Arizona republican., 1895-10-25
NEWS IN A NUTSHELL. Happenings of Streets and Town. Epitome of the City'S Local
 Intelligence. The Doings of a Day In Fhpnix and
 It's Tributary
 Region.


 announced for today.
 M. w. Dunbar of Williams was yes terday commissioned notary public.
 Architect Norton yesterday let the contract for the erection of J. B. Boyd's residence.
 Mr. Hambrook. the furniture dealer, is preparing to erect a magnificent home in the Capitol addition.
 John Hodnett, who for the past nine years has been in the employ of the M. & P. railroad as section foreman, has resigned his position.
 Lon Harmon last night shipped seven cars of cattle to Los Angeles. He went with the cattle and will re- main inside for week.
 A neat residence has just been com pleted for Mrs. Annie B. Gray onst the c. H. Gray corner. Mrs. Gray has taken possession of her new home.
 Frank Cline, the well-known cattle man, is now managing a dairy at the Congress mine and is doing a rushing business. He shipped up last night to join his herd six fine Holsteln COWS.
 Cards are out announcing the ap- DIOdCHluS uupIldlS Ol DI. AuCll udl tin to Miss Marian Talbot. which event will transpire on November 12 at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Talbot
 A petition was being circulated yes terday asking the board of supervisors to gravel Grand avenue. That thor oughfare is now in bad shape on ac- count of the dust and numerous chuck holes
 The Ford dancing academy in the Gardiner block opened last night with a free dance. The crowd that at tended was a large one and the music rendered by the Ford orchestra was excellent
 Contrares. very contrary Mexican who has an unsuitable thirst for whisky, was, yesterday before the re- corder on the usual charge of drunk and disorderly. It took $5 to square him with his honor.
 Clifford Pembroke and his star ag- gregation of transformers are now drifting eastward and are to show at Albuquerque F. M. Maher, who rep resented himself in Phoenix as an east ern newspaper correspondent, is the advance agent of the show.
 The fire department turned out last night for active practice. The boys felt little rusty, as there have been no fires for a long time. The Pioneer and Victor hose coupled onto the en- zine and the court house plaza was given a liberal sprinkling.
 Price Dickens, proprietor of the new fruit stand, southeast corner of First avenue and Washington street, is a hustler and one of his specialties is the famous Ben Davis apples, which he imports from Missouri. Mr. Dickens, of course, sells The Republican.
 According to the Prescott Journal Miner the Lillian Mason Bicycle Trou- badours are now troupe that should be spoken of in the past tense. Only two of the original company are now left and the last performance adver- tised for Prescott failed to materialize.
 The regular examination for the grades of clerk and carrier for the postoffice will be held on Saturday, December T. No applications will be received after the hour of closing bus mess on Monday, November 1S All United States citizens are invited to apply.
 The militia turned out strong, last night for drill. Lieut.. Ziegenfuss, who had been absent for some months, was again at his post of duty. The boys are now drilling under the new tactics which were changed to meet the requirements of the new army rife.
 W. G. Getz, the liveryman, yesterday had two colts brought in from pasture that Mr. Getz thinks are going to be wonders on the race track. They were