Arizona republican., 1904-08-09

ward F. Kelsey had been appointed post master.
 CASE CONTINUED-The casa against Ralph Farquhar,, steward of l the county hospital, brought before
 Justice Robertson, was yesterday con- tinued to Wednesday at 10 o'clock on the motion of the district attorney, the 1 reason given being the illness of the complaining witness, Phillip Kelly
 AN INSIDE LOT-E. w. Spears has bought through the agency of Allen &
 Wilson, lot No. II in block of the original townsite, formerly owned by q. Irvine. This lot Is on the south east corner of Van Buren and First streets, it's only improvement being a small house on the rear end of the lot next the alley.
 TAKEN SUDDENLY LILA man who is subject to epileptic fits was taken suddenly i'll yesterday afternoon in Phoe-
 nix saloon and for few minutes it re-
 qrired half dozen men to keep him
 from hurting himself or someone else.
 As soon as he recovered sufficiently he
 was taken to hotel and given medi- cal attention.
 TIE Oho OANAE- The business of soliciting subscrip-
 tions to the stock of the Appropria-
 tors Canal company is going on Sub scription lists are being circulated among the farmers living under the Grand canal which it is the purpose
 of the newly formed company to i'm prove by increasing it's source of sup ply. In the meantime the work of re- as Fl h liCHi ipaar n.a N1s is going on.
 A GOOD RAlN-W. A. Wilson re- ports that fine rain was enjoyed at his place six miles northeast of Phoenix on
 Friday night, and extended from there clear up into the mountains to the north. The rain was preceded by a heavy wind which blew down a barn for him or rather a shingle-roofed shed. for while it had no sides it was a good Arizona barn. He had a horse in the barn at the time that narrowly escap- ed being killed when the roof went down, but fortunately was not hurt ORANGES DOING NICELY-Pre- vious to the recent rains the orange
 trees of the valley, in common with ev- erythinS else, were suffering for water. But since the rains the orchards hard ly look like the same old places They are brilliant in their green and fresh appearance, and the fruit is growing so fast that there is fear that much of il will be spoiled by splitting open. | There was fear that the fruit would | be smaller than usual owing to the drouth, and in some instances perhaps ! it will. though it is developing so fast l now that it appears to be making up ! lost time. and the crop seems to be as 1 large as usual Orange growers, there fore. are again smiling.
 ARTMENTAL CLERKS-The civil servi-e commission announces that examination will he held at var ious places during the fall for positions in the departmental service and the at | tentiOn of clerks in railway offices and banks where employees are required | to perform accurate and rapid work is particularly called to these examina- tions. Further information about the examinations may be obtained by writ ing to the commission for its manual
 of examinations. The examinations
 will be open to all legal residents of the United States except those of the states of Delaware, Maryland. Nevada.
 Vermont, Virginia and Wyoming and
 the District of Columbia which are al- ready fully represented in the depart mental service. Intending applicants are requested to apply at once to the
 commission for application form No. S04.
 GOT THIRTY DAYs-HaI. Clark
 was made more than happy yesterday
 when Justice Robertson sentenced him
 to thirty days in jail. He was arrest [ faH for sNi -fV
 pawnbroker last week that he admitted did not belong to him but claimed he found it in the grass near where the owner had been lying There were some things brought out al the trial Saturday that made the court suspect that Hal might have taken the, pin from the person of the sleeping man in which event it would be considered 2
 felony punishable by term in Yuma. Hal was sent back to jail Saturday night with this information weighing 1 heavily on his mind. So when the | court yesterday pronounced the cheer ing words, thirty days in jail" the joy light gleamed from the eyes of Hal who seemed to be saying to himself. that certainly looks good to me-"
 THE siSBEE FLOOD-,The recent | Hood at Bisbee it appears did not result
 as seriously as at first reported. For tunately the new subway had been completed but a day or two before and
 It carried away the greater part of the i hood, thought it was very badly filled 1 with boulders sand and debris bv tho
 rushing water. The next day q Iarrs ! force of men and teams was put fo work cleaning out the subway thar if
 might be in order in the event of q | repetition of the storm. The subway
 IS an excavation of one of the princi | pal streets of the town, to q depth of
 several feet. It is then planlled over 1 level win the surface. Formerly that
 street was known as Tombstone can
 yon and was closely built up with business houses. The flood water en- ters the subway at the upper end and
 II there is not too much of it it is ear
 r1ed way below the street level The
 Bisbee Review estimates the danaga
 from the late storm at S2,5OO.