Arizona republican., 1895-09-28

be held at 7:30 o'clock. Each of the nine lodges in the county will be rep. resented, and the regular annual cleo. tion of officers will be held. The ladies of Garden Valley Lodge will serve sup. per st o'clock in the evening.
 Officer Joe Porterie is proving to be the Chinese Nemesis. He has had four already arrested for violating city ordinance by leaving their teams stand ing unhitched in the streets. Yester- day he arrested another one of the pig tailed vegetable vendors on the same charge, and who paid $3 fine to the recorder. They now tie their teams with a rope strong enough to hold a ship.
 An Associated Press dispatch last night from Los Angeles states that g gentleman in that city received a letter from George J. Johnstone, the Monte Cristo of Arizona" who skipped out owing considerable money to San Fran cisco, Jobnston is in Manana, Sonora, enjoying good health and laughing at the officers he outwitted. He says he will shortly return and settle up with his creditors.
 A game of baseball will be played at the park tomorrow between the Phoenix nine and the Tempe club. The local club say they have lost some money in getting the Fort Thomas club to Phe- nix, and they will charge an admis sion fee of 25 cents in the hope of retrench- ing. The Tempe boys are not poor players by any means, and our home boys are terrors on the diamond, so an interesting game will be played.
 They had been arguing the money question for hours yesterday in front of Washington street bank. One was pronounced goldbug, while the other was firm silverite of the long whisk- cred variety. Speaking of ratios" ," said whiskers, ,-'It's no use speaking to me of ratios." heatedly replied the other, "let's follow the crowd and get something to eat." Which they did, and of course went into Murray's cafe, where they got square meal at the ratio of I6 to 1.
 The following real estate transactions reported by Coggins & Brown, abstract ors, were yesterday entered for record Josiah Harbert and wife to Charles W. Mcfarland, sw Ii of lot 10, Alham bra. Charles W. Mcfarland to O'Connell & Cottrell, sw 14 of lot 10, Alhambra. A. Spalding to J. D. Robertson, E lot 7, block 26, Mesa. E. Irvine and wife to Ricarda Jeres, 49 it of lot 20, block 4, Irvine add. Wm. G. Brundage and wife to H. ". Ryder, 91 1,10 X 300 it in block IS, Mesa. Freechild Neahr to W. Andercon, lots and 4, block 31, Neahr's addition.
 Theater goers will have an oppor. tunity this season of witnessing some of the best theatrical talent in Amer. ica. Heretofore the very best compa nies have avoided Phoenix, but they have at last found out that it was 6 mistake. About fourteen of the lead ing travelling com pinations are booked 1 for the season and Managers Hirschfield and Fleishman are catering to give the benefit of the best. The season will open on October 27 by the Laura Hal. lis company. This company was or. iginally booked for the 10th, but had the date changed to avoid the circus.
 The movement for the removal of the Chinese joints and dens of corruption | Ou SblCOb lS HUN DCCOl1luS SOu zeral. The evil is there and will remain as loug as the Chinese population are allowed to live undisturbed in the novels in the business center of. the city. The business men are one and all strongly in favor of their relegatior to the suburbs, but how to force them to remove is the vital question. If nc other method is at hand leave the DO lice make daily raids on the joints fol opium smokers and they will soon ge tired of being continually harassed ant will move of their own accord.
 A youthful and heroic act was ob served by couple of people yesterday near the corner of third and Madison streets. A little girl of about thre, years of age was standing in the middl of the street watching some other chil dren at play, when runaway tean dashed around the corner of Madison street and made direct for the child. boy of about six years of age was stand ing not far from the little girl and ob served at a glance the child's danger He hesitated not minute, but jumped in front of the little girl, yelling an, swinging his arms. The team swerve, and passed by not over foot from tn child and her young hero. Ii any bod. deserves medal that boy does, for il