Arizona republican., 1898-05-10
LOCAL NEWS BRIEFS
Small Paragraphs of Gen.
 erol Local Interest.
News of Phoenix and Tributary Re- zion. The DoingS of People and Other Matters.

The territorial board of equalization will meet here about the middle o June.
 Mir w. A. Kimball of Mesa, repre- senting the promoters of the Globe wagon road, was in the city yesterday and employed William Waters to sur- vey the route.
 James Welch, inspector of customs at Buenos Ayres, is in town for g short time. He will likely leave to- day. Buenos Ayres is situated dirsct- ly south of Tucson about six miles this side of the line.
 Word was brought down from Nc Dowell on Sunday of the serious ill- ness of the wife of Jeff Adams, the well known cattleman. The disease is believed to be appendicitis. Dr Wylie left the same day for Mcdowell
 United States Attorney Morrison has received advices from Washington tc give notice to persons on the surveyed strip of sixty feet at Nogales to quit ninety days after service of notice United States Marshal Griffith has been advised by MT. Morrison.
 A woman phrenologist was on the street last night dividing time and at tention with the Salvation Army. Shs had the most enthusiastic, if not the largest audience. She felt the heads of many of her auditors and told them what walks of life they were best fitted to travel in.
 B. H. Winters has long believed in the future of Adams street and has demonstrated that belief by opening up a new stock of dry goods in his new building on that street between Center and First avenue. He proposes to stay with this location until Phoenix becomes the London of Arizona
 Ten carloads of hay were shipped to California yesterday by the way of the M. & P. For some time from now ou orders from the coast will require ship ments amounting 10 about fifteen car- loads daily, and the farmers of the valley are getting ready to ask fancy prices.
 B. J. Bonsall, the mining expert, accompanied Uncle Tom Holland on trip to inspect more mining prop critics of the latter in the region of Castle Creek hot springs. They left town Saturday with the intention of spending several days in thorough investigation.
 Fannie L. Porter yesterday began suit for divorce against her husband, Thadieus Porter, charging deseTtion and failure to suport. The parties were married in this county eight years ago. The plaintiff also prays for the custody of their child, Albert Porter, 6 years of age.
 Mr. Columbus Stewart and Miss Belle Shornick were married at Mesa last Sunday MT Stewart has for several years been a cattleman and a post trader on the Pima reserva- tion. His bride is successful south side school teacher. MT. and Mrs. Stewart left last night on a bridal tour embracing New York and other east ern cities.
 A man named Hammer was in po- lice court yesterday for vagrancy. He said in attenuation of his offense that he was a consumptive and that he had come from Yuma for a change of air. He had not received the benefit he had expected. The altitude was too great Recorder Jobs gave him twenty-foul hours within which to seek less al titudinous health resort.
 At the Baptist church on Sunday evening Rev. Dr. Halsey preached the second of series of patriotic sermons which will be continued through the month of May. If those to follow may be judged by that of last evening the citizens of Phoenix should throns the church to learn the true inward ness of patriotism from standpoint of religious teaching.
 Professor Eberhardt has resigned his position as musical director of the Pioneer band and his chair has beer filled by the selection uf Professor Peralta. A. c. Bowen, late clarionet1st has also severed all connections witt the band. The management has beer placed in the hands of Frank Coyle who has for years past so ably filled that difficult position.
 Do not forget the concert that is tt be rendered by the Philharmonic so ciety tonight under the auspices O the Friday Morning club for the ben eft of the proposed public library | The PhilharmOnics have therefor given several open rehearsals, bu this will be the first concert, and ther is no doubt that the audience will b more than repaid as well as assistin a very deserving cause.
 D. c. McDill, formerly manager o B. F. Kellner's ranch, and more latel connected with Kellner's store a Globe, arrived in town yesterday. H ] is the champion lion killer of Arizona 1 He left twenty-nine scalps with tn
 board of supervisors at Globe, on hi
 way to Phoenix. In the course of hi
 many scrimmages with lions he lost
 finger. He will leave on another hur
 tonight.
 | It is understood that there will be
 The Williams house at Maricopa wa
 only saved from destruction on Sur
 day by the prompt work of the volur
 teer bucket brigade A lamp in tt
 parlor stood too close to a woode