Arizona republican., 1896-12-18
CITY AND COUNTY IN BRIEF.
Small Paragraphs of General
 Interest.
The News Of Day in Phoenix and It's Tributary Region Presented In aNutshell-Doings of People and Other Matters.

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 Solomonville is organizing a lodge of Woodmen of the World.
 The forecast of the weather bureau predicts fair weather today with a frost tonight.
 Governor Franklin and staff will review the parade of the Indian school scholars today.
 Recorder Jobs passed judgment on two inebriates yesterday morning. They were each fined $4.
 Mrs. Henry Goldwater and the Misses Martha Gage and Madge Gould of Pres colt are in the city on visit.
 c. B. Booth made an excellent chair man of the irrigation congress. He was at all times tactful, courteous and patient.
 Mrs. Mary J. Beaton filed suit for di- vorce yesterday in the district court. Desertion is alleged as the grounds for complaint.
 The coming session of the joint county and territorial teachers insti- ute will be largely attended by teach CTS from the adjoining counties.
 Some miscreant poisoned a valuable dog belonging to Judge Stilwell. His children were very much attached to the animal and feel their loss keenly. Rev. Lewis Halsey and family are located for the present at the Mills house. Dr. --alsey has assumed the pastorate of the First Baptist church. Col. E. D. Harrington, special ex- aminer for the pension department, is making a tour of his jurisdiction, which includes southern California and Arizona.
 A special meeting of the city council was held yesterday morning for the purpose of declaring unpaid taxes de- linquent. The property will be adver- tised for sale.
 The board of trustees of the high school yesterday engaged Professor Heymann as instructor of physical cul- ture. He will erect a gymnasium and begin instructions next month.
 J. w. Benham is deserving of credit for the able manner in which he made arrangements for teams and carriages to transport the visiting delegates to the various valley points of interest. The city marshal is having consider able trouble with people who refuse to clean up their lots. Yesterday a war rant was issued for the arrest of 8 prominent man who defied the ordi- nance.
 James Griffin and others interested in cycling are preparing to organize g bicycle club There are several en- thusiastic devotees of the silent steeG in the city who are anxious for or ganiZatiOn.
 The assessed valuation of city prop erty for the years 1896-97 was $3, ,119, 787, a large gain over 1S95-96. Int total tax for the last two years wa! $27,76677 This shows how rapidly thu city is growing.
 A much larger crowd was in attend ance at the session of the irrigation congress yesterday than at the previ ous sessions A large number of la dies were interested spectators of tn deliberations of the body.
 A Cdl lOdu OI IudCHluCly IOI LII Chandler power plant at the fifty-foo drop of the cross-cut canal has arrive at Tempe It will only be shor time before the pumps at the head 0 the canal are in operation.
 The special stock train that wen out over the M. & P. Tuesday nigh was made up of five carloads of cattl from T. D. Hogan, four from Jame Sturgeon, three from J. L. Powell an one car from Woolf Sachs
 People having carriages at the dis posal of the irrigation congress, wh have not notified J. w. Benham, ar requested to report at his office, col ner of Second avenue and Jefferso street, at o'clock this morning.
 Among the active workers in the il rigation congress are Lee Arnett an wife of Nebraska MT, Arnett reprt sents the state agricultural society ( Nebraska. MT. Arnett has been a de egate to every irrigation congress.
 Frances Greenwood, daughter of F. and Theresa Greenwood, died ye terday of croup. She was g years al 9 months old The funeral service will be held today at the Cathol church. Friends are invited to a tend.