Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1898-06-06
NEWS BRIEFS
Small Paragraphs of Gen.
ereI Local Interest.
News of Phoenix and Tributary Re
giOn. The DoingS of People an,
Other Matters.

an unusual amount OF business Sat
urday night and yesterday morning
Owing more than everything else t,
the ball at the park which was wei
attended.
The Salvation Army made a YER
pretty showing in parade yesterda,
afternoon, there being in line abou
100 little boys and girls all 'dressei
in their best suit of clothes"
Chas Richmond. one of the popula
young men of this city who has beer
the university at Tucson
left that city Saturday morning to &C
cept lucrative position with the Cop
per Queen company at Bisbee.
Tucson is to have a Goddess of Lib
erty on the Fourth of July, by election
Phoenix will probably have two, anC
could have more. All the Phoeniz
girls are goddesses, and Liberty isn't
in it with them. So the committee
alleges.
Blackberries have encroached tC
such an extent upon the prerogatiye.
of the strawberry that the latter dur
ing the past week withdrew almost
entirely from the field.
Our citizens are complaining of the
fact that mosquitoes are late in ar
irving this season.
A fight between two men past sixty
years OF age was one of the unusua
spectacles of Phoenix yesterday. Ii
occurred about noon at the corner O.
Center and Washington streets. The
Combatants were George Kemper and
Fred Schaffer Schaffer was knocked
down and SO badly beaten that he had
to be carried off the battle field.
Major W. H. Stillwell accompanied
his family to Maricopa last evening
and returned to the city this morning
His family continued On to California
to remain at Los Angeles The Major
expects to complete the closing up OF
his business here in few days wher
he will go to Washington to report for
duty.
Mrs. La Chance and her two daugh-
tiers arrived home yesterday from
Tucson. Mrs. LaChance is the ma.
iron of the ladies' dormitory of thu
University and was popular with the
students during the past college year
being especially satisfactory in he
supervision of the dining apartments
The many Phoenix friends of Mrs. La
Chance and her daughters will be
pleased to know that the vacation will
be spent here.
The annual memorial services OF
the Woodmen of the World were hello
yesterday where ever a lodge of Wood
men exists The services in Phoenix
began at half past three in the after
noon and were held at EIk's hall. They
were concluded at the cemetery by
the decoration of the three graves OF
the dead of their order. The lodge
went out in body and in full regalia
The procession was headed by the Cap
itol City Band.
For some time past Mr.. Adolph
Cohn has been contemplating change
of residence to Bisbee, and at last the
announcement comes from that direc-
ton that he is there to remain. Mr.
Cohn left host of warm friends in
Phoenix who will miss his genial pres
ence, but who wish him success in his
new field. He was one of the pioneers
of this city, and leaves it with the
knowledge that his record has always
been such as to win the endorsement
of the people.
Saturday evening from in front Of
Alkire'S store on washington
street baby carriage start
ed of its own accord to-
wards the gutter and before any one
of the many started for it could inter
cept it over it went into the street, up
side down. Grand rush to pick VI
the poor child. No poor child there
Nothing but a package of crackers, {
pillow and small bottle with Whit
fluid inside. Grand rush moved OIL
trying to look unconcerned.
The regular Sunday concert of tn
Pioneer band was given at the cour
house plaza last evening, the audienc
being particularly large. The pro
gramme was well selected and highl.
appreciated. but the patriotic air
caught the crowd. The band dis
charges its duty in connection witt
these airs faithfully, and scientificall,
from a musical standpoint, but the cit
liens Of Phoenix are entitled to tn
statement that it would make no differ
ence with their enthusiasm if thes
airs were played on an old tin f1ut
with tin pan accompaniment.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Mark Ezekiels of thi
city were overwhelmed with good new
yesterday. They received word tina
their son-in-law, Major w. A. Raffert!
of the Second cavalry, had received hi
commission as colonel and that an
other son-in-law, Lieutenant Charlie
Clark, OF the Ninth infantry, had bee
promoted to be captain of a signf
corps. On top of this satisfactor
information came the Intelligence thu
their daughter, Miss Nellie Ezekiel
had just graduated from the COlumbi
college IN. " law school with tt
first honors. She had previousl
taken full course in a teacher
school.
A company, N. G. A., returned la
night from the march undertaken tt
night before. The company wei
into camp four miles east OF tow
| throyy Out DicIxetS and observed all IL