The weekly Arizona miner., 1877-11-16

talented, and even a better preacher than that eloquent young divine. if he differ very materially from Campbell, either in speech, gesture or otherwise, he will not he exactly what the congregation want and he VIII nave To educate them to his own style before they will be entirely reconciled to give up Campbell,
 II hrst impressions are lasting, or worth anything as an indication of what the future VIII prove We predict that Mr. Curtis will be popular minister
 DEATH OF "ScorrY." Under the nroner caption, we, to-day, publish notice of the death of David Robinson, familiarly known as "Scotty.' Mir Robinson has been a resi- dent of Prescott for several wears His health has not been good at any time since we have known him, consequently he has not been engaged in any regular business. ! de was the owner and occupant of the old ] log building on Granite street where n school was taught many years ago there he 1 died, and from thence his remains were this morning conveyed 10 the city cemetery and buried. (. E. Cooley one of the men who did much to bring the White Mountain Apaches under subjection, and now resident of Sho ! Lou, 2S miles north of Camp Apache, has been doing some excellent work in the way of capturing outlaws, for which he should receive the thanks of every law-abiding citizen of the Territory. Mr. Cooley was backed by Captain Kramer in making the arrest of these outlaws. murdcrers and thieves. that have been a terror in the eastern DOT ton of our Territory. Five of these desper- ados have recently been killed, which, it is thought constituted the whole band.
 
 foGN SHUcKrNG.-We learn from gen tle.21o who arrived from the Verde country a day IT two since, that our friend Josiah Roberts, treated young and old to one of those regular Illinois shucking bees. X large number. residents of the valley. at tended, and the amount of work performed. would have put the darkeyS of the South. who glory in shuckings to blush. A fine supper was one of the varieties of the occa- sion, and the whole affair was crowned with a social ir the evening" long to be remem- bered by those present.
 
 SAD.-Some time since the MINER had oc- casion to make mention of the admirable way in which Hon. Thomas Cordis conduct ed the affairs of his office, and in the course of our remarks we used. the word corps" of which the compositor. inadvertently. made an entirely different word corpse which was not noticed in proof reading We are sorry that we made NIT. CoTdis "corpsc" when we know him to be diirc. We are innocent however of killing Matthew Morril, an old and respected citizen of Salt River Valley"
 
 Governor Hoyt takes his departure Tor Washington tomorrow morning, and will be accompanied by his family. The Gov ernor has proven himself to be an active, efficient, square up and up gentleman, and his course has given general satisfaction. Our prayer Is that we may always be blessed with equally as acceptable a gentleman 10 fill the Executive Chair of our Territory Dur ing the Governors absence, Secretary Gospcr will shoulder the load and responsi- bilities of Governor.
 Bernard Mccall, of Mesila has suddenly become the lucky poSessOr of fortune. He has come into possession of papers which diScloSes the exact location of rich mine, about fifty miles from Mcsilla, and a certain number of feet from the mine, in certain direction where a box of silver and box of bullion were buried when the Indians com pelled the persons to leave the mine about 90 years ago.
 Aug Bolir, Esq, who keeps a saloon at the Tip-top mine, is in town, and has re- corded with the County Recorder some val uable mining property. He reports every thing about the mine is progressing finely, and times are lively. Mir. Bolin subscribed and paid for the MINER, a thing that many others at that camp have done.
 MT Albert A Jaynes, brother of Frank Jayncs, Assistant Superintendent of the Wes tern Union Telegraph Company, San Fran cisco, came in on the last stage from Cali fornia. Mir. Jaynes is recently from Pitts burg Pa, his native city, where he fitted himself for commercial business, and comes to Arizona to see what the show is for em- ployment Tn his line.
 Mrs. C. X. Luke and Mrs Victoria Behan, two excellent ladies of our village, were, yesterday, enlisted in q worthy cause, pro- curing subscriptions for the purpose of building an edifice to toe consecrated to the l use of the Catholic portion of our c0mmu ! nitv as a church. The ladies, we understand, | were quite successful in their religious un | dertakings.
 The village just now is destitute of Justice, temporarily, as NIT. Cartier is visit ing Chino Valley, and Mir Cate has gone out 10 Black Canyon to look after his min ing interests We are entitled to three Jus l tices, one of the places is vacant, caused by l the death of Daniel Mitchell.
 Mir. Clark, of whom we made mention yesterday, has once more gone to the min 1 ing fields in the vicinity of Bradshaw, for the purpose of locating a new discovery, of which we will know more ere many days | pass.
 Mrs. W. II. Grove has an excellent board | ing and lodging house on Marina street. Several gentlemen who are fond of good fare. have gone there to assist in devouring the many rare delicacies that adorn the ta- ble. No other place like it.
 Mir. Fowler, who superintends the books and complicated papers Tn the Medical Di- rector's office, paid the MINER office a visit to-day. If the whole world was made up with such gentlemen, there would be no room or cause for complaint
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