Arizona republican., 1896-12-17
BITS OF LOCAL NEWS.

BITS OF LOCAL NEWS. Last business session of the irriga- tion congress today.
 Richard George and " l.. Clark have gone to Benson where they have se- cured a grading contract on the Southern Pacific. The building of well-appointed opera house that will seat from 1,500 to 1,S00 people is being quite generally agitated in Phoenix.
 w. A. Watson, second vice-president
 of the Sonora and Sinola Irrigation company, is one of the delegates to the irrigation congress.
 Charles Walters, an employe of the Kessler-Boyle Grocery company, is re-
 joicing over the arrival at his home
 of MT. Walters, Jr. The new arrival is as well as new babies generally are. Among the attractions promised for the New Years races at the park are Chinamens race, Indian race and one mile unpaced race, open to anna | teurs of six months residence in the ! territory Entry blanks will be out | today.
 | The gloom in the opera house yester- | day afternoon was too thick to carve with an ordinary cleaver. Delegates | toward the rear looked mufied and | shadoWy, and a man could scarcely have recognized his mother-in-law un-
 til she spoke.
 | thn fao ot hof
 reds of visitors in the city, there are
 yet ample accommodations for a
 still larger number, as two new hotels have just been completed, and there
 are several lodging houses that have
 rooms to let.
 "Christ's Second Coming" will be
 the subject of Dr. Graves lecture at
 the Baptist church tonight at 6:45
 O clock It will be his last lecture.
 The church was nearly filled last
 night to hear the able lecture on "Wo-
 man in Her Home."
 A tramp was almost suffocated to death yesterday morning. He had
 crawled into a haystack to sleep and
 the high wind that was blowing at the time toppled the stack over and the
 lodger was pinned to the ground. His
 cries were heard in time to save him from possible death.
 I Tomorrow afternoon the delegates
 will be driven to the Indian school to witness the military evo1utions of the pupils. The entire battalion of six companies, male and female, will be on dress parade under the command of Captain Wickham This will be a pleasing spectacle to the visitors. 1 AS though in sympathy with the ir- rigation congress the fioodgates of the
 heavens opened early yesterday morn
 ing sufficiently to allow of refreshing
 shower to fall. It cleared off by
 daybreak and an ideal December day ! was enjoyed by the hundreds of visit ors in the city.
 Eleven more delegates are in at
 tendance at this session of the national irrigation congress than there were in attendance at the second congress
 held in Los Angeles, which until the present session, was the largest at tended of any of the previous or sub- sequent meetings.
 | He 1uuldu Dduu dItfdCIS consider able attention from visitors in the city. Complimentary remarks on the really excellent music furnished by the boys are frequently heard. With that peculiar indifference character. ? istic of the entire race of Indians, the boys appear totally unconscious of the
 impression the band creates. All preparations have been com pleted for the celebration to be helG tomorrow night in honor of the re- , moval of the Woodmen of the World to the new quarters in the Smitt , building. An entertaining programme , will be delivered to be followed by ( dance and banquet. A large number of invitations have been issued fol , the event.
 3 The fire department has not as yet had enough of baseball, for another game has been arranged for next
 Sunday between the engine company : and the hook and ladder team After l the game there will be bicycle races 3 and fat mans race A 230 pound 5 individual has entered thus far There 5 will also be other races and grand sport is promised
 The reception given Tuesday nigh l by the citizens of Phoenix in honor o1 l the delegates to the irrigation congress