Arizona republican., 1898-05-12
LOCAL NEWS BRIEFS
Small Paragraphs of Gen.
 eroI Local Interest.
News of Phoenix and Tributary Re. zion. The DOingS of People and Other Matters.


 adms will be thrown open as res
 taurant today.
 MT. Lloyd Johnson yesterday re.
 ceived letter from Mrs. H. J. Cleve.
 land saying that her husband seem:
 to be gaining strength.
 William Waters, the civil engineer
 left last night for Mesa, from which point he will set out on the survey o1
 the Globe wagon road this morning.
 Natives of New York and former cit
 izens of that state are invited to meet
 in the parlors of the Hotel Adams
 on the evening of Thursday, May 12
 fer the purpose of organizing an Elm
 plre state society. Lewis Halsey, C. F. AinsWorth, J. D. Monihon, E.. J. Benn1tt, R. H. Greene, Dr. A. w
 Cottrell, F. M. Covert, T. E. Dalton
 and other sons of New York.
 The grammar schools of the city
 will close tomorrow. The commence
 ment exercises, which will be more l complete and interesting than ever
 this year, will be held tomorrow night ! at the Presbyterian church. The ex-
 animation of pupils for promotion to
 the high school has been concluded
 and the papers have been examined. 1 Thirty-four and possibly thirty-five
 will be passed. There were twenty 1 seven last year. The work done by the schools is greater as compared
 with that of last var than at first ap- pears. Not only greater number of pupils will be passed, but a somewhat higher standard has been attained If you see large Rocky Mountain bear parading the streets on his hind legs, apparently reading a circular | which he holds in his forepaws, do not be alarmed. You will note that he is smiling, and on closer acquaint- ance with him you will find him the best natured bear ever read about He is the property of Ben L. Bear, who has recently purchased the drug busi- ness of Mont P. Chubb, and as MT. Bear is believer in advertising, the bear is employed as his agent in this particular. MT. Bear comes to Phoe- nix with a record of many years of experience as a registered pharmacist 1 the last eight years in Los Angeles, Cal He is a welcome addition to the 1 business circles of Phoenix.
 Constable Frank McClintock as founded Wall street yesterday by ap- bearing in new pair of green shoes. Most of the denizens believed it was an optical illusion and some of them spit on the shoes to ascertain if they were real. This matter having been incontrovertibly settled, Wall street began looking around for MT. Me CIintock's motive. Joseph Boyce, who arrives at conclusions by high, bread, running or standing jumps, thought he saw in MT. McClintock's surprising pedal adornment an underfooted effort to dazzle the eye of the Irish voter. But MT. Boyce, who is himself an Irishman, says the ruse is too palpable; that is, too long and too broad and too high in the instep.
 The painting of the court house has been practically finished and those | who were most dissatisfied at the be- ginning, those to whom the lurid red was as the waving of a scarlet flag :! in the eyes of a bull, have not only pleased. The red has been toned down by the black penciling and har- mony between the body and the light green trimmings has been fully estab- lished, a sort of decorative cordiale entente. The indignation meeting l which Harry St. Claire had been trying to get up to pass a vote of censure upon Contractor Jack Dufton and the | board of supervisors, has been aban-
 doned. If any meeting is held at all | it will pass vote of thanks and con- fidence
 | Jack Burrows spent yesterday in ex- | cursions among the dry goods and
 clothing stores. In the middle of the afternoon he stood in front of the
 last store, perspiring, despondent and l fault-finding. Phoenix" said he,
 fought to quit boasting about being a metropolitan town. It had better of 1 fer bonus to somebody to start a 1 ready made clothing store that will l keep men's size of trousers. 1 need a pair of pants and need 'em quick | The biggest thing I can find in pants | is 54 inchs in the waist. The pro prietor wanted to splice them by | lengthening them by three inches, but
 that wouldn't do. Of course l might
 get them on all right, but the grace
 ful and original outlines would be for
 ever destroyed"
 The jury in the case of Murdock vs.
 Brown after a deliberation of half the | night found verdict which is about
 as clear case of compromise as could
 be adduced. The plaintiff was given a
 judgment for one dollar. The judg-
 ment of course carried the costs with
 it and also further impressed both
 sides with the truth of the old saying that frequently victory at law is
 hardly distinguishable from an over
 whelming defeat. The case of Half vs Adams was continued until May 24
 The islander suit of Stoller vs Hor-
 ton, set for yesterday, was continued to next Monday. The eases of the Arizona Improvement company vs
 Cushman and Palma were set fol May 31. The grand jury, whose fina
 report was expected yesterday, sub