Arizona republican., 1890-08-22
LOCAL BRENITIES.

The cases of the Chinese opium smokers have been continued until this morning.
 Asa clark horse" for Sheriff, Pierre Minor may loom up before the Demo- cratic convention.
 J. T. Priest, of Tempe, left this morn ing with a wagon load of fruit for Pres cott's consumption.
 Pedro Sanchez was arrested yesterday by the Marshal, charged with plain drunk and disorderly.
 R. G. Andre has, within the last few days, sold sixteen of his heaviest stock saddles to the visiting Tonto Basin cat tlemen.
 Twenty-Five laborers left the city yes terday by wagon, to work on the ditch of the Iavapai Mining Company, on Hum bug Creek.
 The Board of Supervisors yesterday, allowed the Gd,ette Company Sl63.45 for printing and Mrs. Drew $2l for the board of an indigent.
 There is a man at the County Hospital who ordered his burial clothes over a year ago, but who is now quite a long way from the danger of decease.
 Those wishing reduction of taxes should not delay seeing the Board of Equalization, as that honorable body will adjourn its session tomorrow.
 A heavy rain commenced falling in this city yesterday at 4 D. m, and con tinued for several hours. It was accom- panied by quite display of heavenly pyrotechnics, several of the lightning hnltC Fl n tlXv
 Henry Williamson is back from Flor ence with his running horses. One of them went lame, and the other, "Stumb- ling Dick" ran mile dash with the well known little mare, Mandy D." He is said to have won the race, but, somehow, not the money.
 A. T. Marsh and Engineer F. P. Trott left yesterday for weeks survey of the route of the new Castle Creek road. Mir. TrOtt will report to the Citizens Com mittee on his return, the probable cost of the road over the most advantageous route.
 Dunbar X Co.,, who have a bond on the Juniper Mine, in the Yarnell and Edgar groupe, are actively pushing develop ment. A tunnel is now being run into the ledge. A distance of ninety feet has been run and the tunnel win be con tinued to the length of l50 feet. The ledge is stronger and the ore richer the farther it is penetrated.
 John Melander, known all over the Territory as "Take It Easy" was brought to the County Hospital yester- day, suffering from a broken leg, the left femur being badly fractured a few inches above the knee. The accident resulted from being thrown from a wagon, while coming into town from Roberts ranch yesterday morning.
 A stroke of last evenings lightning hit the electric light wire near the Company's works about 7 o'clock. The switch board wires were instantly de- stroyed, burned out by the intensity of the electric force, and the town was plunged in darkness. The electricians at once!went to work with a will and in about half hour had the line in good order and all lights burning brightly.
 NJ. II. CaldewoOd and John Elders returned yesterday from an exploration of the deserts west of Phoenix, in search of a shorter and easier route to the Harqua Halas than the one now com monly traversed. They tracked out two routes, either of which is feasible, find ing, by means of an odometer, the dis tance by the shorter route to be only eighty miles. An effort will no doubt be made to lay out a new highway to the bonanzas.
 Cattle are finding ready sale in the valley at present. G. T. Peter has sold to Bart X Creswell l50 head of feeding steers and dry COWS; E. T. Mills to Sam Webb, sixty head of mixed cattle Cline Brothers to Goldman X Company, l20 head of steers, and to E. J. Edwards, ninety head. The prices brought are un- derstood to range about $l .65 per hun dred, the cattle averaging rather light in weight. They were all from the lower Tonto Creek range.
 The will of John c. Eglof was yester- day filed in the office of the Probate Judge. It bequeaths his property, con sisting of ranch north of Wickenburg and a number of stock cattle and horses, to his wife, Eliza, excepting only several horses and COWS, which are devised to his sons. Eliza Egloff is named as ex- ecutrix, to serve without bond. De- ceased passed away of lingering con sumption, on August 12. He was an old-timer in the Territory latterly hay. ing been employed at Wickenburg in the store of E. o. Grant x Co.