Arizona republican., 1896-07-03
NEWS IN A NUTSHELL
Happenings of Streets
 and Town. T1s
Epitome of the City'S Local
 Intelligence.
The DoinRs of a Day in Phen and It's Tributary
 Region.

Gila Bend is shipping watermelons in carload lots to Los Angeles.
 A marriage license was issued yester- day to M. P. Manker and Miss Minnie Bales.
 The territorial fluids were quietly transferred yesterday from the Phoe- nix National to the Valley bank.
 Only single drunkard was arrested yesterday by the city constabulary and he was too full for utterance Bor trial.
 E. Hadley left last night by the Santa Fe for Richmond, Indiana, taking with him. the body of rhis son, who died in this city last January.
 In the probate court yesterday Isaac Jackson and w. H. Robinson were ap- pointed appraisers of the estate of George Woodford, deceased. 'e t%
 The old Normal school building at Tempe is being cleaned up and partially refitted, it being evident that the new structure may not be occupied till Sep tember of '97 at the earliest.
 There are now twenty-nine prisoners in the county jail and the next term of court is far in the future. Few are imprisoned for any serious crime and the aggregation of rogues is one of the jolliest.
 According to tabulation made yes terday by the county superintendent of schools Maricopa county has within her borders just 4,OO1 children of school age, namely between 6 and 1S. Of this number 53 are colored
 Judgment of Justice Johnstone on the case of Ramon Ortega, accused of horse stealing, will be given this morn ing. It appears that the mother of the lad paid for the horse he stole, and that circumstance by mother and son was considered as having, wiped out all taint of guilt. sss! s7
 The "hay ride''' party being gotten up by the Good Templars to attend the public meeting in Creighton school house on tomorrow night will start from Good Templars' hall at quar- ter to seven, city time. Those wishing to go should leave their names at the Irvine company's today.
 The supervisors were in session yes terday looking over the assessors s books with view to equalization About half the list was casually scru- tinized. Values are about the same as last year, with the exception that the valuation of a large amount of farm property has been raised 10 per cent.
 Amended articles of incorporation were filed yesterday whereby the Fair stake Mining company becomes the Searles Gold Mining company, with the following officers: James w. Searles, president; Geo. N. Gage, vice president; B. J. Bennitt, secretary; William Christy, treasurer; directors other than the above named being J. H. Seares and E. B. Gage.
 Conrad Miller, aged 84, died Wednes- day night at the farm of his son, six miles northwest of the city The fu- neral services were held yesterday af- ternoon, interment being in the Odd Fellows cemetery, the funeral being under the auspices of that order of which he had been member for fifty two years. In all that time he had continued as an effective member in good standing of the same eastern lodge.
 Yesterday morning at Mesa, in a drunken row, man named Moudy used a rock with which to enforce his arguments upon one Butts. AS the rock struck the seat of reason it was at first feared that the man was dead, and the sheriffs office was so tele- phoned, but later advices show that the man was but slightly injured.