Arizona republican., 1896-12-11


 aNutShell-DoingSO of People and Other Matters.
 Four days to the irrigation congress. Prescott will hold her city election January ,.
 The trial jury will resume work in the district court this morning.
 The newly-elected officers will take their seats the first of next month. Phoenix is now filling up with win ter guests from all parts of the Union. A number of deer carcasses were ob- served on the butchers hooks yester- day.
 Thomas Brown, a veteran Southern Pacific engineer, is critically ill at the Tucson hospital.
 A December climate where no fire is needed until midnight is a pretty good climate to live in.
 Miss Angelita Villas and Phitoria Fontes were married yesterday even ing by Justice Johnstone.
 High school talent will produce Under Two Flags" a military drama, during the holiday season.
 Two of gang of bicycle thieves that have been operating in Tucson were arrested at that place Wednes- day.
 The New Mexico legislature meets this winter on the third Monday in January, instead of the last of De- cember, as in former years.
 The territorial National Guard is to be instructed by Second Lieutenant Cornelius Smith of the Second cav airy, who formerly lived at Tucson. A new Pullman sleeper will arrive at Phoenix for the M & F. railroad about the 12th or 18th of this month and will run regularly between Phoe- nix and Maricopa
 John Shell, the negro who was ar rested on a charge of prowling around the neighborhood of the East End, was booked in Justice Morris court yesterday for vagrancy.
 The death of consumptive from Boston occurred at Yuma last week The Sentinel says the mans last act was to sing with pathetic feeling, ''The Ship That Never Returned
 The football game which was to have been played at the Indian school to- day, was postponed for one week Yesterday afternoon the Phoenix foot ball players had a practice game at the park.
 Dr. I. B. Hamblin, formerly super intendent of the territorial insane a4o1 @o week from Columbus, Ohio, in com pany with the Ohio delegation to the irrigation congress.
 H. c. Weber, who represents the Weber Manufacturing company o Kansas City, is in the city MT Weber is engaged in putting in ar electrical and pumping plant at the head of the Consolidated canal.
 Justice Johnstone said yesterday that he never yet held cOrOner's in quest but he performed marriage cer emony immediately afterwards. This week he held two inquests and per formed two marriage ceremonies.
 The Mexican leader of a band O horse thieves was arrested by Sheriff Fly near Tombstone Wednesday, H, is supposed to have been one of tn, Solomonville postoffice robbers ant his arrest is considered an importan one.
 Los Angeles Record Presiden Cleveland had a box of Highland Cal oranges for his thanksgiving dinner And now Governor Franklin of Ari zona has forwarded box of territoria oranges for the White Houses Christ mas. dinner. Florida, front!
 George s. Porter, Jr., who returne yesterday from the Eureka mining dis trict, says that fishing party on Sun day caught between forty and fit trout in Burro creek, some of them be ing from fourteen to fifteen inches i ength.-Journal-M
 George & Clark, the contractors, ar loading several cars with grading i'm plements, which they will ship to Ben son, where they have received tn contract to repair the Southern Pa cific tracks A large force of men an teams will be employed on the Worl
 The attendance at the University ( Arizona has increased at a remarks ble rate since President Howard Bill man was placed at the head of the il stitution. There are now almost l. students enrolled. and a large majol ity of them are from outside of Tucsol