Arizona republican., 1898-07-12
LOCAL NEWS BRIEFS
Small Paragraphs of Gen.
 erdI Local Interest.
News of Phoenix and Tributary Re- zion. The DOingS 6f People and Other Matters.

County Treasurer Murray yesterday turned into the territorial treasury l S9.565. IA, the territory's share of the 1 taxes in this county.
 The Melon Growers association , slipped a carload of waterne1ons to ! 7'ucson last night and will send out another car to the same point tonight
 The board of supervisors held a brief session yesterday in which it instructed the clerk to notify J. A. POrterIe, interpreter in the justices and probate court, that his services as interpreter had been discontinued. J. s. Judge, an indigent, was allowed S10. After the transaction of some routine business the board re-resolved itself into a board of equalization. F. E. Prowell yesterday made com plaint against Van Johnson for as- sailing the sense of smell of the neighborhood in which he lives by re- moving the conten of the big cess pool of the Fleming block sewer There was no unfriendliness between the prosecuting witness and the defend ant The action is rather an attempt to make the cesspool prove its right to exist at all.
 The petition of Jesse H. and Ella Root for the adoption of Roy E1bridge Root, aged g months, the grandson of the first petitioner, was granted In pro- hate court yesterday. The Cn1Id is 3 son of the late Roy Root. The peti- tion states that it has been abandoned by its mother, Jennie Perkins Root, who besides was an unsuitable person fo hou oh 0p of 1, extreme cruelty toward it.
 A Phoenix newspaper a day or two ago informed a suffering and sin stricken world that General Shafter had demanded of General Toral. mil itary commandant at Santiago lar unconstitutional surrender This is the first bad break yet made by the United States and is liable to bring this country under the displeasure of international law. That is a much worse international offense than try ing to maintain an ineffective block ade or shooting the enemy with poisoned bullets Shafter ought to be called down.
 Tn the course of the band concert last Sunday night young man met couple of young ladies whose as quaintance he had been assiduously cuitivating for a short time. He was engaged in a conversation with them talking about @ sermon to which ali had listened that morning. The talk ran almost altogether on spiritual or at least moral subjects and the three were rapidly acquiring high opinions or each other. About this time two more young men. strangers to the la dies, happened along They recog- nized the escort and stopped to talk. This conversation was about unirr1- portant matters and was uneventful until one of the new corners said in the most innocent manner to the es- cort: By the way Smith when did you tell me your wife was coming?"
 A meeting of the youthful demo- crats was held last night in the district court room. The evening was spent the board of control and the necessity for it's annihilatfon. In the excite ment engendered by the debate the subjects of political bcssism, Bryan ism, bimetallism and bigamy were wholly overlooked. But it was re- solved that the board of control must
 
 only by democratic success in the territory next fall. The young dem ocrats believe they have Phoenix pre- cinct already grabbed, so they pro pose. to extend their organization by the establishment of branch kinder gartens in other parts of the county A committee consisting of A. s. Ar thur, N. A. Sanders and Pedro de la r fo and the country beyond There will be nothing left for the old war horses to dc this year but to loaf around and experience the pleasure of being back numbers.
 The inability to secure internal rev. enue stamps is causing greater in convenience in the office of the county recorder than anywhere else. When instruments are presented for filing the recorders may make the charge for the tax, collect it and note it in a book kept for that purpose. But the owner of the instrument is liable to call for it a day or two later and it cannot be surrendered to him until the stamps have actually been at tached. Recorder Sheridan called on Assistant Collector Cul1om yesterday eO IllO SldulpS WOulU Do received. MT. Cullom said he had had no advices from Collector Morrison at Santa Fe. He hardly thought the stamps would be sent to him at all. since he was necessarily absent from town so much that he would be unable to attend to applications for them. He believed they would be placed on sale at the,banks. but he believed the collector had no instructions yet from the treasury department on this point. The recorder later went before the board Of supervisors asking an appro- pr1atfon for the purchase of the stamps as he did not care to tie up so much money in them. The board was un- able to set aside any money for tlli.s