Arizona republican., 1898-01-09
CITY AND COUNTY M BRIEF.
Small Paragraphs of General
 Interest.

The News of a Dayin Phoenlx and ItsTributary Region Presented In NutShell-DoingS of People and Other Matters.
 License to marry was issued yester- day to Francisco Rivas and Arturo Lesagara.
 Since the Phoenix foot ball team bit the dust, base ball seems to have the call. Clubs are springing up all over
 the country.
 Company B, N. G. A, has made ar
 engagements to hold a grand masQuer-
 ade ball in the Elks' hall on the fifth
 of February.
 Architect Gregg is preparing several plans of cottages, among others a handsome one to be erected on Center street, north.
 The young folks at the Indian school enjoyed social last night, which re- solved itself into a bal maSque. The drill this afternoon, led by the band, will be an interesting event.
 The subject for discussion this even ing at 8 p. m. under the auspices of the socialist labor party at Redewill hall is Commonwealth" The public is cordially invited to participate in the dscussion.
 Why don't the Indian school or the Phoenix high school play the rormal school that long talked of game of foot ball? There is as much preparation to this series of games as there is in some prize fights.
 Professor s. M. McCowan, superin- tendent of the government Indian school, delivered an interesting lee ture last evening at Glendale on the occasion of the dedication of the public library.
 More vigorous measures should be taken to keep back yards clean There is small fortune to some enterprislng man who will enter into contract to keep the yards clean in the business district.
 MT. James Devine, bandmaster at the Indian school, who was in Albu- querque, N. M., recently, says there are number of people in the Duke city who are thinking seriously of To- eating in Phoenix.
 If the supervisors will devise some method of irrigating the country roads instead of spending several thousand dollars in graveling them, and then paying no more attention to them, the roads will be in good shape all the time except during rain, and at much less cost
 Ex-Conductor Rickard, who resigned two days ago. after a long service on the s. F. P. & F., is working out of Winslow. MT. J. C. Kippur, who off ciated on the passenger run rorth up to November 10 last, will leave short to take a position in the train service out of the same point on the San Fe Pacific
 A reply was made in court yesterday by Hamilton & Armstrong, represent ing the Glendale Fruit company and others in the matter of the Arizona canal receivership, to a statement filed a week ago that the action as to the Glendale Fruit company was un- authorized. The reply was so we'll supported that the objection was dis missed.
 The Monarchs of the central school, their average weights being 1O5 pounds, did not line up in front of the Indian school foot ball team yesterday afternoon, as per schedule. They went out to the school in time, full of a determination to win another victory from the Pima boys, but when they saw George Pratt in knickerbockers and ready for play they came home in hurry and in ill-humor, declaring that Pratt outclassed and outwe.g ghed their entire team, Pratt being one of the crack Phoenix adult players.
 Captain B. A. Poyen is an enthusi- astic and generally successful hunter. Yesterday morning after days of care full preparation the captain set out for the junction of the Salt and Gila to shoot ducks. Last night a boy rode into town from the west. He was covered with dust and his horse f1ecked with foam. He fell out of the saddle and staggered into the Phoenix stationery store. "Capn Poyen-" he gasped and could say no more. In a. moment there was intense excitement. What had happened to the captain? It may have been no more serious than brokn leg. It may have been a ia ta1ity. The suspense was unbearable while the hoy was getting his breath. At last he managed to articulate, "Capn. Poyen, he done forgot his am- munishun." Thus was the death s3n- tence of the ducks reprieved for cne day.
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