Arizona republican., 1896-12-06
December weather.

Beautiful December weather.
 Football is quite the rage at Prescott District court has adjourned at Pres colt until December 28.
 Strawberries, ripened out of doors, are still in the market here.
 The rebuilding of Fort Whipple will employ about 800 men for an indefinite period.
 The rural delivery system between Tempe and Mesa serves All farmers each day.
 There's an undelivered telegram at the Postal Union telegraph office for J. B. Scott.
 Robert Hudson has been busy of late painting the city hall fountain vivid green color.
 During this month the Atlantic & Pacific shops at Albuquerque will be closed Saturdays.
 Surveyors are at work at Date creek, near Prescott, laying off site for a water storage dam. J.. .s.
 Joseph Peterson of Mesa was in the city yesterday to dispose of a bunch of cattle to local butcher.
 Water Commissioner Frank P. Trott is at the Arizona canal dam, where he is measuring the flow of water in the river.
 Two combination mail and baggage cars manufactured at the Pullman works have been received by the s. F., P. & P. road.
 The quarterly examination for teachers certificates will be held to- morrow and Tuesday at the high school building.
 Ex-Senator Ives of New York will leave for Marion, Ohio, Monday to se- cure Marion steam shovel plant for the Yuma canal.
 Frank s. Davis and Miss Blanche Conner were married yesterday after noon at the Golden Rule house by Rev. Cal Ogburn.
 The Vulture mines are being 1oated in England for $1,S000O0, says a pros pectus which is being circulated among English investors. The trial of Harry Bernard, the Tempe saloon keeper who was arrested for selling liquor without a license, was postponed until Monday.
 Dr. Pratt of this city yesterday re- ceived the appointment from Governor Rich of Michigan as delegate from that state to the irrigation congress.
 Deputy Sheriff Henry George left last night for Yuma, having in GUS tody the four prisoners sentenced Fri day to various terms in the peniten- tiary.
 George M Sargent, who started for Phoenix Thursday, was called back by a telegram announcing the illness of his young son. The boy was better at last accounts.
 Hon Ben Crawford of Phoenix was in town several days last week, shak- tending to some mining business Solomonville Bulletin.
 S. D. Lount and son returned yester- day from Chicago, where they have been purchasing machinery for theil ice plant, which they propose enlarg- ing to double it's present capacity. 
 A lodge of Masons was formed al Winslow last night, charter having been granted by the Grand Lodge al it's last session. The new lodge vii be known as Winslow Lodge No. 13.
 Wm. Deering reports the woods full of men doing assessment work or claims in the Thumb Butte section which is a promising gold district, To- cated a few miles west of Prescott.
 Mike Rice returned home on Mon day from Phoenix, where he had beer visiting for several days. Mike say! the capital city shows many evidence! of growth and prosperity Solomon vile Bulletin.
 Fat cattle are in such demand at tht Kansas City market that the price pel head has advanced within the past fev weeks from $2 to $4. Most of the cat tie from Arizona ranges are shipped tt Kansas City buyers.
 A Mexican woman named Mari; Valkores died yesterday mornin! about four miles north ef Phoenix The body was taken in charge by Ran dal 6 Davis and inferred at the ex pense of the county.
 Cattle are appreciating in valu since the heavy storms up in the north