The weekly Arizona miner., 1870-02-26
Local Intelligence.
psrscorr, February 20, 1870.

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 ,t,,,e violent exercise, SO they started on 2! l.... --s for town. They had not proceeded
 rbso they run against stump. "hi~h de
 .',.i them little, and gave Billy sem
 .'.aor . chance to stop their further progress,
 ,.,i,y hold of one of them and preventing
 ,,d his mate from stumping their way any
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 ",..l of the wagon was nsed up, aud the re- r,spg parts of it badly shaken.
 ,c,prxr or FrS.-The performance at this Il .,.s of amusement on Tuesday evening last
 ,, sr,. rate. The building was well filled with
 ,,,, and gentlemen. Tuesday evening next,
 fSpeb. good actor and meritorious man, ,u take benefit, when we hope to see the 1 ,,... crowded with people. Lynch, Dewitt and n. balance ,f the company are determined up- l ,s dolgg their very best to please.
 n tr,nss-Tbe owners of the Quartz Mountain H S. mill have adopted the following scale of < ,-;os. for lumber: Good merchaniable. at the II .a, siOOO per M; clear, sGo.oo. Ten dollars ,,,y additional will be charged for lumber at b. v,rd in town. These. it strikes us. are not ,,-g ,eep prices. considering that Messrs. Moves Curtis have now monopoly of the market. VgnE a, Wickenbnrg, recently. our fellow ,l..ea, Judge John A. Rush bought store house ,,d i,. con,cnts, from Judge Hayden, of Tucson ID. store purchased by Mir. R. is adjacent to the yaare Quartz Mill. vulture City, and is pat ,oailed by the vuitaFe Mining Company and its numerous employees Judge Rushtalks Of going .o San Francisco, immediately, for more goods lo ,splenish bis stock.
 UxpER-SaERIn SWAIN arrived home recently, from ,he southern section of the county. where. he informs US, things looked quite prosperous.
 Bio Bro-Nr. Head paid Big Bug District ,l,i, this xeek. but we have not heard his opin- ioa regarding lbe mines there. He Is said 10 be ra.ber reicent Tbe mill ought, by this time, 10 have pounded oas one or two big bars Of gold. Sa. ve will have to wait until Mr. Gray arriyes, ,o learn particulars.
 SEE the advertisement Of John LauFhlin. the pioneer boot and shoe maker of Central Arizona.
 FRox TIE Rio YEppE.--Five wagons, loaded wish gran for Wormser & Wertheimer, Of this place. arrived Thursday last. from the Rio Verde. h going down Grief Hill, an accidenthappened by which horse belonging to Mr MeKune, was killed. Mr. Werhelmer who accompanied the teams informs us that soldiers were busily at work cultng tue ew read.
 Asr PRlrER arrived here several days ago from HMdyviIle. Mohave county. He brought no news of importance
 Wv H HARnY.-This gentleman was taken sies whilc coming from Hardyville 10 Prescott, recently, and had to stop at Camp Tcll-gaie.
 fioRsE RAciNG.-The main event of the week. in this vicinity, was the horse race, which took place Tue,day afternoon last, on the raoe-irsck below Fort Whipple, between two fast nags be- longing to Gf. Bradley, cf this place. One of these horses is known by the sobriquent of "Qld Waey;n tbe other by that Of " The Roan.n The race was for the sum Of sl.00o whilcy was backed by Mr. Bradley; the roan by J. H. Behan. The distance nm was, we believe. 300 yards, and the roan was declared the winner. The roan was the iaVoritc with most Of those preseni on inc
 
 Of cash aud s,aked it freely, so that betting on the outside was quite lively. and much money changed hands. Old whItey's friends and back CTS attributed the loss of the race and their money 10 his rider. and they have made another race, for sl 900, to come or twenty days from date of the last race Forfeits are up, and 'he race Is likely .o take place on the appointed day Several scrub races were run. but, as we were not present, we don't know and will mol say anything regarding them.
 CUTE large party of men started. Thursday morning last. by trail. for Wslnnt Grove and Wiekenhnrg. Among them we noticed c. B Gennng J. N. Herman. and P. Smith. who go back to the Grove to start their arastras. being now thoroughly satisfied that they can wori iaeir ores with profit Previous to leaving, Mir GennOg informed us that he intended soon t erect few stamps, and run them by water power Ar. Tiernan will remain with him until every thing Is made to run smoothly
 THE weather is past our comprehension. W, don't understand 1t al all, and shall not try i' Tor some time to come. Threatening clouds pas and re-pass but don't burst or let down worth cent Al various times during the past montl we have been treated to spatters Of rain, bu they amounted to nothing. During the forenoon o' Thursday last, brisk shower fell. but tba was all. We now, or rather the ground i' as dry as ever.
 LATER-The above brought matters to focu' we have since been blessed with both raln an snow.
 h'cn sPEorsES.-J. N. riernan has presente us sw'lh very rich specimen of ore from th su'ler lode, at Walnut Grove. The free" gol crops ont beautifully all over it
 WI O'NEnL. who is said 10 understand wo