Arizona republican., 1890-06-11
LOCAL BREvITIES.

New barley is selling readily at seventy-five cents per hundred.
 Sheriff Gray went to Maricopa yester- day morning and returned at noon in charge of an unwilling female witness in the Govro shooting case that comes up today.
 Supervisor flakes is in the city from Mesa. He states that the early grape crop is nearly ripe, ten days later than last years crop. No trouble has as yet been experienced by the vineyardists and bountiful harvest is expected.
 Constable Slankard yesterday after noon arrested Jesus A. Mendes, charged with having on May II stolen horse from another Mexican. The examina- ton will take place before Justice Sher- man this afternoon at 3 o'clock.
 There will be non-commissioned off cers' drill tonight for Company B, N. G. A., and full drill tomorrow night. It is understood that the militia boys intend to take hold of the Independence Day celebration and to make it grand suc- cess.
 Marshal Blankenship will have thirty men at work this morning on the cross cut ditch connecting the town with the Maricopa canal. 1t will take about ing which time the town will be without irrigating water.
 In the Probate Court today the will of George Marlow was filed for probate. Hearing of the same was set for June 2l. Ed. Marlow, the executor named 10 the will, applied for especial letters of administration, and the hearing of his petition was set for today at 10 q. m.
 Querrino Villanueva was arrested Monday and brought before Justice sherman, charged with abusing his wife. sentenced to twenty days in the County or four days, having completed twenty day sentence for the same oflense.
 The office of Territorial Commissioner of Immigration was yesterday turned over by Tom Parish to J. A. Black, the legal occupant. Quite bulky pile of pamphlets, records, etc., formed the property transferred. Commissioner Black left this morning for Tucson but expects to return in about week.
 On Monday Governor Wolhey for warded to Captain Lewis Johnson, at San Carlos, the sum of xl25, reward for the killing of two of Glenn Reynolds Apache murderers by troops under the Captains command. The reward offered by the Territory was s500 for the eight Apaches who escaped.
 The annual meeting of the Trustees O the Phoenix Fire Department was held last night. The Treasurer's books were looked through and accounts for the past year audited. The department finances are in a healthy condition, there being $lOO on hand. About s80 of this repre- sents the amount netted from the tour naInent last fall.
 The following officers have been elected by Phoenix Lodge, No. 5, A. 0. U. w.: D. F. Conroy, master workman; J. w. Blankenship, foreman; D. Bailey, overseer; D. II. Rothrock, re- corder; J. w. Crenshaw, fnancier; J. J. Sweeney, receiver; J. E. Boyd, guide; w. J. Righetti, inside watch man: J. K. Burnett. outside watchman.
 Mir. w. w. Hall to whom was let the mail route from Phoenix to Mcdowell has sublet the contract to A. Hunsaker. | Mir. Hall will devote his personnel atten- tion to the mail route he has secured | in the Eastern part of the Territory. The route to Mcdowell has been changed | to the old line via Tempe, Mesa and | Lehi. The service is daily except Sun days.