Arizona republican., 1890-07-15
LOCAL 7 BREvlTIES.

One drunk was added to Jailer Linsey's list last night.
 The militia company will hold meet ing this evening.
 The flour mill has closed down tor a week, after several months of steady work.
 Clouds in the eastern horizon indicate heavy rains about Tonto. Wet weather will soon be here.
 The dog poisoner is again at work. Several valuable canines have died during the last few days.
 Dave Balsz has contracted to deliver at the Colorado River Indian Agency, August l, 100 head of fat beeves.
 Dave Hardenburg has purchased of D. s. Balz band of fifty mares. The an nimals will be placed on the Square and-Compas" range near Reno moun- tain.
 The Phoenix base ball club held meeting last evening. The secretary was instructed to inform the Tucson club that Phoenix was ready to do battle at any time.
 The city authorities are at work upon the NOrth-side Center street ditch, with the intention to regrade the same. It will then be an efficient drain from Washington street to the waste ditch.
 The Board of Equalization, in its ses- sion yesterday, did some heavy raising. The water company was raised from an assessment of S20, ,000 to $35, 900 and the gas company from $l ,OOO to $S,0OO.
 The orange orchard of the Arizona Improvement Company, near the falls, IS prospering under careful cultivation. Many of the trees have young oranges upon them, but no crop of importance is expected until next season.
 By Sundays and Mondays trains of the MaricOpa and Phoenix Railroad came in four carloads of general merchandise, carload of honey cans, consigned to D. II. Burtls, for the MaricOpa County Bee keepers Association, and a car of soap and one of beer for Goldman X Co.
 From Superintendent Bradstreet it is learned that four concentrators will be started within few days, at the Phoenix mine. The additional ten stamps havo not yet been placed in position, but the work will be completed in about two weeks.
 Quite rise in the river is reported, caused by rains on Tonto Creek and the Upper Verde. A large head of muddy water IS now running in the Grand canal, delivered by the Cross-cut canal. It Is to be hoped that the rise may have some permanence.
 In the Recorders Court yesterday Bill kurtz paid 8 fine for fast driving on the streets, w. Dougherty and Frank Horton for drunken and dsOrderly con duct were sentenced to ten days in the city squad, and John Anderson, for plain drunk, Was given five days.
 Sec'y Knapp states that Insane Asy- lum Board IS now prepared to pay sal aries of employees for the month of April, and all claims against the Asy- lum Tor supplies, etc, for the months oi April and May.
 Oscar L. Gibbs recently received a letter from his brother in Iowa, in which was given the information that the thermometer at the time of writing was lO4 in the shade And this in the moist, oppressive climate of prohibition Iowa. Come out to Arizona and cool off.
 There was no sale yesterday of property delinquent on the special tax roll of District No. l. It was not the fault of Clerk Sweeney. He was ready and brought with him his eloquence and most persuasive wiles; but the public did not care to bid. The sale was laid over until today.
 A. k. Rosenthal, of the leather firm of Rosenberg & Co.,, New York, who has been in the city for several months, has succeeded in purchasing large number of hides for shipment east. He has them salted and repacked before ship ping. About 5000 pounds of dry hides were brought in Saturday for him from the cattle country above Wickenburg