Arizona republican., 1898-08-08
NEWS BRIEFS
Small Paragraphs of Gen.
 eroI Local Interest.
News of phOenix and Tributary Re. zion. The DOin0s of People and Other Matters.

MT. R. H. Burmister of Prescott ar rived in the city last night and is at the Hotel Adams.
 James Mccarthy, the blacksmith who left here for Dawson City last spring, is now at San Francisco on his way home He will arrlve here to- morrow.
 The train from the ncrth arrived last night about three hours late. The Pioneer band and many excursionists who could not afford the time to stay longer returned from Prescott.
 The remains of Professor E. L. Stor- ment, who died at Tempe on Sunday his former home, Salem, H., by the way of the Santa Fe. The body was accompanied by the widow.
 Judge Webster Street, who has taken a house in Los Angeles for the summer, can be found around the Hollenbeck any day, and lately was one of a party of Arizonians who formed stag party for the island. They returned on Saturday morning.
 MT J. R. Sroufe and C. K Clarke of Tucson spent yesterday in the city. MT. Sroufe is chief engineer of the Southern Pacific, with headquarters at Tucson. MT. Clarke was for a long time connected with the Mammoth Mining company. Both gentlemen re- turned to Tucson last night.
 A complaint of robbery came up from the block yesterday morning. It occurred in Minnie Powers field of the county sin farm. "Cockney," otherwise known as William Belcher, was on watch in the saloon or was supposed to be. But between winks somebody hit the cash box for all it was worth, $8.
 People realized yesterday evening for the first time how important feature the Pioneer band concerts had grown to be of Sunday night life in Phoenix Those who did not go away on the excursion gathered at the plazas the same as if the band were
 going to play, and went home oisap- pointed. Yesterday was the first Sun day the town has been without con- cert within year and half. | There was the usual daily disorder
 at the "block" yesterday, only that it was little more marked than usual
 There were several fights, the most serious of which was a four cornerec affair at the place of Cora Gervais The fighters made a rough house out of it, but it was that before. The fur niture was wrecked and the pro- prietress found it necessary to close the place. One of the combatants, whose name is not known, was pretty badly hurt
 A team of horses hitched to the dead wagon of ". A Davis undertaking es- Itablishment ran away from in front Of that place of business last night The wagon was empty and had been sen, from the stables by a mistake, wagon having been ordered for tho Phoenix Undertaking company. The horses ran to the corner of Washing ton and Center streets, where the lines became entangled in a wheel The horses were pulled to one side. There was a total collapse of the wagon, which was broken in two, one part be- ing piled upon the other
 Pedro G. de la Lama editor of Fl Democrat, evidently believes that the system of justice prevailing in this part of the country is not without it's faults. He has agitated the organiza tion of what is called the Mexican Protective association and in the last 1 issue of Fl Democratic urges all Mex | jeans to hasten and join it. The ob- | ject of the association is said to be to secure justice to persons of Mexican blood. If this cannot be obtained 1 through the courts, then the associa- | tion must devise another way. There must be justice at all hazards and at whatever eXpenee
 David Turner, gardener at the court
 house plaza. yesterday received let ter from his wife, who is visiting in San Francisco, informing him that he was lately almost made a widower Mrs. ! Turner was riding oD an electric car when a collision occurred The car in which Mrs. Turner rode was left a total wreck and many of the passen- gers were injured some seriously Mrs ! Turner was hurt, but not dangerously i The street car company, she wrote
 was atoning as far as possible for the
 costly carelessness of it's employees
 They were paying the doctors bills
 of the injured and were otherwise
 making themselves as agreeable as
 possible.
 The Republican some time ago made
 mention of nest egg which mad been
 matched out at the home of Mrs. w. K.
 James, purely by the genial rays of an Arizona sun. The sun was all right
 as an incubator, but the little chicken
 was left without maternal care. This
 was supplied by MT. James little
 daughter Marguerite, and the chick
 is getting along as we'll as if it had
 a feathered mother The relations
 between the little girl and the chick prove that the habits of young birds are instinctive. For instance. from
 the start the little girl would .'cluck,