Arizona republican., 1896-06-21
NEWS IN A NUTSHELL. Happenings of Streets and Town. Epitome of the City's Local
 Intelligence. The Doinas of q Day in Phon ana
 It's Tributary
 Region.

The price of ice at Tempe for small los has been raised to 11a cents per pound.
 Deputy Sheriff H. P. Davenport ar rived yesterday from Gila Bend bring ing a prisoner for the county jail, sent up for twenty days for some petty mis- demeanor. As
 Cora B. Kell, daughter of the old pioneer. T. N. CIanton, has been ap- pointed as a trustee of East Buckeye school district, wherein is situated the city of Buckeye.
 Monday the marshars office will be- gin the slaughter of all untagged dogs found within the city limits. No ex- ception will be made and the only man ner in which canine may be spared is to purchase for him a tag. Tags may be secured at the office of the city tax collector.
 The Maricopa & Phoenix & Salt River Valley Railroad company will today run it's regular Sunday excursion to Mesa and return. The fare is only 75 cents for the round trip. Train leaves Phoenix 10:30 a. m., arrive Mesa 11:30. Returning, leave Mesa at 4:30 D. m., arrive Phoenix 5:30. Tickets good for train and date only.
 M. Bacon, who is mining at Reno Gap and who has a small stamp mill on the westward slope of Reno hill in Sun flower valley, returned from Phoenix to his camp few days ago and found the machinery of the mill had been seriously damaged by some miscreant The governor and a number of other machine fittings had been wrenched off After a fruitless search for the guilty ones MT. Bacon came to Phoe- nix to get the needed repairs.
 Work is progressing on the new yards of the Saginaw Lumber com pany at the corner of Jackson and Sec ond avenue, where the larger portion of three lots, 15Ox1371s, is being cov- cred by a great galvanized iron struc- ture. A switch from the Santa Fe, lately allowed by ordinance, is also being put in place. The yards will be under the charge of J. H. Holmes, one of the most experienced of the lumber dealers of Phoenix, and war of rates on the lumber trust is promised.
 A pardon was issued yesterday to John Richardson, sentenced to the pen itentiary for three years from Yavapai county for the crime of perjury. His term would have expired in October He had been given what is known as "a stint of work" however, on the completion of which he had been prom ised pardon by Governor Hughes. The work consisted in chopping cer- tain amount of wood in the Colorado river bottom. He has performed it and the promise has been redeemed.
 A large crowd attended the park theater last night to witness the last performance of Lady Audley's Secret" and one and all were we'll satisfied with the performance Tomorrow night will be given the initial performance of "The Parlor Match,'' a screaming farce comedy, in three acts, made fla nous by Evans & Haley. Will H. Gregory will appear as "Old Hoss, , supported by the entire company. There will be no lack of specialties and it is predicted that the company will play to packed houses all week, the reserved seat sale for Monday night already being large.
 Prescott Journal-Miner: The two companies which will leave Whipple for Little Rock, Arkansas, as an- nounced in the last issue of The Jour- nal-Miner, will be Companies E and G. The former Is commanded by Lieu tenant Davidson and the latter by