Arizona republican., 1898-07-06
LOCAL NEWS BRIEFS
Small Paragraphs of Gen.
 erdI Local Interest.
News of PhOenix and Tributary Re- zion. The DOingS of People and Other MafferS..

Charles Cook, barber, was arrested yesterday for a disturbance of the peace.
 License to marry was issued yester- day to Frank F. Taylor and Zillah M Marston, and to Henry W. Warren and Lena D. Blythe.
 A meeting of the city council was called for yesterday afternoon, but it was finally decided to let the mee.ing go over until tonight.
 Francisco April was taken to the county jail yesterday charged with in sanity. She will be tried before Pro- bate Judge Grouse today.
 Charles, the infant son of George Binkley. Jr., died at p. m. yeterday. The funeral services will be- conducted at the Free Methodist church at g a. m today.
 Yesterday was set for the prelimi- nary examination of ex-C1ty Collector Long. At the request of both the prosecution and defense it was contin- ued until Thursday
 Governor McCord left last night for Albuquerque, N. M., on business con- nected with the organization of New Mexico's quota to his regiment. He will be gone four or five days.
 A meeting of the local branch of the Red Cross society will be held tonight at the office of Dr. Clymer. The so- ciety, though it is less than a week old. has already done good work Hay ing been informed that the volunteer company was in need of many things for which DO immediate provision had been made committee consisting of the secretary, Miss F1oy Kurtz and Mrs. R. c. Fletcher started out solicit ing assistance. They secured twenty two blankets, tin cups, plates, knives forks and spoons.
 G. W. Switzer. formerly proprietor of the Capital harness shop, is re- covering from a long illness which for a time baff1ed his physicians and seemed hopeless. He was at first af- fiicted with congestion of the lungs followed by copious hemorrhages Other complications set in. He was treated from the beginning by Dr. Duff field, who was assisted by Dr. Wylie The complications were slowly un- raveled and journey back toward health was at length begun.
 A gentleman residing on East Wash ington street said he read in The Re publican with some eradication lately m editorial calling the attention of the board of supervisors to the chuck holes of West Adams street. The reader says East Washington street is even worse cut up by heavy loads of val yx-1i I Ia f1,o Yuma road was going on. And here is something that perhaps not one citi- zen in 800 knows. It is an offense to travel upon Washington street with an unusual load. It was never dedi- cated as street, but as a boulevard.
 Nothing was officially heard yester- day from Eger Jones, the cowboy, wanted for making meal off the left ear of Fred Hyde the day before. A brother of Jones was arrested in the forenoon on a mixed charge. It was learned by the officers that immediate 1y after the encounter he had hired a horse at the Five Points corral, say ing he wanted it only about fifteen minutes The horse was turned over to his brother and was used by him in making his escape. The charge against Charles Jones was subsequent ly withdrawn and he was discharged.
 Three convicts at the territorial prison were pardoned by Governor McCord yesterday for restoration to citizenship. The first was B. G. Hall sent from Graham county in August 1897, for burglary. The duration of his sentence was eighteen months, which has been reduced by good be- havior, faithful work and a clear rec ord. Rosendo Dorame was sent from Pinal county in April, 1896, three years for grand larceny. John Cady went lip from Pima county in Septem- Der, 1897, for one year for burglary. The time of the last two was greatly reduced by work on the canal.
 The foundation was laid for a very sensational case yesterday by the ar- rest of Thomas J. Bryan on charge of violating the Edmunds act by sus- taining an unlawful relation with his former wife, from whom he was di- vorced a few months ago. The com plaint against Bryan was made by 2 brother of his wife, J. J. DeGuerra. The case will be heard before Com missioner Flannigan this afternoon. | DeGuerra says the money expended getting the divorce might as we'll have been thrown away, for as early as April 12 Mr. and Mrs. Bryan began i annulling it and were more friendly than they had seemed to be during | their brief married existence, which
 was marked by frequent and violent ] storms.
 Bidding goodbye to friend, at the
 last moment before the train left last
 night, Captain Russell said: Good bye, old fellow. I am not going with
 out sorrow, because it is hard at the
 best to say farewell to friends. I shal
 be glad if I am with them when the
 boys come back, but remember ont i thing: If I should fall in battle yo'
 may safely say that it was with m.
 face set straight to the old stars ant
 stripes in front