Arizona republican., 1893-10-08
LOCAL BRIEFS.

A meeting of the directors of the
Central avenue boulevard was held last
night.
]. M. Gregory is putting in hand
some glass front to his new office next
to the Gregory house.
License to marry was yesterday is
sued to John D. Henderson and Celina
M. Settler, both OF the city.
Phoenix is one of the very few places
in the United States where you may
have quail on toast for 25 cents.
Dog Catcher Deane yesterday shot a
dog in Chinatown which exhibited
alarming symptoms of hydrophobia.
Suit was begun yesterday by the
Orange Belt Land and Canal company
agains John Byers to compel the release
of mortgage.
The funeral of Angus, the eighteen
months old babe of Mr.. and Mrs. J. W.
Curran, took place yesterday afternoon
from the Arcade hotel.
The time-lock safe of the Hartford
Banking company has been purchased
by the board of supervisors for the
county treasurer's office.
Notice of location of the "Denver
City" mining claim was filed yesterday
by W. L. Harris, A. Spaulding, A. 6.
Bates and James McCarty.
A veteran Hassayamper was heard
Directing to the electric cars yesterday
because they made so much more noise
than those propelled by mule power.
Deputy Sheriff Widmer made two ar
rests last night. One was man with a
revolver and the other was an 1nebriat-
ed gentleman who was rapidly becom-
ing nuisance.
There was sound of sinful reveIry in
the vicinity of Mime. Minnie Powers
colony sonth OF the city limits last
night. A fancy ball was given which
was attended by the elite of the class
for which it was intended.
Col. Rodney Smith, an officer OF the
United States army, lately retired
upon half pay. who has been for sew
eral weeks past stopping at the Sixth
Avenue hotel, left last evening for
Chicago. He will return later in the
winter.
Business at the Sixth Avenue hotel
is excellent. The skillful work of the
new white cook is being appreciated
and the number Of patrons is steadily
increasing. This fayorite hotel is
worthy of the reputation for superior
ity it is so rapidly achieving.
The Singer company's new team of
handsome grays, handled by the skill
full and gentlemanly agent, Ralph W.
H. Hall, is the envy and admiration of
not a few. The company is we'll
equipped for the sale and delivery at
any reasonable distance of its ma
chimes.
According to the old Mexican post
age law letter from Europe and the
United States will 60 there for 2 cents.
from Mexico to the United States, for
cents. and between cities and states II
Mexico. 10 cents. The new law re-
duces the last mentioned IL cent rate
to cents.
Messrs Kemp, Grain, Andrew Raw
Iings, Hine and Gotten, will leave on
Wednesday for hunting and fishing
trip down the Colorado. Their i'm
pedimenta and forage, almost ton OF
it, was shipped night before last to
Yuma which will be made the base OF
operations.
The Phoenix Athletic clubs base
ball mines will play a practice game at
Phoenix park this afternoon. This is
the first of a series of games to which
admirers Of the national game in the
city will be treated and in the mean
time the Athletics will be acquiring
sufficient skill to carry the territorial
pennant.
Complaint is made of the practice
of stringing barbed wire along the top
of fences within the city. Complain
ants occupy two grounds. The first is
that on dark nights there is posi-
bility of torn clothes and lacerated
hands. The second is that the arrange
ment though all right on ranch is not
metropolitan in appearance.
Col. Jerry Millay and DR.. Alex Trip
pei, appointed by the governor terri
torial delegates to the international
Irrigation convention which assemblies
on Tuesday, left last night for Los
Angeles. They were accompanied by
Geo. Beardsley, who goes as delegate
from the Aqua Fria Canal company.
The party will be joined at ella Bend
by Manager Mcmillan, of the Peoria
Canal company.
A. II. Chaplin, a mail clerk on the
Arizona & New Mexico railroad was ar
rested at Benson night before last by
Marshal Meade on charge of stealing
$120 from a registered letter. He is
now in Jail at Tucson where the case
will be tried this week before court
commissioner Gen. Thos. F. Wilson.
Chaplin is we'll known in the territory
and was formerly connected with q
hotel at Florence.
Henry Zeuner, one of the owners of
the keystone mining claim twenty
miles west of the Vulture mine, is in
the city. Although comparatively lit
tie has been heard of claims in that
region, the keystone is turning out
ore which runs as high as $50 per ton.
About five hundred feet of work has
done. The main shaft is 125 feet and
water for men and stock is supplied
from an immense cement lined cistern.
Water for working the ore is brought
nine miles.
The board of supervisors yesterday
concluded the auditing of current
claims against the county and ad-
iourned. No definite action was taken
upon the request of District Attorney
Hereford, of Pima county, for assist
ance in the prosecution of the Tewks.