Arizona republican., 1896-12-29
BITS OF LOCAL NEWS.

The Prescott Journal-Miner an- announces the visit of Mrs. L. B. Wet more and her sister, Mrs. B. B. Hack cit, of Prescott to friends in Phoenix. An open meeing of the I. O. G. T. was held last night at the hall of the order Besides the local members many of the visiting teachers were in attendance.
 The Phoenix and south side ball game on Sunday afternoon attracted a good crowd to the park. The contest was close one, but not very hot, and resulted in a victory for Phoenix by a score of 19 to IS.
 The clouds stole a march on Phoenix last night. When nobody was looking they stole across the sky which had been blue, and summerlike all day. At 10 o'clock they turned themselves loose.
 A mass meeting of friends of Cuba has been called to be held at the court house tomorrow night. The object of the meeting is to discuss means by which local sympathy with struggling Cubans may be given substantial eX- pression.
 Eastern exchanges say that an Ari- zona legislator has prepared a bill to abolish the Sunday papers. The iden- tity of the legislator is not disclosed, but then neither is that of the Sunday paper which would be affected by the legislation.
 About 3 o'clock on Sunday morning 2 fire broke out in a stable on South First street. Before the fire depart ment could respond the building was burned, but the flames were prevented from spreading to the adjajcent build iHgs, which are mostly frame.
 Judge Reese M Ling of Prescott who has not patronized a barber fo1 several weeks and who, in fact, has started in to raise a crop of Populistie whiSkers, was the recipient of a nice full grown beard on Christmas. Ac- c8mpanying it was a plain card ,on which was written; q thought you wanted whiskers."
 The Question Mark club has beer named at last. The Christening oc cured last night and hereafter that aggregation of pleasure chasers vii be known as the "Entre Nous' club The name was selected by the club 1T Q committee of the whole from dozer names presented by special commit tee of the lady members.
 General Passenger Agent George M Sargent of the s. F., P. B. F. railway is in receipt of about a dozen letter. daily from points in Kansas asking for information in regard to Arizona and particularly the Salt River valley as a result of advertising in Topeka pa pers. MT. Sargent is distributing con siderable literature about Arizona il response to these inquiries.
 At the regular meeting last Satur day night the Woodmen of the Worl camp No. 5, seventy-one new member were initiated. The meeting was ad journed until tomorrow night whe other members-elect will be made ao 'quainted with the mysteries of tn woods. The order was instituted i Phoenix last October and has a mem bership now of more than 300.
 A stranger visiting in Flagstaff fo Ene first time created great consterna Sion Tuesday night among the fir 1addies. Seeing a large volume ( fire shooting up into the air over building on the south side he immed ateiy turned in a 11-44 alarm frol box 1T, which caused a pellmell rus by the engine company for the seen Of the supposed blaze, which proved emanate from the hot blast of J. Pouthies foundry. The stranger wi turned in the false alarm made his e cape.