Arizona republican., 1898-07-15
LOCAL NEWS BRIEFS
Small Paragraphs of Gen.
 eraI Local Interest.
News of PhOxnix and Tributary Re- zion. The DOingS of People and Other Matters.

The temperature toned down and grew respectable and worth living in again yesterday.
 County Superintendent Grouse was notified yesterday that school district No. 50, lately formed between Mesa and Tempe, had $1 300 bonds for build ing new school house.
 The county board of equalization will likely finish the tax roll today. After that an invitation will be ex- tended to taxpayers to come in and say how they like the work.
 Miss Floy Kurtz, secretary of the Red Cross society, has resigned on ac- count of an intended visit to the coast and Miss Kathryn Dyar has been ap- pointed to fill the vacancy.
 D. N. Brown, superintendent of the Garcia mine, has resigned on account of i'll health and has gone to his home in the east. s. R. Break, managing director, will assume the superinten- dency.
 John Mullen of Wickenburg died there on Wednesday. A telegram an- nouncing his death was received by Undertaken W. A. Davis yesterday and o. c. Parker was sent up to embalm the body preparatory to sending it to Chicago. Mullen spent last winter in Phoenix.
 Phil G. Hiddleson, for some time ed itor of the Gazette, has severed his relations with that paper and will leave next week for New Orleans. During MT. Hiddleson's brief residence in Phoenix he has made many friends and proved himself to be a good news local field by E. P. Grindell.
 A meeting of the engine company was held at the engine. house last night. In honor of the late election of Herman Stuhr, John Ege, George Buxton and A. J. Bradley to member ship, the boys gave lunch of beer and sandwiches last night The engine company is distinguished for it's good fellowship. In the midst of the dis sensions which usually rise in volun- teer fire organizations the engine com pany pursues its undivided way.
 Governor McCord yesterday received a reply from the secrctary of war ask ing permission to raise two more companies of volunteers in this ter ritory or if that could not be allowed, to raise two independent companies. The secretary replied saying that neither request could be granted, as Arizona had already contributed it's full share. Some one in New Mexico yesterday sent the governor a hand some pair of shoulder straps with the golden eagles of a colonel. The gift was unaccompanied by a message of any sort.
 Mrs. W. T. Blythe, wife of Section Director Blythe of the U. S. weather bureau, gave a luncheon on July B at her summer residence on Central av- enue. in honor of Miss Cora Brill and Miss BesS Dawson The menu was very elaborate and the guests departed with pleasant recollections of the hos pitality of the genial hostess. Among those present were: Mrs. Judge Nor man Lackland, Mrs. F. Brill, Mrs. A. J. Kilroy. Mrs. William E. Thomas, Mrs. William G. Burns, Mrs. Blythe. Miss Marguerite Burns. Miss Brill, Miss Dawson.
 At the regular meeting of B con- pany, N. G. A., last night an election was held to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Captain Lamson to join the volunteers. First Lieuten- ant O. J. Omstead was elected to the captaincy. Second Lieutenant Charles Seimens was made first lieutenant. and J. F. Elwell was raised to the second lieutenancy. B company is engaged in the arrangement of an ex- cursion to Whipple Barracks. It may take place next Sunday, though the date of it will be determined by the departure of the volunteers, the time for which has not yet been announced.
 Amid all the clamor that has been going on in Phoenix for internal rev. enue stamps nobody has thought to apply to Captain W. A. Hancock. who has an assortment of them. and the only assortment in town, though Wells Fargo & Co. have a large supply of 2s. Captain Hancock is not a de- pository, either. His stamps were is sued during the war of the rebellion. They are kept as souvenirs. They would answer every purpose Of the stamps under the present war revenue law. County Recorder Sheridan has sent to Santa Fe for enough stamps to cover all transactions in his office since the law went into effect.
 The celebration of the Fourth at Santa Monica this year was unique. It attracted many prominent people from Los Angeles, although Los An geles itself had made 9 great effort to appropriately celebrate the day Among the prominent men on the plat form (which was arranged under the trees in the park overlooking the
 broad Pacific) were Mayor Robert F.
 Jones, president of the day; B. P. Clark, manager of the Los Angeles and Santa Monica electric railway; H. D. Hayes, cashier of the Orange Grow
 CTS bank, Riverside; the Hon. MT. Purcell of the Los Angeles Times; D.