Arizona republican., 1890-12-25
LOCAL BREVITIES.

A merry Christmas to all.
 Supervisors meet tomorrow.
 Sunshine and Christmas together.
 Court will convene again tomorrow.
 The little ones are happy this morn- ing.
 About eighty chloriders are working at Tip Top.
 Tempe was well represented at the play last night.
 H. w. Ryder received car load of lumber yesterday.
 Burt Spencer has sold three lots, in University addition, for 5000.
 The meat display at Baltz's market is the best ever made in that line in this city.
 Yesterday was busy day. Phoenix presented the appearance of metro politan city.
 Quite good many people are in Phoenix from adjacent counties to spend the holidays.
 Fowler Brothers loaded car with hogs, yesterday, to go to the Saunders ranch in Yuma.
 Several teams are loaded daily with piping for Keating's hydraulic works on Humbug Creek.
 Clay Hackett has sold lots II, l2 and 13 in University addition for $2OO0, to NJ. w. Messenger, Goldman X Co.,, loaded team with groceries that will start today for II. Champie's camp, on the Humbug.
 Two drunks were fined ten dollars yesterday, and in default of the funds were put in the city boarding house.
 There are as fine Christmas displays in some of the business houses in Ph9- nix as can be seen in very much larger city.
 T. J. Trask shipped carload of hay to California yesterday and sent out several loads of groceries to the moun- tains.
 One of P. H. Coyle's teams came down from Tip Top yesterday, with l6,OOO pounds of ore, to be shipped to Fl Paso, Texas.
 The work of graveling the Court House walks progresses favorably, and by the first of the year will be finally completed.
 The water company is having the pipe taken up on Center Street, from Wash ington to South Center, and larger pipe substituted.
 Kemp X Co. yesterday received one carload of wagons and one carload of iron. A team was loaded there with iron and coal for l. N. Large.
 Judge Baxter will on Dec. 3l at 10 a. m., hear the petition to sell the posses sorry rights of the Marlow estate to school section No. 36, on Grand avenue.
 A fine lot of specimens from the onyx mine, owned by R. J. Holmes, G. w. Barnard and J. Woodson, are on exhibi- ton in the window of Barnard's saloon.
 The cases of the violaters of the Sun day rest law have been postponed to await decision of the Supreme Court of the United States as to the validity of the law.
 Ed. Wager, with s45O. that he raised here in Phoenix, and S350, that was was made up, at Tip Top, is building a good wagon road to Phoenix. Three miles of it is already completed.
 The Annie Roonevs and the Me Ginty's, despite the names with which they are handicapped, are made up of really excellent players. Game will be called at Patton's Park at ? p. m. sharp today. Go out and see it. The general public will hope that the two McGintys will see victory for once.
 The members of John W. Owens Post, No. 5, G. A. R., are requested to meet at their hall at l 80 p. m. sharp, on Thursday, December 25, 1890, to attend the funeral of Comrade Ira B. Sampson, of John A. Logan Post, No. z, G. A. R., late Junior Vice-Commander of the Department of Arizona. The services will take place at the cemetery in this city.
 J. F. McWilliams and Miss Lu Bur- nam were united in marriage last night at the residence of the brides father, Rev. Pearson officiating. Only relatives were present. The couple are we'll and favorably known, Mir. McWilliams occu- pying responsible position with the Maricopa & Phenix Railroad in Ph9. nix, and large circle of friends wish them pleasant journey down the stream of life.