Phoenix weekly herald., 1897-12-30

l street contracts.
 The very bad practice of breaking horses ou Mill avenue seems to be get
 ting most to popular for the peace and
 safety of the citizens. While it is
 usually the rider that gets hurt when
 any thing goes wrong, such is not always
 the cese and there is still ample room
 blossoming broncho his mission in life and the proper department for 8 well
 raised young COW pony
 Fro n 1hu,sdsy's Daily.
 At the meeting of the cisy council
 Tuesday night the licenses were raised
 some what in order to comply with the
 etstntes. Ths assessment roll wss ap-
 proved, DO citizsn offsring objection to ! their assessment
 A Turk who has bssn peddling in this vicinity came tearing iuto town
 yesterday pretty badly frightened and stated tha. an attemps had besn m ads
 by Mesa boys to hold him up some
 where in the neigh borhood of the
 creamery Ib was hard to get much definite information from his stroy but it is supposed from all that oan be 1 learned that the boys undertook to have some fun with him and frightened
 him. Ia the lsttep they were success ful but as for tne fan it may bs 8 question ss to how we'll paid they were. It is understood that warrants are out for she arrest os somebody and granting thst the fair was only in- tended es joke it is playing with fre
 and is rather dangerous sport. Even if the law don't catch man for joking shat way there is ones in B while peddleF thas carries gun and is rot afraid to uss it.
 Fro ID Fridays DsiIy.
 Misses Martha and Louie Gage went to Prsscots last night to spend the holidays.
 Ike Johnson shipped car of hogs to Los Angeles last night.
 Miss Cox of the Normal expects her father to arrive from Ash Fork tomo1- rog morning.
 Doctor Scroegs is the proud owner of '97 Model Winchester shot gun. The Doctor is now able to hold his own with both man end beast.
 Borrowdele received telegram from Santa Claus this morning dated at KloI- dyke. He said he would arrive here CD time or kill every reindeer in the British possessions. Borrowdsle, his general distributing agent for the south side, says the advance stock IS going rapidly.
 The Tempe churches will entertain the little ones tonight by harvesting She fruit of the Christmas tree at the Congregational. M. B. South, Baptist and Christian churches, ths last two uniting at the Baptist church. By some system of holiday iugglefy. the same kind of fruit will be gathered from Christmas Bells at the Nj E church.
 De. Hart and Mir. Crothers have re turned from their hunting trip in the Sierra Anchas. They got pretty hun gry 8 time OF two and saw lots of snow but had pleasant time aud the Doc tors health seems to be improved. While they hsvn'5 exhibited any bear soelps yet it is said they had two dee T and half dozen turkeys hanging in theiR belts.
 Tester day was "fscs hess" day in | Tempe and 2 Vhole lot of people had | an opportunity to get action on their money. Black Kid who has made his reputation already ss en animal that lets no grsss grow under his feet meta competitor shat was we'll woFAhy of his oisse. A bay mare from New Mexico prsnced on the track with sn expces sion in her eye indicating that she wee after thss five hundred dollar purse The "kid" wes we'll backed both by men and money bus number of race track. Capitalists had caught the bay msre's wink, became infatuated with her style and decided to stand or fall by the visiting 6sme. The result was there was ali kinds of money oo both sides ond no man could bswail 3 lack of opportunity 10 emphasize his eop vlctions by Rn exhibition of his gold. There was, however, rather 8 sad ook on the fsces of home folks who ooke on the black borse as sure when the New Mexico animal stepped over the lioe with "head up and tsil d risipg.' Though the visitors got the money the. glory was rot ail one si6ed es the kid. made ib Interesting { md there wss a whole lot less than 6 orty acre field between them when tha { iace was over. Is