Arizona republican., 1897-10-23
CITY AND COUNTY IN BRIEF.
Small Paragraphs of General
 Interest.
the News of Day in Phoenix and It's Tributary Region Presented in Nutshell--Doing of People and Other Matters.

The Maricopa club is soliciting bids
 for newspapers and magazines for the
 next year, beginning November 1.
 Rally day exercises of the Presby-
 terian Sunday school will be held
 next Sunday at 9:3O o'clock, to which
 all are cordially invited.
 The Good Templars will elect off,
 cers on next Monday night. General
 M. E. Collins seems to be in the lead
 for chief templar, as he is a great
 ladies man.
 Leon Bouvier died of blood poisoning
 at Al Hawley's place on Friday. Death was caused by feeding on gree1 alfalfa.
 The work of excavating for the
 basement Of the O'Neill and Wilson
 building at the corner of First avenue and Adams street was begun yester- day by Contractor Toohey.
 Felipe Albano was given five days in police court yesterday for drunk enness. He was so limp when he was found that three men were re- uuired to carry him to jail. He said he took but one drink and is conse- ouently an apostle of the doctrine that the drink had been doped."
 Judge J. H. Kibbey removed yester- day from his offices in the National Bank of Arizona building to those cf District Attorney Williams in the Valley bank building. Though no announcement has been made, it is presumed that the partnership rela- tions between these gentlemen will be renewed.
 Tony, the Convict by the Players club. at the opera house last night, was gratifying to very large audi ence. Fed B. Mussey has risen sev> eral notches in popular favor, both as a player and manager. The club as an amateur aggregation is consid erably in advance of any similar as> sociation in Phoenix.
 The change in Judge Truesdale's condition yesterday was very slight, but whatever it was, was for the bet ter. Under the most favorable cir cllmstances, his physicians say, his recovery will necessarily be slow, bu5 so far it has been steady. The hope which began to he entertained last Monday is gradually developing into confidence.
 Thomas E. Flannigan, Esq, wis make his debut as a temperance or ator and advocate in the Presbyterian church on next Friday night. The meeting will be under the auspices of the local lodge of Good Templars, and will be the first of series to be held monthly during the winter. MT. Flannigan has established an enviable as an eloquent and fo- cible speaker, and no doubt he will win fresh laurels in this, his new fed Cf labor
 The lumber for the business block to be erected by C. H. Holmes immedi- ately north of the Creighton building will arrive today. The structural iron work which Is being made here is about half finished. The plate glass, part of it 60x1OO inches and part 96x100, has already been received. It is said to be the finest ever brought to the territory. Bids for the rest Of the carpenter work not previously awarded will be received on Monday. The brick work, according to con- tract, must be finished by the middle of November.
 The next attraction at the opera house is the projectoscope, Edison's latest and greatest invention. The theater goers of Phoenix will have some idea of this machine by that of the magnascope, which made such a hit here last summer The project oscope is a great improvement over the magnascope, and has created a great furore wherever it has ap- peared The pictures are all new and have never been shown here before. Among the pictures shown are the great Spanish bull fight, the Corbett- Courteney fight and many other great pictures. This entertainment promises ito be one of the most in- teresting of the season.
 Hidden and his partner, Baylin, ar rested on Thursday night for burg larizing the Lemon hotel and stealing a mattress and a quilt, were in Jus tice Johnstone's court yesterday. The authorities were aware that only one of them had been engaged in>the Of fense, but which one they did not know for the man who had witnessed the burglary and had followed the burglar home, could not identify him Hidden removed all doubt on the suh- jeot by admitting that he was the man wanted His partner knew nothing about the offenses. He said if he hal not been drunk he would not have done it. Proprietor Ainsworth of the hotel was unwilling to prosecute him if the prosecution was likely to end with term in the penitentiary. as it certainly would have done The ac- cusation of burglary was, therefore, set aside and Hidden pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor. He was sent to the county jail for sixty days.
 James T. Martin, the tailor who failed to appear in police court on Thursday afternoon for trial for neg lecting to pay his quarterly license. was on hand yesterday morning. No was made to break down the license ordinance and he was convicted He still refused to pay, preferring to go to jail, though the object of his choice