Arizona republican., 1897-11-19


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 A new Waverly wheel belonging to l Dr. J. c. Norton was stolen from the 1 doorway of the Presbyterian church on Wednesday night. The thief left in place of it another wheel which he had just stolen from R. c. Wilson, who was attending services at the South Methodist church. MT. Will sons wheel was restored to him yes terday morning and Dr. Norton has been hunting his since. There was an arrowhead on the rear tire by which the bicycle was tracked down Adams street to Eighth avenue, lack to Seventh avenue and then to Five Points, where trace of it was lost.
 B company, N G. A., met last night in regular weekly drill under the ln- spectfon of Adjutant- General Lewis, Captain John A. Baldwin, inspector general, and Major Russell. The roster of the company is rapid y lengthening; thirty-five members an swered the roll call last night. The boys are preparing for the battalion parade which will take place on Thanksgiving day. The Tempe and
 
 the parade and in the grand banquet which will follow A pleasing in novation secured by Captain Baldwin was introduced last night, lthe issuing of warrants to on-commissionad of ficers.
 A romance is bei woven about George Webster, the Golden Gate park landscape gardener, arrested last Tuesday morning for infesting a box car. When he was in police court next day he said that he was awaiting a remittance from brother in Los Angeles. He was held until yester- day and when an officer proposed to take him to the postoffice, Webster de- clined to go. He admitted that Web ster was only an assumed name. The letter, if it had come, would disclose his real name which he had many reasons for concealing. He was sen fenced to thirty days on the chain gang. His ailment is bronchitis and his destination was Tucson Recorder Jobs, who numbers among his many accomplishments knowledge of med icine, believed that the climate of Phoenix was as good for bronchial troubles as that of Tucson.
 License to marry was issued yester- day to Lucius B. Garfield and Mrs. Arta l.. Fitzer of Pasadena, Cal. The ceremony was performed by Probate Judge Grouse. The parties arrived in town yesterday morning and retu ned last night. The matrimonial industry in Arizona is rapidly picking up by reason of a California divorce law which under certain circumstances prevents one of the parties from mar rying in that state within six months after the date of the decree. Most of these forbidden marriages are sol- emnized at Yuma, where there are two matrimonial bureaus, one conducted by Judge Thurlow and the other by Pro bate Judge Abe Frank. Both keep standing advertisements in several California papers setting forth their facilities for circmuventing the bother some divorce law.
 The Hub Clothing company has lately invented a useful device which is being adopted by other business houses for turning off electric lights at certain hour. Most business houses though closing at o'clock, keep the lights burning until 10 | o'clock, when it becomes necessary | for a watchman or clerk to turn them off. The Hubs device consists of a cheap nickel alarm clock with string fastened at one end to the alarm wind ing key and attached at the other to the electric light button. When the alarm rings the turning key winds up the string, which turns the electric light key, darkness prevails and light | ing expense for the night is simul- taneously shut off. MT ThoraldsOn oi the Hub is so we'll pleased with the working of the device that he is en- gagged on another invention to stoI the rent item of expense at the same hour.