Arizona republican., 1896-12-23
Christmas is close at hand.

Christmas is close at hand.
 Monday was the shortest day of the year.
 There will be kindergarten exercises at Prescott today.
 Mrs. R. J. Shultz of Santa Maria is visiting Prescott.
 Sheriff Owens of Apache county has returned from trip to Phoenix.
 Four cars of cattle were shipped yes terday from Tempe. They were taken out by J. Dunn.
 The chamber of commerce display at the Hotel Adams attracts great at tentiOn from the eastern guests.
 The arrival and departure of tour ists and others will be light from now until after the holidays.
 Christmas shoppers are beginning to select presents for dear ones, and trade is looking up in the stores.
 Large wagonloads of Christmas trees are coming into the city to be decorated on the eve of Christmas.
 Sam Powell, the we'll known pros pector has struck it rich in the neigh borhood of the Grijalva, or Coarse Gold mine.
 The painters are putting the finish Hotel Adams The framework is be- ing done in dark green.
 The case of Bonsall vs. McCreary was before the district court yesterday on a motion to stay execution for thirty days. The stay was granted.
 Reports from the Black Rock min ing district have it that prospecting is being diligently prosecuted, some good finds having been recently made there.
 The trolley cars wee delayed yester- day for quite while owing to a wagon loaded with hay breaking down on the tracks at the corner of Wash ington street and First avenue.
 MT. Chauncey D. Clarke stated yes terday that he was pushing develop ment work on his mining property in the Santa Maria district preparatory for long mill run after February next.
 The great Christmas attraction in Phoenix will be the football game be- tween the Phoenix and Prescott elevens. On Saturday Prescott and the Indian team will play. The games will be called at 3 p. m. each day.
 Ten new saloons were opened in Phoenix in the week that the irrigation congress was held there. The disease known as congressional thirst seemed to have been transplanted from Washington to the Salt River valley Los Angeles Times.
 George Williams, who killed Cy Will Hams at Maricopa, was found guilty of murder last week in Florence and last Saturday afternoon Judge Rouse pro- nounced sentence upon him, which will confne him in the Yuma peniten- tiary for twenty years.
 The effort to obtain another hearing of the bill to annex part of Coconino county to Utah is being vigorously opposed by Delegate N o. Murphy. He is a member of the house commit tee on territories and by virtue of his membership influences it to a great degree.
 Colonel Charles Crocker, first vice president of the Southern Pacific Rail- road company, will arrive at Phoenix, accompanied by quite large party on Christmas He will remain several days to look over the valley and incl dentally enjoy the salubrity of the climate.
 This is about the time of year when the curbstone and bar-room prospector begins to look around for a field to prospect in. His stock to do assess ment work with is lead pencil and a few location notices. He will en- deavor to find the ten foot hole al ready dug.
 A party of eastern gentlemen are actively engaged in testing placer bar that has long been known to be of good pay gravel, just above the little box canyon on the Hassayamps river. The bar had been the property so it is alleged, of the Walnut Grove Dam company before the dam wen out.
 Mayor Monihon has a cane whicl he values highly not only because i is a good stout walking stick and { pleasant walking companion, but be