Arizona republican., 1895-02-06
LOCAL BRIEFS.
A Brief Record of Yesterday
 Events.
Ryan, the Clothing Distributor, Held to the Grand Jury = A New
 County School Examiner.

Guns and ammunition at Talbot & Hubbard's.
 A notarial commission was issued yesterday to Sam Purdy of Yuma.
 Ten days from date lots on Adams street, Klrkland's subdivision, will be advanced 20 per cent. See ad.
 Df. L. D. and R. M. Dameron were yesterday appointed administrators of she estate of their mother, Mrs. Annie M. Dameron.
 Dr. Ford and W. E. Thorne yesterday purchased an 80-acre tract of land of Chaplain Scott. They will begin at once setting out orange trees. The land is some of the best orange lard in the valley.
 w. E. Thorne and Dr. J. M Ford will plant 5000 orange and lemon trees on the eighty acre tract of land purchased from Chaplain Scott recently. The orange stock will be the Fri Citrus Foiata.
 Architects Creighton, Broad bury and Ferris have just completed the, plans for $30, 900 opera house. The ground for the building has been purchased and lies west of Center and north of Wash ington streets. This will be a great ad- dition to fhenix.
 Now is the accepted time to purchase and 'Richmond Place" on North Sixth avenue, the choicest spot in Phenix A few building spots offered for sale. Prices and terns upon investigation will prove satisfactory. Kirkland & Strong. opposite the Commercial hotel.
 D. T. Ryan, the disseminator of stolen clothing along the line of the north and south road and suspected of having stolen the clothing from the travelling salesman of Chicago house, was brought before Justice Kincaid yester- day for preliminary hearing. He was held to the grand jury.
 County School Superintendent Grouse yesterday appointed Mrs. R. G. Spaford county school examiner in place of MT. T. E. Dalton. resigned. Mrs. Spatford is at the head of the Tempe schools, was formerly connected with the Terri torial Normal school and is among the foremost educationalisss in the ter ritory.
 Ask the progressive and well to do man of Phoenix or any other commun- ity where he got his start and nine out ot ten will answer, Real Estate, young man." why not follow their example |? Secure home in Richmond Place. or kirklard's sG bdivision. Investigate. Kirkland & Strong, AS south Center street.
 The Fair. mercantile firm of Tempe, 8. MAtley, manager, yesterday assigned to N \ QnIrop for ha. hopaHt 0f itc creditors. The assets, including book accounts, $422, and due bills from the Farmers and Merchants Manufacturing and Trading company, $370, amount to S1 .542 75. The liabilities are $591 57, due mostly to San Francisco parties.
 c. 4 Smith, the we'll known man. ager of the track layers boarding house, who was here quite recently, died at Prescott few days ago. He drank pretty heavily while in Phoenix, and this probably hastened his death. De- ceased had been identified with the material trains prior to his appoint ment as boarding house keeper for the com panies.
 A s. E. Wickersham and D. D. Dra- per were returning from Unity Lodge, I. O. G. r.. last Saturday night, their horse became frigh tened at the obstruc- tions in the street where the pavement is being put in and overturned the cart, throwing them ont. MT. WIckersham sustained qnite serious injurit and has been confined to his room since. Mr. Draper wa- more fortunate and escaped with few praises and a good shaking up.
 Rev. D. R. Francis of Tucson was in she city yesterday with Mrs. Francis, and MT. ard Mrs. Hough of Tempe. MT. Francis has been holding revival s2rv'c in Tempe for month and has met with wonderful success. Much in- terest is manifested by the large audi ences which greet him nightly and a general awakening in all the churches is the result. He is pastor of the Con- gregational church ;n Tucson. where he is jnstly very popular.
 Haverly's minstrels, who were ex- pected to appear in Phoenix this week, have not arrived and probably will not arrive at all. They were last heard from at Los Angeles, said to be stranded. The strandiug was not charged to an unappreciative audience for according to reports the Haverlys