Arizona republican., 1898-08-10
LOCAL NEWS BRIEFS
Small Paragraphs of Gen.
 erdl Local Interest.
News of PhOenix and Tributary Re- zion. The DOingS of People and Other Matters.

A notarial commission was issued yesterday to w. s. Tipton of Phoenix
 William Frazee, the accommodating i lookout at the Arizona dam, returned to his post last night.
 i Letters of administration upon the estate of George W. kleiner were is sued yesterday to A. J. Bradley. 1 J. E. Walker came back yesterday morning from Tucson, where he went to visit his brother, Engineer w. w. Walker, who was injured in the South ern Pacific pay car wreck near Benson last week. Though seriously hurt, he will recover.
 The case of R. M Robertson, who was arrested for grossly insulting and disturbing the peace of J. A. Larkin, wife and sister near Tempe, was tried in Justice Johnstone's court yesterday He was convicted and fined $40. Rob- ertson offered as a mitigating cfrcum- stance the fact that he was drunk and sorry for it. He begged the court to convey his regrets to the aggrieved parties.
 The women of the w. C. T. U in their department work for the sol dier and sailor, will be glad for any contribution to supply the sick and wounded with those things necessary for their comfort, material and pa jamas and delicacies such as are needed in the hospital. The same should be left with the lady in charge of the free reading room, northeast corner Center and Monroe streets.
 Joaquin, an old Papago, was gath cred up in the southern part of town yesterday boiling drunk. In suspicious proximity to him was a Mexican in the same condition. He was also taken in when it was learned that he had supplied the wine which had brought them to the notice of the au- thOrities. The Mexican will be charged with selling liquor to an In- dian
 A dispatch from Bismark, North Dakota, yesterday announced the death of Governor Briggs of that state, of consumption. Governor Briggs spent several weeks in Phoenix winter before last, going from here directly to Bismark for his inauguration. He then showed strong traces of the dis ease which finally overcame him. He was a genial man and made many friends in the valley.
 Late yesterday evening two Mexi- cans, both drunk, managed to over turn a buggy in which they were rid ing, at the corner of Washington and Center. One of them was bruised and the other was quite badly hurt He was taken to the office of Dr. Stroud in an unconscious condition He later recovered consciousness and was removed to his home at Fifth and Monroe streets
 The territorial board of equalization hardly got settled down to business yesterday, though Captain E. A. Cut ter and Secretary W. F. Cooper ar rived on the delayed train from the east. The day was spent in getting ready for work. In fact, it was i'm possible to accomplish anything, as the returns from two of the counties, Gila and Coconino, had not been re- ceived.
 Messrs. Cox and Fleming, the gentle men who compiled the new Phoenix directory, have finished it's delivery The directory is the handsomest and most accurate and complete ever is sued in Phoenix. Messrs. Cox and Fleming will leave next week for Pres colt, where they are going to compile a gazetteer of Yavapai county. All who have done business with them here heartily commend them to the people of the north.
 The case of Myra Wilson, resident of the block. charged with an assault on Bessie Moore. another resident, was tried in Justice Johnstone's court yesterday afternoon. The defendant was acquitted for want of evidence. Among the witnesses was Prosper Bordone who was in the vicinity and heard the conversation preliminary to the alleged assault. MT. Bordone was an unwilling witness and his answers were evasive He admitted having heard the disturbance and the remarks of the two women. This was -what the court wanted to know. but MT. Bordcne barred further investigation of himself, saying that the talk was carried on in Irish, language which he had never learned.
 MT. and Mrs. D. M Barringer. who left here last October immediately af- ter their marriage on wedding tour embracing the globe, will return this morning. After a few days visit with Mrs. Barringer's parents, MT. and Mrs. Guy Bennett. they will take up their residence in Philadelphia. Their long journey was leisurely made Leaving San Francisco. they went to Honolulu, thence to Yokohama and Tokio. Visiting Hong Kong and cities on the Chinese coast, they went to Singapore and thence to Bombay. There they departed from the usual route of travellers by going to Dhargil and other places of interest in north ern India. Their journey took them