Arizona republican., 1896-12-23
BITS OF LOCAL NEWS.

QuJlGS. E. w. Land of Cochise county and J. l.. Foutz of Coconino county, were commissioned notaries yesterday. Don A. Sweet, general passenger agent of the Atlantic & Pacific road, has gone west on business trip.
 Two carloads of sheep were shipped from Holbrook the other day by Clark Owens. They went to Kansas City.
 Dr. E. w. Peters, general manager of the Planet-Saturn Mining company, registered at Hotel Burke in Prescott Monday.
 Charles Hoff, treasurer-elect of Pima county, is in Prescott to superintend the extension of the Sunset Telephone line to Crowned King.
 Hon. J. H. Carpenter, speaker of the Eighteenth legislature, ande council man-elect to the Nineteenth legisla- ture, is in Los Angeles, Cal.
 Colonel Lawton, inspector-general of the United States army, was in Hol- brook recently, having returned from left for Fort Wingate.
 Owing to a heavy increase in busi- ness the A. & P. Railroad company has found it necessary to transfer a number of heavy engines to the west ern division of the road.
 The Cedar Valley Gold and Silver Mining company wants contractors to furnish wood at it's mines in the Cedar Valley district, Mohave county. The company will pay $6 per cord.
 A Los Angeles paper says that George Cooler, an Arizona pioneer and early-day exterminator of Indians, is recounting his stirring adventures at the United States hotel in that city.
 The chamber of commerce directors held meeting last night at their office in the Hotel Adams. Business of financial nature was presented but no action was had on the subject Blue Dick, a drab-colored Chinaman was before Justice Johnstone yester- day for disturbing the peace. Investi- gation developed that it was case of mistaken identity and Blue Dick was set free.
 A telegram was received from Will Hams at the sheriff's office in Prescott Monday saying that the cook had shot Theodore Wagner, the station keeper at Aubrey station, on the A. & P. in Yavapai county.
 Clarence Howell of Harqua Hala is at Prescott for medical treatment. He was working drill double handed, when the striker missed the drill, the hammer landing on Howell's leg, frac- turing bOne
 A contemplated change in the South ern Pacific time table will necessitate 9 different arrangement in the Mari copa & Phoenix hours of arrival and departure of trains. The change will probably occur early next week.
 Tom Sou was discharged from GUS t0dy by Justice Johnstone yesterday afternoon. Mr. Sou is the Chinaman who wanted to indulge in pistol prac- tice upon the Mexican boy who acci- dentally shot him. He promised not to be bad any more.
 The Prescott Courier says it is re- marked by Yavapai court house off cials that as soon as court convenes people commence to "break out ant the jail rapidly fills with prisoners They are probably impressed with the fitness of the occasion.
 Ed Woods returned to HolbrooE Sunday from the ranch of Adam Han na east of that town, where he ha: been the past few weeks doing tht stone and brick work for the Arm strong Abrasive company on tht stamp mill which they are erecting at that point.
 There will be 1000 invitations sen out to people from all parts of the ter ritory to attend the reception to b, held under the auspices of a numbe of leading citizens on the night 0 the 31st inst, at the Hotel Adams, il honor Of MT. J. c. Adams, the pro prietoT.
 An informal reception was held a the Baptist church last night iii homo Of the new pastor, Rev. Lewis Halsey D. D., late of Oswego, New York. Tn modest little church was more tha1 comfortably filled, and the beauty o the affair was the warmth of greetin extended to the reverend gentlema and his family.
 Four election contests have bee filed in Apache county as follows Joseph Udall vs. L. J. Brown an Elisha Averett for the office of mem Der Of the board of supervisors; J. I Murray vs. L. J. Brown and Elish Everett, for same office as foregoing N Gonzales vs. J. H. Greer, recorder A F. Hanning vs. Ben Schuster, treas urer.
 A sboc5 time ago, in conversatio with Hon, iG. W. Hull of Jerome,