Arizona republican., 1898-12-22
NEWS
 OF THE
 TOWN

S INSPECTION TONIGHT. -Majo F. T. Alkire will inspect B company o
 the national guard tonight.
 A DOMINO PARTY. The Maricop; club will give a domino party o1 Thursday evening, December 29.
 LICENSED TO WE'D A marriag, license was issued yesterday to J. M t Evans, Jr., and Miss M l.. Wood. MT
 Evans is well known young ranch
 man of the Buckeye country.
 A CHRISTMAS ENTERTAINMENT l-At the Indian school on Christmas
 eve there will be given an entertain
 ment by the pupils of the school, to
 which an invitation is extended to the
 public.
 A FOOT BALL RATE. The mem
 bers of the high school foot ball team Iare already engaged in selling tickets
 for their southern California tour
 which will take place about New
 Years. Forty tickets will be issued at
 a round trip rate of $15 to Los An geles.
 NEW CANAL OFFICES. The Ari- zona Canal company will move this week from its present quarters in the
 
 and Second streets to the O'Neill
 building. Office rooms have been ar
 ranged on the upper floor of the build
 ing for the company.
 | JUDGE GROSSCUP'S VISTT.-Judge | Grosscup Of Chicago and party of
 ladies and gentlemen who arrived in
 town on Tuesday night, enjoyed a I tally-ho ride in and about the city and
 to the orange groves yesterday after noon, under the guidance of MT. w. H. Robinson. They left by the southern route for Redlands. Cal. last night. MIR. DARROW7Ss sVISTT- Col. w s. Darrow is a guest at the Ford hotel from Durango, Colo. Col. Darrow says that his visit here has no significance, but when seen by a reporter last night he said that he was interested in project to build an air line from Den yer to the Mexico line for the accom- modation of criminals who will take advantage of the lapsing of the extra dition treaty with Mexico.
 WILL GO EAST. MT. Graeme Turnbull, who retires from the firm of Hoadley, Turnbull & Co.,, will leave shortly for his home in Baltimore, O. MT. Turnbull has many friends in Ari- zona who will be sorry to hear of his intention to leave the territory. MT. Turnbull was superintendent of the Bonancfta Placer Mining company in Sonora up to the time he was taken ill at the beginning of the last summer.
 FANCY CHRISTMAS DISPLAY. - MT. w. M. Ward yesterday brought in several boxes of fancy ranges which | are prettily displayed at the store of | J. w. Doris on Washington street. | The oranges were selected and packed | by the foreman of MT. Wards packing | houses. There are boxes of manda- | rineS, tangerine5, lemons, grape fruit i and navel and jaffa oranges. A clus- ter of grape fruit hangs aDove this dis play of fruit which attracts general attention. There are twelve pieces of the frui5 in the bunch.
 ROBBED A DUMMY. Last night persons passing Alkire's store on street noticed a man dis robing dummy which stands in front of the store. The thief leisurely took l. the coat and vest from the dummy, f bundled them in his arms and started 1. off down the street. J. Q. Adams was on the other side of the street the operation of the thief and he followed him, together with a number of others. Marshal Hooker joined the pursuing party and the thief was run down and taken to the city iail
 SHIPPING PRESENTS-The Walls Fargo Express company and the post office employees are rushed by the de- nands of the holiday trade. For the . past few days the express company has sent hundreds of packages to easterli l points from this city containing gifts ( o the Iaelatives and friends of visitors n the valley. Al the pcetoffice there ( las been line of persons at all hours 'f the day waiting their turn at the s windows where packages are received. t The stores are open evenings to ac- I 'ommodate the holiday trade. ' SCHOOLS WILL CLOSE Tester lay a vote of the teachers of the city ( chools decided that there shall be z wo weeks of vacation, and the pupils if the schools are rejoicing. During he vacation period 5here will be held C he territorial teachers institute and f neeting or the teachers of the county. c | number of the teachers will make I oliday visits to their homes. Miss ' 1errmans and Miss Dobbs will go to [ Tucson, the Misses Culver are plan ! ing a trip to their parents in Kansas, | nd Miss Stuart will spend the hoh- t avs with her parents in this valley. t GONZALEZ ACQUITTED. Fran isco Gonzalez, who was tried in Jus \ ice Jchnstone's court on Tuesday for :. eceiving from the express office $l0 \ intended for Francesca Gonzalez, and . fterward taking a letter from the Il which had been addressed to CT, was acquitted yesterday. It seemed P lear that Gonzalez had acted inno- | antly. A coincidence that he was ex- U ecting money at the time he received and the similarity of the Christian c ames of himself and the woman were = cid to be responsible for tte mistake. II onzalez's good reputation for honesty nd industry also weighed in his favor c MEYERS WAS CONSIDERATE. - II II oseph Meyers, who was arrested on !, omplaint of Mrs. Julia Thompson for V coping in at the windows of her T I ouse at 152S East Adams street and T citing shot at, pleaded guilty in Jus d ce Johnstone's court yesterday 10 a ol sturb3n nee of the peace and was fined W