Arizona republican., 1898-01-20
GOSSIP OF GOTHAM.

New York, January 18-The Dangh- ters of the Revolution have ordered a bronze tablet to commerate the shsd- ding of the first blood for American independence, which took place in this city as early as 1766, on the co asion of the erection of the first Liberty Pole in the city hall square at the re- joicing- over the repeal of the stamp act.
 A woman who seeks dissolution of marital partnership raises the somewhat uncommon question of whether the fact that she was com pelled to pass most Of her married life in boarding houses constitutes cruelty. If the trial judge has ev5r been a victim of the average metre politan boarding house this woman's husband will soon be member Of the Alimony club.
 Chauncey M. Depew will summer at Newport. He has signed a lease for one of the Pinard cottages on Mar raganset avenue near the Cliffs, which he occupied last season NJ. Depew was handsomely entertained there by the four hundred last sea- son and he duly reciprocated, and the records show that he was one of New ports principal entertainers. MT. De- pew's decision to take the Newport cottage for the coming season means a great deal to Newport, and the real estate agents are jubilant, believing that others of the select circle will follow the famed representative of the Vanderbilts.
 Mayor Van Wyck has been only IS days in office, but he has not Cnly broken the record for the number of appointments, but has added to the other achieve ment the sending into the municipal council a veto of the resolution making a gift for an unlim- ited period of the old hall of records to the National Historical museum. The mayor does not object to the i'd a of historical museum, and express ly says he does not intend to reflect on it's management. But he does ob- ject to parting with public property for an unlimited period in this way. Moreover, he says, the resolution in wolves a departure from custom which has long obtained of using the buildings in the city hall park solely for municipal administrative purposes.
 The Martin Thorn trial has had a queer aftermarth. All the jurors were summoned to court to tell how much wine, liquors and cigars they had consumed while serving the coun ty The hotel where they were kept during the trial has presented a bill for S336 worth of wine and $23S Of cigars. Not only do the Queens county supervisors want to learn whether this bill is just and reason able, but Thorn's lawyer wants to show that the consumption of SO much liquor incapacitated the jurors from rendering an intelligent verdict. The foreman testified that no wine had been drunk, and that s356 is an ex- orbitant charge for the moderate sumed The ho,el will have difficul- ty in establishing it's claim.
 Julia Marlowe displayed her pres ence of mind during the performance of her new play, "Valeska,' last night. act Miss Marlowe, as Countess Vales- ka, was standing beside Bass:tt Roe. who was enacting the part of hsr lover The latter was seated at a table, his head thrown back. His hair came in contact with alighted candle and caught fire. A lit blsze sprang up in an instant and several persons in the audience cried out in horror. Miss Marlowe quickly pres ed her hand over the blazing hair, ex tinguishing the flame What disploy ed her nerve and ability was the fact that she did not permit the incident to disturb the action of the scene a mo- ment. In fact, the expression of her face never changed, and what might have destroyed a great situation was speedily forgotten.
 RUNNING IN DEBT.
 I was somewhat amused and in structed by a little incident which occurred a few weeks ago. My vil- lage grocer had just got in a case of