Arizona republican., 1890-07-12
LOCAL BREvITIES.

Travel on the Prescott stages is very good at present.
 The directors of the Fair Association meet this evening.
 Dr. Chandler has returned from trip to his Mesa ranch property.
 Goldberg's new show windows are quite an addition to the store.
 NJ. w. Kales left by yesterdays train for his home in Oakland, Cal.
 Mrs. M. H. sherman and family left yesterday on trip to California.
 John s. Armstrong returned yester- day to Tempe from visit to his old Vir- ginia home.
 II. H. Wharton returned from Denver by yesterdays train, and is registered at the Mills House.
 The Knights of Pythias have post poned their installation of officers until next Tuesday evening.
 The family of E. J. Edwards leave for California this morning. They will re- turn in about two months.
 Mrs. R. w. Pearson and daughter ex- pect to leave this morning for Los Angeles, where they will join the Doc tor.
 Jack Ayers is boasting about the first colt in this valley for his Cleveland Bay horse. He says the youngster is a beauty.
 It is learned that the Silver King mill at Pinal will soon resume work. Its operations will be confined to the work ing of the tailings.
 Secretary of Territory Oakes Murphy has gone with his family to Coronado Beach, San Diego. He will return to Phoenix about July Is.
 The whistle heard every evening in the southern part of the city is that of the electric light works, giving warning of the starting of the machinery.
 Joe D. Reed and family left yesterday for Camp Creek, where they will join party of campers who are spending the summer in that attractive locality. T. NJ. Stewart claims to have the earliest Muscats of the valley. He brought in some yesterday. They are large and healthy and punched in very large clusters.
 l.. II. Chalmers is indeed fortunate man. On several lots in Churchil's Addition, on which the assessment was $75OO, the Board of Equalization let him down to Sl20O.
 As an evidence of the varied produc- tions of the Salt River Valley s. C.. Bartlett exhibits in Phoenix sun-dried figs of superior quality. They are of the brown smyrna variety.
 Frank Nicholson was more seriously injured Thursday than was at the time supposed. The concussion of the brain from the fall will keep him on the sick list for several weeks.
 Superintendent I. N. Large leaves this morning for the mines of Castle Creek. With him go Judge George w. Allen and w. F.. Gray, of Denver, stockholders in the company, who are here to look up matters at the mines.
 Major J. w. Evans leaves Sunday in Massachusetts. He will be gone about seven weeks, during which time his business will be in the hands of his assistant, Bruce Perley.
 P. B. Yates, who is we'll known to the people of Phoenix as the assistant in the express office during the administra tion of Agent A. Leonard Meyer, is now Wells-Fargo's agent at .Nogales. It is learned that he has lately been very i'll, but is now recovering.
 A drunken Indian was gathered in yesterday by Marshal Blankenship. Mir To was riding up and down on the main street, trying to initiate cowboy, though but with indifferent success. Billy will keep him locked up until he tells where he got the whiskey.
 Gus Hirschieldt got back yesterday from his Tombstone trip. He says that Tombstone is a square town and treated it's visitors royalty. Crowds were ir from all parts of the surrounding country, and the Fourth of July was celebrated with old-time enthusiasm Several excellent games of ball were played between the Tombstone and Tucson hines, and other sports con tributed to the general entertainment.
 J. F. Blandy, Territorial Geologist came in from Prescott by yesterdays Black Canyon stage. He is on tour ol the mining sections of Arizona, collect ing data for his report to be issued ir the fall. The coal fields of Arizona vii be especially favored in the report From here Mir. Blandy goes to Globe, tC investigate the copper mines, thence tC the coal fields of Deer Creek, on tht White Mountain reservation. He vii then take in the Northeastern part o the Territory