Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1894-03-28
LOCAL BRIEFS.

The work on the city hall vault was
begun yesterday.
D. T. Mitchell OF Prescott, was yes
terday appointed notary public for va
yapia county.
VIM. R. Belock yesterday filed final
proof of timber culture claim to Sc d .
sec 5, twp l, sr2w.
Sheriff Scott of Tucson, arrived in the
city yesterday with an insane man
committed to the asylum from Pima
county.
J.F. Mullin of the Blinn Lumb ber
company, is happier by boy baby than
he was forty-eight hours ago. The in
teresting event occurred early yesterday
morning.
License to marry was issued yester-
day to Thos. d. Murphy and Ina Cul-
bertson. Both are of Montgomery
county, Iowa, and came to Phoenix on
Monday morning.
Two wagon loads of mining machinery
passed through town yesterday for the
Congress mine. 1t had been brought
from Tombstone and was being trans
ported from Mr.. Cages property there
to his newly acquired property in the
north.
Stevens & Tut have opened first
class restaurant on the same basement
floor as the Gem saloon. 1t will be
known as the Gem Cafe. Their bill OF
fare promises something good to eat.
Thai M I'd on =, ho caap n Al ~, =,
A gentleman who came down from
the Phoenix mine Yesterday said that
fifty stamps are busily pounding ore
and the force is being increased. 1t
has been learned also that the report of
| the expert sent here from New York a
few weeks ago to examine the property
will be strongly favorable.
The following transfers of real estate
were yesterday entered for record
Amanda J. Patton to Emory L. Grant,
lot 16, block R, University addition
John Rhys Stone and Alfred W. Stone
to Thos. W. Hickey, Sc d, sec 27, twp2,
n range 2 e, $11, 900; Martha ]. Lewis
to Geo. W. Lewis, sw d, sec II, twp 1,
n range e.
*. Drais, sheriff of Pinal county,
WAS in town yesterday in search of a
gang of horse thieves, whose latest dep
relations were committed near Flor.
ence last Friday night. They had
been apparently traced in this direc-
tion but yesterday afternoon Sheriff
Drais received dispatch from Flor
ence stating that the thieves had been
captured with the property near Ari-
zola.
| A cripple, name unknown, but sup.
posed to reside near Mesa. was arrested
yesterday by Assistant Marshal Hickey
for drunkenness and abusive laguage
toward bartenders and restaurant keep
ers who refused to trust him. He sug.
gested in police court that instead oi
being locked up be given an opportunity
to leave town. Recorder Schwartz con-
sidered the suggestion good and an ex
press wagon was chartered to haul him
outside the limits.
About three hundred invitations have
been issued for the military ball tomor.
row night and to facilitate matters the
management of the ball requests al
persons holding Invitations to call al
Talbot & Hubbard's and exchange then
for tickets which will be issued only tc
those holding invitations. The man
agement has determined to neglect ne
precautlon to exclude all Objectionable
persons from the ball, as all the dancing
and other room will be needed for the
respectable persons who will be there
If any other evidence we're required
of the difficulty with which money il
obtained in this year of grace, 1894, tht
manner in which taxes are being paid
would furnish it. 1t is two days since
the sale of property for delinquent tax
commenced and the Office of the county
treasurer in that time has been visited
by more taxpayers coming in at the
eleventh hour than have called ther,
during any previous two weeks, Tht
treasurer is complying with the law re
garding the sale of property yet he il
considerably placing every possible op
portunity before the belated taxpayer
Last evening an accident of very
serious nature came very near occur
ring by the collision of an electric cal
and buggy. Mrs. Sears and yount
lady, school teacher, were driving {
horse attached to buggy when one o
the tugs broke which frightened tn,
animal, more or less. which began tt
back just about the time an electric
car came rushing along not far distant
The motor man, however, stop the ca
just in the nick of time to prevent
collision that might have resulted mos
seriously. A gentleman present re
paired the tug and the ladies drov
away resting under sense of security