Arizona republican., 1898-01-11

The free reading rooms, under the ! management of Mrs. Thomas Jen-
 nings, is gaining in public favor every day. Mrs. Jennings is untiring in her efforts.
 The open air concert, as given on Sunday by the Pioneer band, was as usual excellent. One lumber was omitted because of the light shower that came up.
 The supervisors of Maricopa county, among other routine duties yesterday,
 approved the bond of Mrs E. M. Mills
 for feeding the county prisoners, and
 also the notary bond of Walter J. Mo
 Cam.
 Editor George H. Kelly will return
 to Solomonville this evening after a
 stay of three days in the city. In a few weeks MT. Kelly's son, William, is
 to wed one of Graham county's at tractive teachers.
 John Lyons received returns on his samples yesterday, which were sent to the Fl Paso smelter about ten days ago. They show a net profit of $532O per ton and MT. Lyons feels very much encouraged about his property.
 On Thursday evening of this week Winfield Scott, D. D., we'll known as captain, chaplain and clergyman, will lecture at the Baptist church in this city on 'Recollections of Lively Life, or Cake Crumbs Gathered During Fifty Years"
 Aside from his vocal accomplish ments Recorder Jobs Is good thing for the city of Phoenix in financial way, for the quarterly report from his office, rendered to the supervisors yes terday, show his official receipts have been $1,S13.25.'
 Addresses were delivered by Col. William Herring and Judge w. H. Barnes of Tucson, Hon. R. E. Nor rison and Hon. T. W. Sullivan of Pres colt, Col. Jerry Millay, Judge Kibbey and others warmly endorsing Judge Street and condemning the action of the bondholders.
 The Los Angeles Times of the 7th inst tells of pleasant New Years party given by Mrs. William Melczer of this city to the boys of Nordhoff col lege on the yacht Fleetwing. MT. Melczer's eldest son is a student at Nordhoff, and it was in his honor that y Mrs. Melczer, who has been spending some time on the coast, will return to shortly accompanied by the | children of the family.
 United States Attorney Ellinwood | and his possible successor in office, R. | E. Morrison, who came down from !! Prescott Sunday evening, brought the news of $400 robbery at the Palace | saloon. It occurred at midnight and | was perpetrated by single individual heavily masked. There were only two | men in the house at the time bar lender and the faro dealer. With a gun at the head of each man the robber -ook all the cash in the house, leaving scant data as to his identity behind | him. Sheriff Ruffner thinks he is a safe cracker and highwayman, who has already served three terms in prison.
 pleasant spoken young man named | w. H. Killeby, who has been training horses at the corrals in this city for the last sixty days, went back to Cal lfornla last evening on the Southern | Pacific along with J. s. Bransford. the | sheriff of Plumas county. Sheriff | Bransford arrived here this morning | with extradition papers for Killeby | that were based upon an indictment | for assault with intent to murder, 1 found by the Plumas county grand | Jury in November. Killeby is accused | Of trying to shoot a man named Peter Lynch. Killebv ran saloon and one day drank too much of his own liquor. He was we'll liked and we'll behaved in 1 this city.