Arizona republican., 1894-12-22
LOCAL BRIEFS.
Recent News Gathered From
 Many Quarters.
Second Night of the Catholic Fair The Captor of a City
 Captured.

Carving sets for Christmas at Talbot & Hubbard's.
 The Payton Opera company which opens here Christmas night has been making tremendous hit everywhere.
 4 beautiful bunch of roses went yes- terday from the garden of Mrs. J. o. Dunbar to the bedside of George Beard sley.
 Sisters fair at the opera house today. Lunch at 12; hot dinner from to D. Ill. Grand ball and supper by the ladies.
 Al Williams opens his North and South lunch counter today. His place is not spacious, but his coffee will be good.
 W. P. Fuller & Co.,, lumber firm of Los Angeles, yesterday began an action against Holmes. Gregory & Lindsey to recover $1 ,053.54 on account.
 Young Will Osborne of the Black canon road. and friend went down the river one morning this week and bagged two geese and fourteen ducks.
 Miss Nelson will repeat her enter tainment tonight at Gardiner's hall at 8 o'clock. Matinee in the afternoon at 2 80 for children under 12; admission, 15 cents.
 The new arc lights at the Phoenix park skating rink have been put up and are working we'll. Music is furnished two nights each week and all who go once to the rink are sure to go again.
 A party of two or three families ar- rived overland from Utah last night after several weeks on the road and camped in tents on East Jackson street. They will remain in the city all winter.
 The following appointments were made yesterday from the governors office: Commissioner of deeds, Jas L. King, San Francisco; Charles Hall Adams, Boston, Mass. notaries public, A. s. Bonnecker Payson, J. M. W. Moore, Prescott.
 The following transfers of real estate were yesterday entered for record: Boan Lewis and wife to David Wallace 8 part of north half of sw Ii, sec g, tp l s,r5 e, $1.S40; Joseph E. Wise to Catherine Wise, lots IS and 19 in block II, Collins addition, $500.
 H. A. Owen, 8 prominent mining man in the northern part of the terri tory and the owner ot several rich mines in the Santa Maria country, was in town yesterday after supplies. Not withstandlng the much greater dis tance he finds it to his advantage to make the long and difficult journey to Phoenix to buy them.
 Suit for divorce was begun in district court yesterday by Guy Longstreet against Lillian Longstreet on the ground of adultery. The parties were married in Los Angeles in Novem Der of last year. The petition states that soon after the marriage the defendant en- tered Q house of ill repute at Santa Barbara.
 The Maricopa & Phoenix train will wait at Maricopa this morning to meet the west bound limited. The reason for this is that the limited bears the mother and brother of MT. Geo. Beard sley, who is dangerously ill. At the solicitation of Dr. Helm, Manager Mas ten kindly consented to hold the local train so that the anxious mother might sooner reach the bedside of her son.
 The stock of clothing of the Alkire company is peculiar. Now the word peculiar has become by usage, especially when applied to persons, almost an epithet, but in this case it simply means that the Alkire company's is the only store in town which has not the largest stock of clothing. They in- sist, nevertheless, that they have the | best selected stock and can give the | beat it and value for the money.
 Cadet Thomas, who has been in charge of the local corps of the Salva- tion Army, bade her command good- bye last night. She was escorted to the train by the largest procession the army h Phoenix has ever mustered. Flags were flying, drums were beating and 1 there were shouts of victory A tear stood in the cadets eye when the train moved out. She goes to Los An geles. where che will remain until the arrival there of General Booth, after which she will enter the training gar rison. Two officers detailed for work at Phoenix left San Francisco on Friday and will arrive here tomorrow morning.
 Yesterday morning word was brought to the city hall that Neahr's addition had been invaded and captured by an unknown person who was subverting