Arizona republican., 1898-08-06
NEWS BRIEFS
Small Paragraphs of Gen.
 erdI Local Interest.
News of phOenix and Tributary Re- zion. The Doings of PeOpIe and Other Matters.


 postoffice clerks and carriers will take place at the court house today. There are several applicants.
 The management of the Hotel NaGeau at Los Angeles has changed hands, H. W. Chase having sold his interest to M T Palmer & Co.
 A letter of tho date Of July 50 was lately received from J. L. Cant, who is at Rifle, Colo He said the day be- fore he had been playing snowball with a lot of big girls. The elevation of Rifle is only 4,000.
 A meeting of the executive com mittee of the republican county cen tral committee, will be held at the of fee of Chairman Thomas Armstrong, Jr., this afternoon. The object of the meeting is to designate the polling places at the pramaries and appor- tion the delegates among the pre- cincts.
 School districts Nos fl and 3S have made generous contribution to the boys at Whipple. Mir C. M Etter took an active part in bringing out the gifts, which include fifteen gallons Of iellies, jams and preserves, thirty two pounds of butter, five gallons of honey, 125 pounds of grapes and two 30-pound cheeses. The last item was duplicated by the Maricopa creamery. These 1uxuries will be taken up on the excursion today.
 County School Superintendent Grouse yesterday completed an esti- mate for the schools of the county for the next year. It amounts to $61, 800. The estimate does not include the fol- lowing items. S1,120 not to be appor- tioned; S1,000 for the newly created ar segregated office of superintendent; s10C postage and travelling expenses; S120 salaries of county examiners. The estimate for the Phoenix schools is S21,125, against $19.637.75 last year. The estimate is based on an average attendance of S52 for the grammar schools alone. The average attend ance last. year, including the high school. which is not now included was S1e.
 Miss Rosa Davis, daughter of Mrs. J. w. Davis, who lives two and a half miles west of the city, was married at Los Angeles last Wednesday to MT. Perry Mayhew of Santa Monica. Miss Davis left here on Monday night and the marriage occurred on the day of her arrival at Los Angeles. MT and Mrs Mayhew at once left for San Francisco on wedding trip. When they return they will take up their home at Santa Monica, where Mir Mayhew is the proprietor of the Ar cadia hotel, beside being the owner oi other valuable property near Los Angeles. The bride is well known ir Phoenix as beautiful and lovable young woman.
 J. M. Allen, the man who was mur. dered at the Holiday ranch in Ora. ham county last week, used to live ir Phoenix, where he displayed the same weakness of publicly exhibiting his money that cost him his life. He made Getz's livery stable his headquarters He always had money, which he tool pride in ostentatiously showing When the robbers came upon him al the ranch and demanded his money he replied that he had none. The, told him they had seen him show i the day before. He persisted in hi: denial, looking into the muzzle of { revolver, knowing that it would go of soon. But he could not bring. himsel | to give up his loved money
 Deputy Sheriff Henry George cam, to town yesterday morning witt Aaron Gist, whom he had arrested tn, night before on charge of stealth; COW from Henry Miller. who alst lives near McDowell. He will be givel a hearing before Justice Johnston, this afternoon. The case is a pitifu one. While there is no doubt O Gist's guilt, there is no less doubt tha l he was driven to the theft by tn necessities of his family. He is yer, rcor and has wife and eight chil dren who wer at the point of starva tion. Gist is not vicious man, bu
 he is believed to be lacking in intelli
 gence. If he is bound over to tn
 grand jury. as he doubtless will be lit is improbable that a irry can b found to convict him.
 The subject of street sprinklin,
 which has been raised by the Gazett
 and other fault finders of the city gov
 ernment, continues under discussion
 It is admitted on all sides that tn
 streets are better sprinkled now tha
 they ever were before, so that tn discussion rests only on the compara tive cost of the old and new systems
 The. records at the city hall furnis
 an easy way of settling the question The records show that one year az
 at this time it cost the city $630
 month to inadequately sprinkle tn
 streets. The total expense of doin
 + now includes the following items
 Three men at $40 month, $12O; on
 man, $50; water. $100; feed fo
 horses, SIS; rent of corral, s12.50 hir
 of three horses, $50; incidental ex penses, repairs, etc., s2O; total $410.50. So here is monthly savin