Arizona republican., 1897-12-26

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 The Fort Huachuca foot ball team will go back to the reservation to- night filled with sore spots and a pro- found respect for tn ePhoenix eleven.
 R. J. Shugart, engineer cn the Santa Fe Pacific, and Frank Bryan, section | foreman at Skull Valley, are visit ng | H. F. Kenyon, formerly of Skull Val ! ley, now of Phoenix.
 Charles Chilson of Payson and Ben Payett of East Verde came to Tempe on Friday for Christmas. They Will I return next Tuesday. Mrs. Chilson, mother of Charles, will return with l them.
 I Special exercises anent Xmas at the | First M B. church today, beginning at V. Snowgrass; anthem, There Were Shepherds (GabrieD, choir, cons sting of, soprano, Misses Clingim and Utley alto, Mrs. Hill; basses, Messrs. Hill and Snowgrass; temors, Messrs. Christy ! and Wasson
 The funeral of Libbie H. Taylor, who died last Wednesday night, will take place at 3 o'clock this afternoon
 
 rooms. The funeral was postponed on band by telegraph. He was finally located in California and is expected here this morning.
 G. W. Pittock, travelling corresp ond- ent and representative of The Repub- Ecan, returned from the north yes- terday. He has furnished this paper
 
 letters from Yavapai and Mohave coun- ties in addition to score of com munications on general topics per taining to northern Arizona.
 Col Willis P. Harlow of Nogales and Miss Kayser of Denver were mar ried at the Episcopal church yesterday morning by the rector, Rev. Dr. Pen ick. Among the guests were Mr. and Mrs. George W. Hoadley, Col Cotton and Professor T. F. Grindell. Afser tertained party of friends at dinner at the Hotel Adams
 MT. Oscar Watson, cashier of the New York Mutual Life, who was re- gently married to Miss Lillian, daugh- ter of Editor Thomas Hughes of the Albuquerque (N. M) Citizen, is making his home with Marag Hathaway on the north end. The. young c3up,e moved in the social circles of the Duke city, where MT. Watson was a popular member of Company G, New Mexico militia.
 Thes observance of Christmas in Phoenix was very quiet yesterday. the celebration having spent a consider able part of it's force the night before. There were services at some of the churches yesterday morning and the services at all the churches today will have a bearing on the day. The Christmas tree exercises at the Salva- ton Army hall last night were at tended by an audience of more than 800 persons.
 Services today at the First Methodist Episcopal church, corner of Second avenue and Monroe street E. D. Mo Creary, pastor), as follows: Sunday school, 9:45 a. m.; morning service, Il a. m.; Christmas music by the choir. and Christmas sermon by the pastor; topic, The Masterfulness of the Christi" Junior League, p. m.; even ing service, p. m.; topic, Strength for the Strengthless in Christi" mid week prayer service, Wednesday, 7:30 D. m.
 ''Racycle Lawrence the champion trick bicyclist of the world, arrived in Phoenix yesterday and will remain here during the holidays. While here he will make his headquarters at the RacycleI agency, No. 40 North Center street. Lawrence has exhibited be- fore all the crowned heads of Europe, and in all the large cities of tn coun- try. There is no trick of Maltby, Canary, Kaufman, Barber or others that Lawrence does not perform, and he has many original tricks the others carrot initiate. Lawrence will give daily exhibitions of his riding on the street while here, advertising the wheel he rides.
 The Republican has from time to time animadverted against women a. tempting to throw things. Disastrous results are bound to follow, for some unintended target is sure to get hit The fire at Jerome on, Friday night, involving the loss of $40,000 was the direct result of a woman trying 10 throw a lamp out of window at the wide, wide world The somewha 1t meager telegraphic account of the hol- ocaust printed i'm this issua of The IAOPUU uOOo uOI say WDdl Sut utD | actually hit, but the fact that half the F town is burned up justifes the i~&5r- ence that the lamp landed on some thing combustible and not aimed at
 Shortly before midnight last night four or five hobos went into Robert Dolls saloon opposite the court house plaza and in the presence of a large crowd picked Mp a nickel-in-the-slot m n a +o-x pursued and fled in the direction of Blinn's lumber yard Their flight was impeded by their burden, so they | dropped it. Four of the thieves were captured and locked up by Officers Mol Joy and Hill after a hard fight, in the