Arizona republican., 1892-03-13
LOCAL BREVITIES.
Sayings and Doings in Phenix and the
 Surrounding Country.

Moonlight rides are the fad this week.
 Services will be held as usual today at the M. E. church south.
 Francisco Olious received five days yesterday for being drunk.
 The city council held meeting last night and transacted considerable busi- ness.
 Mir. Chas. Duncan is the father of a bright-eyed boy. The mother is doing well.
 An adjourned meeting of the board of directors of the insane asylum tomor- row.
 Dr. Belden and Rev. F. c. Rckerson, went down the valley yesterday for a few days outing.
 The assessors office has begun to pre- sent busy scene as the deputies are hard at work on the assessment.
 First Baptist church, F. D. Rickerson pastor, Sunday school at 9 :45 a. m. No preaching service morning or evening.
 Fine household furniture for sale as a whole or in parts. Inquire at tine resi- dence of E. Brown or at the Great Eas- tern. If
 Hon. C. k. flakes and wife, of mesa, were in Phoenix yesterday, Mrs. flakes shopping and her husband on other business.
 There will probably be large attend ance at the different places of divine worship today. Ph9nix is church going town.
 The boys of Company B are going to get their new white duck uniforms which will be furnished by the govern. ment in few days.
 MT. Simpson. of the old Dominion, come to Phoenix over the toll road route. He was accompanied by other gentle men interested in the i'm provement.
 The Phoenix Real Estate Company, yesterday sold the W 1 of the 1a of the nv of sec. tp l. n. r. 2. 6. to w. J. Miller, of Minnesota for $l,000.
 Mrs. D. w. Sparks, of the Racket store, will commence brick residence on her lot on the corner oi University avenue and Black Canyon road next Monday.
 Mir. II. E. Kemp has had telegram requesting him to meet party of the ,oll road people at Deming tomorrow night on business connected with the enterprise.
 The snow is fast disappearing from the sides of the mountains, and yet it goes off 80 quietly that the streams are not swollen much. Salt river is far be- low it's level of spring floods.
 Burt Ford returned yesterday from a prospecting trip in the Maricopa mountains and brought back some rich specimens of copper and silver ore. He will locate a number of mines in that section.
 Elder B. F. Coulter, of Los Angeles begins series of meetings today at Il 8. m. at the Christian church, southeast corner of city hall plaza, to be continued through the week. Preaching at 80 each evening.
 Prof. J. F. Netherton, of Mesa, was in the city yesterday and spoke in glowing terms of the outlook for the table land sister of Phoenix. Mesa property is in demand and a general prosperity pre- vades the enire section.
 Yesterdays train was delayed SIX hours by breakdown of the engine near Maricopa. A Southern Pacific freight engine handed the stranded con- cern back to Maricopa where the pas seDgers waited the arrival of another engine from Phoenix.
 There has been number of votes in the piano contest deposited for Mrs. Rosa -, the name having been writ ten so dimly that the voting editor is un- able to decipher it. The voter will please call and make the matter plain. else the votes will have to be thrown out.
 Twelve Missouri friends of Captain Garrett are in the city with view to locating. They are we'll pleased with the valley and think the climate is the finest they ever saw. One of them, Mir. Wallace, was here some time ago and went on to California. He says the climate was too damp.
 The streets of the city and roads lead ing to.town are SO nice and dry now as to make delightful driving. This with the beautiful sunshine and balmy air of yesterday caused an unusual turnout of carriages, making the streets appear most lively. In the lowlands where there is generally much mud at this time of tho year there is neither water nor mud.
 Dancing and revelry arc thing of the past for the old theatre on North Center street, as it has been remodeled and instead of the boys going there to paint the town red, they now find the