Arizona republican., 1896-06-11
NEWS IN A NUTSHELL, Happenings of Streets and Town. Epitome of the City'S Local
 Intelligence. The Doings of a Day in Phoenix ana
 It's Tributary
 Region.

George Passey of Mesa has been ap- pointed notary public. Id
 The Harvey eating house at Ash Fork is to have an addition Of forty feet placed to it, ..e s-is .,..r,avs =
 Gates are being erected on Central avenue at Two Points and toll is to hereafter be collected from all casual travellers.
 M. G. Ullman of Chicago died in Phoenix Tuesday of consumption. The remains were inferred yesterday after noon by the Knights of Pythias.
 The Phoenix butchers have formed protective association, and each mem Der has been furnished with a list of all the other members bad customers.
 The work of killing canines not tagged will be begun today. Dog own CTS can prevent the slaughter of their pets by appearing at the office of the city assessor and investing.
 There will be meeting of the Wo- mans Relief Corps at the Mills house parlors Thursday afternoon at 2:30 for the payment of dues and closing of the quarters business. A full attendance is requested.
 This afternoon at the Territorial Normal school will be held the annual meeting of the Alumni association of the Territorial Normal school, in the evening being the banquet of the as sociation.
 The hack and transfer men of the city are just now deeply engaged in studying the problem of just how to meet trains on the Santa Fe that are duplicated in their times of arrival and departure by trains on the Mari copa & Phoenix.
 This morning the first seaside excur sion of the Santa Fe leaves, sleeper being at the depot to accomodate the passengers through to Los Angeles. The booking has not been very heavy, and it is not believed the summer exo- dus will be in any way nearly as heavy as it was last year. 2 ~'3j
 James T. Simms, Chas T. Simms, William Christy, c. F. Ainsworth and Thomas D. Bennett have organized the Simms Improvement company with a capital stock of $200,0OO to deal in realty, loan money, etc. To the com pany J. T. Simms, for a nominal con- sideration of $5 has deeded a large block of property.
 Job Printer Ferris has been closed out and has quit business and the stock of his office fell from the hands of the mortgagee into those of H. H. McNeil. From this came personal encounter yesterday between McNeil and Ferris in which Ferris came out second. Me Neil was arrested, but was dismissed by Justice Johnstone.
 Since the arrival of J. D. Monihon in the mayors chair the city council holds meetings far more frequently than before. At a semi-informal meet ing held Tuesday evening five new hydrants were ordered and the official curb line established at sixteen feet on all 1O0-foot streets, and fourteen feet on all eighty foot streets.
 Prescott Journal-Miner: The grad ing for the Congress railroad is con- pleted up to the mill and they expect to have the track completed to the com pany's store this week. They are at work now grading four switch backs, about 1900 feet in length each, to get up to the upper hoist, which is 15O feet higher than the store. The grade on these switch backs is four per cent
 Before the district court yesterday the tribulation centered on the case of condemnation brought by the Mesa