Arizona republican., 1893-03-24
LOCAL BRIEFS.

Gen. w. o. O'Neill was visitor in the legislative halls yesterday.
 The largest number Of arrivals of the season came in last night by two trains, one at l2 80 and at 4 o'clock @. m.
 Ina mud from the recent rains is nearly all dried up and the streets will soon present their usual appearance.
 Who will be the next governor is the question asked by everyone but quien sabe seems to be the universal reply.
 A large Gila monster fully eight inches long was caught in the back of Peoples X Smiths store, on Washington street.
 The public owes Q vote of thanks to the contractor of the Fleming block for filling up the mud holes in some of our streets.
 The last contract on the Fleming block was awarded yesterday. The pressed brick work was given to Cox, Street X Cox.
 The iron front for the eastern ex- tremily of the Gardiner block arrived sition within few days.
 Bert Wertch and Owen Bolin, two young business men of Ventura, Cal, are in town looking around for place to open wholesale store.
 Jose Sanchez, United States prison CT serving a sentence for selling liquor to an Indian, was removed to the county hospital yesterday.
 The shipment of cattle from Arizona has almost entirely ceased and cattle men are awakening to the fact that there is shortage of stock on the range.
 Letters of inquiry by the score are received daily by citizens of Phoenix from those dissatisfied with the east. There is room here for any one who IS industrious.
 Hurley's bill which places the 400 yards barrier aronnd the school houses seems to meet with general favor even among the property holders in the dis tricts affected.
 The first Gila monster of the season is on exhibition at the Irvine Book company's. The company's collection now consists of the monster, a rattle snake and hawk.
 Two cases were before Recorder Schwartz yesterday. J. F. Malone, for drunkenness and disorderly conduct, was gwen seven and one-half days :: Wm. Eviston, for sleeping on the street, was discharged.
 Messrs Irvine and Walbiidge of the l. o. G. T. yesterday closed a contract with Col. Brown, agent for II. w. Campbell for MT. Campbells lecture on the Hawaiian Islands to be delivered at the opeaa house on the night of March 80.
 Chas. Copeland was arrested yester- day by Marshal Blankenship for steal ing $S from c. A. Allen at McNamara's lodging house night before last. Allen says that Copeland occupied the same room with him and got the money from him while he slept. Copeland &C., knowledged that he obtained the money but says Allen gave it to him. The case was taken before Justice Kincaid and will be heard today.
 Quite lively discussion came up in the assembly over the exemption of fremen from jury duty, it being oppos- ed on the ground that they were usually good men-and would make better jurors than are usually selected from the lobby awaiting their chance at every term of court. The bill however was not opposed by any one on the grounds that they were not deserving of petty exemption.
 R. Waldin, of the Gold and Silver Extraction company, yesterday pur- chased half interest in the Keystone pharmacy. Mir. Waldin is by profes- sion a pharmacist, having been in the business for fifteen years in New York and Chicago. He came to Arizona from the latter place year ago for his health which he has reganed in mining camps. The country, however, has pre-. scented him other charms than those of climate. so that he has determined to settle permanently.