Arizona republican., 1905-01-20
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COUNTRY CLUB DANCE-Bus for the ladies choice dance at the Country club this evening will leave the Hotel Adams at o'clock.
 HE WAS VIOLENT-Constable Harry Troops last night arrested Ven tura Lucero who had gone on the war path again. He will be given a hear ing before Justice Johnstone this morning.
 CAPTURED CHINAMEN-A couple of weeks ago word was left at Mari copa by a passenger on an east bound train that he had seen a squad of Chinamen under the' escort of a party of MeXicans along the railroad in the vicinity of Gila Bend. It was his opin- ion that the Chinamen were being smuggled into the country That night United States Marshal McCord and Deputy Porterie went to Maricopa but on arriving there they could learn no more of the cOntraband Mongols and their existence became a matter of doubt It was learned yesterday though that they had finally appeared at Yuma and were caught there in a box car
 COUNTERFIETERS AT WORK Complaint is being made that there is
 
 circulation in Phoenix. It is in the denominations of dollars, halves and quarters of silver. Some of it is very good but much of it is not. A con- siderable part of it is put in circulation through the medium of the faro table where in the rush of business when several players are betting the dealer does not have time to inspect his win nings thoroughly. The other night one dealer when he closed his game found that he had four of these pieces. A Mexican yesterday offered a counterfei. half dollar at a fruit store but it was detected. Soon after he went away an officer came along and the dealer gave him a description of the man with the bad money The officer found him iu Q saloon and took the piece from him. He said that he did not know how he got it and as there was no way to prove Q guilty intent he was turned loose.
 AN INVENTOR IN JAIL. D. Todd was arrested and put into jail last night on suspicion of having bur glarized the house of a colOred woman living near EastIake park the day be- fore and Of having stolen a gold watch and a purse containing a small sum of money. Todd and another man who was occupying one of the Beau vais cottages with him were arrested and locked up and their premises were searched. Nothing being found and there being no evidence that Todd had been in the house. though he had been seen in the vicinity, both suspects were released. But yesterday a witness was found who said that she saw Todd coming out of the house. Tood is a man of middle age and a sheep shear CT. He said he is the inventor Of a new kind of sheep shears which he thinks will make him a great deal of The shears are ordinary hand shears but there is an electrical appli- ance which dispenses with the necessi- ty of the user working them all the time, the most laborious feature of sheep shearing. All the shearer will have to do with the Todd invention will be to guide it through the coat of the sheep.
 TREE TRIMMI ING-This is the sea son for tree trimming and it is being generally observed throughout the city. The umbrella trees particularly are given an annual cutting back that would be Giscouraging to any tree less ambitious than the umbrella. But they Seem to ----- .- and grow all the faster and thicker hence keeping more true to their umbrella name. The pruning of the plaza trees is in progress and the OIeanders especially are getting short cuts at the city hall plaza. It is not improper to again mention a fact that is nos news but may not be known to many, especially visitors in the city. That is that the oleander tree is poi son, or at least it's juices are, and no one should make walking sticks of the limbs now lying round, or chew the leaves or bark as many are wont to do when they pick up a green twig. It is not known that any Phoenix people