Arizona republican., 1896-08-25
NEWS IN 4 NUTSHELL.
 s9gs Happenings of Streets
 and Town. Epitome of the City'S Local Intelligence. The Doinqs of Day In Phoen'x and , u . l-t+4.F9a It's Tributary ' Region. ,....e.-
Dr. A. J. Chandler returned yester-

Dr. A. J. Chandler returned yester- day afternoon from the coast,
 Electrician, Harry White left for Los Angeles Sunday might upon receipt of the intelligence of his wife's illness.
 The park theater company will give a benefit performance on Tuesday evening, September 1. One-haf of the proceeds will be donated to the Labor Day fund. ,,r.,.
 Manuel Madrid unwisely thumped a @compadre Sunday and yesterday was requested by Justice Johnstone to pay a small fine of ST.
 Mayor MoniIhon requests that all committees on the Labor Day celebra- tion be present at the city hall this evening at D. m., as business of much importance will come up.
 Four drunks of various nationalities and in different conditions of drunken ness and sobriety were gathered in Sunday by the city officers. They were assessed from $3 to $5 according to the gravity of the offense.
 Frank Atkinson, the man who com mitted an assault on Juan Luis, was yesterday discharged by Justice Nor ris, as there was no evidence to con vict-outside of tine complaining wit ness testimony.
 A recommendation for the pardon of Oscar Rogers, the train robber under sentence of death, has been received at the governors office. The paper is signed by Judges Hawkins, Rouse and Bethune and the district attorney of Pinal county.
 Sheriff Orme yesterday lodged in jail Ramon Ortega, the Mexican who two weeks ago abducted a 16year-old girl and fled to the mountains about 200 miles north of Phoenix. He will be given a hearing this afternoon by Justice Johnstone, .........
 Some uneasiness is felt over the con- tinued absence of the posse which took the trail of the Nogales bank robbers a week ago last Friday. No informa- tion concerning the posse has been re- ceived since and it is feared that the party were ambushed and killed by the robbers.
 Chas. Rave, Syrian, was tried yes terday by Justice JOhnstone for as- SduIl. 1l6 OyTpdu llCk0u d 1Ildu duu wanted to lick twenty y-fve more, but the strong arm of the law saved the other twenty-five from reinstatement by placing the scrapper under arrest He paid fine of $11 for his little en- joyment.
 A meeting was held at the city hall yesterday by representatives of the printers, carpenters and clerks unions, at which a constitution and by laws were adopted for a council o1 labor These unions will elect dele gates this week, who will meet at the armory next Sunday at 3 p. m. and elect the council of labor officers.
 Henry MeClarty, the lad who struck Henry Shelter, another boy, on tht head with stone because the latter abused him, was up for trial in tht recorders court yesterday. The wound ed boy is confined to his home and tht attending physician says will not bt able to appear in court for nine days The case was continued until that time
 A heavy shower fell yesterday morn ing from an almost cloudless sky. Th storms of late have been playing man. freaks here. A lightning bolt strucl the residence of Judge Ainsworth, bu did no further damage than to knocl a few shingles from the roof If thes electrical storms continue a lightning rod agent would find a lucrative field
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