Arizona republican., 1891-02-27
LOCAL BREvITIES,

Council and House sessions yesterday.
 The Boggs mine, near Prescott, ha: been closed down until the roadsdry up
 The water-bound street fakir continue. to rake in the dimes from the unwary
 The Phoenix Twilight Minstrels will meet at the opera house Sunday after noon.
 Mrs. Vina Ming has sold to J. O. Ming one-half interest in the Alhamb bra lot for $300.
 Several loads of wood were brought tc town yesterday and found ready sale at good prices.
 All the big teams on the Jerome road are tied up until the storms are over and the roads are repaired.
 A man came up from the St. Johns canal yesterday and reports the dam ages to it as not very heavy.
 The stage from Congress is hung up &, Smiths mill on the Hassayampa. I, will probably be in some time tonight
 Three teams started out for Reno mountain and Tonto basin via. Fort Mo. Dowell loaded with ranch and mining supplies.
 Feed yards experience some trouble in keeping supplied with hay during the storm, and it takes four animals now to pull in an ordinary load.
 The roads to the Congress mine have not been damaged very much and as soon as the streams are fordsble loaded teams can pasa oyar them
 Over one mile and half of the banks of the Mesa canal are washed away, and the headeates taken down stream. The damage is believed to exceed $2000.
 A. J. and W. W. Huston, of Tempe, D. l.. Robinson, of Mesa, and w. b. Winn, a Kansas cattle man, were among those who crossed Salt river yesterday.
 The Walnut Grove damage suits were dismissed yesterday, by consent, each side paying their own costs, which ranged from s10 to s5J0, in the different cases.
 Freighters Hatton and Smoot came down from the Phoenix mine yesterday, where they have been hauling wood. They will return as soon as the roads dry out. ..
 J. Liberman, of Wilcox. has bought the relinquishment from ]. G. McFall to the southeast 1 of the northeast 14 of section l, north of range 8 east, the price paid being sl0o.
 Freighter Crosby arrived yesterday from Haqua Hala with his freight team and will start back with supplies as soon as the roads arc dry enough to allow loaded teams to pass over them.
 Ira Hudson started out last night for the Arizons Falls with 800 orange trees for Dr. J. Hardy, to be set ont on his ten-acre lot. H. E. Kemp will send up trees enough in few days to set out twenty acres.
 Five hundred extra copies of TIE WEEKLY REPUBLICAN were issued yester- day and all were sold before 8 o'clock. The edition was only half large enough, as 1000 could have been readily disposed of before evening.
 c. c. Carpenter, Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe, II. D. Stell, Kansas City, J. H. Tieke, Chicago, G. A. Laney, Boston. registered at the Commercial Hotel yes- terday, having come over from Tempe Tn the ferry-Doat.
 Avillage has sprung up on the north side of the river, at the crossing, and has been named Riverside. It consists of number of resident tenters and saloon, the latter being the evidence of bona flde settlement.
 R. W. Smith, who died Wednesday night at the Commercial Hotel, was buried yesterday morning. He was an old acquaintance of Representative of the House Burr, and the matter of his funeral was taken in charge by Secre- tary Murphy, Mir. Burr and Mir. Win ters.
 The committee having in charge the distribution of the funds from last nights benefit request that the names and addresses of all flood sufferers, or destitute people, be left at the business office of Ing REpUBLIcAN. A personal. will be made in each case and care taken to see that only those who are worthy of and needing aid, re- ceive 1t.