The weekly Arizona miner., 1868-08-01
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
.PREsCoTT, AuGrsrl.1 1868.

. ,rcpt fin. ina, thing i. rse cha.tc. io,'al
 .,,er in which leading citizens and their .,.li., old and young bachelors and their ..-aehaar.s. assemble together and pass away am ..arirg in dancing chatting and administering .. in. waut- Of thc inner man. It was onr good f..gpe Co be present, Wednesday evening. al one
 rha.c seciai gatherings at thc residence of ,. and Mrs. Col. E D. Baker, in this town. and .-. .ra.i say tl8t never before have we attended
 ,rlr.y in this Territory that gave better or more
 rcral satisfaction to an who participated in ii
 v o'clock in ihe evening tbc door. were thrown open. end the guests. as thcy arrived met tfh hearty reception from Ncssrs. Baker and r..e. end their excellent wives, who. hv ,ho 4ar. arc sistcIs, aud natives 0. good. hospimblc
 I Kentucky Among those present we noticed General Dcyin. Major Menhnkcn and wife, Lieu- tenants Wells. Oliver, Carrick. Austin. sopsrbee. n- Middleton and Mr Reed from Fort Wbjpple From town Che guests were Chief Justice Tnrner nd wife. General Hasbford aui wife, Nr. and H.. N B Bowers Mr. and Nr. B. IT, Weaver Mr. and Mrs W. \. Kelly. The bclcs. of whom .. took pa.tcular notice were. the two Wi--o- Ulc. ,vo Ns.e. BauChart. two Misses Zlf. anI .sral. others whose beauty did not impress u. sufficiently Co rccolect ibcr cognomcns. Thcr, a.-e present quite distinguished array of old and young bachelors. who were very arlble. courteous and sweet on the fair sex. Among .ea .ur eagle eye behold Ne--rs Moves N Cur t... Blair Elliott Dr. Kendall, X. l.. Moeier. .EC Mitchell, El. W. Wells Jr Judge How .-l Henry A Bi1ei4w and various otler. who. .s. .c.f did mot possess sufficient attraction. u braak any young madcn- heart Dancing va. freely .niI.gcd in, and Ncs-r- ~hauks and Kerr furnished very good music Mrs Bower.
 and Mrs. Nehukeu warbled like black birds. and a..- lam Col. Baker lcd oI in @ miscellaneous -.-- a which nearly everybody present joined Aer as came the supper which surpassed any ding .a tlai line this child has Topped his lip
 oe.l ia long time We are not much on dane 'a- hs' when i comes to eating we are some. as Colonel Baker i' probably aware The finale of
 .s affair consisted of a quadrlIe dance by eight
 a aad eight gentlemen bni three or four or di ever before attempted Co trip the
 aalstie. Iheir graceful @ movements
 uaaIed with laughter by ihe company.
 and ths uoyit.airs cru-ed making giddv
 cr..---.. souie of them. no doubt. were satis-
 fled Ia. .ere were several thing, tley could do
 better l.. lance. The party broke up about
 two o'coek. when the gucsts leit for their homcs
 "'h ibe kBj.iest wishes for ihe future hapIi- nr'. ald pr1speriiy of Nr. and Mrs. Baker Way they live long ud happy years together in h".r c'zy home in this beautiful mountain town. aud may it come Co pass that one of those daysa .'rlnger shall arrive who will comfort and cheer them when old age comes OCT them, are the sen- nents or the writer Of this.
 Mans. ETC. Owing to the heavy rains that have fallen throughout Northern Arizona since July lih. thc roads. rivers and creeks have become almost iupassabic aa.i is has been with great difficulty that mail communication has been kept up with California. Notwithstanding which. .ervice has been regularly performed twice week until during ihe pas. week. Since Friday of iast week, mo mali has came to hand from Cal nruia hut unles the country between WicEen- burg aud La Plz has become one vast inland sea we may reasonably look for the arrival oi #e mail soon. Mir. Jss M5nihon. who ar- lived here yesterday morning from Turkey creek vlither he started with thc mail "Wednesday las, g'ygs thrilling account oC his adventures in the mountains. lie say. himself and horse had to wade through mud several feet deep, and that ue creeks and galehes were higher than ever be- i5se since the whites have settled in the country
 L,UTENASr CuHgEss and a party of soldiers
 arrived from Wickenburg and Camp NcPherson
 Thlrsdly night The Lieutenant says that
 great part of the country in the vicinity of these place. !. submerged. The party succeeded in Il capturing two descrters, whom they brought back io Fort Whlpple.
 WE understand that hereafter, Worrnser & Co.,
 TiIi carry the Prescott and Turkey creek mail.
 PHE.corr TmA1hz.-Thc Cump Wbipple Dra- ma'ic Association will perform Wreck Ashore; Dr Doe Pirates Doom 2 this, Saturday. evening E.ysiau Hall, for the benefit of Mr. Charles LaNoate, who has just completed bis term of enlistment in the United States Army. Mir La- Monte is a gentleman and actor every way wor- ly Of a rousiug benefit, and We hope he will sth
 W. BROOKS has resigned tbe office of Deputy
 Sherih Of this county Nr. B. made very eX-
 ca.lent officer, and bis numerous friends will re-
 grct his absence ffofa .he Court House. He VIII,
 however, remain In town until the time comes
 i1r hm to go 10 Tucson to attend to his duties
 a' legislator from this county.
 MEETING oY FARaERs-Purmant to notice, the
 Tanners Association met al the Court House in l ms town on Saturday last, to dscass matters
 pertaining io their interest We have not learned
 t-e result Of their deliberations.
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