Arizona republican., 1900-10-16

CLUB DANCE. The social season will be opened Thursday evening with
 a dance a the Maricopa club Bi- weekly hops will follow the initial af- fair.
 WATER STORAGE COMMITTEE The general committee on water istor- age will hold a meeting this morning
 at 10 o'clock in the rooms of the board of trade.
 BOUGHT OSTRICHES. - While
 here yesterday the Ringing Brothers
 bought three ostriches from the farm west of the city. They will ship the
 big birds to Deming, where they will
 be put into the menagerie of the circus when it goes to that place from Fl Paso.
 MEETINGS POSTPONED.-Th reg ular meeting of the board of trade which was to be held tonight has been postponed until next Tuesday evening al s o'clock. The meeting of the car, nival association scheduled for last evening was deferred until Wednesday evening.
 RAIN ALONG NEW RIVER. - Ranches from along the New River and the Agua Fria state that heavy and steady rains fell all through that country Friday night and Saturday morning. MT. w. ". Cook came down Sunday from his ranch and says that the downfall was of much benefit and more moisture is in sight.
 ORPHEUS CLUB. The latter part of the week the Orpheus club will hold its first meeting of the season and prepare for the winters work. The Orpheus club is the principal musical organization of the city and has done much for the good of the art in Phoe- nix. During the winter 1t is intended to give several concerts.
 LEAVES FOR WASHINGTON.- MT. George Renkert. who has been in charge of the Ardath Mining com pany's properties near Wickenburg for the last two years. is in the city. He says he has been ordered to Washing ton to look after some properties there for the same company. he having been in their employ for the last seventeen years.
 CATFISH GROW FAST. The cat fish which Were placed in the Salt river last spring have thrived there. Few of those placed there were more than seven or eight inches long, but some have been caught recently which were q foot in length, and m Indian fisher man few days ago, in pool near the St. Johns dam, caught one which weighed nearly three pounds.
 A BOY INJURED. Thomas Elan niSan, Jr., the 5-year-old son of District AttprnaN- ,,, q vegetable wagon yesterday morning near the family residence, and sud- den start of the horses threw him be- tween the wheel and the wagon, dislo- eating one of his legs at the knee joint. T. was set by a physician and the boy is resting comfortably. He was not otherwise hurt.
 WATERS WE'RE SCARCE. As q result of the many visitors in the city yesterday tho restaurants were in preGicament. It was not possible to obtain q sufficient number of eXperi- enced walters and t'.ere was consider able difficulty in serving the crowds in the eating I.ouses. According to restaurant proprietor it is very hard to secure good walters, notwithstand- ing the fact that salaries of $lO and SIP per week are paid.
 A 'POSSUM DINNER The opOs- sum is an animal not to be found in Arizona. at least in this portion of the territory, and as a consequence local colored people, who by nature love the 'pOssum better than anything else in the edible line, have suffered from lack of it. An importation of pos sums has long been under discussion, and few days ago a number of prom inent colored men got together and ar ranged to send to Arkansas, where the 'possum meat grows juiciest, and