Arizona republican., 1898-02-17

day to Charles Cartwright and Byrdie Green.
 The ladies of the Woodman Circle will give an oyster supper and tall at the Elks' hall on Friday night.
 County Superintendent Grouse spent yesterday visiting the public schools at Tempe. He will go to Klondyke to- day
 MT. W. A. Goodlander of Alhambra was in yesterday to bid his brother Joe, the ubiquitous traveller, adieu. Joe left for Los Angeles on the even ing train.
 It was AS at Phoenix, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Yuma, according to yesterdays weather report. The only difference in the report was that it was 97 in the city of the angels
 A freight engine at Maricopa yes terday broke a pin to which the driv- CTS coupling rod was fastened. The pin was in no way defective, but was literally pulled off by an extremely heavy load.
 Orders for the special edition Of The Republican should be placed with MT. Anderson as soon as possible, as at the present demand the edition will probably be exhausted as soon as it is off the press.
 Coffee and tea can now be had at the reading rooms, corner of Monroe and Center streets. The many who enjoy the privileges of the room will thus have an opportunity to aid in it's maintenance.
 J. P. Cts and Anna Nelson of Los Angeles arrived in town yesterday morning When they return they will be Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Cts. The cere- mony was performed at the Welcome house by Probate Judge Grouse.
 The court of private land claims now in session at Santa Fe will adjourn the latter part of this week and the mem bers will go to Washington. The ap- pealed Arizona cases will be heard in the supreme court of the United States on March z.
 A free lecture will be given at Moss Hall, corner Washington street and Fourth avenue, at 8 p. m. this after noon. Subject: How to Be Youth full and Charming and Win a Good Husband and Retain His Affection" Ladies only invited.
 Dave Turner, the court house gar dener. denies that he is going to Klondyke to raise roses or that he is going there at all. He has gone out of the rose business here because ne says it does not pay. But he believes there are other avenues to prosperity and more of them than there are in Klondyke or anywhere else.
 S. Price Behan says that the s. F. P. & P. Railway company is now pre- pared to handle sheep at Peoria. The sheep shearing and dipping plant is now completed and everything is in readiness for sheepmen who want to take advantage of the improved fla cilities offered by the railroad com pany. The capacity of the plant is 5000 sheep day.
 Constable Beck was kicking himself yesterday on account of his over caution. A man had an account against another for $50 and wanted to sell it to the constable for half it's face MT. Beck declined and then the creditor offered it to him for $20, S15. $1O and finally $5. "Then take it and collect it. said the creditor. The ac- count was not really collectible, for it was outlawed, but half an hour later the constable met the debtor, pre- sented the bill and received payment in full.
 "I am living on a nickel a day now" said a tourist yesterday. 'e1 take a sunbath in the morning, and that serves to do me till 1:3O, when I get a beer and the accompanying g 11,r Iv, fo1 of street lunch stand and that does me for the day. My weight has not fallen off perceptibly. may change a nickel pay to keep the internal workings in running order. Don't imagine I am alone in this method of dieting. There are others"
 The managers of the reading room corner of Monroe and Center stre ats return thanks to all who have do- mated books, magazines and papers to the room, and earnestly request con- tinuance of these favors. The instl- tuition now has a reception room one door east of the main room which IS at the disposal of ladies and gentle men for conversation, rest or letter writing. The librarian, Mrs. M. A Phillips, will be glad to welcome all both strangers and citizens. Oper | from 8:30 a. m to 10 p. m. | John Ray, barber, is in jail. Late
 on Tuesday night Ray passed Stein:
 saloon and observing that the pro | prietor was in the rear end of tht place, crawled under a screen dool
 which swings at the end of the bar
 He began filling his pockets with bot
 ties of whisky and would have gotte1
 away but for slight shuf1ing nois, which attracted the attention of tn,
 proprietor, who thought it was mad
 by a dog. When he reached the ba | he found Ray crouching behind it
 The thief disgorged five bottles ant when he was arrested later he had
 knife up his sleeve.
 Yesterdays session of probate cour
 was a busy one. The will of Ranson M. Viall was presented for probat 1 accOynnanipG hu no+itinn for letter