Arizona republican., 1895-01-01
LOCAL BRIEFS.
A Record of Yesterdays Hap
 penings.
nrca6ents of the Last Day of 1894 In Phenix-A Demand for Arf-
 zona Oranges.

Guns and ammunition at Talbot &
 Hubbard's.
 The many friends of Dr. Givens will
 be glad to learn that she Is rapidly re-
 covering from very severe illness.
 NIT. Geo. A. Stahl and Miss Lottie
 England, living near the city, were
 nnited in marriage on Sunday evening
 by Probate Judge Jordan at his office.
 Deputy Territorial Treasurer D. A.
 Abrams is hard at work making up the
 territorial treasurer's biennal report for
 the governor and legislature which con-
 yenes about January 21.
 There will be public meeting of the I. o. G. T. lodge at Glendale tonight. A great many mem bers of Garden Val ley lodge and others from the other side of the river will attend.
 Goldberg Bros. are still busy count ing the returns in the word contest, but the announcement will be shortly made. One contestant has over II 1000 words and another over 5000.
 Commission Merchant Sam Good man received telegram from Chicago yesterday saying Florida oranges were all frozen up and asking for all the Ar1- zona and Mexican oranges he could ship at once. He quickly wired large order to Jalisco, Maxico.
 Mr. H. ". Allen, formerly of h. dianapolis. Ind, but now residing in California, is in the city for a short vis- It. Mir. Allen was one of the leading yonng business men of Indiana, but owing to i'll health, the result of over- work, he was compelled to quit and is NOW travelling the world over in search of that greatest of all blessings, good health.
 Mrs. Raymond will give a ball at Gardiner's hall tonight. It will be known as the Butterflies ball. The young people will take the floor at g 80.
 MT. Robert W. Chapman and Miss Mabel Bellya were united in marriage last night by Rev. W. E. Vaughan. Alter the marriage service an elegant wedding dinner was served at the opera house cafe.
 The special car Iolanthe, bearing party of stockholders of the Gila Bend Canal and Irrigation company arrived yesterday from Peoria, Ills. The party consists of B. J. Greenhut, wife, baby and nurse, Mrs. Kahn, Edgar Kahn, J. H. Francis and wife, J. M. Rice, wife and daughter, Miss Virginia Balance, Jacob Wachenhamer and wife. The sale Of the canal will take place on Thursday.
 The telegraph brought no news yes- terday of the pureuit of Price and Young. It is thought barely possible at the sheriff's office that something may be heard today but it is not prob- able unless the fugitives have been caught a considerable distance this side of the Mexican line. Judge Bax- ter who came up from Agua Caliente yesterday says there is no doubt as to the identity of the men of whom the officers are in pursuit.
 Business in the probate judges office vas very satisfactory on the last day of l Judge Jordan's incum bency. License io marry was issued to Robert W. | Chapman and Mabel Bellya, both of the county; B. A. Hadsell of the county and Fannie E. Hoover of New burg. Pa. Mrs. Lulu Piercy was az. pointed administrative of the estate oi l Julian Piercy and w. A. Stanford was | school trustee in district No. L4 to succeed Mrs. NJ. A. UItey, who 1 aas resigned.
 The Y. M. c. A. of Phoenix will give concert at the opera house next | night and at Gardiner's hall >n Monday night. This is the first con- cert given by the society in which out tide talent has been employed. The principal feature is Herr Aamold, the great Norwegian violinist, assisted by he best vocal talent in Phoenix. Herr Aamold has been secured at great ex- oense yet the price for admission is reasonable. The proceeds of the con- ;erts will go to defray the inde btedness ,f the society.
 On Sunday evening a man was driv- ng east on Washington street with two horses attached to carriage. At the corner of Center single tree broke. It was slgn for general dissolution ,f things. The tugs on the other side ,ame down and the horses tore on town the street, the end of the tongue blowing up the mud. At the next cor Ter the harness gave way and the 1orses went on, leaving the astonlshea iriver sitting in the carriage, rather