Chic backed by Jack Gibson and | Lottie Sparks owned and backed by Jake Cottrell. The stakes are $1 900 a side and the winner takes both horses.
 WHERE IS THE DRIVER?-Ofi- clals of the insane asylum telephoned TO The Republican last evening that a horse and buggy, strolling along the Tempe road without driver late yes terday afternoon. had been caught and placed in the asylum stables where the owner can find them. The horse is l described as a claybank and the buggy l is an open vehicle, no top and is paint | ed red. Whether the driver met with an accident or whether the horse mere l ly liberated himself from a hitching post. could not be learned.
 WOMANS RELIEF CORPS.-The | Woman's Relief corps held it's regu- lar meeting at Padget hall Saturday afternoon. Several visiting members : NCiC pA6Sclits dliiOHS lueill MIS- hdt garet c. Wright, assistant national press correspondent for California, who l addressed the members for 'the good of the order" The corps has been doing good work for the past year and ap- | plicatiOns for membership are pre- sented at nearly every meeting.
 PLENTY OF MUSCLE-The Phoe- nix baseball team has plenty of mus cle and all it needs is proper direction | in the use of it. Though the boys need little more practice before they skin | the world they are all right now for rough work. Returning from the | mark yesterday they found the depot street car off the track at Seventh street and interfering with traffic. The members of the team picked up the car and put it back where it be- longed showing that it wasn't muscle | that they were shy of.
 SENSATIONAL ELOPEMENT.-An elopement occurred in this city Satur- day night in which Robert Hutton, an employe of The Republican office figures conspicuously as an injured party. He had bald faced bay mare with two white hind feet and a roacn- ed mane to which he was very much l was still more firmly attached to tEe mare. MT. Hutton's feelings toward that mare were even more than senti- mental, they were serious, especially on bad nights when walking between his home and the office was bad and Saturday night was one of that sort The mare was left in an alley in the rear of The Republican office and dur ha fChf cIn with some black hearted villain. M- Hutton is certain that undue influence was brought to bear upon her mind for they never had the slightest trouble before. It makes no difference whether she was hypnotized or googooized, she s gone, hip, flank and shoulder blade and he would like to see her back again Also her front and the saddle.
 RG-OLIVER.-C. R. Olberg who has been connected with the Tontc reservoir project for a long time. has many friends and acquaintances in this city who will be pleased to read the following from the Globe Silver Belt; ''The marriage of Miss Eloise Oliver tc C. R. Olberg took place yesterday even ing at the residence of MT. and Mrs Hegardt, Rev. Wm. Renison officiating
 
 | the contracting parties witnessed the | interesting ceremony. The bride, whC has been a teacher at the Centra school for the past year and half, is g young lady of many accomplishment: and prepossessing appearance who has made many friends during her resi- dence in Globe. MT. Olberg is ar en. gineer of the United States geological survey who has been identified with tho Salt river water storage enterprise fol the past three years. MT. Olberg's abil ity is recognized and a bright future ! is predicted for him in his chosen pro fession. MT. and Mrs. Olberg left thi: morning for upper Salt river, where they will make their home during MT | Olbergs connection with the reservoir project"
 AN ATTEMPTED BURGLARY-Ar effort was made on Saturday night tc | burglarize Harry Friedman's loan of ] fee on North Center street. MT Friedman was sleeping in the rear O. | the store, a fact prabably unknown tC | the intending burglar. MT. Friedman was awakened by a noise at the rea1 door and he lay still until he had satis- | fled himself that some one was trying to fit key into the lock. There hap pened to be key on the inside. The burglar gave up the assault at that point and went to the window. MT Friedman arose and with a revolver IT his hand walked as cautiously as pos sible to the door but the man on the outside must have heard him for by the time Mir. Friedman could open the door he was out of sight. He coulc hear though the sound of his retreatine footsteps. There was a man, stranger standing on the sidewalk between tht Leland lodging house and the stree corner. MT. Friedman asked him i he had seen any one in the vicinity. Ht