Arizona republican., 1895-10-23

president and secretary respectively of the incorporation which is to be made part of the Maricopa & Phoe- nix system.
 Out at Hurley's slaughter house are two bear cubs, chubby, happy fellows, that have already made friends with every one and have the run of the place. No place seems secure from their invasion and yesterday one of them in hunting apples, fell from the top of a tree, distance of fifteen or twenty feet. The drop was attended, seemingly, with no discomfort to the cub
 Recorder Jobs yesterday adminis- tered justice to five characters who were brought into his presence on various charges of drunkenness. One of the party was a Mexican female The recorder was not in very lenient mood, much to the disappointment of the prisoners, who were forced to pay $5 a head. A Chinaman who left a team standing in the streets after much kicking was forced to pay $3 fine.
 Fred Carr was given a jury trial yesterday in Justice Johnstone's court on charge of stealing watermelons preferred by the owner of the melons, James Bayley. The complainant states that Carr in addition to stealing the melons, cut him with whip and drew a revolver when he demanded the re- turn of the melons. The jury disa- greed on the second ballot, six being for acquittal and six for conviction. The case will be tried again.
 Elder M. McFadyen of Los Angeles, who has been preaching in this city every night during the last two weeks, spoke last evening on the Destiny of the Wicked" Mr. McFadyen takes the position that the final end of sin and of the sinner is utter destruction and death and brings some thirty scriptural statements to substantiate his position. By special request he will give a synopsis of his first four lectures on prophecy this evening.
 The Phoenix Gun club will next Sunday at 2 p. m. resume opera tions at the park butts with an invita- tion shoot, to which are cordially in- vited all sportsmen from whatever To- cality. The fees will be nominal, merely enough to cover the cost of the days sport. Three thousand birds of the best pattern are now on hand, electrical firing devices have been ad- ded and all is in readiness for the be- ginning of very enjoyable season.
 Marshal Clark yesterday received a communication from the chief of po- lice of Chattanooga to the effect that a couple of bloodhounds are awaiting Clark's acceptance. The dogs are genuine man-hunters and have a good record for hauling down escaped con- victs. On one occasion the dogs trailed a man for thirty-six hours a distance of seventy miles, across one river and innumerable creeks, finally locating their quarry. Clark will send for the dogs.
 Probate Judge Grouse yesterday ap- pointed the following named persons as a committee on programme for the teachers county institute, to be held in this city in December: H. H. Brown, W. A. Coy and Hattie M. Culver of Phoenix J. w. Stewart of Tempe and Miss Lulu Anderson of Mesa. The county institute will be held after the territorial institute has been held at Prescott so as not to con- f1ict. It is now very probable that nearly all the teachers of the county will attend the territorial institute.
 L. Smith, who lately bought the Mahoney place on Grand avenue, is of the opinion that Arizona can grow as fine corn as any other section of the Union and has, during the last few months, been devoting himself to the task of proving his theories. His suc- cess best is shown by his products. On one stalk left yesterday with The Republican were a half dozen superb ears of corn, while an armful of gath cred sweetcorn was of as fine a quality as ever old Missouri grew. The va riety is known as the Country Gentle man."