Arizona republican., 1899-12-26

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 Precipitation .... ...O State of weather Clear. Pt cloudy. WAITING TELEGRAMS-Th West ern Union Telegraph company has waiting telegrams for: Mir. P c. Kringle, Lee Hunter, Mrs. Vane Emer- son, May Baker, J. L. Hoag and Mrs. Louis V. Clark.
 A CHRISTMAS DANCE.-There was jolly dance at Moss hall last night i While the building would not accom- modate as many people as expect to visit the Paris exposition next year, it was surprising how many could get into it and have a good time.
 THE EPWORTH LEAGUE. - The newly elected cabinet of the Epworth | league of the First M. E. church will meet this evening at the residence of [ C. T. Hirst on North Seventh avenue for the purpose of appointing the com mittees for the ensuing year.
 STROUD-BOGARD - MT. R. R. Stroud and Miss Rosella Bogard were married last night at Tempe by the
  The bride lived at Mesa. The groom is an old resident of the valley and is at present the zanjero of the Grand canal.
 FOURTH OF JULY WEATHER MT. Craig Miller, the new tenor of the First M. E. church, said yesterday: This is no sort of weather for Christ mas.; it might be all right for Fourth of July. MT. Miller is a late arrival from the state of Iowa where they eel ebrate Christmas in the winter time.
 PRISONERS NOT FORGOTTEN The prisoners in the county jail were not forgotten yesterday. "Old Cora nation" rang through the corridors of the building. That preceded a distri- button of packages of apples, oranges, nuts and candies among the prisoners, gifts of the W. c. T. U. In the after noon a delegation from the Salvation army visited the jail bringing more good things.
 EXCHANGE OF ORANGES.-A few days ago a gentleman, who is now in the citys called on A. E. Hinton and ordered a box of oranges sent to a friend in the heart of the orange grow ing district of California. He said he had just received a box from his friend who seemed to be unaware that while Phoenix is not the center of the larg- est orange growing district in the United States, it is the shipping point of the best oranges in the world.
 MAY PARDON CASSI. With the appointment of General Leonard Wood to the governorship of Cuba, the hope is being entertained by the late mem of fta n Cassi, the noted bugler, who is serving a life sentence in a Cuban prison for having killed a native of the island, may now stand an excellent chance of securing a pardon. It is generally felt that Cassi was in measure justi- fled in his action, the circumstances being somewhat unusual. He is known personally to General Wood and it is believed that the exercise of executive clemency is justifable and entirely pardonable.
 THE SECOND STROKE-While MT. and Mrs. Frank Scofeld were attending the Christmas exercises at the Pres byterian church, last Friday night, someone stole the cloak and hat of their little daughter from among a couple of hundred other hats and cloaks. Coming, as it did, so soon after the theft of S210 from a hat in Mir. Scofields show window in carnival week, the incident tended to convince Mir. Scofeld of the unrealiability of the saying that lightning never strikes in the same place twice. It was charged, MT. Scofield said, that the bills stolen from the hat were not genuine but imi- tations. The same thing cannot be said of the cloak and hat.
 ELEVEN CREASE SPOTS.-The In dian school eleven left only eleven grease spots of the Tucson team in the game at Tucson yesterday morning, by a score of B to 0. No such foot ball figures had previously been reported to this office, and perahps no other office in the United States during the pres ent fiscal foot ball year. The VictOrs will have a different kind of a game when they meet their brethren from Carlisle. who will be here some time this week. The exact date of their ar rival is now known, but Superintendent McCowan of the Indian school is ex- pecting a letter this morning informing him.
 PHOENIX'S COMING VISITORS A telegram was received from Governor Murphy at Santa Fe yesterday. The governor is accompanied by Senator Shoup. Representative Hall and Hon. Ringer Hermann, commissioner of the general land office. He was unable to say. just when the party will reach Phoenix, but certainly not earlier than tonight. It was proposed by some of the members of the board of trade on receipt of the governors telegram to arrange q reception and banquet for the visitors. President Adams of the board was seen last night. He said that nothing could be done yesterday