Arizona miner., 1867-12-07
Local Intelligence.


 ,t,,o their interest to purchase them from
 r,bnson X Zimmerman. They have large lot
 .s ,hcm on hand at their ranch on Willow Creek
 ,oics and d half from town. See their ad
 ycrtiscment
 sre-Gov. Mccormick has sold the Pioneer
 Bakery building to Mir Felt, for $50.
 puy.-It has raincd considc rably in this sec
 ton of late.
 ur rp. COPELAND an old and industrious resi-
 Han, of Walnut Grove in this county has pur-
 ,t,.ed the Ellsworth Ranch at that place, and
 ,.,aBa. farming it extensively the coming sea
 .,o He is a good fellow and we hope he will
 -,;.c cornstalks as large as a Tucson cactus with ,,r... biz az those which ornament and protect ,,a top-hnoi of the editor of the Arizoniaa.
 rcog WA1Nur GROvE.--A good many citizens ofWalnut Grove were in town this week. Among
 them rye noticed Me.srs Cargilc. Ingraham. Jack
 .,o Copeland, and Bird Mcssrs. Cargilc &
 l,rrab,m have sold their ranch, and are going ,o California afcr 6 drove of stock. Mr. Bird is going Co New Mexico on business. He has sent three teams to San Bernardino. for provisions.
 KILLED A BEAE.-A party of hunters from
 Walker. Creek started out recently upon hunt,
 and succeeded in killing several turkeys, deer,
 ada Arge-sized bear. "Shcp" is the fellow
 e,o cooked his bearship's goose.
 ,oaE HorsE-R -Rablc & Schccrcr are busily s work. building an addition to their house on
 N5n,cmma street. and fitting itup for a barroom aud brewery. They have cxcaYa,ed very deep ! cellar. in which to keep the goot lager beer" i llurry uy. boys. We are getting mighty dry, and l don't expect we,t!ng'' umil you move up.
 Ggr BlcS SAYELY.-Ir. James Grant returned 10 town from Eanut Grove oa Tuesday evening E a.' On ii= pay 10 Wickcnburg, he was taken .lk at the Grove, and had to lie over for a 4 c5apic Of days. As he started ou; from Prescott I alone aud stayed away some days over his time.
 li, friends were uneasy about hiiu fearing that # To. 'lc d-d Indian. had corralcd and slaugh-
 tered bim. lie i. now al right, and improving q rapidly in health.
 4 posuGE oN sEEps.-TIon. L. 4. Stevens has
 shown Us a circular (an extract from an act
 amcniatory Of an act passed at the last session & CT Congrcss). from which we colatc tine follow \ ing for the enlightenment of our farmers and #clrlencr- Packages of foar ounces. or under, < ia weight will be carried in the mails Of the ' United states for two cents four ounces, and r5i over eight four cents eight ounces and no, isyer twelve, six cents twelve ounces. and not &cyer sixteen. eight cents. Tho maximum or f-eA.cst quantity which may be sent through the Ilas. n, these rates is limited 10 four pounds. @ Gro. F. HooPER X Co.-We would call thc a!- s5t aiion of our readers to tLe advertisement Of ssti firm in to-day's MINER. The house is one Of aha oldest if not 6se oldest in the Territory and 1fle gentlemen composing it are well known 10 f Ar.zonians as honest. enierprising, and oblig Si. citizens. The close proximity of Arizona 't F to tidc.watcr, and the well known financial toladncss and business qualifications of inc D nbers of this lrn, enable it to import goods t1cc,ly, and uudeTsell all other houses in the s I -riiory. Interior traders can do better by flrchasing their stocks from Hooper x Co.,. than
 t going themselves, or sending their orders, to B. Francisco.
 < IisJNIC.--At the last regular m )n,hiy meet b. Of the members Of Aztlan Lodge. the follow D. named gentlemen were elected officers of the ] ifd-e for the ensuing year Edwin Darling RoT-hipful Master Joseph C. Lennon, Senior
 Fa-len; [. J. Cook. Junior Warden; R [. El- El,J Treasurer; James E. McCaary Secretary. - Lodge, wc are told, is in fourishing con ftion. Dr. Alsap who attended the las, meet
 tg Of the Grand Lodge of California, was com p.m,ated very highly by the officers of the big sgWam, for the correct and faithfsl Hsi;iseF h
 vleb the members of AEtlan Lodge followed
 time honored and noble practices of Masonry. HE PLAZA is now naked. without fence or eheT improvement upon it, save and except the S Ggslad. One day Last week, Hsn. John A.
 xi'h bousb; the rails and lumber belonging to " Ward, and had them hauled away We think citizens will not be put to further trouble in hi' matter. Mr Ward is about 10 leave the raniry- satisfied, doubt that his action in re- Bon Co this piece of ground was, to say the a't unwarrantable. and, We know, improbable. fr citizens should club together and fence it in
 nsn' away, and next spring, trees should be planted in 1t.
 'oop DENYING - FAsT TINE.-Messrs. Gray, s'oh' Coulter and Monihan recently made the P from Prescott to Skull Valley, a distance of hTY miles, in six and quarter hours. in the rga'' in a buggy. Jim Monihan held the rib 'i' and although the night was dark and the ra4 rough in places, he made the team {" get up @1 st Messrs. Gray and Tyson were in a iry 'o reach their des tination. California Gen. ra''er and Mir Monihan returned to Prescott A' day and the General says Jim beats all the @A'' be has had the pleasure of riding with in siong time.
 ~ IoEN.-Theodore Boggs, William Osborn VI Dlekasoh' and Uncle John Miller came in Fl "oA he ranches on the oyver Aona Erio this