Arizona republican., 1895-02-02

laying on this side of the river will be pushed as rapidly as supplies Of ties and rails can be obtained.
 Business in police court yesterday consisted of seven drunks who were given two days each on the chain gang. and two boys arrested for begging on the streets. They were sent below for ten days. The sentence was inflicted not so much as punishment as pro- lection.
 Articles of incorporation of the Pho- nix Stationery and News company were filed yesterday. The incorporators are I. E. Dalton, E. A. Poyen and A. w. Lamm, who succeeded yesterday to the business of Pratt Bros., stationers. The stock of the incorporation is 5000 divided into 25O shares.
 The Washington street M. E. church, which recently sold it's property at the corner of Washington street and Second avenue, has purchased site for another church at the northwest corner of Mon roe street and Second avenue, the old Mcdonald property. The new building will be an elegant structure.
 An interested crowd at the Palace yesterday watched the operations of a man with a system to beat roulette. Upon an investment of $2 he soon ac- cumulated half hundred, but striking a run of black nine successive times his faith in the system was rudely shaken and he withdrew still 1928 ahead.
 The following transfers of real estate were yesterday entered for record :: c. T. Adams and wife to A. L. Moore, one square acre in the northeast corner of lot l, c. T. Adams subdivision of sw Ii, sec 15, tp ? n, 3 e, $45. Elem ing Franklin and wife to Isabella Hor- ner, lots 2, and 10, Norma Place, $1 LOOP.
 Sheriff Orme went through the legal formality yesterday of making return to the district court upon the death ot William Price whose execution was set for Feb. l. The return included a state ment of the circumstance of the killing of Price three weeks ago and the verdict of the coroner's jury. So Price is now legally dead.
 Coffee Al' has cook in his employ who is topical artist. He is the author of those catchy blackboard de- signs which are hardly less effective as an attraction than the glass covered ice box in front filled with game and fish, Yesterdays topic was the Southern Pa cifc train robbery. An explosion of a safe was represented and the heavens were filled with fish, coffee and game.
 The executive committee of the grand lodge I. o. G. T., have recently decided to postpone the meeting of the, grand lodge here until February 21. It will be in session three days. A public in, stallment of officers will take place to- night in Unity lodge in district No. IA Chief Templar Marshall and other embers from Garden Valley lodge will attend. Next Friday night an en. tertalnment will be given at Glendale the proceeds to be applied on the pur- chase of an organ. Members of Phoenix lodge will assist in the exercises.
 Tucson is to have a bicycle meet Word was received yesterday by the bicycle club here that they will hold meet on Washington's birthday and asking the boys to help them out. The club expects to send Slator and 8 couple more riders down. Unless some outside wheelmen come in the Phoenix boys will carry off the bulk of the prizes. The fastest men Tucson has are Graves and Johnson, and Slato1 showed them Christmas week that they were not in his class.
 The business enterprise of Gus Hirshfeld in decorating the entrance as we'll as the interior of his saloon 1s highly in keeping with the rapid strides of progress which are being made in other public and private works of the city aud further exempliies the push and energy which have placed him in the front rank of men of his business in the southwest. The Palace now presents most conspicuous anC inviting exterior by night, especially when the many brilliant electric light of which the sign is composed, may b. discerned from great distance.