Arizona republican., 1895-03-28
LOCAL BRIEFS.
A Record of Yesterdays Hap
penings.
The Price of Silver-Matters in
Courts of High and Low De-
gree-Catule Shipments.
penIngS.

Guns and ammunition at Talbot &
dubbard's.
The handsomest photos which are be-
ing turned out this spring are those OF
Beattie.
The ladies of the Trinity Guild of the
Episcopal church, gave a tea at the
rectory yesterday afternoon.
J.J. Gardiner & Co. have shipped
this week three carloads of barley.
Two are going to Prescott and one to
Jerome.
The fair OF Days" by the ladies of
the Baptist church will take place at
Gardeners hall this afternoon and
evening.
Governor Hughes yesterday ap-
pointed Geo. Brewster of Fort Apache,
and Jos. Fish of Thatcher. Graham
county, notary publics.
J. A. Plattner yesterday began the re-
moval of his stock of harness from the
Gardiner block to rooms on Second
street opposite the city hall.
The fruit stand at the corner of Wash
ington aud First streets owned by s.
Donofrio, changed hands yesterday. 1t
was sold by him to H. Fl. Steff5no of
Los Angeles.
The books of the city recorder show
the practice of prostitution to be alarm
ingly on the inceease. During the
present month fines of IS each were
paid by twentyseven women.
Mr.. John Westfall of Florence, came
in yesterday afternoon on his wheel.
He made the trip, considering the heat,
in little less than five hours, an aver
age of about fifteen miles an hour.
The Santa Fe, Prescott & Phoenix
yesterday shipped trainload of cattle
for Powell and Peck to Los Angeles.
Another load for LIE Fever and Mills of
Denver, will 90 out over the same line
today.
W. W. Wall, the mail contractor, left
this morning for Prescott from where
he goes to Williams valley and then to
Fort Wingate, n. M. Mr.. Wall ex-
poets to sub-let a number of mail routes
before he returns.
The season of roses and violets is
upon US but the largest lot of artificial
flowers yet seen is that received by
Mrs. R. A. Brown, the Sherman block
miliiner. He store on Washington
street near Second avenue, is full of
summer hats of tasteful design.
Henry Wicken berg came down from
Wickenburg on Tuesday night. He
says that the Griialva mining claim at
FOOLS canon has been sold to Colorado
parties for $4,000. Goldberg Bros.
were interested in this and other prop
erty in that vicinity.
Readers of THE REPUBLICAN, will
notice with qualification this morning
that silver is steadily moving upward
and yesterday passed the GA mark, the
highest point reached since the collapse
two years ago following the repeal OF
the silver purchasing clause of the
Sherman act.
Ben II. Dettmer will leave today for
Aguas Calientes, Mexico, where he will
open saloon. He says that there is
great activity in mining there and that
Guckenheimer, one OF the owners OF a
smelter at Pueblo, Colo, is preparing to
build the largest smelter in the world
at cost of 100000.
A. J. Stade, vice president of the
First National Bank OF Devils Lake,
North Dakota, and Fred. G. Smith of
Minneapolis, Mimi, who have been in
correspondence with the Rio Verde
people for the past year, arrived in
Phoenix Tuesday, and yesterday took
up half section of land each. They
are anxious to secure more land for
other parties whose interest they repre-
sent.
This is the first of the two days dur
ing which the doors of the Alkire COM
pany will be closed. Tomorrow also