Arizona republican., 1894-10-26
INCIDENTS OF A DAY.
Compressed Accounts of YeS-
 terday's Affairs.
A Holdup Near MeSa-Col. Gray's Drag Net Is Stin Shown to Be
 In Working Order.

 gifts of books are the cards at Alkire's.
 M. E. Hurley yesterday sent sixty head of beef cattle to the north and south railroad camps.
 The cloak sale at Alkire's goes mer- rily on. The gifts of standard works attract many customers.
 Letters testamentary in the matter of the estate of A)etha Murphy were issued yesterday to s. E. Hazard.
 In the midst of all this fiesta excite ment R. M. Dameron, the Five Points grocer, keeps cool and does business.
 Three recently pardoned convicts, Charles King. Juan Rivera and Carlos Aldai, arrived from Yuma yesterday morning.
 A girl wanted to assist in general house work and wait on table. Could attend school Address lock drawer B, postofice.
 A$l.25 pair of kid gloves for 75 cents cannot be had every day; nor can Visit Alkire's.
 Joe Pratt was exceedingly fascinating in the Fiesta parade yesterday. Verify Joe is true vaquero; he sits horse like the fabled centaur.
 A notch in the parade yesterday was filled by Jim Grifin's float which for the size of it was the most profusely decorated feature of the pageant.
 License to marry was issued yester- day to Jose Maria Miranda and Francis co Cruz. The wedding will take place this morning in Justice Johnstone's court.
 W. W. Wall has sub-let the mail con- tract between Phoenix and Goldfield to to A. Hunsaker, the date of the con- tract beginning Nov. next and ending June 30, 1898.
 A meeting of Victor Hose company has been called for tonight by Foreman Wm. Evans at o'clock sharp. Nozzle men and plugmen will appear at the engine house at 80.
 R. J. Stedler who has sold bis news and periodical stand to W. P. Murdock will go with Mrs. Stedler at once to St. Paul, Minn. He will engage in the grain business in the northwest.
 MT. k. s. Wakelln the druggist yes- terday evening found a bag of ore samples the property perhaps of 8 prospector who spent weeks in accumu- lating them. Some of the rock appears to be of high grade.
 Harriet B. Edgerton, wife of Henry L. Edgerton, who died in Phoenix in 1892, did not survive him long. She died in Muscatine, Ia., Oct. 13 last. Mrs. Edgerton was known and beloved by many friends in this city.
 Advertising car No. of the Great Syndicate Shows and Paris Hippodrome came ln yesterday morning in charge of l.. Hackman. A force of ten men which came with it began papering the town where the first advertising contingent left of.
 John Jones, farmer living near Mesa, was held up and robbed by four hobos while he WAS returning from the mass meeting at Mesa on Wednesday night. Three men, supposed to be the footpads, were arrested yesterday by Constable Chas. Lewis.
 A warrant was issued yesterday by Justice Kincaid for Tempe Mexican wanted for stealing saddle. He was in town yesterday with the stolen prop erty, but then there happened to be so many Mexicans and saddles that this particular one could not be pointed out.
 Two more victims were caught in Col. c. H. Gray's net yesterday morning. E. J. Coyle and William Johnson were arrested for depositing the carcasses of animals in the river bed. Both plead guilty to violation of the law on the subject and an unfamiliarity with it and were fined the costs in the case.
 R. A. Tuckey, former resident of Browns valley, Minn., has settled in Peoria and purchased the general store there. He has brought his family of six or eight persons with him. He has been for two years @ model paid up in advance subscriber of THE REPUBLICAN which is no slight recommendation.
 The early marriage of MT. A. F. c. Kirchoff and Miss Bertha Lichtenstein is announced. MT. Kirchof is a sa- loon proprietor on East Washington street. Miss Lichtenstein is violin expert who played series of engage, ments in Phoenix year ago last winter She arrived in Phoenix yesterday morn ing.
 An interesting and we'll attended meeting of the precinct Republican club was held at the committee head. quarters on Center street last night Besides the members of the club there were present many other Republicans, Democrats and Populist. Able ad- dresses were delivered by number ol local speakers.
 Hon. Thomas Gates, superintendent of the territorial prison, came up from Yuma yesterday morning to confer with the governor concerning prison affairs. Governor Hughes was out o town, not to be back for several days SO the uperintendent returned tc Yuma last night. Under his careful and conscientious management the prison has become. while not an institution ot