Arizona republican., 1891-03-19
LOCAL BREVITIES.
The street sprinkler has been called nto use on the streets again,


 
 The street sprinkler has been called into use on the streets again. A large bundle of fruit trees arrived by express yesterday from California.
 The trees in the valley are leaved out, and the country looks fresh and green again.
 Water was yesterday turned into the Highland canal and into the Utah the day before.
 Wagon trade with the hardware men has livened up considerably since the washouts occurred.
 Carl Wilson and Dan Ward, two drunks, were fined S5 each yesterday by Recorder Schwartz.
 The lobby of the House was crowded last night to.hear the arguments on the Apportionment bill.
 R. NJ. Bond leaves today for the Bradshaw mining district, where he has some valuable mining interests.
 William and Irvine Hill, sons of T. J. Hill, have returned from Globe, where they have been for some months past.
 The ball given at Patton's Opera House last night by members of the Montezuma Club, was social success.
 Some of the members of the House became somewhat warm last night over the disposition of the Frank Apportion- ment bill.
 Marshal Blankenship has completed the work of filling up the eight city fire wells, dug at cost of $4S0, and filled up for $2S.
 II. R. Harper has sold to Charles Harper the southeast 1 of the south west ! of section 8, township l north, range east.
 A drunk and disorderly was sent down from Tempe yesterday to the the County Jail for twenty days by Justice Lon Forsee.
 The House applauded yesterday when message from Governor Irwin was re- ceiyed announcing his approval of the Australian ballot law.
 I. P. Gould has received United States patent to lots and and east Ia of northwest 1 of section IS, town ship 3 south, range 1 west.
 Mir. J. Kensell and family, who have been visiting J. o. Ming's family for a month past, will leave today for their home in Santa Rosa, California.
 Ira w. Knight has received United States patent to lots 8 and and south E of the northwest Ii of section 5, township l north, range ? east.
 Probate Judge Baxter has appointed George w. Hoadley administrator of the estate of Robert Garside, who died at Salinas, July II, 1890. The estate con sists of two notes of. $S000 and $1O0O.
 Teams were loaded yestdrday with Crowned King ore at the depot and at Trask's warehouse, where it had been left by freighters, who came in during the flood to haul to Maricopa for ship ment.
 Dr. Chandler has now about l50 men working on the Mesa canal. The steam dredge is working steadily and is doing all that was expected of it. It cuts a ditch five feet wide and 300 feet long in a day.
 A REPUBLICAN reporter was shown some fine specimens of pencil drawing yesterday, at the Court House, done by Pima Indian, an inmate of the jail. One them, "The Worshipper, Twas well executed and showed the Indian to be an artist of no mean skill.
 Work on the Arizona canal is being pushed ahead with vigor. Men are being strung out now repairing the various breaks along the canal and by Tuesday or Wednesday water sufficient for stock purposes will probably be turned in. The company is still hiring all the men who make application for work.
 J. F. Briggs, we'll and favorably known in this section, has embarked in the business of keeping stopping place for the accommodation of stage passengers and the travelling public at Kyrene, on the Phoenix X Maricopa railroad. The stage company have established a change station for stock at Kyrene, and the placingOf an eating place and re- freshment station in connection is just what is needed to make travelling pleasant.