Arizona republican., 1893-10-24
LOCAL BRIEFS.

Andre Maurel of Globe. was in the
city yesterday buying milk cows.
The grand jury for the Novemb Der
term of district court was drawn yester-
day.
| License to marry was yesterday is
sued to George Burgess and Trinidad
Alvero, Marcos Benabides and Teds
| Sanchez.
Matte Strawbler, the l5-year-old
daughter of Mrs. J. M. Rice. died on
Sunday afternoon The funeral took
place at O'Clock yesterday afternoon.
There is on exhibition at Major
Evans office a pomegranate weighing
214 ounces, one of the largest on
record. 1t was grown on Perley's
ranch.
The board of supervisors in regular
session yesterday executed ten tax
deeds and also approved the bond of
H. E. leighton, notary public for this
county.
A meeting of the statehood commit
tee was held yesterday afternoon at the
Office of Maj. Evans. The business
transacted related only 70 the approach
ing conve ntion.
Patsey McQuilken deserves we'll of
the press. He is uperintending a
movement which will eliminate to-
night at the Palace for the relief of
Editor G. M. Russell of the ella Bend
Arizonian.
The Saturday evening musicales at
the store of the Phoenix Music company
are becoming very popular. The meet
ing last Saturday night was postponed
until some night this week to give time
for elaborate preparation.
There were five cases in police court
yesterday morning and the offenses,
drunkenness, were monotononsly alike.
So were the fines, So each. Two of the
prisoners had the money and the others
are doing time on the streets.
T. F. Haffner has been secured by the
Phoenix Athletic club as teacher OF club
swinging and caisthenics. Mr.. Half
ner has had wide experience in athletic
matters and is an accomplished in
structor.
Charlie Duchet returned yesterday
from long prospecting tour in the
White Hills, and brought with him
lot of promising ore. Among it were
two samples, one of which he believes
contains tin and the other rich in
aluminium.
A large party of young folks visited
Arizona Falls on Sunday afternoon.
The excursionists were Misses Louisa
and Lizzie Saunders, the Misses Mog-
nett, Miss May Griffith, Messrs. Gus
Barkis, Jake Sharp, Jas. Kinney, Chas.
Saunders and E. E. Pascoe.
A deed from George A. Spicer and
wife OF Chicago to s. S. Davis, Jr., also
of Chicago, to block "a, Capitol addi-
ton, was filed YESTERDAY. The con-
sideration is $500. There was also
filed deed from H. H. McPhaul and
wife to J. M. Johdson and L. G. Schiller
to Sc d, sec l, tip SIS, r W. 81 900.
On the westbound express which
passed Maricopa on Sunday morning
was little 9-year-old German boy on
his way from the Fatherland to San
Francisco. He was making the long
journey alone, but he was properly
tagged and consigned to relatives at
San Francisco. Conductors were kind
ly attentive to this little piece of human
baggage snd fellow travellers took
fatherly, motherly, brotherly or sister
ly interest in him.
The football game between the Ath-
letic club eleven and the Britishers was
demoralized by rain on Sunday after
noon. Both elevens went to the park
and were engaged in practice when the
rain came on. They returned to the
city, but were met by Herbert Drach-
man, the Britishers' coach, who told
them this was regular football weather.
The teams then lined up on the mill
tary plaza, but as the ground had not
been laid out, the game was not com
plete in its features. There was good
kicking, of which the Athletics had
rather the best and showed the result
OF weeks earnest practice Great
preparation is being made for the game
next Sunday.