Arizona republican., 1894-08-15
LOCAL BRIEFS.

An epidemic of mumps is prevailing
in some parts OF the city.
F. M. Cooper of Globe, was yesterday
appointed notary public.
D. L. Smith has sold his interest in
the grocery store to Wooddell & Smith
to James Buchan.
License to marry was issued yester-
day to 7. j. Lally and Mrs. L. A. Card,
and Jesus Vasquez and Dolores Can
treras.
Assistant Marshal Wickham yester-
day afternoon picked up a sleeping
drunk on the street near Goldman
& Co.'S.
Three prisoners from the county Jail
we're loaned to the city yesterday to
assist in the glorious work now going
on on the streets.
A bargain and sale deed from Alfred
Pidington and wife of Los Angeles, to
Mrs. A. G. Brown, transferring twelve
lots in block So in Collins addition, was
filed yesterday. The consideration is
$1,000.
Two children OF J. A. r. Irvine are
very low with typhoid pneumonia.
Several cases of this disease have been
reported within the last two weeks, and
physicians are urging that the greatest
sanitary precautions be taken publicly
and individually to prevent it becom-
ing an epidemic.
J. W. Walker, B. Heyman's manager,
was the recipient of knife as present
from his mother who resides at Meri-
dian, Miss, yesterday. Mr.. Walkers
name is neatly inscribed on one side
and the pictures of his two sisters ap-
pear on the other. He naturally feels
proud of it as memento.
The REPUBLICAN yesterday received
letter from Rev. W. E. Vaughan say
ing that he will reach Phoenix on the
day that the annual district camp
meeting will begin at Norton's grove.
Mr.. Vaughan writes that ne has had
splendid meetings on the Verde and at
Wllliamson's and Skull Valley. Mr..
Vaughan will be accompanied on his
return by his wife and children.
Mr.. B. A. Fickas yesterday forwarded
load of provision to his wife and chill
dren who with Mrs. Redewell and fam
lily are camping at Minnehaha Flats.
He had just received letter from Mrs.
Fickas saying that if the appetltes of the
children held out, there was prospect
of starvation in that vicinity. She
wanted something "flling" for them
even if it was not satisfying--alfalfa
for instance, anything to stand off fam
inc.
The Peoples Party primary election
will be held today at John @. Whites
store opposite the Commercial hotel
block. 1t will begin at 10 a. M, and
will continue until p. m. There will
well defined difference of interests
among the Populists of this precinct.
The interest in the result centers al
most entirely in the size of the vote.
1t is variously estimated by Populists
at from 200 to 800.
The Phoenix Steam laundry team
enjoyed its weekly run away yesterday
afternoon. 1t came up Center street
like cyclone, missed all other vehicles
and undertook to pass between a tele-
phone pole and a street guide board.
The space between them was less than
two feet. The wagon was torn loose
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between the two posts. As usual no
damage beyond some broken harness
attended the escapade.
A Mexican was directed into the
Saturday Review Office yesterday to
secure mrriage license. Notwith-
standing the utmost license prevails in
that ablishment, there was nothing
of a matrimonial character in stock and
in the confusion and excitement the
applicant was permitted to escape with
the fee he intended to pay. The pro
pretors resorted to mutual recrimina
ton and hard words for this oversight
and the book-keeper entered $3.50 or
the debit side OF the profit and loss
account.
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