Arizona republican., 1897-12-28
CITY AND COUNTY IN BRIEF.
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 Interest.

Interest.
 The News of a Day1n PhRnix ane It's Tributary Region Presenteo ir Nutsheii-Ooings of People anc Other Matters
 License to marry was issued yes
 terday to Fred E. Warren and Bessi.
 Reynolds, both of this couny
 Territorial Treasurer Johns;one yes
 terday forwarded to the Guaranty
 Trust company of New York d pay
 ment upon the territorial bonded in debtsdneSS.
 fRacycle' Lawrence, the champion trick and fancy bicycle rider of the world, will give an exhibition Of his riding at Pinney & Robinson's cycle store this evening at 7:30, free to the public.
 During the foot ball game last Fr.- day somebody in the grand stan1 gave the umpire whistle of the "devilene' variety, so-ca1led on account of the inventor. Now that the game Is over MT. Rulings would like to have the owner take it off his hands.
 Among the papers filed in the county recorders office yesterday was a deed from Gustave and Therese Sutro to Adelheid Sutro, a widow, to 32O acres, the cast half of section 20, township ? north, range east. The parties are San Franciscans and relatives of ex- Mayor A. Sutro.
 License to marry was issued to Manuel Ruiz and Domingo Fuentes yesterday. The license wal applied for last week, but the bride as only Is and Ruiz was sent back e2 the written consent of her pare Lii cense was also granted G. Me Claren of Maricopa and BirdY E. Johnson.
 A report was in circulation that the orange trees had been injured by the late cold spell. Mir w. H. Robinson has returned from a tour of the or chards. He discovered that of the little ungathered fruit, some in ex- posed places, was very slightly injured, but nowhere In the valley Is there a tree any the worse for the late frigid- ity.
 Nose Ora chman, who came in from the north last night, found a telegram awaiting him from Congu uessman Will bur et Washington iCquiring into the circumstances of the death of young man by the name of Stewart Edwards in this territory. It was reported that he had been killed. The inquiry was indefinite as to time. and place and no one could be found who could remem- Der anything about the tragedy.
 Yesterday was the day for opening bids and awarding contracts by the board of supervisors for county sup plies and services for the next year. The care of the indigent sick of Phoa- nix was awarded to Dr. L. D. Dam eron for s195. Dr. Dameron was also awarded the superintendency of the county hospital at 60 cents day for each inmate. The contract for fur nishing meals for county prisoners was given to Mrs. E. NJ Mills at 10 cents 2, meal Dr. c. H. Jones will have charge of the indigent i'll of Tempe and vicinity at s150 for the year. Other contracts including pub lie printing will be awarded later.
 The programme rendered by the Pioneer band at the city hall plasa cn Sunday afternoon was better and more difficult than any preceding pro- gramme. The music was better played than the boys ever played since the band was organized The large audience which filled the pTaza and thronged the sidewalks and the steps and corridors of the city hall was bet- ter pleased and prouder of the Pioneer band than any audience had ever been before. Now if all this pride and ap- preciation, however gratifying to the boys it may be, would take a mora substantial shape, in the way of con- tributions for buying new music, the band would keep on growing better and better.
 District court was reconVened yfs- terday morning. Judge Street, who was in Tucson. was prevented from reaching the city by a delay in the westbound Southern Pacific express, but he telegraphed Commissioner Flennigan to open court at the usual hour and adjourn until 1 80 D. m. The judge arrived at Il o'clock and in the afternoon the trial of the Anderson cattle stealing case was resumed. The prosecution had introduced all it's evil dence before adjournment and the case opened with the testimony for the defense. The defendant, Jos ah Anderson, the principal witness of the afternoon, was on the stand. His testimony had not been CO cluded when court adjourned. The misde- meanor case against Prosper Bcudon appealed from justices court, was dismissed.
 Among the incidents of tie fire at Jerome last Friday night was th's one. which speaks we'll for she honesty of the camp, or at any rate for Que mans honesty. The flames spread With so great rapidity that those in the SEC nj stories of buildings found themselves cut off. Charlotte Monroe, formerly of Phoenix, and before the fire the keeper of a so-called lodging house, appeared on a second story porch She cried, Save my uiamondsr and at the same time threw a handful of sparkling jewe1y far out into the crowd. EveIy article was gathered up and restored to her It looked fer Q minute as if she would never need