Arizona republican., 1891-04-15
LOCAL BREFITlES.

Yesterday was quite clustering day.
 Barley is retailing in Phoenix at $l.75 per sack.
 The railroad is expected to be run nIng to Tempe by April 25. | It takes the services of two men now to keep the grass on the City Hall plaza moved down.
 There will be meeting of the Harri- son Cub this evening at the Court hOuse at 7 o'clock.
 Sam Purdy has sold the Nickel-Plate lunch counter to Squires X Co.,, who will continue the business.
 D. E. Heating is running his hydraulic works at HumDug night and day with great success. He has twenty-five men employed.
 Light teams are having considerable trouble in iordIng Salt river. Hardly a day passes but some one has narrow escape from getting wet while crossing.
 The Pioneer Hose Company have or namented the arch over the entrance door of it's department in the engine | house with the name of the company in large, raised galvanized iron letters. James Stripe and Frank Nealis start today for Death valley, in California; They go prepared for three months trip, and will visit the Frost mines. near Ehrenberg, on their way over.
 Floral Lodge of Good Templars will give an entertainment at Cartwright schoolhOuse April Is, for the benefit of the free reading room of Phoenix. The admission will be 25 cents, including supper.
 J. R. Lee, held for forging Dr. Touey's name to a check short time ago, an account of which was published in HE REPUBLICAN, was given hearing before Justice Huson yesterday and held to answer in the sum of $500, in default of which he went to jaii.
 Late Monday evening Judge Gooding granted Jennie Shurtleff . divorce from Charles F. Shurtlef on the grounds ol intemperance and failure to provide. The custody Of the two children was awarded to Mrs. Shnrteff. w. 0. huson and Il. l.. Whart on were her attorneys.
 A head of 5000 inches of water was running in the Arizona canal last night. Orders have been gwen the zanjeros by Secretary McMillin to turn in water sufficient to irrIgate all fruit and grain fields first, as the alfalfa crops are not suffering and can wait until full head Is turned in the canal.
 A force of men were put to work on the Wills ditch, opposite Agua Caliente. last Monday repairing the damages done by the late flood. Until since the water in the river has fallen there was plenty oI water in the canal to irrigate what crops were planted under it.
 A private dispatch was received by Bernard GOldman yesterday that Mrs. N. Levy, mother of Mrs. Bernard Gold man, died yesterday morning at her home on McAllister street Tn San Fran cisco. Mrs. Levy had just returned home from Phoenix, where she had been visit ing her daughter. She leaves a husband and seven children, all of them except Mrs. Goldman living in Nevada and Cal ilornia.
 There will be services at the Christian Church, corner Jefferson and Maricopa streets, each night this week except Saturday night. Elder Herring is de- llvering a series of addresses on the fun damental principles of Christianity, and his subject tonight will be ''The Divine Evidence oi Pardon." He is a clear, logical speaker, and those who are de- slrous of hearing what the bible says on this much disputed question should hear him. Services begin at z 80.