Arizona republican., 1896-12-24
CITY AND COUNTY IN BRIEF.
Small Paragraphs of General
 Interest.
The News of a Day in Phoenix and It's Tributary Region Presented in aNutsnelI-Doings of People and Other Matters.
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Scottsdale is becoming popular winter resort.
 Bishop Kendrick conducted services at Grace church, Eddy, last Sunday The health officers are active these days looking after the health of the community.
 J. w. Cougran and family of Prescott have gone to Mesa, where they will locate on ranch.
 w. T. Oliver, special agent for the A., T. & s. F. land department, has gone to Las Cruces, N. M.
 Quite a trade is being established throughout the valley in the shipping of live and dressed poultry to outside markets.
 Floyd Stroud, who is attending school in Los Angeles, arrived yester- day to spend Christmas week with his mother.
 The choir of the Episcopal church at Prescott is preparing music of very high order for the Christmas service Friday at Il a. m.
 The Camel Back mountain was vis- ited yesterday by these young people: Misses Faucett, Winnie and Zella Dy- sart and MT. and Mrs. W. A. Coy.
 Twenty-Five carloads of cattle will be shipped today via the Santa Fe. Eighteen cars go to Kansas City, Mo-, and seven cars go to Los Angeles.
 The local market is we'll supplied with wild turkey and venison. A con signment of venison was received last evening over the s. F., P. & P. from Flagstaff.
 A. B. Jones, who shot and killed Theo. Wagner at Aubrey, on the A. & F. road, was discharged at his prelim- mary examination at Ash Fork, as no one appeared against him.
 John O'Neill, who was taken to Pres colt from Congress, charged with shooting up" the camp, has been ad- mitted to bail in the sum of $500, which he promptly furnished.
 The public school teachers can draw their salaries for Christmas shopping by presenting their warrants today, $20,44875 of the county school fund udNluS Dtcu dppOl llOuOu ny llC COuhIy superintendent of schools.
 James Walden, the Postal Telegraph company's operator, was relieved by c. L. Deering yesterday. Mr. Walder will go to Jerome to visit a brother and after the holidays will resume his position here.
 The stock of the Gila Bend Har6 vui1 ho Gila Bend to this city. The store vii be closed until business picks up agair at that place. J. M Gregory and H B. Kemp went to Gila Bend to takt charge of the stock.
 At the New Years cycle races tht Chinese race will be quite card. A least a dozen Chinese will compete il this event, and they may be seen dail. at the park training for the event The prizes for the meet will be ex hibited in Pinney & Robinson's S show window next week.
 The Yavapai county treasurer tool in between $2O,OOO and s3O,O0O Monda. in taxes. The largest single amour received was from the United Verd Copper company, $9,33S10. The Con gress Gold company was next on tn list with $2,701a20 and the Prescott National bank third with S1,488.
 Look on the third page of The Re publican this morning for an advertise ment of the M K. system. For on dollar month you may secure Tn Arizona Republican and an oppor tunity to read all the leading maga zines and reviews. No better or cheap CT plan was ever presented. Try it fo a month at least.
 Dr. Pease is said to be now engage in the study of the geography of Ari zona, Frank Cox having convinced hi1 during the Cy Williams murder tris at Florence recently that he did nc know in what county the town of Maj icopa was situated. Dr. Pease was a important witness at the trial, havin been the surgeon attending the mul dered man.-Arizona Star
 A public meeting will be held in th Creighton school house, four mile northeast of town, on Saturday ever ing, which will be addressed by M. Collins, Mrs R. G. Phillips, J. A. Ma shall and other Good Templar dign taries The meeting will be under u direction of the district lodge and wi