Arizona republican., 1894-12-23
LOCAL BRIEFS.
Many Incidents of Widely
 Varied Character.
Close of the Catholic Fair-Holiday Week Amusements-An
 Burglary Reported,

Carving sets for Christmas at Talbot & Hubbard's.
 C.E. Gunnison of Prescott was yes terday appointed notary public.
 Any person finding a quarter boot will please leave same at the Q. T. saloon.
 License to marry was issued last night to Ricardo Martinez and T1odora Moncriel.
 w. H. Peck was thrown from his horse on North Second avenue last night and sustained such painful! in- juries that he had to be carried home.
 The liveliness of the Sixth Avenue hotel will be increased next week by the presence of the Payton Stock Comp any who have arranged to stop there.
 There were two drunks in the police court yesterday morning. One WAS sent up for two days and tho other, whose attendance had become monoto. nous to the recorder, WAS given ten days.
 The Catholic fair closed at the opera house last night with dance. The at tendance was considerably larger than on either of the preceding nights. The fair was as 1t deserved to be social and financial success.
 MT. J. A. Weeder, who owns a ranch under the Arizona canal, was in town yesterday with lot of peaches and fourth crops figs which he had taken from the trees the day before. He will bring in another installment of fruit about New Years.
 The new lot of stylish ladies' cloaks and capes which was received last week by Nicholson, the tailor, has created something of furor among the ladies. Such handsome garments were never before seen in Phoenix and it required the enterprise of progressive merchah ht to secure them tor this market.
 The following transfers of real estate were yesterday entered for record :: Chss. Goldman and wife to Butler Cooper, lot 5 in block 4, city, $500; G. W. Irvine and others to the trustees of the Mesa school district, the south half of lots 5 and 6 in block 2. Mesa City, $250.
 Mrs. Nellie Findley was yesterday appointed in probate court eXecutrix of the will of Clement B. Pressey. Pressey is the man who died at the St. Law renee two weeks ago. The value of the property devised by him is about $50 and will about cover the expenses of the funeral, which the executrix paid. William Reid, proprietor of the Tue son opera house, who is here paving the way for the Payton Stock co pany, is giving the people an example of live management and hustling which com bined with the real excellence of his company will fill the opera house for six nights, beginning Christmas night.
 Mr. Thomas Y. Wild who is now em- ployed by the water works company came here from Minneapolis about cancellation, but it was arrested imme- diately after his arrival and he has gained nine pounds since. He expects to die in Phoenix at green old age. The whole day in district court yes terday was taken up with the case of the Consolidated Canal company vs. Wilson and Wilson vs. the Consoli- dated Canal company. The two cases were combined for time saving pur- | poses. The first case was condemna- tory proceeding, the latter sort of an action in injunction.
 z. o. Brown was awarded the .terri- torial agency for the Stearns bicycles yesterday through MT. Vincent, the travelling agent. Mr. Vincent's favora- ble impression of the valley upon hie | first visit, In comparison with his east ern home amid snow and ice, is excelled only by his faith in the merits of his favorite, the ''Yellow Fellow"