Arizona republican., 1897-11-11
CITY AND COUNTY IN BRIEF.
Small Paragraphs of General
 Interest.
che News of a Dayin Phoenix and It's Tributary Region Presented in a aNutshell-OoingS of People and Other Matters.

The council meeting called for last night was postponed until tonight.
 License to marry was issued yes terday to M T. Woods and Charlo- -te H. Bewley.
 The Elks of Arizona will hold me- morial seuNices in this city on the first 1 Sunday of December.
 Notarial commissions were issued , yesterday to George A. Duke of Yuma and l.. w. Hill of Phoenix Joseph Andersen, who was bound 1 over at Gila Bend last week on 8 charge of cattle stealing, succeeded yesterday in furnishing bonds.
 Barry Goldwater having disposed of his firms surplus blankets, makes a startling handkerchief announcement on the last page of today's Republican.
 Ladies, by all means, are invited to attend the social to be given by the Mems Social union of the First Pres byterian church, at the church parlors this CThursday) evening.
 w. A. Wilson, Armour's repressn a tive in the southwest and the owner of valuable orchards near Phoenix, writes a friend that great thing I on November g. His wife gave birth to ten-pound son.
 The Alkire company will in the flu ture confine its business operations to the dry goods trade exclusively It announced through the columns bf The Republican to sell its entire stock of clothing, hats and shoes at cost to make room for new dry goods.
 Biron Mitchell the young man shot at Tempe last Sunday night, showed still further signs of improvement yesterday. 1t is by TO means certain that he is out of danger, but the chances of his recovery are apparently overwhelming.
 Manager Patton is making strenu- ous efforts to induce Corinna and her Opera Comique company to come here The indications are now that he will be successful. If so it will Ee quite a feather in his cap, as Corinne is cne of the greatest cards any theater could have.
 A new male quarhette has been or ganized and will make its first ap- pearance at the Poverty social in Good Templars' hall tonight. Pre- lessor WasSom is first tenor, William Chapple, second tenor; T. L. Harris, first bass, and A. P Waibr. dge, sec ond bass.
 Owing to the social in Good Tenn plars' hall tonight, the regular Thurs day evening prayer meeting of the Holiness Band will be held in the Christian church, corner of Jefferson and Second streets, where all will be made welcome. The social had been arranged for and advertised by a committee who did not know the hall was occupied on Thursday nights. and the members of the Holiness church very kindly consented Ito give up the hall.
 Oranges in commercial quantities were brought in yesterday morning for the first time this season. They came from Wards orchard This or chard melted about $2,000 last year. This season it will make the owner richer by $3,0OO. This increase of ! fifty per cent is not due to any more | favorable conditions than last year, but merely shows that the trees are l growing into money The same is true of all other orchards in the valley yet heard from.
 George Gallagher, who put up the cyanide plant at the Vulture yester- day described an event, the first of the kind on record, a maritime expedition in am old mime. It occurred before the cyanide plant was put in The promoters were anxious to make an examination of the mine, in which water stood to the 40O-foot level. MT Gallagher went down into Ithe mine lumber was thrown down to him, and he constructed naft. With shove as am oar he paddled along the de serted galleries.
 "A large number of the River Breth- ren of Glendale, who have been hold ing a series of religious services al | Peoria, came to town yesterday after room. They held meeting at the corner of Washington and Firs streets. They constitute a band o earnest men and women The chie1 speaker is an eloquent advocate oi religion. At the close of a ringing address he said: You may think il strange that we are here alt this time while the people of Phoenix are att tending to their business, but this is our business, set by the Lord for us to do.'
 A petition has been signed for g cement sidewalk on the east side ot First avenue between Wash ngton ant Jefferson streets. The petition in the hands of the contractor, w I. Horner, has been signed by T. w. Pemberton and Ale1 Steinegger, representing 175 from feet, majority of the frontage The owner of the other 125 feet is { nonresident. The petition will bt presented to the city council tonight Mir. Pemberton will shortly begil tht erection of a business block on the northeast corner of Jefferson stree and First avenue
 The weather bureau office in th:s city announces that its daily bulletin