Arizona republican., 1902-06-17
News ef Y the

Il NEW 1OLICtMA Gnll- lips was sworn in yesterday by the city recorder as a special fire police man for Victor Hose company.
 SUNDAY SCHOOL SOCIAL.-There will be a Sunday school ice cream so- cial on Thursday night at the Isaac school house. Everybody invited.
 WI. MURPHY HOME.-W. J. Mur- phy returned home yesterday from Washington. where he has been look ing after statehood and other matters of interest to Arizona.
 PRESENTATION-The members oi the Curtiss Comedy company orchestra presented Nr Harry Elting, the press agent of the company, with d beautiful gold badge as a birthday gift. MT E.lting is a member of Prescott lodge o1 Eagles.
 A LITTLE FIRE.-There was d fire yesterday morning in little wooden structure in block Il. The department responded promptly and the fire was eXtinguished with but small loss. It is supposed to have started from a cock stove, no one being in the room at the time.
 EPWORTH LEAGUE SOCIAL.-At the home of Dr. and Mrs. Geo. B Pratt. north Second street. this even ing. there will be held a moonlight so- cial under the auspices of the EpWorth League of the First NJ. E. church. All are invited to come and enjoy d pleas ant evening with the league
 LOVEA TWELVE DAYS. - Lovea who served five days in the city jail was tried yesterday for fighting. across the river. and putting a new appear ance on the countenance Of Pasqual the Papago that gave him the li- quoI. He was sent to jail for twelve days.
 A WEEK OF WEDDIEGS.-If Pro bate Judge Langston ana C. NJ. Zandel clerk of the probate court. had not re- turned just when they did from the grand lodge of the Knights of Pythias at Williams Judge Lysander Cassidy would have had this community mar ried of- He was in office four days and in that time he issued as many wedding licenses as the regularly con- stituted authorities had issued in as many weeks. The iproads he made upon the single element were frightful and can never be repaired except b. the divorce court. It is suspected that he made a cut rate not authorized bN law or else offered a prize with eacf license.
 HE TOUCHED HIM-John Casey Cn Saturday night was bothered con- siderably by John Doe, who was a lit tie the worse for liquor. Casey finally threw out his hand and John Doe fel down. Casey was told to appear il police court, and yesterday his eXamin- atio1 was set for the 11th. he being dismissed on his own recognizance. | THREE DRUNKE-There were three sleeping drunks on the list for trial ir police court yesterday. Diego Castena- do was picked up by Officer Porter anc Miguel Nunez by Officer Lawrence
 Each was fined s5. Theodore Gotta Wa: i the third one. arrested by Mr. Law renee. He put up four dollars cash fol ! his appearance. rather for his ncn-ap- i pearance, for the bail was forfeited.
 IT IS A LAW NOW.-The secretary
 of the water storage commission yes
 terray received a message from Hon
 Marcus A. Smith. informing him tha the president had signed the act of con l | first territorial legislature. authorizing | MaricCp6 county to appropriate 80. .G0 | in two years for water storage. Thi' l will probably dispose of the contention of C. Rodney Mcdonald. that the law 1 is invalid, and that the board of su | pervisors ought to be made to pa! | back the money authorized to be spen
 under it. Mir. Mcdonald may. howeV CT, go on with the suit, for it has hap pened that even acts Of congress hay, | from time to time been found to be in i valid by the supreme court of the Unit i ed States. It will cost some body mon i cy to get the case there. though. an, | MT. Mcdonald is already in about g | for costs.
 l WATSON HELD-Grant Watson
 who was lately arrested for the thef
 of three horses. had his preliminary eX
 animation in Justice Burnett'S cour
 yesterday. The examination was be gun on Saturday, but was continue, | for want of witnesses. It waS no much of an examination for there wa
 no defense and Watson was held to tn
 grand jury ill the sum of SJ0G. Jos