Arizona republican., 1898-08-14
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Small Paragraphs of Gen.
 erol Local Interest.
News Of Phoenix and Tributary Re- zion. The DOingS Of People and Other Matters.

There will be services as usual al the M. B. church at II o'clock a. m Dr. Pratt will preach. Sunday school ut 9:45 a. m.; Epworth League at I p. m.; leader, I. M. Bonar; subject Helping Others"
 Mispronouncing geographical names even of places in this country is of most common occurrence. In bus mess office yesterday the proprietor had occasion to speak of Chautauqua pronounced Sha-taw-kwa), and ex- pressed it a-take-way. A person near, to show his superiority in pro- nouncing, at once corrected and sug- gested tShat-ock-way And so it is in this busy world.
 A young man in the southern part of town took dose Of strychnine early yesterday evening because of a dis agreement with his wife, though what effect he expected the strychnine to have upon his perturbed domestic af- fairs has not been explained. Anti dotes were administered and the evil of the poison was successfully coun- teracted. The young man talked the thing over and thought that perhaps he might try it again.
 | The territorial board of equalization yesterday finished the adjustment of values of all kinds of property in the territory other than lands. That will | be equalized tomorrow. The work accomplished yesterday could not ke put into an intelligible shape last night since it consisted of additions 70 or reductions by per cent from the ~e.turns sent in by the various coun- ties. The secretary was unable to Rake up the work of making the nec- essary calculations yesterday after noon.
 | Deputy United States Marshal Por- teria yesterday arrested Jose Maria Alvarez and Josefa Salazar for vio- lation of the Edmunds act. They were examined by Commissioner Elan nigan and held to the federal grand jury They have been living to gether as man and wife for several years and have had several children. most of whom are dead. Complaint was made against them by Sepereno Sanchez, son-in-law of Mrs. Salazar. Alvarez and the woman have been liv- ling on Grand avenue
 A great many of The Republican, readers complain that the paper comes l to them uncut. The turning of Q paper inside out these warm days in wolves an exertion which justifies com plaint until the complainants are in formed of the cause. The Republican press room is becoming filled with ma chinery Of various kinds It becanr necessary to remove the folder of the old press to make room for an engire which will drive the plg perfecting press. It has therefore become neces- sary to fold the papers by hand, SO that a squad of men and boys corle here every morning for that purpose The big press will be put into oper-- ton this week and the papers will then be cut again.
 Reference is made in another column to the organization of a signal service corps of the national guard, of which Lieutenant o. A. Turney has been placed in command. He has already selected the members of the corps who are: George Alkire. sergeant Will Heflin, Paul Herries, s. R. Patter- son, R H. Irwin Rolla Pitcher. IT, ving Hill and Will Murray These gentlemen come from the flower Of the N. G. A. All are bicyclists. so that the organization will be a bicycle signal corps. On account of a wide field oi operations free from obstructive oh- iects presented in the Salt River val ley. together with the extraordinary clearness of the atmosphere, it is be- lieved that the corps will soon attain great proficiency Lieutenant Turnev who has belonged to B company al most since it's organization, is an en- lthusiastic guardsman and has had ex- Derience with the work he has under taken
 In the police court grist yesterday lthere was a very young man. arrested the night before, charged with being a minor and frequenting saloons. He was also charged with being drunk
 He denied the latter accusation, and said he had net been drunk since he left his home at Ventura Cal six months ago. But here he made g damaging admission Just before starting from Ventura he got drunk on wine. Six months is not an ex- traordinarily long period for one to retain jag created by some of the | ioWCI Si duOo ol SdlIlOI Hid Wlue T1S was therefore held to be still drunk having imported his intoxication into the territory in spite of the nationa stock quarantine law Another of fender was Ernest L. Stoddard, who had been arrested for a disturbance O. the peace. growing out of the purchase of five-cent package of chewing gum at a drug store. He cursed an( defed the management and had to bt removed by force.
 Joseph Boyce. an cid soldier him self, is a close reader of the events O. the late war. Like most American.