Arizona republican., 1908-07-30
OF LOCAL INTEREST

III u EuVhL tut kitLOi POOL RESULTS.-At the Capital Pool hall tournament last night Lud- man won over Clark by 75 to 60. The play tonight will be between Meldrum and Creager.
 INDIANA NEWSPAPER MANIC.
 A. Hagerty who has been connected
 with the South Bend News, is fin the
 city and will probably locate in Phoe-
 nix as he is much pleased with the valley.
 COMMITTEE MEETING MEETING. The republican central committe will
 hold a meeting Saturday afternoon at D. m, for the selection of the dates for holding the primarys for the coun-
 ty convention.
 RECOVERED HoRSE.-C. M. Scott has at last recovered his valuable driving horse which got away several days ago. He wandered into the Palo Alto stables the other night and was taken care of and yesterday the own CT located him.
 LICENSED TO WED.-Marriage li- censes were issued yesterday to Isabel
 Carillo and Augustina Flores; Louis Hollenbeck of Chaffee county. Colo, and Iva M. Walker of this county;
 Henry Mang and Ellen owen.
 FINE GRAPES.-There are now on display in Greene & Griffin's window five fine punches of Thompson's seed less grapes which were raised by HilFs Seed House Nursery company. The vines were only one year old. The five punches weighed twelve pounds and are prize winner specmens.
 CANTALOUPE SHlPMENTS.-One hundred and seventy-five carloads of cants have been shipped out this sea son. There will be about 25 more cars shipped out in the next few weeks. From Mesa also has been shipped eleven cars of grapes. From Tempe about 90 cars of cants have been been sent.
 A STRAW VOTE.-The sentiment of the people of Phoenix with respect to the presidential candidates was well shown yesterday in what may be des- cribed as unpremeditated straw vote. There was received yesterday morning at the jewery store of r. A. HildeFbran a shipment of watch fobs, the pen dent consisting of the face of either Taft or Bryan in brass. They were given equal prominence in the display and by one o'clock the last of the Taft fobs was taken. At that same hour there had not been a purchaser of a Bryan fob.
 STRIKE AT FOOL GUlCH.-Dr. E. c. Wills who has been spending q few days with a physician friend at Con- gress returned to Phoenix yesterday and reports considerable excitement in that section over the strike of a gold vein in Fools Gulch property. He did not learn the extent of the strike. but it was seemingly considered important by mining men in those parts Dr. Wills will probable go to Kelvin or Ray and locate later on. He recently passed the medical boards examination here.
 CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATIONS. There was civil service examination at the capitol building yesterday under the supervision of Secretary Gillette The applicant wants the position of assistant inspector in the department of Agriculture. Other examinations at early dates have been set as follows by the commission: for the position of clinical director, government hospital for the insane, August 26; assistant surgeon, Freedmen's hospital, Septem- Der 2-3; civil engineer and superinten- dent of construction in the quarter masters department at large for ser vice at New London, Conn, Septem- Der 9-10.
 A DAYLIGHT BURGLARY.-Mrs. Mayhew who lives on South First ave nue opposite the M. & P. freight house reported yesterday to the police that her house had ben robbd in her absence and a small bag containing several gold nuggests was carried off. The thief also took a gold brooch. She sus- poets that the burglary is the work of someone who has formed the habit of robbing her house for it was burglar iZed in similar manner not long ago. A stranger had been seen prowling about in an alley near the house ear Her in the day but nobody can furnish an adequate description of him.
 SHE DIED UNATTENDED-Co ner Johnstone yesterday held an in quest on the body of Antonio Ybarri, a twelve-year- girl who died the night before at the home of her par ents on South Fifteenth avenue. She had been sick for three days, but no physician had been called. The inquest brought out that the cause of death was diptheria of a peculiarly malignant type. During the illness of the girl, at the time of her death and when the coroner's jury was there, the house was filled with children and acquain- tances of the family. As soon as the nature of the disease was discovered they were ordered home and the mat ter was brought to the notice of Dr. Beauchamp, the city health officer. It was found though that the place was outside of the city limits The