Arizona republican., 1898-08-04
LOCAL NEWS BRIEFS
Small Paragraphs of Gen.
 erdl Local Interest.
News of Phoenix and Tributary Re- zion. The DOingS of People and Other Matters.

pany was held at the engine house last night
 License to marry was issued yester- day to Human -rujlno and DOlores Quijdada.
 The regular weekly meeting Of the Red Cross society was beld in the assembly room of the city hall last night.
 County Recorder F. w Sheridan received a telegram late on Tuesday evening informing him of the illness of his wife at Prescott. lie had just time to catch the northbound train.
 Lewis D. Nelson and Mary J. Win nie were married at the Indian school last night by Probate Judge Grouse. The groom is an educated Pima and has for some time been engaged in teaching at the school at Keames canyon. The bride is of the Seneca tribe and has been teacher at the local Indian school.
 Ralph Fletcher is out daily on a racing wheel. He is intending to go after some of the more valuable prizes at the next bicycle meet. Beside be-
 
 is winning fame as a triek cyclist. He can stand on his head in front of hi wheel with more suddenness an< greater grace than any expert who ha ever given public exhibition in Phoe- nix.
 There is an unusual and almost un- precedented rise 4n the river for this season of the year. when nothing ca.1 be seen Of it but the sandybed It is fOrdable, but it is estimated that it i5 carrying 65,000 inches All the ca nals On both sides are running full O. muddy water. Farmers who arc usually complaining in August Of a shortage are now reveling in more water than they can use judiciously.
 Grand Chief Templar 4. P. Wal bridge of the I. o. G. T. of Arizona yesterday received the military volun- teer charters for the lodges organized or to be organized in Governor Me Cords regiment. There is one in working order at Whipple Barracks now. With this charter wherever the regiment may be sent, to Manila or Honolulu, it will be under the juris- fiction of the grand lodge of Arizona This useful suggestion has been made regarding the excursion to Whipple Barracks next Saturday: Let every man who goes carry water melon, a basket Of fruit or both. The volunteers would appreciate a gift of this kind more than they would the more solid offering of cake and pie One can buy big melon for 15 cents. No doubt 300 Of the excursionists can afford to expend that sum in giving the boys another taste of the valley.
 Grand Secretary Johnson of the grand lodge of Good Templa& has succeeded in completing the arrange ments for the excursion to Bisbee on he 23d, the occasion being the annual session of the grand lodge. The round trip from Phoenix will be $13.S0, tickets good for return within ten days. Going over the excursion will leave Phoenix on Tuesday even ing, the 23d. The Bisbee lodge will entertain all delegates, so that the fare will be the only expense for members
 The new saber to be presented to | Col. McCord is on exhibition in the show window Of Wilson & Ward The presentation will be made at Whipple Barracks next Saturday immediately after the presentation of the regi- mental flas. No more elegant saber is made. The blade is gold plated to within six inches of the point and is etched with the following inscription: Myron H. McCord, Colonel A. N. M. o. I. T. U. s. "" The handle is sil- yer, gold mounted, bearing a golden eagle and shield of the national col ors. The scabbard is silver mounted in gold. There is etched upon it the following: Colonel Myron H. Mo Cord: Presented by Arizona Friends, August 6, 1S9S." The sabar and scab- bard are inclosed in a rich leather cov- cred silk lined case
 Something is wrong with the work ing of the Gamewell fire alarm sys- tenn, which renders it worthless for any other purpose than to announce the presence of fire somewhere within the city limits. The old pistol Ishooting system was more definite lThe shooting always took place in the lvicinity of the fire, so that one could locate the direction of the conf1agra- tion by the noise of the fusilade. An lalarm was turned in at 1:30 yesterday morning. A shed was on fire in an alley near Fourth avenue in fire dis trict No. 16. The right number was registered at the house of the Victor Hose company. At the engine house No. AZ was registered and at the Yucatec house No. 26. The response of the Victors was prompt and the fire 7 was extinguished while the other companies were looking for it with a search warrant. The system was tested yesterday and found to be all right. It requires, though the careful attention of an electrician.