The weekly Arizona miner., 1868-10-03

past week the weather has been warm and pleas ant, and Of course, Mir. Frost has not yet made his appearance, although we are over 6O0O feet above sea level. The corn is now all ripcped and has already made it's appearance in market Wag- on loads of hay and fodder pass through our streets nearly every hour in the day.
 NOTES X CunTEss' mammoth frame building Is rapidly approaching completion
 srcK.-We regret to learn that Mr. A. II. Peeples. of Wckcnburg, is suffering from an attack of fever MT Jas. Grant, our enterprising and indcfatienble mal contractor, has also had rough time of it.
 MR FERRIS, of Wickenburg, brought the mail from Wiokenburg to Prescott last week. and re- mained over for several days. Mir. F. has occu pied the position of mail and stage agent at Wick enburg for some time past with satisfaction to his employer Jas. Grant, and the public
 ANOTHER CALANITY-DE OF BOWERS BROS MnL.-Mlsfortunes never come single is nn old saying, and true one. Our people have borne many of them in the last five years Tester. day morning, while citizens were conmsseratinr with the poor man who lost all his oxen at Fort Whipple, by Indian thieves, the previous night. news was brought 10 town that the Touring mill of Bowers Bros, on Granite creek near Prescott, was burned to the ground sometime Thursday night. As there was no person near tue mill, it Is believed some blackhearted scoundrel-Amc- rican, Mexican or lndian--sct it on fire The loss 10 the owners amounts to several thousand dol lars, and that to the entire community Is much greater, as 1t was the sole dependence of farmers for miles round.
 PREscoTr DRUG SToRE-Our friend. Dr. Ken dall Is now proprietor of this establishment. We called around yesterday morning and found him and friend Mitchell engaged in going through The concern, fixing and cleaning ii up lt is a neat store and contains large stock Of drugs and medicines. The Dr.s office is in the rear of the drug store building. and he is always ready to al- lcviate the suiIerngs Of sick folks.
 srRMox.-Judge Turner will read sermon 10.
 morrow, Sunday in the new Court House. at 8
 o'clock, r.N.
 ; Ma wm silyerthorn arrived here from Hardy vile, recently. He saw no wallapais on the way. MrssRs Rountree, Dickson and two other gen.
 ;lcIaen arrived here from skull val.sy, yesterday k morning. Mr R informs us that the farmers Of
 Skull and Kirkland yaeys were busily engaged
 securing their crops
 . CmAsE Afsz-The tunnel is now ln atout isi
 feet The rock taken out Of it looks well, and i,
 said to be rich.
 f A ruiiN of four wagons, belonging to r Nj , Chapman, camped. last night, ai Mint Valley Th' f wagons are loaded with freight for Government. '- FnoH ruS srERLINd.--work Is progresslnl
 finely al the sserliug mine The slait has beei
 ,lmbercd and meb are now engaged in iaklng ou , ore. We had talk with wm. Cole, one or tn
 owners. on Sunday last, and he was loud in hi {, praises of the Superintendent. MT. Borger. Mr Brooks, the foreman. has done some arsirat
 work in thc mine, and the best proof that the new
 managers understand their business hes in the fac ' that their operations please Bill Mcssrs. Gray wunderlich and Flower visited the mine on Thur. | day, and inform us tha very rich ore Is bcln. . aken out of it.
 EXTENSIVE SALE or TowN LoTs.-Governo z Mccormick made Q big raise of grand cash durin.
 his short stay in Prescott, by selling ioWn-lOis
 his house and ranch and the building in whcl , the MINER Is now printed. From him, fheodor ], Otto purchased the loi on the northeast corne P of Montezuma and Guriey sirects. for 500; N
 RAyena three lots on Mon,czuma street. fronunl m the plaza for $500; E. Meacham. some lots tn tll vicinity Of tue post office, price not known to us d George Fro amer, lot opposite tho MINER ofic,
 for s15. He sold his house and ranch claim G !, Henry W. Flcury and Loren s. Jcnks, for $50
 the printing office building 10 R. Maeham, fo
 Si,2U0 lie got rid of everything be could sei y notwithstanding his oftrepeaied assertion 10 is his Prescott property nos for sale. This tii ir last year, the Governor thinking ihe bottom VI S se=: ;s s! es ;;issss section; sf country, i sE nis aid to the removal of the political capital the Territory to Tucson. About the same tin
 this year his necessities compelled him to make sd pilgrimage to Prescott in order t0 raise liti
 money capital to pay his expenses in the reccl or election and take him to Washington city.
 ESTATE OF r. ONEILI--we have been rcquS ns tad to call the attention Of the Public Admiulstr Of tor. Of this county, J. W. simmons to ihe ia t. that the effects of the late P oNeiil need lookir
 aiter
 ,st BoueHr PaRss-while here, Governor Nj as Cormick purchased from R. Meacham, Washin
 ton hand printing press for his organ, the Tucs'
 .4ri.oniaA. The press purchased by the Govern ng was brought to the Territory in is85, by V Rya it who set it up ai La Paz, and printed his Gaze Iis upon it. He afterwards moved press and paper oi Prescott, and being unlueky in getting enou an support. he sold il and the office 10 Mir. Pier nd who published the 4risoaiaa one week and ga IT. up the ghost We then purchased The type al 'ld material and Mir. Meachan purchased the pre- Ter This press has had an eventfal career and ! i'd never failed to press the life out of every new np- ts q