Tombstone epitaph., 1908-07-19
TERRITORIAL ITEMS OF IN-
 TEREST CONDENSED.

Charles Eisenburg and Lillian Phil lips were welded on horseback on the stage of the Eiysian thester at Tucson Wednesday.
 At its last meeting the city council of Tucson instructed the city attorney to draw up resolution looking to the calling of special election for the pur. pose of voting on new charter It is contended that Tucson has outgrown its present charter and a new one is badly needed.
 At the annual meeting of the stock holders of the Modern Mining com psny held in Bisbee a few days age it was decided to raise s75,0GO by bond issue for the purpose of continuing work on their properties in the Warren | district.
 The annual report of County School Superintendent Jolly of Yavapai coun- l ty shows that the educational depart ment Of that county last year cost the taxpayers S75,ilI.j0. The expend- itures for the previous year amounted to SJ9, ,2O7. 10
 Douglas city council has enacted curiew ordinance requiring all children under seventeen years of age to va nose from public view not later than $ o'clock in the evening and providing severe penalties for violations.
 local option election will be held in the Verde Valley district in Ysva- pal county on the first Tuesday in August. This is to determine whether or not the saloon will be permitted to continue in that section or not. l, is feared that it will be necessary to suspend operations in the Big Bug mining district in Yayapai county On account of the scarcity oi water.
 Forty new Springfield rifles and am munition to go with them have been received by the Tempe company oi | the Arizopa National Guard.
 Travel from Phoenix to the coast is very heavy this season. One hundred and sixty are reported to have depart i ed in one day to seek the cooling breezes o. the Pacific. This is s pretty hard knock for town claiming the | summer attractions that Phoenix does Ollie Pales. who broke into Steegers butcher shop in Phoenix the other evening and left his watch behind as & souvenir, has been discharged from custody The justice before whom the case was tried became convinced that Baies meant no harm and simply wandered into the place while under the influence of liquor and got lost.
 J. Fredlund, who gave himseli up to the Phoenix police after charge of insanity had been made against him by an excited rival, was later re- leased, as the charge could not be made to stick,
 The contract for the building of the new pcstoffice at Douglas has been let to William Bashore of Los Angeles. The contract calls for completion by the first of October.
 By order of the city council ont member has been dropped from tht Tues n police force. The officer lei out was Policeman Hicks
 The Young Mems Democratic clul Of Tucson is hustling money for use 1T the fall campaign. Already they bay raised nearly si00 by subscription.
 Tho Tempe board of trade has en dorsed the proposition of H. l.. Chand Ter to install a gas plant in that city Mir. Chandler offers gas at maximum rate of S250 per thousand feet, and minimum rate of sl.O0 pe- thousan' feet.
 Members of the Bisbee Young>W ( mems Christian association held mock marriage Wednesday evening, A which sixty invited guests were pres ent. As both brIde ana groom wer young ladies, there is no danger ot tn wedding beiag held legal, la stor book.
 Refreshing rains have fallen in tt Sulphur Springs valley, which will Of great benefit to the cattlemen.
 great many cattle were dying there account of the drouth, but il is DC .. hoped that the dry spell is perm
 nently broken.
 Pima county democrats had rou '' ing ratification meeting last eyeni