Arizona republican., 1905-02-03
DANCE PosTPoNED-The New

DANCE POsTPONED-The New Era club postponed its dance that was
 to have been held last night. on ac-
 count of the weather.
 A FIVE DOLLAR sE5SlON-The
 police court session yesterday netted
 the city an even five dollars and it all
 came out of the pocket of Pedro Cha yes who had no more foresight than to go to sleep where the police would
 find him, on the occasion of his last drunk.
 MESA MILITIA COMPANY-Com- pany E, N. G. A., will be mustered in at Mesa City Saturday night by Col J. H. NcCliutOcl1. Il is expected that some of the members of C company at Tempe will be transferred to r com pauy for the reason that they reside nearer to Mesa than to Tempe
 VALENTINE BALL-The ladies of the RathbOne Sisters lodge are dec orating and in other ways making at tractive the EHingsOn hall for a dance to which they are inviting their friends. The event will be on the very lucky date of 13, the 18th of Feb. which is one week from next Monday night.
 WINTER IS OVER-According to the oldest and most reliable of signs there will be no more winter this year. Yesterday was ground hog day and it happened to be one of the very few days in this part of the country when that sensitive beast could not see his shadow. But he could not see it yes terday and according to tradition he is now making permanent preparations for the spring and summer.
 DEATH OF MRS. SHANNON Mrs. Ella Shannon died yesterday morning at o'clock at the residence of Superintendent C. ". Goodman Of the Indian school. She was the mother of Mrs. Goodman and was seventy seven years old. She came here from the east about three years ago. The funeral will be held at the family re- sidence Saturday afternoon at ? o'clock and the body will be sent to Freeport, H.. her former home. for interment.
 A VETERAN LEGIsLATOR-CoIo- nel Mike Gray of Pearce. Arizona, who has often served Cochise county in the legislature, arrived here yesterday morning for a visit with his sister, Mrs. Wm. F. Mcfarland. Col. Gray has many friends here and when the biennial legislative session falls due he always gets the feeling that he ought to be in Phoenix, and sometimes he lets it get the better of him. for all of which the aforesaid friends are glad
 CARNEGIE LIBRARY PLANS There was a special meeting of the city council yesterday afternoon to discuss further the Carnegie library plans and the advisability of proceeding with greater deIiberation in the matter. The result of the meeting was that the city was instructed to confer with the architects of the city and draft a resolution embodying the requirements of the council in the nature of che plans and the manner of their sub mission, and to report at a meeting to be held this afternoon at 4:3O o'clock. The resolution if satisfactory will then be adopted and it is likely a regular advertisement will then be made for the submission of plans, giving more time for their preparation than was at first announced.
 HE GOT A GOOD HOME-Yester- day morning The Republican called the attention of it's readers to a worthy eleven year old boy, Rafael Garcia, who was in --ed of a home Some of the excellent characteristics Of the boy were pointed o--. is industrious and studi- ous habits and his ambition to be something in the world. Early yester- I day morning W. B. Cieary called at the office of the sheriff where the boy was staying for lack of a better place and having taken a good look at him him. He said the Sisters of Charity had decided to educate him. The boy had just bean given Q warm bath and Mr. CIeary took him down town, ! bought him two suits of clothes, two pair of shoes, a lot of uuderclOtning etc The boy after having been Tigged !