Arizona republican., 1891-03-06
LOCAL BREvITIEs.
Band practice last night.


 Councilman yickers started for Tomb stone yesterday.
 A team will load today with provisions for the toll road.
 Snow in the Bradshaw Mountains is melting of very rapidly.
 A large number of teams are coming in to work on the canals.
 H. c. McDonald has appointed James McNamara 8 deputy constable.
 The Aztec Hook and Ladder Company met at firemen's hall last night.
 Operations on the Union and Conten- ton mines have again been resumed.
 Government Pumper Anderson, at Fort Mcdowell, is moving to Phoenix.
 Mir. and Mrs. W. Hailey, of Centralia, Kan, are registered at the Mills House.
 A. J. Peters and A. M. Franklin were visitors in the city from Tempe yester- day. k.
 Joseph Silyah is having an addition built to his residence in University place.
 Argument will probably be concluded next Tuesday in the celebrated water cases. .-
 Wells, Fargo & Co. will send out their first express matter today since the flood.
 ". B. Gillingnam reports twenty-five stamps of the Phoenix mill running night and day.
 J.o. Schriver will begin the work of putting up a brick kiln to burn at his yard east of town.
 Hon. E. W. Wells was sworn in as Judge of the Fourth Judicial district by Judge Kibbey yesterday.
 "Uncle" Tom Holland left yesterday with load of supplies for the Hot Springs Hotel, at Castle creek.
 Halbert & Brown, of Tempe, will shortly put line of stages between Phoenix and the Gila crossing.
 Parties on horseback forded the river at Wilson's crossing yesterday. It is yet too deep for wagons to cross.
 J. x. Anderson, formerly engineer of the Walnut Grove Water Storage Com pany, left for Prescott yesterday.
 Johnny Agard and Charley Del Mar started for Haqua Hals yesterday. They will return in about two weeks.
 A trapeze performance was given on the vacant corner next to Pesquero's tin shop last night by members of the Elite Theater.
 The Yuma Copper Company have four carloads of piping at Maricopa. It will be several days before it can be brought to Phoenix.
 By order of the City Council the adobe building in the rear of Doris Brothers fruit store, belonging to George Loring, was condemned.
 Deputy Sheriff D. A. Goodin arrived from Solomonville Wednesday, with a crazy Mexican woman. He was ten days on the road, having been detained by floods.
 Charles Chambers went down with ten animals to pull Gentry Bros.' boat back to the landing, but the ground along the banks of the river was so soft that the job had to be abandoned.
 A birthday party was given to Miss Ronnie Doris at the residence of her brother, c. D. Doris, last evening. A number of the young lady's friends were present and pleasant time was had. .r., ..g.-
 E. K. Powell, who lost SO heavily dur ing the flood, will soon begin the erec- tion of several frame buildings on the sites of his melted-down adobes. He will put the building six inches above the late hiOh water mark
 No applicants for teachers certificates appearing before the Board of School Examiners yesterday, for examination, the board adjourned till their next quarterly meeting. Professor Long dis tributed the examination questions among the higher class pupils of the Phoenix schools.
 Superintendent Marsh notifies TIE REPUBLICAN that the Bradshaw toll road is not badly washed out. A few fills have been damaged and the Minnehaha flat end was washed to some extent, but large force of men is now at work and the entire road will be in good order : again within a week.
 A. Nj. Franklin and party of guests started home last night and when they arrived at the crossing the ferryman re- fused to take them over on account of darkness, so they were compelled to re- turn to PheniK. It was pleasant driy- ing and they were all in good humor when they reached the city again.
 A. 0. Clark, who has contract haul ing ore from I. N. Large's stamp mill on Castle creek, arrived yesterday from there with his teams, and will put them to work on the Arizona canal. The road from the mine to the mill is so badly washed out that no ore can be hauled before May l. Men will be kept at work in the mine, which is looking well and shows up larger body of ore than ever before. U .. . A company has been organized and in- corporated, at Tempe. to engage in a general fruit canning and drying busi- ness. It will be known as the Tempe Eyaporating and Canning Company. Capital stock of the company is $20. 900, in shares of $2O each. k. G. Frankenburg J. 5. Armstrong, c. c. Huntington, Neils Peterson and O. s. Masten are the incorporators. Proper machinery has been purchased and a factory building will be begun at once.
 Mrs. Mary Rhodes, wife of J. P. Rhodes, of this city, died at II o'clock Wednesday night of consumption. De- ceased was A years, 10 months and 20 days old, She leaves a husband and five children to mourn her death. Two years ago MT. Rhodes brought his wife to