Arizona republican., 1896-12-10

fill vacancy in the position of farmer at the San Carlos Indian agency. Per- sons desiring to be examined should call or write to Secretary N. L. Orme, at the Phoenix postoffice. The salary of the position is $65 per month.
 J. J. Gardiner will shortly resume the work of laying water pipes in the streets. Under the decision of Judge Baker the council cannot interfere with the work Mr. Gardiner intends shortly to erect a pumping plant at the east end of the city and will com pete with the other water company. Among those who received first grade teachers certificates at the ex- animation this week was Miss Isolene Coombs. Miss Coombs was a gradu- ate of the high school class of '95 and is one of the brightest young ladies in the city. That she passed the ex- animation successfully is gratifying to her many friends.
 Car No. Il of the Phoenix Street Railway company has just come from the car shops resplendent in new coat of paint. The car has also been provided with lever brake in place of the old Westinghouse contrivance. The other cars will be fitted with the lever brake, as it is claimed that the cars can be stopped quicker.
 Josiah Anderson and George Tuppet were held by Justice Johnstone yester- day in the sum of $500 each to await the action of the grand jury on charges of changing the brands on cattle owned by John Mullen. William not been found and it is believed that he has fled from the country.
 The irrigation congress in Phoenix, says the Tucson Citizen, will be of greater benefit in advertising the re- sources of the territory than anything which has ever occurred heretofore Delegates from all quarters of the United States will be present, and will learn much in relation to Arizona of which they never dreamed before The orange trains are quite feature l in the business of the Southern Pa cific company at present. Two east bound trains pass daily and their cargo is exclusively made up of the i golden globes from sunny California. It will not be long until Arizona will cut big figure in the eastern orange market.-Tucson Citizen
 Vernon L. Clark of this city, who is in Benson, yesterday telegraphed Cap tain W. L. George that he had secured the contract from the Southern Pacific company to repair the railroad track, which was seriously damaged several weeks ago by floods. The track will ] be fixed so that it will take an unusual | ly heavy storm to have any disastrous effect
 Superintendent McNeil of the M & P. railroad has demonstrated that he can make himself useful in any branch 1 of the business. Tuesday night En- l gineer Tarney of the regular train was taken i'll and Superintendent Me 1 Neil put on a jumper, and, mounting to the cab, manipulated the throttle to Maricopa and return with the ease and confidence of an old-time engineer.
 No one has a legal right to buy and sell postage stamps. Recently a man was arrested in Texas for doing that very thing, and fined. Postage stamps 1 should not be turned into articles of trade, for they represent a money value and are really government prop erty issued only for the convenience of the people to be used for the purpose of showing that the government charg- es for carrying postal articles has been paid, and any one who buys post age stamps at the government price and sells them at profit, violates a 1 federal law and is, also, guilty of usury.