Arizona republican., 1895-10-23
NEWS IN A NUTSHELL. Happenings of Streets
 and Town. Epitome of the City'S Local
 Intelligence. .s-.- .5 --- .- '--i---sa.- The Doings of a Day in Phoenix and
 It's Tributary
 Region. F[

Thursday evening.
 Philip Ford and wife will soon open a dancing academy in Phoenix.
 Lee & Slade, late of the Opera House cafe, are now well settled at the Ford hotel restaurant and prepared to re- .ceive the public.
 The Phoenix Hay and Grain con- pany yesterday saved the city from possible potato famine by receiving carload of the spuds.
 The session of the Tempe Odd Eel lows lodge last night was enlivened by the presence of few choice spirits of the order from Phoenix
 J. c. Wallace is back from Prescott with his string of fast trotters, who well sustained their reputation for speed on the northern track.
 George Chapman, colored, was yes terday afternoon tried by Justice John stone on a charge of petit larceny. The judge took his case under advisement.
 Hansen & Colman, who have pur- chased the old Brennan stand, First avenue and Washington street, are busily reftting and will have one of the neatest resorts in the city.
 Probate Judge Grouse is now again installed in his comfortable office at court house, which had been for some weeks past in chaotic state owing to the building of a vault for the safe keeping of probate and school records.
 Five prisoners escaped from the chain gang, but Hi Hooker succeeded in capturing three of them. The other two made their escape, though chased for twelve miles in the country by Hooker and Deputy U. S. Marshal Slankard.
 The new French restaurant at the Lemon house is meeting with great success already, although open but a few days. The energetic proprietor, Joseph Braguiene, is an expert in that line and the cuisine will be kept at a high standard.
 The connection of trolley circuit to the Northern Addition railway was yesterday neatly accomplished at the corner of Washington and First streets, thus facilitating the operation of the two lines. At that corner the network of wires overhead now is al- most equal to sunshade.
 Harry Pinney and Will Robinson arrived from Prescott yesterday even ing. They had been attending the races. They made the trip both ways on bicycles. Leaving Prescott yester- day morning at o'clock they arrived in Phoenix at o'clock in the evening, the distance being 105 miles.
 Territorial Veterinarian F. o. Rich mond returned yesterday morning from Bisbee, where he has made se- cure the rigid quarantine of the Texas cattle smuggled by rail to that point The cattle will probably be returned to Texas, but Bisbee will for time be compelled to suffer quarantine restric- tiOnS
 The following real estate transac- tions, reported by Coggins & Brown, abstractors, were yesterday entered for record: Arizona Land and Stock Co., to Charles H. Pierce, 418 feet of lots 1, 2, 3, block 25, Churchill addition, $250; R. G. Goodwin to Tempe & Mesa Railroad company, part of neA of ne A, sec 22, tp 1 n, T 4-e.
 Tenbro Miranda has been arrested and lodged in the county jail by an officer from Mesa. The prisoner is bound over to the grand jury in the sum of $500 on charge of assault to commit murder During drunken brawl at Mesa Sunday Miranda drew a knife and stabbed a companion in several places. The wounded man is in serious condition and may die.
 James and Robert Goodwin were in the city yesterday adjusting the final details of their transfer to the Maricopa & Phoenix railway of the right of way of the new line now un- der construction from Tempe to Mesa. They have resigned their offices as