Arizona republican., 1898-04-03
CITY AND COUNTY IN BRIEF.
Small Paragraphs of General
 Interest.
he News of a Dayi in Phoenix and It's Tributary Region Presented In a Nutshell-Dotngs of People and Other Matters.

their names to James Il. McClntOck room 7, Cotton block.
 Notarial commissions were issued yesterday to J. W. Wentworth of Pay son, A. H. Noon of Oro Blanco, and Charles T. Lynch of Jerome.
 The Rev. w. H. Winters, formerly pastor of the Christian church in this city, has accepted a call to preach in Georgia and will leave for his new field in about ten days.
 As was indicated in The Republican yesterday morning, the price of alfalfa in the valley has advanced to $S a ton with a probability that it will go still higher. It is also likely that there will be an early advance in the price of barley.
 The business of organizing an Ari- zona regiment of flying cavalry for operation in the war with Spain is going on. James H. McCintock, who has charge of the recruiting work at this point, has enrolled sixty cavalry men. Mr. McClintock will hold the rank of captain.
 Work will be begun on the brick work of the new opera house tomor- row. The burning of kiln of 220000
 
 cry of the brick was begun yesterday The roof timbers have all been framed so that it will not be long until the structure is up and enclosed.
 A real estate deal which has been pending for some time was concluded yesterday by Morrell & Sons, by which Dr. H. B. Stroud came into possession of twenty-five front feet on Center street north of Goldman & Co.'S. The previous owner was c. c. Converse of Washington. The price was s6,75O.
 There is no place in the United States where the war against Spain has been waged so furiously as in Wall street of this town. Those who par ticipate in wars to the extent of sus- taining injuries are usually adjudged worthy of pensions, so that the Wall street fighters are preparing 10 present claims.
 H. G. Adams and wife left yester- day for Jerome Junction, where MT. Adams will take the position of agent for the S. F. P. & P. MT. Adams has been connected with the road here al most since it's completion to Phoenix. He will be succeeded by G. M. Nave of Indianapolis, who arrived in the city yesterday.
 According to Los Angeles papers Nick Clark of Phoenix was robbed in that ungodly town one day last week. Mir Clark is the father of ex-Marshal Clark and was a partner of John Lie bold and the late Eugene Campbell in the sale of a mine, for which each re- ceived about s1,000. Clark left here for the coast a couple of weeks ago.
 The funeral of Mamie Fickas took place at o'clock yesterday afternoon from the family residence on West conducted by Rev. Dr. Mckinney of the Presbyterian church. There was a very large attendance of friends of dead little girl, whose death is bitterly regretted.
 The first four-cent cattle that have gone out of the territory within ten years were shipped to Fl Paso last night. There was a carload of them, all steers of an average weight of about HOO pounds. They were bought of Hagan Bros. and are intended for immediate butchering. A year ago cents would have been regarded as fancy price. Cattlemen believe now that stock of the same grade will bring cents and perhaps more at any time within the next year.
 Two little boys stood in front of store window yesterday earnestly con templating an easter exhibit consist ing of several parti colored eggs, two or three large ostrich eggs and three half grown white rabbits, which had undoubtedly laid the colored eggs. One of the little boys was skeptical re- garding the mother of the ostrich eggs. "None of them rabbits ever laid them eggs,' said he. "Yes they did," replied the other. "They laid every thing in this 'ere window" ''How could they?" asked the first They ain't rabbit here as big as 'ary one O them eggs" 3I know that said the other, "but all three O the rabbits could do it, couldn't they? All of 'em together is bigger'n the biggest egg in there"
 Governor McCord, who returned on Friday night from Flagstaff, was de- lighted with the reception rendered him there the day before. Speaking of the half finished reform school building there the governor said the people are very anxious that the build ing should be completed They do not favor the project of converting it into branch insane asylum, but prefer that it be used for educational pur- poses, for a normal school, for in stance. The branch asylum does not strike any one as a good business move, for it would cost about $15, 900 year more for the care of the insane than it does now. The present facili- ties are ample At least 200 patients could be cared for and there are only 150 there now.
 Dr. H. G. Griffith of Philadelphia. a physician of twenty-two years pra,- tice. and now one of the patients at the Phoenix Pneumo-Chemic sana- torium, being asked for his impress sions as to that treatment. says: "Af- ter suffering for about four years with tuberculosis, and having had the ben ef1ts of the best climates and the best rrOfoccinpo1 fo1 tc fo Dbno-