Arizona republican., 1900-12-24
NEWS
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 TOWN

THE BISHOP PREACHED.-Bisho Kendrick occupied the pulpit at the Episcopal church. yesterday morning. ] WATER STORAGE MEETING.-The general committee on water storage will hold its regular meeting this morn i ing at 10 o'clock, instead of on Tuesday. | EXPECT A HARD GAME.-The Monarch football team is practicing i daily for its Christmas game with the second eleven of the Indian school | Lyman Bennitt of the Orchard Lake academy team will play with the Mon archs. The team has been strengthened | in various places and they expect to defeat the red men.
 1 TAKE DOWN THE SIGN.-Some- one, whoever the person in authority may be, should at once take down the minaret in front of Little Egypts late temple on the midway. It sticks out over the sidewalk like a standing in- vitation and abstracts the attention of lots of reasonably good men, who have business they should be looking after.
 GETTING SPRING GOODS.-Some of the local merchants are already be- ginning to get in their spring goods.
 
 dealer, yesterday, the seasonab!e goods come earlier. Five years ago we never received our spring goods until March, but now we will have good sized supply in by February 1st.
 GAME THINNED OUT- Compara- lively few ducks and geese can now be found along the river within ten miles of Phoenix. Old hunters state that the ducks are plentiful further down the river, about twenty or thirty miles, but only come up the river after dark and spend the night feeding in the fields, returning down stream early in the morning.
 TRADE WAS LIGHT.-Many local merchants state that this years holi- day trade has not been nearly up to eX- pectations, or equal to that of last year. Some of them attribute this condition to the lack of water during the sum mer, and others state that the carnival was responsible for a decrease in sales, many prospective buyers postponing their purchases until too late.
 INDIAN SCHOOL ENTERTAIN MENT.-Those who hold to the opinion that the education of the native Amer ican is hopeless task, as well as all others who take pleasure in a nice Christmas entertainment, should visit the Indian school on Tuesday evening. The students will give a Christmas contata called Santa Claus on Time" There will be about twenty different characters besides the choruses and jolly boys, etc. The students have won many compliments heretofore for their school entertainments, and each sue ceeding exhibition is better than the preceding one. The public is cordially invited to attend and the entertain ment has been set for Tuesday night to avoid conflict with the festivities of Christmas Eve.
 FELL FROM A STREET CAR Harry Ross, a boy about twelve years old. who lives at 1909 West Adams street had a narrow escape yesterday afternoon. He was returning from the park on a street car with two compan- ions after the steer tying contest, and a short distance east of Seventh street the boys tried to get off while the car was in motion. His two companions landed safely, but Harry, who was near the front end of the trail car slipped
  in full view of those on the car, but his head was concealed by the foot board and it was feared that it was under the wheel, especially as his body rolled along for some distance with the car. It transpired, however, that his head was caught on brace of the foot-board. As soon as the car could be stopped the passengers went back to the injured boy and Dr. w. w. Foss, who chanced to be nearby, gave him medical attention. He was first taken into nearby residence and later to his home. His head was badly bruised and his face skinned up, but no bones were broken and the thing greatest to be feared is the shock to the brain. However, the indications were good last night, and it is believed he will be out in a few days.