Arizona republican., 1897-11-06
CITY AND COUNTY IN BRIEF.
Small Paragraphs of General
 Interest.
The News Of Day in Phoenix and It's Tributary Region Presented in aNutshelI--Doings of People and Other Matters.

Mrs. Clara Evans left alt the cham ber of commerce yesterday several samples of grape fruit.
 The hotels are fast filling up. At the Ford yesterday thie arrivals were wholly from outside of the territory.
 Center street never was in finer con- dition than at present. Residents of this thoroughfare feel justly proud of it.
 AIbuquerquans who recently arrived in the valley speak of snow in their town. Our weather is in strong con- trast
 MT. E. J. Bennitt gave a dinner party last evening alt lhei Ford, at which sev- eral lady friends of Mrs. Bennitt were present
 Professor James Devine will bring the Indian school band in this after noon and line them up on the court house plaza for an hour.
 The republicans of the Third ward need to get out and hustle today. Thny should see to it that John l. Brooks is elected to the council.
 Salt River valley oranges will soon make their appearance in market. The demand for them in Chicago will cause a shortage in the local market.
 c. E. Goddard of Goddard station was in the city yesterday after the last installmenlt of machinery for the Fuller mine There were altogether eight carloads.
 B. s. Russell, lately connectsd with E. F. Kel1ner & Co.,, has seve ed his connection with that company and has accepted the position of secretary of the Phoenix Grocery company.
 A brick stable is being built on the Indian school grounds, Indian boys as sisting in the carpenter work and masonry. The brick is made on the grounds and kiln will be burned shortly, the product or which will go into other new buildings to be erected.
 Anito Terencio, a barber, was ar rested by Deputy Constable Poraerie yesterday afternoon charged with stealing a revolver from a woman in the block. ERt was drunk when he was taken i'm custody. He laughed then, and when the stolen revolver was found in his pocket he laughed more uplnOariously than ever.
 The Phoenix Pioneer band will ren- der its concert Sunday at 3 p. m. on the court house plaza. Phoenix s favoriteI solo ,ccEnetist, Otto Eber- harda, will rlsrAder a German song as a solo. The programme will be well arranged, as the band has just received an invoice of new music amounting to about $50. All the latest publica- tions of the day are among the mum Der
 John Slankard has just returned from trip to Yuma and southern California Mir. Slankard is jubilant over decision in the federal count at Florence in which the United States was beaten by "500 cords of wood" :" the defendant. The defendant was really MT. Slankard, who to save trou- ble, some months ago pleadai1 guilty to cutting the same wood from govern ment land.
 Pardons have bean lately issush to Charles Almett and Charles Parker. The fcgmer was sentenced from Yava- pai county for grand larceny for ei ghEeen montIhs The latter was sent from Manfcopa for three years and thrse months for aggravated assault. The terms of both men had nearly expired and tine expiration of Parker 5 sentence had been expedited by his faithful work on the. wood cutting gang.
 At meetting of the Phoenix Racing association last might the following di- rectors we're elected: J. D. Monihon, w. c. Foster, F. O. Richmond, D. H. Goodin and R. D. WoodeM. B. Gamz was elected treasurer and MonihOn and Gang were appointed a commit tee to solicit membership. Letters of inquiny were read from various horse | mem, amcmg whom wer J. w. Clark, 1 San Jaciinto, Cal; Henry c. Cartwell Tustin, Cal; George c. Thomas Hemet, Cal; Peter Weber, Santa Monica, and Hill Alexander, San Francisco
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