The copper era., 1905-08-31
MORENCI NEWS.

From Our Regular Correspondent.

From Our Regular Correspondent.
 Gus Mulligan returned from his trip to the coast Friday last.
 E. F. Whittlesey and family are ex- pected home from Denver Thursday.
 P. O. Clark spent a few days rusti- eating on the Rio Bonita last week.
 c. B. Nonnamaker and wife re- turned last week from California. c. B. has grown so portly of late that friends of other days would scarcely recognize him.
 A. s. Blim and NJ. G. Wilson are new arrivals in camp. MT. Blim has a position in the supply department and MT. Wilson will work in the gen. eral office of the D. c. Co. ..
 Clarence Fraser left for his old home in Toronto, Canada, last week, where he will probably remain Clarence has been resident of Mo- renci for several years and has many warm friends here who regret his de- parture very much.
 The explosion of a gasoline stove caused an alarm of fire last Sunday morning at the residence of Mrs. York, now occupied by T. B. Kelly and wife, but prompt action by the neighbors extinguished the blaze be- | fore any serious damage was done.
 By the explosion of a converter in the D. c. shelter last Thursday MT. Carr, an old time emplOYe. was badly burned and two other men received smaller injuries. A Mexican who was standing on a settler above the converter pit, was hit on the head by flying fragment of iron. and mar f, ir,fn ha S11 pot.
 w. w. Stevenson slipped quietly out of camp Sunday of last week and returned on Thursday evening, accompanied by his bride, formerly Miss Clara Lawrence, of Fl Paso, ] and well known to MOrenci people. she having been for some time nurse at the D. c. hospital. Billy Steven son has been in the supply depart ment of the D. c. Co. for the past l five years and is one of the best known and most popular young men | in Morenci. He and his charming wife are receiving the best wishes and congratulations of a large circle of friends.
 Tuesday last in Lexington, Ill.,, oc- cured a wedding of much interest to Morenci people, when A. w. Fraser led to the altar Miss Ru- hanah Darby, Rev. Allan Kirch- baum performing the ceremony. The groom is one of our energetic young carpenters, a man of sterling character, while Miss Darby, who has been head nurse at the A. C.. hospital for the past two years, has made host ot friends while occu- pying that trying position. The young couple, upon their return to Morenci, will go immediately to housekeeping in the pretty cottage Mir. Fraser had prepared for his bride on Improvement Hill.
 The suicide of w. F. Hogan at the D. c. hospital last Thursday was an event of such tragic pathos as to sadden every person in the com munity. Since the accident in the mine last May, MT. Hogan has known that there was scarcely a chance of his ever being able to walk again, but such was the fortitude with which he bore his aff1iction. His best friends never dreamed of the desperate resolve he had in mind. His remains were laid to rest in the new cemetery by his brethern of the Odd Fellows. and there is not per son who knew him that does not mourn the untimely end of this st1 ong brave man to whom the very thought of life of dependence upon others was intolerahle.