Arizona republican., 1891-08-04
LOCAL BREVITIES.

The Board oi Supervisors were m session yesterday.
 Two cases of drunk and disorderly were given five days each by Recorder Schwartz yesterday.
 The Ice cream supper served at the Good Templar's hall last evening was 7greatlyenjoye by all present.
 The Phoenix Commandery Knights Templar, held a meeting at their rooms in the MOnihan building last evening.
 The employees of the REPUBLICAN com posing room are indebted to Malcolm McNair for an elegant box of ice cream last evening. ..... .,
 A Mexican by the name of Robles was fined $l5 by Recorder Schwartz yester- day afternoon for stealing watch. As he could not furnish the money he went to jail. gI
 Phillips X Leggat are having a cellar dug under their store in the Boring building, in which to store their fruits and canned goods. They report busi- ness in fourishing condition. .t
 A deed was filed yesterday Tn the office of the County Recorder trans ferring from John Belli to Paul Laloo and May Laloo lots II and Is, block 2, and a pro rata of one-half share of stock No, Q of the Salt River Valley Canal Company. .rH..f'
 On Sunday night Marshal Blanken- ship arrested Francisco Buerell, Q noted hard character, for stabbing Jose Ca margo, in Monroe street row over two years ago. Marshal Blankenship kept track of his man, who has been sojourn- Ing in Mexico most of the time since the row, and when he showed up in Phoenix on the night mentioned he was promptly taken up by the marshal. ..
 The attorneys for Mir. Humphries have filed motion before Justice Bar nard for a reopening of the trial lately held, for the admission of new testi- mony. Mir. Israel, one of the attorneys, has made affidavit that he has now in his possession material testimony which he was unable to procure at the time the trial was in progress. The question will be argued before Justice Barnard at the District courtroom this morning at 9 80 o'clock.
 Prof. George w. Nash arrived in the city yesterday morning from Gils county, where he has been engaged in teaching for the past two years. Prof Nash is teacher of the old school, hay ing been engaged in school work for twenty-four years. He is an old.time friend of Gen. NJ. II. Sherman, both having come to the territory and en- gagged here in teaching at about the same time. He holds first grade ter ritorial certificate and comes well rec ommnded. rf ar#-f
 Messrs. Thomson Walker and James W. Woolf appeared before the Board of Supervisors yesterday afternoon and asked that the south one-half of sections %, 23 and 2i of township l north, range east, be taken from school district No. and the same be added to district No. l3. The petition was refused by County Superintendent Baxter. The part in question was annex xed to district No. 8 last year and caused considerable dis pute at the time. The matter was taken under consideration by the Supervisors.
 An affair occurred in this city few evenings since which is somewhat anus ing as regards the persons engaged. An American, whose name is not given, having imbibed too freely of 6rewater, , laid down on Monroe street to rest. Soon after going to sleep he was visited by Mexican, who relieved him of his watch and chain, but not, however, without being observed by negro by the name of Lee, who happened to be standing near, and who promptly re- ported the case to Marshal Blankenship. Billy could do nothing, as the Mexican was watching him and kept of his way; but, plnning a star upon the negro, he deputized him to make the arrest. In a few minutes Lee proudly returned with the Mexican and the watch and chain.