Arizona republican., 1897-11-25

Articles of incorporation of the Stoddard Copper company were filed in the office of the territorial secre- tary yesterday. The incorporators are I. T. Stoddad, Joseph Dougherty, Sam uel Hill and J. I. Gardner The cap ital stock is $3,000,000
 William Rittinger, connected with the Journal" German weekly news paper published at Berlin, Ont, is a recent arrival in Phoenix. He is stopping alt the Sixth Avenue hotel. He is in i'll health and will remain in town during the winter.
 The grocery clerks of Phoenix are going to erect monument to Charles Edmundson of the Kessler-Boyle com pany when he dies and display other marks of respect toward him while he is living. He instituted movement yesterday closing the grocery stores today and keeping them closed all day.
 Dr. Alex Porter, U. s. A. surgeon at Whipple Barracks, and Dr. Bell, lately board of territorial medical examiners yesterday. Both were awarded cer- tifcates to practice and both ex-
  character of the examination, which they said, were thoroughly practical and searching, but not unnecessarily severe.
 The driver of sprinkling cart cn North Center street was thrown from his seat yesterday morning and fell in such way that one wheel passed over his left arm. The elbow jo mt was broken into number of pieces. The arm was badly lacerated on the under side and the bone between the elbow and shoulder possibly frac- tured. The arm had been previously amputated below the elbow.
 Justice Johnstone was demonstrated with yesterday by another deacon of of the Presbyterian church on accou~ t of his having fined Henry Rubenste' n S5 for playing fiddle in the open air. ''I didn't want to fine him." said the justice, 3'but he admitted himself that he was playing Call Me Back Again. I had to represS him. If I had let him go, the next thing I knew he would have been playing White Wings and other airs that have been forbidden by an act of congress"
 "A great many complaints have been lodged at the city hall about the con- dition of Center street east of the Gen. tral school building The specific complaint is that the street. has been filled with dirt unevenly distributed. A great many boulders of varying size render passage along the street difficult, if not hazardous. Council men refer complaints to the grammar school board, with whose permission an excavating contractor hauled the dirt thene and amid the excitement and hurry incident to his contract for got to properly level it.
 The annual union Thanksgiving ser vice will be held today at Il a. m. at the First Methodist Episcopal church, corner of Second avenue and Monroe street. Rev. Cal Ogburn, pastor of the Christian church, will preach the sermon. Miss Mamie Plank will sing solo appropriate to the occasion. The choir will be composed of the follow ing persons: Miss L. W. Hill, Miss Anne Utley, Miss Amanda Chingren, Professor J. c. Wasson, L. w. Hill, Shirley Christy and Mr Snowgrass. Organist, Mrs. Shirley Christy. There will also be a collection taken for charitable purposes.
 Frank Swincoski, whose name has been mentioned at various times in connection with the sudden disappear ance of Dr. J. c. Nortons bicycle from the doorway of the Presby- terian church week ago, was fined $50 by Justice Kincaid yesterday, SWincoski telegraphed to his family at Santa Clara yesterday of his urgent and immediate need ,r unono,, onJ ;4 came back by wire. MT. Swincoski is now prepared to believe all the bad things doctors say of the bicycle habit when carried to excess. It is admitted that too close application to bicycling will produce appendicitis. but appendicitis isn't a marker to the