Arizona republican., 1898-06-18
LOCAL NEWS BRIEFS
Small Paragraphs of Gen.
 erdI Local Interest.
News of PhOenix and Tributary Re. zion. The DOingS of People and Other Matters.

Doris Bros. yesterday received a
 carload of fine furniture from eastern
 factories.
 Miss Angie Parker. who has for
 some time been employed in the office
 of the clerk of the supreme court, is now occupying a desk in the office of the county recorder in the absence of
 Mrs. Lena F. Sears.
 c. G. Jones yesterday filed notice in
 the office of the county. re eorder of the
 appropriation of water to be taken from the south side of the Salt river
 about quarter of mile below the Highland canal dam.
 l Another count yesterday afternoon
 of the votes for a Fourth of July god
 dess of liberty and Columbia developed
 several new candidates. and the follow Ing figures: Frankie Kellner, 40; Edith Jacobs. 30; Bessie Otero, 20: Grace Shields, 15; Ethel Mckinney 10; Kate Christy, G. Elizabeth Sher-
 Iett, 3: Leah Kelly, 4, and Cora
 Brill. l.
 There will be a great shifting around of business firms in Phoenix next week. The Phoenix Grocery company will
 move from it's present quarters in the Ford building. The Ford room will
 be occupied by the Phoenix Drug con- pany. Vantilburg & Davidson will
 move into the room adjoining the Val ley bank, lately occupied by the Me Dougall-Gage company.
 The damage suit of William Wallace against the Maricopa & Phoenix rail- road dragged itself through another day of district court and is still un- finished. A point was reached in the | middle Of the afternoon when the plaintiff desired to bring in some docu- mentary evidence which was not imme- diately obtainable. The case was ac- Cordingly adjourned until Monday, as this is law day.
 County School Superintendent Grouse yesterday appointed as trustees
 of the newly created school district No. F at Agua Cahente, H. R. Wills. Elijo Amabesta and Frank Baxter This district is made up of the two lapsed districts, Nos. 32 and 12. The new district is ten miles long and six miles wide, yet in all that vast ter ritory it is doubtful if enough pupils can be regularly counted upon to main tain the district.
 The Fourth of July committee of ar arrangements yesterday appointed the following sub-committees To prepare the float for the representatives of the lforty-fve states, Misses Winifred Smith, Lillie Murray, Hattie Crews and May K. Williams, assisted by Thomas Prescott and R. c. Fowler; to prepare the float for the goddess of Liberty and Columbia, Mrs. T. M. Nolan, Mrs. w. L. Tiffany, Mrs. D. A. Smith, Mrs. Geo. Mintz and Mrs. A.
 J. Bradley assisted by T. M Nolan. The case of Albert Leake, against whom warrant was sworn out week ago charging him with dis turbance of the peace, was tried ill 1 Justice JohnStone's court yesterday. Complaint was made against Leake by
 Mrs. Van Pool, residing near Five Points, at whose house little girl of Leake's had been living. Leake came to take her away, but the child, in nor tai fear of him, begged Mrs. Van Pool to protect her. The screen door was fastened and Leake was denied admit tance. After a brief parleying he kicked the door down and dragged the
 child screaming from the lap of her protectress. In the yard there was another scene which attracted the whole neighborhood and created lcommotion, in the midst of which the little girl escaped and hid in the house | of a neighbor Complaint was made against Leake the next day, but be- | fore it could be served he obtained possession of the child and left town l He was convicted and will be sentenced today.