Arizona republican., 1894-10-25
LOCAL NEWS.
Events Which Happen in Phoe-
 nix or Whereabouts.
Political Meetings Last Night and Tonight-Belated Applicants
 for Registration.

A sensation was caused yesterday by Dr. Keefer placing on sale 50 cent boxes of pure toilet soap for 25 cents.
 THE REPUBLICAN may now be found on sale at E. L. Branch's popular Parlor cigar store, next door to the Bank Ex- change. A girl wanted to assist in general house work and wait on table. Could attend school. Address lock drawer B, postoffice.
 A great wagon load of goods was sent yesterday from the Bee Hive to the Mesa branch, making the fourth since fall goods began to arrive. A valuable horse belonging to P. Minor died yesterday morning. It is thought that it had eaten one of those big green insects known as a campa- moche. Judge Buck will address the people on Popul;sm at the stand at the rear of the court house on Saturday evening at z o'clock. Every body invited to be present.
 R. J. Stedler has sold his news and confectionery stand at the corner of the Monihom block to MT. Murdock brother of the proprietor of the Php- nix Fruit store.
 Among those who are erecting resi- dences in the eastern part of the city are Mrs. Hudson on Marble street and J. Coverdale, a recent arrival from Minneapolis, on Montezuma place.
 A party of hobos went into camp last night along North Fourth street north of the town ditch and just outside the jurisdiction of the police. They kept up bright and cheerful fire all night. A mining deed from William Quern- helm to Chas. W. Prange. transferring in consideration of $8,000 the Ethel, Sunrise, Ophir, Agnes and Edith min ing claims in the Harqua Hala district, was recorded yesterday.
 License to marry was issued yester- day to MT. s. E. Hazard and Mrs. Carrie Murphy. Mr. Hazard is a resi- dent of Gila Bend and an active mem- Der of the Maricopa bar. The bride also resides at Gila Bend. A very delicate surgical operation was performed last night on T. F. Lyon of the Saturday Review, who has been dangerously ill for the past two
  last night and was resting easily
 A meeting of the Phoenix Precinct Repu blican club will be held tonight at the committee headquarters on North Center street. Able and interesting speakers will be present. Republicans and benighted Democrats are cordially invited to come out.
 Tonight at company B's regular drill the Pioneer band which has been con- verted into a military band and has been receiving instructions from Capt. Wickham will take part in the drill for the first time. The new uniform for the band will probably be received next week.
 A big cotton wood stump standing at the corner of Jefferson and Firsts street was removed yesterday to make way for Hume. The work of removal oc- cupied two days and after it had been loosened it had to be hoisted on wagon by means of pulleys. One root was two feet in diameter.
 Commercial hotel guests yesterday were Carrie Godfrey, Nettie Stanley and T. W. Okey, Los Angeles; F. s. Myrick, Rock Island Mrs. Wyatt, city; Mrs. Ellery, Maricopa; w. M. Muller, San Francisco s. E. Hazard and Mrs. Carrie Murphy. Gila Bend, C.. Hart Merriam, Washington, D. c.
 Says the Journal Miner: Frank Cox, the attorney for the Southern Pacific Railroad company, is billed to make a speech in Prescott for the alleged anti corporation candidate for congress. Frank is a good, whole souled gentle md thara v,iIl ha ;y, which no mud-slinging will be indulged.
 An old man named Milsaps and an old soldier and now soldier of the Salvation Army, is lying sick in the southern part of the city and is not expected to live. He is being cared for by the G. A. R. and the Salvation Army. Two sons. engineers on the Southern Pacific, have been notified of his condition.
 Detective Will Smith came in yester- day morning from his chase after Kid Thompson, the supposed train robber The detective pursued the trail nearly to San Carlos and is inclined now to believe that 1t was false one from the beginning and that if the kid is not now in the vicinity of Phoenix he did not go in the direction it was thought he had gone.
 The two Republican meetings last night, one at Mesa and the other at Orme tenn porarlly reduced the Republi- can population of Phoenix. The one at Mesa was of territorial importance since the chief speakers were ex-Goyernor Murphy and Hon. A. J. Doran. The meeting at Orme was of course of county interest and was addressed by the county candidates.
 In the case of Leon and wife against the Leon Canal and Irrigation company the injunction recently issued was so modified by the court yesterday as to permit the defendants in the suit to