Arizona republican., 1898-08-07
LOCAL NEWS BRIEFS
Small Paragraphs of Gen.
 erd1 Local Interest.
News of Phoenix and Tributarv Re- zion. The DOingS of People and Other Matters.

The train from the north did not get in until ? o'clock this morning, having been held at Ash Fork five hours for the westbound Santa Fe Pa cific express.
 The meeting of the executive com mittee of the republican county central committee intended to be held yester- day afternoon, was postponed on ac- count of the absence from the city Of so many members that a quorum was not available. The meeting will like ly take place tomorrow.
 Services at the First Nj E. church today as follows: Sunday school, 9:45 a. m.; preaching service, II a. m. Rev. MT. Goodman of the southern H. linois conference w1n preach. Ep- worth League at ' p. m; union ser vices at p. m., near the Presbyterian church. Dr Pratt will preach. George A. Olney of Solomonville, who with his family is stopping at Terminal island, took run up to Los Angeles the other day and was one of Judge Streets party. George says it is too quiet for him at Terminal and he likes to get into Los Angeles every few days to visit with the ter
 ritory boys
 Articles Of incorporation of the T.
 D. Irvine company were filed in the office of the county recorder yester- day. The incorporators are T. E. IT, vine, W. K. James and Mrs M G. Wood. The capital stock is s10,OOO, divided into 100 shares. The object Of the incorporation is to engage in the sale of books and stationery.
 The eases of the prostitutes, Bessie Moore, for assault with intent to com init murder. and Myra Wilson for as sauit, were continued until next Tues day because the Wilson woman sent
 word that ner physical condition would not permit her to appear. Other persons said that it was no doubt true, for she was boiling drunk the night before.
 The Whipple Barracks excursion train went out at 7:30 yesterday
 morning with 525 passengers. The train consisted of six coaches and all were filed. It was supposed that the withdrawal of so many people would make the town dull. But there seemed to be as many people OF the streets as ever and merchants and restaurant keepers said their Saturday trade was better than it had been for weeks.
 A new and nice looking fence around the Central school building has been completed. It is not fragile affair. but is warranted to resist the assaults of the destructive youth who congre- gate at the school house The posts are strong and well set in the ground They have been sanded, giving them an appearance of hewn stone. They are connected by two and a half inch iron pipe, which has been painted q shining black
 Frank Cox of this city is again al the Hollenbeck, Los Angeles, after z delightful stay of several weeks at Catalina. Frank is a great admirer of Roosevelt's Rough Riders," and the other night at the Hollenbeck to group of this admirers said. ''Gentlemen, it was too bad that con ditions were such that our boys did not have their mounts with them at Fl Caney, for if they had, nothing on earth would have prevented them from riding pell-mell into the town of San tiago''
 A special civil service examination for postOffice clerks and carriers was held in the district court room yes terday by E. E. Walden and Assistant Examiner Frank M. Hewings. Applicants for the postoffice clerks examination were Claire Frazier, Jessie Frazier, Homer P Reynolds, Winifred c. Deister, Lloyd B. Damron, Willis F. Sans, Sewall T. Atherton, Osborne G. Buchanan, Matt R. Lcring, William R. Price, Floyd A. Stroud For car riers, J. W. Bolton, William Heilman, Frank J. Cox. There were three other applicants who failed to appear. The regular civil service examination will be held between October 1 and 15. Ap- plications will be received until September l.
 Barry Curston, one of the earliest Phoenicians attracted by stories of the klondyke, returned yesterday. He said he met most of the Phoenix peo- pie who have gone there and all are hoping and praying that they may get away before winter. There is a great deal of suffering there and a prospect of much more. MT. Curston says that while there are few rich claims they are so scarce that one does not stand one chance in ten thousand Of striking one. The country, he says, is good for neither rich nor poor man. Wages have fallen because of the focking in of so many men from all parts of the world. A year ago carpenters got $15 a day. The pay is now $6, starvation rate taking into account the cost of living. The Klondyke craze will probably come to an end this season.
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