Arizona republican., 1904-08-11
OF LOCAL INTEREST

DELIGHTFULLY AWFUL-The Los Angeles Times says: The most disheartening thing about the rains in Arizona is that the Hassayampa will receive a fresh supply of drinking wa ter.
 RETURNED LAST NIGHT-F. l. Kendall, secretary of the M. & P. rail- road company left last night for his home in Oakland after a business visit here of eleven days. He intimated that considering the state of the weather his stay had already been thirteen days too long.
 PROBATE COURT APPOINTMENT George F. Merryman was appointed yesterday as administrator of the es- tate of Frank Rugicka. Rugicka was Bohemian and as far as is known had no relatives in this country. Not much is known concerning his estate, but it was not large.
 GONE TO PRESCOTT-Rev. s. F. Heilman and wife leave this morning for Prescott. MT. Heilman who is dis trict elder of the Arizona district. southern California conference of the Free~Methodist church, expects to hold protracted meeting of services there beginning Friday night.
 A SPECIAL FEATURE-After the regular performance of the Spooner company at Eastlake park tonight the audience will be favored with a special feature in a four round boxing contest between q couple of local athletes who hape appeared here before in amateur MaSGrg NilIa,. nd Steffen.
 THE NOTIFICATION COMMITTEES Governor Brodie yesterday received q photograph of the members of the notification committee which waited on the president a Oyster Bay on July 27. The president is the central figure in the photograph. The committee was grouped in front of the residence of Sagamore Hill.
 HORSE THIEF HELD-Rafael Rivas was arTaigned in Justice Robert sons court yesterday, charged with stealing a horse. The stolen animal was taken from the ranch of Joe Mo- rales of Agua Caliente. about seventy five miles west of this city, and brought { 10 Houck's corral at Five Points and left. The sheriff's office was notified and Rivas was arrested. Morales iden- tified the horse as his property. After examination Rivas was held to the grand jury under a $200 bond, in de- fault of which he was committed to jail.
 MISS TROTTS ILLNESS-Mention was made yesterday morning of the ill., ness of Miss Nellie Trott. at Carmi, Illinois, where she went early in July with her mother to spend the sum- mer with relatives. MT. Trott receiv- ed word on Tuesday that her illness was presumably typhoid fever and that | her temperature was very high. Yes terday he received a message that was encouraging hut by no means satisfy ing. It said that while her tempera- i ture was somewhat lower it was still dangerously high and he prepared to , leave on the next train, going this morning via the Santa Fe. Miss Trott IS one of the most highly respected young women in Arizona and has wide acquaintance having spent the most of her life here and having taken a great interest in local affairs that came within her sphere. She is espe- cially active in fraternal work being identified in an official way with the
  Woodmen's circle and with both the subordinate lodge and territorial as sembly of the Daughters of Rebekah. She is also a competent stenographer and typewritist and very capably per formed the duties of a clerkship during the last session of the territorial Iegis- lature. Her many friends both in Phoenix and other parts of Arizona. sincerely hore that she may early ex- perience change for the better and be quickly restored to good health Mir. Trott yesterday morning wired Judge Kent asking for leave of absence from his duties as water commissioner and Tn response received a message telling him to go of course, Judge Kent in cldentally mentioned that his own con- dition is improving During the ab- sence of Mr Trott, his deputy. Mr StandaSe, will perform the duties of water commissioner.
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