Tombstone epitaph., 1909-12-26
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TERRITORIAL ITEMS OF ih-
 TEREST CONDENSED.

A reunion of the pioneers of Ari. ,ons has been agreed upon by the Ari ,ons Historical society and will be ed in Tucson December 29.
 \ strange guest was discovered by a negro porter at the Gsdsden hotel one night recently which proved oo to be fine, beautifully marked badger.
 James Healy, editor Of the Parker Herald, was recently set upon and beaten almost to death. 1t is be- lieyed that his ssssilsnts were some persons whom he had been attacking through the columns of his paper.
 The philanthrop, department of the Womsn's club of Douglas will supply Christmas boxes to the needy poor of the city and to that end is receiving contributions of food and clothing ss we'll ss mopey.
 Captain Wolfe of the Douglas Dem- ons. has accepted an offer of $250 month to play with the Wichita team of the Western association the coming season.
 The new electrical machinery of the Arizona Central Copper company is giving satisfaction and is proving more economrcal than either steam or gaso- line power.
 The f.st prize in the Prescott Jour. nsl-Miner Christmas Menu contest was awarded to Mrs Clara Colbert by the unanimous vote of the judges.
 A new Gamewell fire alarm syeeem is being installed at Prescott and will be ready for service before the end of January. There will be 26 fire alarm boIes and 1900 pound bell.
 The long standing dispute between the Western Arizona railroad and the county of Mohsye has at last teen satisfactorily adjusted by 8 compro- mise and the county received S7,060 taxes due for the pas. three years.
 Superintendent Woodmsn of the Copper Qleen company at Bisbee, hss announced that unless there is change in the plans of the company the men in its employ will be given two days in which to celebrate Christ. mas.
 Over a thousand voters have already registered st Douglas for the sp-- preaching local option election and the registration will not close until January ,.
 A gold bar weighing 225 ounces wss. received at the Prescott National Bank last week from the Congress Consolidated Mines company. having been extracted from ores of the Con. gress mine, which IS developed to greater depth than any other mine in the territory.
 Customs officials st Nogsles and other border towns are being kept busy by persons who attempt to smuggle goods across the line for the holiday trade.
 Mrs Louisa Miller, a resident of Phoenix. has been committed to the asylum for the insane. She was found wandering the streets carrying book and lantern. She has refused to eat and believes that the world should dc, the same.
 Chief Engineer Msssou of the Ari- zona Power company. has stated that: the extension of the line of his com. pany from Prescott to the camp of the Alvarado Mining company at Fools Gulch would be started immediately.
 MT and Mrs T H Brock have re- turned to their home at Willow creek, after a twenty-months' overland trip taken in the hope of improving Mr Brooks health. They went first to Oklahoma, thence to California and on up the coast to Oregon, returning by ditf.rent route. The trip was very plea ssnt and successful.
 A movement is on smone the ranch. CTS and miners oLhe Walnut Grove. section t9-Sfganize an independent teiep1She line to runtO A connecting p6int with the Prescott Electric long distance line.
 The jury in the case of Peter Kniv- ,kovich, who e'oped from New Mexico with the wife of T 0stoich, returned . verdict guilty and the defendant vas sentenced to eighteen months iu he peniten.iary.
 Ricardo Bosch, who pleaded guilty 'f being engaged in the "Shite slave" rade, was sentencNd to pay 6 fine of '5oo &nd serve term of three yeare n the territorial prison.
 A petition aiming to wipe out the