Arizona weekly citizen., 1893-01-14
LOCAL NEWS.

Mrs. R. A. Johnson has invited number of friends for Friday evening.
 Thomas c. Davis left the city last evening for San Francisco. Ills wife's mother there is dangerously i'll.
 B. O. Parksr, Charles F. Hoff and James Finley were ID Phoenix yester- day. pr. Low Man will leave this evening for Phoenix where he will remain for month Or two.
 Judge W. H. Barnes is in Phoenix to attend the hearing in the matter of Q change of venue in the Kibbey case.
 0. F. Braulik, the phonograph man of El Paso, returned today looking as handsome as ever.
 The thirty-sixth volume of Harper's Weekly closes with the number dated December 3lst.
 Beautiful catalogues of Ramble cycles may be had of L. Rocg at Francis J. Heney's law office.
 A.C. Valadier was granted yesterday first-grade teachers certificate, having passed the examination about 8 month ago.
 A beautiful double~page reproduction of F. s. Church's famous painting, "The Sorceress," is included in the current number of Harper's Weekly.
 The fight for postmaster goes quietly oR. The most prominent candidates are Mrs. Strauss and Clark Looney. Each will leave no stone unturned. Eltter would make good incumbent.
 MT. Crawford the Detroit scotsman and wife who have been here for about month will leave to night. for Californ- Ia.
 The New Years number of the Ari- zona Daily Gazette has b9en received. 1t contains 24 pages of useful interest ing, valuable and well written infOrma- nation about Arizona and the Salt River valley and is one of the most cred itable pieces of journalism which has yet been issued in the Territory.
 Thomas c. Graham returned yester day to Kenilwerth Ranch, the scene of the late fire. Mir. Graham is a man of affable manners and original ideas and when the legislature, to which he IS a delegate. meets next month, h5 will not be found unequal to the office. He has given the irrigation question cOnsidera- ble study.
 H. c. Boon. of Graham county, one of the leading citizens of that DemOcratl' 3 county. is visiting PhoenIX. Mr. Boon is a candidate for United States marshal of Arizona, and, being a Democrat of high standing, is making lively rustic for the place. MT. Boon is an honora- a1x Gazette.
 Harper's Bazar for December 31st, completing the twenty-ifth volume, contains among many other attractive features a two act comedy by Grace l.. = Furniss, eatitled "Pallo's Luck" also 8 faely Illustrated paper on ''Chinese Women as seen in Peking," by Isaac T. Headland, professor of mental and moral philosophy in the University of Peking.
 Last night at the opera house was the first poor performance of the season The entertainments furnished by Mana ger Reid up to this, have been each excellent The women were all inferl- or performers last night one or two be Ing positively disreputable looking. The
 
 grimey. There was a dilapidated look about the whole outfit. The German grocerymen was good.
 Gvernor Murphy Wednesday issued a reward for the murderers of Judge Fuoua who was killed at his ranch near Calabases, on the night of December D. The subsequent apathy displayed by persons in that community is astonish- ing and explains why murder IS so frequently committed or attempted with impunity. Notwithstanding this mur- der was committed a month ago it ap- pears that no earnest attempt has been made to apprehend the assassins. It is a significant fact in connection with this dereliction of natural duty that at the time of the killing Governor Murphy was absent from the Territory and con- sequently no reward could be offered.
 Capt. Dick is still in the city, having received a telegram from Los Angeles to wait for letter. Most of tke captains private resources are tied up in litiga- tion at present, besides he believes that it is not outrageous that the expense of providing hlm with a good horse and funds for travelling to the region where the Kid is supposed to be, should be borne by the citizens of Arizona who are willing and able to contribute. Sev eral in town have said they would help the cause along, among other J. J. Walsh of the Legal Tender. Capt. Dicks record of courage and experience as Rn Indian scout are known to many ID town as is also his personality.
 The Public Assembly services at the University yesterday were very enjoy able. Rev. Mr. Githens lectured ir his inimitable style on the Prose and Poetry of Travel" giving the first of a series of two lectures on thus subject. Yesterdays subject was "A Trip Across the Atlantic" His illustrations were amusing and descriptions instructive Rev. Mir. Githens has a faculty of seeing the re0ieulOus side of things and of de- scribing them vividly. All who heard the address were delighted, and will go again when he speaks. A goodly mum Der of visitors attended. Next Wednes- day the rhetorical exercises of the sec ond half of the Freshman class will be given.
 Work on the new electric light build ing is progressing rapidly; the stO5e foundation was finished some time ago, and the walls are now almost completed. The contract provides that the machine " shall be set up and everything put in running order by the company's cleo tricians, of which six or seven will be sent. The first arrived yesterday from San Francisco and another will be here tomorrow. These men were supposed to arrive here about the same time with machinery which has been shipped from New York, and is dsily expected. The works will, after everything is set up and in order, be in charge of Chief En-