Arizona republican., 1898-06-29
NEWS BRIEFS
Small Paragraphs of Gen.
 erdl Local Interest.
News of PhOenix and Tributary Re. zion. The DOingS of PeOple and Other Matters.

There was born to Mr. and Mrs. C.
 D. Doris on Monday night son. | On Fourth of July morning in the great fire contests look out for "Cobb' S Terrors.''
 1 License to marry was issued yes- l terday to Roy Clayson and Florence Rodman, and to Raymundo Armento and Ysabel Lensey.
 Corporal Frederick Prediger, Com pany F, Eleventh infantry, now at Fort Apache, Arizona territory, is | transferred as private to Company D.
 Fifteenth infantry, at that post. Word was received in the city yes
 terday that Frank w. Rickenbaugh,
 has spent several winters in Phoenix. had lately died at Colorado Springs
 of spinal meningitis His home was at Toledo, o.
 | Charles J. Kimball and Ed Metcalf came to town yesterday from a three months journey in the hills On thsir
 way back they stopped at the Red
 Rover mine, where six men are em- ployed in development work 1 John M. Ran, a citizen of Phoenix and native of Germany, was yester | day admitted to citizenship in United States court. He came to this coun- l try while a minor His father died soon after and the son has been un- able to ascertain if he was naturalized. A motion for a new trial in the case | Of the United States against the Cop per Queen Consolidated company will be argued today before Judge Davis at Tucson. United States Attorney Morrison arrived from Prescott yes | terday morning and left for Tucson I last night.
 The s. F. P. & F. train due here a. 9:3O Monday night arrived about f o'clock yesterday morning. The yol-
 ume of the debris was greater than seemed at first, when it was thought that the track might be opened on
 Monday night It was cleared up
 last night so that the southbound
 train arrived at Phoenix on time.
 'Ten Nights in a Barroom" was played again at the park theater last
 night before good house. The com
 pany gives an excellent performance
 Of this favorite drama, and it deserves
 a big house tonight. The manage
 ment announced a social dance to be | given after the play tonight, which
 will be free to all who attend the per- formance.
 Dr. Clymer will today visit some Of the ladies of Phoenix regarding the 1 organization of a branch of the Red | Gross society. He has been in com munication with the head of the or ganization and has obtained authority
 to organize society. Il is not sup l posed that the ladies who become members will be called upon to go to the front during the present war, yet | there are many other things they may do in soliciting supplies by which | camp life will be rendered more pleas ant.
 The Republican yesterday mornin g contained description of the con- gestion of Adams street in the vicinity of First and Second with loads of wheat. The mills yesterday presented | the following interesting figures re- garding the days transaction at that | one market: There were 4,500 sacks of 135 pounds each, 607 800 pounds, or 303A tons. The average price was $1.25 sack. The business at Smiths mills was also very heavy Nearly all this wheat came from about eleven miles below the city.
 The other morning about o'clock a Mexican wandered around Capitol addition waiting to get married. At | one place he came near getting shot, having been mistaken for a burglar Finally he was able to explain his er- rand. He had not obtained a license | and not even secured the consent Of the woman he wanted to marry. lie explained that she was opposed to the match and he wanted to know if it was not within the province of the probate court or a committing magistrate to send out after her.
 Nothing was added yesterday to the stock of information regarding the al- leged shortage in the office of the city assessor and collector It was thought that Frank Meador, the ex- pert, acting for MT. Long and his bondsmen, might finish the work yes terday, but it will probably occupy all I of today. MT. Foster who made the original report upon the books of the collector, appeared at the city hall yes terday. presumably at the instance Of the council, and went over the ac- counts with MT. Meador. They will most likely agree upon a report to- night, showing what discrepancies ex- | ist.
 The adjourned meeting of the dem f ocratic county central committee was held at the assembly room of the city
 hall yesterday for the fixing of the
 date of the democratic primaries and county convention, the apportionment of delegates and for the transaction of
 such other business as might be
 brought before it without laying the
 committee liable to the law The
 meeting was a brief one for the
 weather was too hot for oratory. But
 then there were not many things that