Arizona republican., 1896-08-11
NEWS IN A NUTSHELL, Happenings of Streets
 and Town. Epitome of the City'S Local
 Intelligence. The Doings of Day In Phsnfx ana It's Tributary
 Region.

A marriage license was yesterday is- sued to Juan B. Gay and Dolores Mo lima.
 The infant son of Probate Judge Grouse is said to be very ill and not expected to live.
 Antonio Para yesterday swore to a warrant charging an Indian with steal ing his horse on the south side of the river.
 The Bryan and Sewall Silver club held a meeting last night for the puT- pose of arguing such questions as came up before the house.
 One sleeping drunk and one common drunk, distinction without differ ence, however, as both were assessed cinco pesos by the city recorder yes terday.
 Annie, the S-months-o old daughter of MT. and Mrs. J. l.. Fisher, of the Star bakery, died yesterday morning with some infantile trouble. The funeral will be held this morning.
 On Sunday next Vantilburg & Dav- ison will turn the town clock one-half hour ahead, standard time. The change of time will be vexatious for awhile, but we will get used to it.
 The Texas Steer' delighted an other large audience at the park the ater last night. The play is by far the best yet produced and will draw large houses for the balance of the week.
 Some say that watermelons don't pay in this valley, but R. D. Cole, the watermelon king of Gila Bend, has shipped twenty carloads of melons this year. He sold them at cents a piece and made a net profit of $1 1,500.
 The gulches in the hills are full of placer miners since the recent rains One man who had been working a placer claim near Prescott cleared up $80 worth of placer gold in less than eight days.
 Superintendent R. M Strouss of La Fortuna mine near Yuma, has been appointed by Chairman Lane of the National silver committee to look af- ter the raising of funds in Arizona to assist in the National campaign fo1 free silver.
 The abandoned military reservation Fort Mcdowell, will be sold by the government on September 9. The dates of the sale of the other aban. doned forts are Camp Crittenden, No vember Is; Camp Grant, October 13 Camp Goodwin, October 27.
 Tomasita Jaramilla, an insane per. son, was brought down from the nortt Sunday and placed in the asylum. The prisoner was in charge of Mrs. Lindor Scott, wife of Sheriff Scott of Mohavt county. She had no trouble with hel charge. The fair deputy is a stranger to fear.
 The sheriff of Coconino county mad, an important capture at Flagstaff Fri day last. A stranger tried to cash ; check for $500 at the Arizona Centra bank, but the sheriff, who was on tn lookout, captured him, as he is wanted in Colorado for stage robbery commit ted at Cripple Creek.
 The little 3-year-old daughter O Geo. w. Norton of Mohawk valley fel into a barrel of water few days ago The child's mother heard the splasl and went to investigate. She saw little foot projecting from the top o the barrel and she pulled the child ou in time to save its life.
 The case of John Flood, the grocer man who was to have been tried yes terday for threatening the life of hi wife, was continued until today. Tn defendant drowned his troubles in tn flowing bowl Sunday and Justice John