Arizona republican., 1905-08-25
OF LOCAL
INTEREST
ILLNESS

GEORGE WILLOWS ILLNESS
Word has been received here that Geo.
B. Wilcox clerk of the second judicial
district is confined to his rooms at
Los Angeles suffering a severe attack
of asthma.
OUARTETTE OF SINNERS
Refugio Vendeola, Roy Hackett. Juan
Viegas and r. Alexander We're before
Justice tombstone yesterday morning
charged with drunkenness and dis
turbance of the peace. The first three
We're sent to the county Jail for seven
days each. Alexander paid a fine of
$500.
THE M. & P.'S NEW BRIDGE-The
new steel bridge of the M. & p. at
Tempe will be completed today The
first train to cross it will be an eX-
cursion train which will be run from
Phoenix to Tempe on Sunday afternoon
leaving the city at 4 o'clock. The
bridge is a little less than a quarter of
a mile in length.
APPROVED MINERAL SURVEY
The surveyor general has approved
the official survey of the Palmetto and
BetseY Ann lode mining claims, stu
ated in the Hassayampa mining dis
trict, YaVapai county, Arizona. The
survey is designated as survey No.
21O9 and owned by Mrs. Abbie Will
liams.
THE ANNUAL A. M. E. DINNER
The third annual dinner at the A. NJ.
e. church will begin at u o'clock to-
day for the pastors salary fund and
the general church fund. Rev. a.
Wagner is closing his third term and
,2riII a I,a
nual conference which convenes in
Cheyenne, WyO.
HE HAD A GOOD TIME-Harry
Taffe yesterday morning returned from
a trip extending over a period of sew
eral weeks into the central states. De
trOit was the farthest point from home
he visited but much of his time he
spent in Chicago and Kansas City. AS
on all of the trips Mr.. Taffe makes he
sees all that is to be seen but declares
the one just completed was a record
breaker so far as a good time is con-
cerned.
A TEMPERANCE MEETING-An
interesting and well attended temper
ance meeting was held at the school
house at Kirkland last Wednesday
evening. The young people who took
part in the program We're Buelah
Carroll Belknap, Paul Heating. Jessie
King and four members of the ellis
family.
DIED ON HIS WAY HOME-Word
has been received in the city from re
latives of the deceased that Q. J. Gus
SEN who left here about two weeks ago
for his home in Richmond, Va, died
at Huntington a station several miles
this side of his home. During his stay
here Cussen made many friends and
although he was in very poor health he
always had a pleasant word for his
friends.
A. & c. OPERATIONS Reports
from the front of the Arizona and Cal
ifoInia road say that work has been
begun on the tunnel at Granite Wash
through which the road will pass. The
tunnel will be some 200 feet long and
is about six miles west of SalOme.
Work on the pipe line from the Grace
Valley company we'll to the railroad is
in pl ogress some 1000 feet, half OF the
work being already completed.
PETER ELLINGSON DEAD-Peter
Ellingson the we'll known sign painter,
died last night at his home 1909 East
Van Buren, street shortly be-
fore midnight. Mr.. Ellingson came
here for his health twelve years ago
and found the improvement which he
sought But for several weeks his
health had been failing again. He was
| ffty-four years of age. He leaves a
| wife a son and three daughters. The
| son Walter EllingsOn is occupying a
/ responsible position with the Salt Lake
road at Salt Lake and the eldest
| daughter Miss Hilda EllingsOn is a
| copyist in the office of the county re-
corder No funeral arrangements Will
be made until the son has been com
! municated with.