Arizona republican., 1898-05-27
LOCAL NEWS BRIEFS
Small Paragraphs of Gen.
 erdl Local Interest.
News of PhOenix and Tributary Re- zion. The DOingS of People and Other Matters.

night charged with stealing a quilt and selling it at secondhand store.
 Judge kincaid, who has been con fined at home by illness for the last three days will be able to be at his office today.
 A bicycle belonging to MT. B. Gang was stolen yesterday afternoon from in front of the National Bank of Ari zona building
 License to marry was issued yester- day to Bentura Santa Cruz and Fran cisca Carillo. The marriage was performed by Justice Johnstone
 The first of the California seaside excursions of this season left last night over the S. F. F. & P. It is a little early for the flight to the coast, yet there were two passengers for San Diego.
 The Baraca class will give a B. L. and o. social in the Baptist church this evening. A delightful musical and literary programme has been pre- pared. It is completely under the control and management of the young men,
 MT. E. s. Gill, clerk of the district
 
 terday morning, received a telegram which had been forwarded to him from Phoenix informing him of the death of his mother at Redwood, O.. the same morning.
 Miss Hattie Carroll, a distinguished San Francisco vocalist, who has been spending the last two months in Phoe- nix with her mother, will return to San Francisco tonight, leaving in her wake one disconsolate young man and one shattered heart
 Dr. William Duff1eld celebrated his birthday yesterday, concluding the celebration with pleasant dinner to a few friends at the Hotel Adams Dr. Duffield is still on the sunny slope of life. He has only reached the twenty seventh mile-post and is growing younger and going backward In the course of years he will be a youth again.
 The Tucson Star says that the regis ter of the Tucson land office was in structed on Wednesday by telegraph from the commissioner of the general land office at Washington, to reject all applications for lands covered by the grant in Yuma county, Ari- zona- The grounds upon which these instructions are based will probably be received by the local land office later.
 Last night Paul Brown was riding along North Second street toward home when he was overtaken by rapidly driven buggy. He turned aside and the driver also turned witii the evident intention of running him down. He succeeded in doing so just as he reached the curb. The wheel man crawled out of the wreck unburt, but the wheel was utterly ruined. The buggy was driven away before Brown could get look at the driver.
 Two men were engaged in a heated argument on Goldman'S corner yester- day. In reply to statement made by one of them the other said: >''That's a bulletin" The first speaker regarded the reply as an offenSe and wanted to fight Friends interfered and hostili- ties were averted As the insulted individual started across the street he get away with it'' The other man overheard the remark and called after him: You heard what I said and it 6OCo. u Wdo O lO6ulol pPo-4NAOASoC statement you made"
 The Presbyterian Sunday school will hold it's picnic at Phoenix park Saturday. The school will gather at the church at 9:30 in the morning and proceed by cars to the park. A fine programme of games has been pre- pared that is sure to interest all. good time is expected.
 If you are single you should hear MT Kincaid'S lecture tonight on "Courtship." If engaged listen to that portion on Marriage" and ii married, profit by his advice on How to Stay Married" He promises to cover the whole field of matrimony and his advice will fit all cases.
 Block Al is to be assaulted from an- other source Several of the heavier property owners in that vicinity have combined to bring series Of suits against owners of property leased for immoral purposes, both within and adjacent to the block. The matter has been put into the hands Of law yer. Action has been delayed only to await the outcome of the cases all ready brought on the recommenda- tion of the district attorneys office and those in which warrants were sworn out in the recorders office. The actions to be instituted will be of two kinds, civil suits for damages for in- jury to the property of plaintiffs by reason of the proximity of the houses of i'll repute, and criminal proceed ings under the penal statutes. Justice Johnstone believes that he was wantonly insulted by Col. Jerry Millay yesterday. The justice, who is said to be learning to ride a wheel. was making circuitous headway up Washington street. Col Millay half a block distant was riding in the other direction. Seeing Justice Johnstone' s sweeping progress he dismounted lifted his wheel upon a sidewalk and took refuge behind barrel until Jus tice Johnstone, his wheel and all dan
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