Arizona republican., 1908-10-08
OF LOCAL INTEREST

MIR. BICKNELL HERE-M O..
 Bicknell of Tucson, assistant general freight and passenger agent of the
 Southern Pacific, spent yesterday in Phoenix.
 A PIANO DEALER.-R. s. Rich, secretary of the McPhai Piano com pany of Boston, spent yesterday in Phoenix making arrangements with the Hamilton brothers for handling his line of instruments.
 CHILD STUDY CIRcLE-There will be 6 meeting of the members of the Child Study Circle of the Central
 school in the Central building at 3:30 o'clock this afternoon. IL is requested that there be a full attendaneS SOUTHSlDER IN TOWN-D. S. Lewis of Mesa City, who went int, the breeding of fine cattle last spring on an extensive scale, was a Phoenix visitor yesterday. He says the cat tie business is prospering both in the valley and on the ranges.
 IN OLD MEXIco-R. H. Greene yesterday received a post card from J. s Griffin announcing the safe ar rival of the families of himself and Dr. Ancil Martin to the place of writing, a little town half way be- tween Fl Paso and the City of Mex icO.
 A MISSING SOMA letter has been received at this office from Mrs. A. J. Miller of 1919 Houston Ave, Houston, Texas. making inquiry re- garding her son, R. T. Miller, who left home three years ago. She has not heard of him for two years and he was then in this country.
 DR. STONE COMING HOME Word has been received from Dr. H H. Stone saying that he will arrive at home tomorrow morning and that Palm Lodge will be opened by Octo- Der 12. The doctor is bringing with him a six-cylinder motor car. a road ster capable of making seventy miles an hour. It is a four seated vehicle and very comfortable.
 IN FAMILIAR SURROUNDINGS Garrett Schuler, who returned here about a week ago, is again seen in the familiar surroundings of the clerks desk at the Hotel Adams He spent the summer at Asbury Park and at the close of the season went LO NtN lolh lDl d lew udA Ss llltllGt home again. He will be here about two months, then go to Pasadena and resume the winter position he has held there for several years with the Hotel Green.
 LOST BICYCLES REcOVERED-' Two more claimants at the livery of Marshal Moore are needed to clear the stalls of strayed bicycles that have come into the local officials possession during the past week. For the past few weeks Marshal Moore has picked up a dozen or more wheels which in some manner or another strayed from their rightful owners. Claimants came thick and fast until the garage is fast being thinned out. Two more wheels remain. Who is minus a "bike?"
 A FRAMDAHAuLESS FIRE. - A fire scare was caused in the neighbOr- hood of the Garden City restaurant on East Washington street about S o'clock last night when clouds of smoke began to roll from the doors and windows of the restaurant The cry of fire" by someone in the rear of the building set the patrons of the place in a state of Quickly they made for the doors. An alarm was sent into the fire department The company re- sponded. but were not obliged to throw any water as the smoke had cleared and there was no sign of a fire on their arrival The proprietor of the restau- rant attributes the cause of the excite ment to a defective chimney which forced the smoke back into the build ing