Arizona republican., 1898-08-09
LOCAL NEWS BRIEFS
Small Paragraphs of Gen.
 erdl Local Interest.
NyWS of PhOenix and Tributary Re- zion. The DoiRgS of People and Other Matters.

Shelby Nj. Cullom, deputy collector of internal revenue, yesterday received a letter from General A. J sampson, minister to Ecuador congratulating him on his appointment
 There was a final settlement and order of distribution in probate court yesterday of the estate of the late William Lacey. The estate consists of eighty acres of land and two water rights near Tempe.
 Bessie Moore, whose preliminary trial on a charge of making murder out assault on Myra Wilson was set for this afternoon, yesterday pleaded guilty before Justice Johnstone to as- sault and was fined s20.
 District Clerk Edwin s. Gill vester- day received an inquiry from Tim othy McInerney of Portland, Ore, re- garding a Thomas McInerney, miner by occupation. His name does not ap- pear on any of the great registers of the county.
 From o'clock yesterday afternoon up to the present moment the street car service in Phoenix was much the same as it used to be before the street car lines were built The night be- fore the cars knocked off work an hour earlier than usual. Something had gone wrong with an arlnature or some other device engaged in the ma nipulation of electricity. Yesterday af."noon the armature. or whatever it :. as, gave way altogether. Late last night the company was collecting it's cars with the aid and cooperation of the reliable mule, whose armature is affected by nothing hut old age.
 The August session of the territorial board of equalization began yesterday The session is for the adjustment Of values of all kinds of property other than railroads, which were disposed of at the June session. Mir R. H. Burmister, representing the northern district, Col. John A. Black of Tue son, and Territorial Auditor pr. Vick- CTS only were present. Captain E. A. Cutter was unable to reach Phoenix, having been detained by a washout on the Southern Pacific Nothing, there fore was done except to map cut in a general way the work of the session, which will be resumed this morning.
 How the report of an accident on the s. F. P. 6 P. excursion train last Saturday originated is not known. It was reported also that the company's wire was down and that nothing could be learned at the city offices about the trouble. As matter of fact as SCOT as the company officials heard of tha Tunor they telegTaphed to Prescott and were informed in reply that there had been no accident of any character. This information was promptly postei in front of. the offices for the relief Of those interested. The company has received the thanks of the manage ment of the excursion and of many Of the eXcursionists themselves for the admirable service given.
 Yesterday was a busy day in police court. Rafael Montojo, who was ar l rested by Officer Buck on Sunday morning for interfering with his off, clal business, was sent to jail for thirty days. Miquel Ornello, for ere ating disturbance of the peace, was given the same time. Jose Sotello and Marcellino Arvisa, proprietors of sa- loon at the corner of Jackson and Second streets, where Ornello and Montojo were arrested, were convicted of running a disorderly house. So- tello was fined s5 and Arvisa $1O. Ed McGinsey, a sleeping drunk, was fined $4. The case of c. P Schenck, arrested for riding a wheel without a flight, was not disposed Of
 Dr. l.. D. Dameron, county physi- Ician, yesterday made report to the county supervisors regarding the Isewage of the Indian school, of which there had been a great deal of com plaint by persons living northeast of the city. He said that he found that 1.-the sewage of the institution was dis jcharged into large subterranean res.
 ervoirs which he believed under ex-
 isting circumstances was the best dis
 position that could be made of it. He
 was informed by the superintendent
 that the government had appropriated
 $14,000 for water works and sew
 craze system and that the matter was
 now in the hands of a civil engineer
 for the preparation of plans and speci- ficationS. The construction Of the system would follow as rapidly as
 possible.
 The shortest lived management oi
 a saloon on record was that of the Los
 Cabin, which lasted only one night
 The place was reopened under tht proprietorship of Charles Singleton o1
 Saturday evening and under the di | rect management of a young mar whose name is not known to fame
 On Sunday morning the manager sen
 to Mr. Singleton for money to buy ice
 It doubtless appeared to the proprieto
 that something was wrong with sa
 loon whose sales after Saturda. :. night run were insufficient to stocl
 the beer cooler with ice the next day