Arizona republican., 1896-11-21
CITY AND COUNTY IN BRIEF
Small Paragraphs of General
 Interest.
The News of Day in Phoenix and It's Tributary Region Presented In aNutsh ell Doings of People and Other Matters.

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 Arizona agriculturists again today.
 Tucson will hold her city election December IA.
 A telegraph line is projected from Congress to Fools Gulch.
 The Prescott Gun club will give a turkey shoot on Thanksgiving.
 A license to wed was yesterday is- sued to Juan Ernandez and Agina Harrap.
 Mark Smith is in Solomonville in attendance upon the district court of Graham county.
 The bicycle boys of the city are pre- pairing for a meet to be held some time during the holidays.
 The elevator and electrical machin- cry for the Adams hotel have arrived and are being put in the building.
 It is probable that the chamber of commerce will move its office to the rotunda of the Adams hotel as soon as it is completed.
 The High School Literary society held it's annual weekly meeting last night at the school building. A short, but interesting, programme was ren- dered. t.
 The ladies of the Catholic church of Tempe, assisted, by the local band, will give an entertainment in that city tonight to raise funds for the church.
 Wildcats are numerous this year in the foothills adjacent to Phoenix. Three have been killed during the past two weeks within seven miles of the city.
 The grand jury is now Investigating the case of John Averisch, who with two other persons is charged with the murder of MT. Smith, the Minnehaha storekeeper, which occurred last spring.
 Constable Davenport arrived yester- day morning from Gila Bend, having in custody a young man named John Fogleson, who is charged with horse stealing. He was bound over to the grand jury.
 A prominent young lawyer of this city within the next week will leave the brotherhood of bachelors and en- ter into the matrimonial paradise. This is authentic and particulars will be announced later.
 William Binkley, the man who at tempted to blow up Prescott saloon in order to annihilate his wife, who was an inmate of the place at the time, has been sentenced to ten years at Yuma by Judge Hawkins.
 The clerkship of the incoming board of supervisors is an official plum that many would like to pluck, but just who the successful candidate will be is yet question of doubt, except, per haps, to the members of the board
 The ladies of the Methodist Epis- copal church will open their Saturday home market today at the Phoenix Grocery company's store They will have on sale all the delicacies in the way of home cooking that could be desired
 The La Fortuna mine near Yuma recently shipped bar of gold bullion the product of five weeks run, val ued at $90000. Much of this was quartz gold and averaged $1S.69 an ounce. This exceeds in value any gold yet produced in the territory. The highest amount per ounce of quartz gold previously heard of here was not over SIS per ounce
 Inspector Fredericks of the postal service spent yesterday at Tempe mak- ing arrangements to begin the rural delivery service. The south side peo- ple are enthusiastic and will render every assistance in their power toward making the system success from it's inception.
 Dr. Helm left the city Thursday evening for Fools Gulch, where he was called by telegram to treat a pa tient who was suffering from a wound in the abdomen made by a splinter The patient, J. w. Jacobs, was hand ling a large timber when splinter entered his body
 The Treble Clef club has secured the use of the basement of the M. B church, corner of Monroe street and Second avenue, as a regular place ot holding meetings. The next meeting will be held next Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock, to which all members are requested to be present.
 Postmaster Thomas, who is enjoy