Arizona republican., 1907-09-28
A SINGLE OFFENDER

A SINGLE oFFENpER.-C. vavila was before Justice Johnstone yester- day, charged with disturbance of the peace. He had s5.s5. The judg- ment of the court left him with the odd cents.
 A WICkENeURG OISTUReER. Deputy Sheriff Woods of Wickenburg came to town yesterday afternoon. with John Noonan, d hobo who failed to observe the cOnventiOnalities of the town. He was sentenced by Justice Riggs to seven days in the county jail. THE SETTlEMENT-Geo. Brown of the reservation yves in the city yes terday and settled with the Espee for the accident to the Indian called Charley White. who is now in the hospital for treatment. The settle ment was based on the number of days the latter is compelled to remain on the sick list.
 THE ILLNESS OF MRS. M'NEFF. Professor w. w. McNeff the other day received telegram that Mrs. McNeff had been seized with a serious illness in Denver where she had been spend ing the summer and at the time of the seizure was on the point of starting for home. Mir. McNeff hurried to Dem yer and yesterday friends received word from him that his wife's condi- ticn had so improved that he would shortly return accompanied by her. A BURGlARIOUS HOBO. - Hap
 py Jack. who has d room orer the An heuser saloon. made loud "holler" yesterday. His shoes had been car
 ried off and another pair left in their
 place. Happy Jack has tender feet. and has to be careful of his foot wear. The pair of shoes which had been left for him had not been selected with special reference to the form of his foot. The missing shoes were later found on the feet of a gentleman by
 the name of Kelly. who was taken into custody on a charge of burglary.
 Happy Jack followed him to iail and
 recovered his shoes. After the hobo
 had been safely locked up. Happy
 Jack expressed a desire to fight him. declaring that he could lick him at any turn in the road.
 THE APPROPRIATIONS The an
 nual meeting of the stockholders Of the Appropriators Canal company will
 be held on october :. at Melczers hall. ! IL will probably be the most important
 meeting of the corporation since the
 one of a couple of years ago. when
 the stockholders were torn apart by
 the fight for the management. In ad-
 dition to the election of directors the
 question of dispOsing of the canal to lthe government will again be brought
 to the front. This matter is now in the ! h..n nd nf mi led for
 that purpose but SO far as is known.
 nothing is definitely in the way of
 Accomplishment The stockholders are divided like all Gaul into three
 parties on this subject. A small min
 ority does not want to sell at all An
 other faction is willing and even anx-
 ious tO sell for price which will meet
 all the outstanding obligations of the
 company. A third element is in favor
 of turning the water way over to the
 government op an. terms or on none
 at all
 week or more people who have had
 business on the second floor of the court house have complained of stum-
 bling on the stairway while ascend ing. One man the other day stumbled | three times ana once ne lcll
 Others complained of the same kind
 of accidents on the stairway, but at | first nobody could account for their occurrence. The victims had been
 going up and down the stairway for years without incident or accident. and none of them had recently taken
 to strong drink. Finally the matter has been solved. The stairs have been
 lately painted. On each step there is
 an iron plate which is dead black as
 it ought to be and always has been The remaining wood work of the step lis a light drab. whereas it had been before d dark color. much the same as
 the color of the iron. An optical illu- sion is thus produced Unless one happens to be thinking about it. il seems to him as if the iron plate is set ir space. supported or surrounded by nothing tangible. He subcOnsciously Iputs his foot down in an unusual man.
 ner. that he may not lose his balance lon the plate. He becomes confused regarding the height of one plate
 above the other with the result that he blunders and stumbles until he is
 brought to a full consciousness of the situation. No trouble is experienced lin descending the stairs. move iment is already on foot to have the lwoodwork of the steps repainted. I