The weekly Arizona miner., 1878-05-03
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LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
TUESDAY.

Dr. Thibode reportst the Small Pox patien about we'll.
 Mir. Solomon merchant ofSignal, is nov in Prescott. He will return to the Sandy to morrow. ~
 The Beard of Directors of the Prescott Dramatic Association have notice to pay up: read it.
 Messrs. BigeIow and Opdyke have sus pended operations for the present on ths Isabella Mine in Humbug district.
 Ed. Johnson, of the Crook mine, was ir town yesterday and informs us that mining matters are looking up with the Crook peo pie.
 J. L. Fisher has an interesting auction ''add" in the MINER to-day. The furniture of Lieutenant Thomas, Col. Smith and Lieut. Bai'cy, will be sold on the 11th of May
 Robert Archer from the Peck Mine, came in this morning. Things are steadily and carefully being carried out at the Peck mine and mill.
 Patterson's road to Battle Flat is repre-. sented, by Turkey Creek citizens, as in an impossible condition, owing to the rains having washed the grades down.
 Mir. T. Otto, of the Perry mine has been personally experimenting certain works on the mine during the last few weeks, and has taken out considerable high grade ore.
 Ben Weaver purchased from Mir. Bradford several hundred pounds of dried fruit, fresh and direct from California. This fruit will be sold at a small margin on first cost.
 James Fine, an old citizen and a partner in the early days with the late James S. ,a sr,< H~ has high hopes in the future outcome of Arizonas mineral wealth.
 NEW VEGErABLEs.-Sol Jackson from Kirkland came up yesterday with load of spring vegetables, which disappeared like snow before May sun. Vegetables find 6 ready sale in the Prescott market at from 20 to 30 cents per pound.
 Jack Swilling and family have returned from the Verde colony to GilIett. where they own some valuable property. Mir. Swilling has one of the most thrifty young orchards to be found in the Territory on his place adjoining Gillett.
 A private letter from Camp Verde men, lions the fact that the Camp Apache dele- gation, who were present and successful at the letting of Uncle Sam's contracts here, some two weeks since, were, at last accounts, stuck fast in the mud on the Mogollon range.
 The Pioneer Saw Mill, recently purchas- ed by Messrs. Adams and Clark and removed from the old site on Bressler Creek to Groom, will he ready to commence the manufacture Of lumber the last of this week Logs are being hauled in and it will not be many days before their yard will be f,llad with assorfed iumhar
 B. A. Hussey, returned yesterday, from Camp Wood with about l5 head of beef cattle from the herd of Mir. Ambrose. He expected to have brought in largo band, but owing to the soft condition of the coun- try he found it impossible to travel around and gather up the herd.
 J.H Hughes of the c. X A. Stage Co. and Secretary of the Peck Mining Company, with Benjamin Morgan, Attorney for the Company, left for the Peck mine yesterday morning with view of contracting for the delivery at the mill site of 2,000 cords of wood.
 II. A. Owens of the McCrackin country, has one of the finest ranches in Arizona. some 4S0 acres of which are covered with a luxuriant growth of wheat, barley, alfalfa etc Mir Owens has also large number of fine COWS, horses, and other animals on his farm, which give it the appearance of a home in the Western States where every thing is in state of high cultivation.
 The Yuma Sentinel says Yuma will be the terminus of the s. F. R. R. for years, while Gov. Stafford, now in Washington, and who is perhaps quite as good authority, writes to friend at Tucson that the 5. P. ; people are going through Arizona with their road, no matter what action Congress takes and that work will begin very soon, SO says the Star Now which is rightl
 A telegraph line should be constructed from Wickenburg via the Sandy, etc, to Fort Mojave, and another line should be built from Phcnix to McDowell, which would bring all the posts within the Territory in direct communication with headquarters. The office at Maricopa Wells which was dis continued some time since, should be re- established, as it now is the distance between stations is aoout 150 miles, leaving long stretch of line unprotected.
 As will be seen by reference to an article from thepen of L. c. Taylor, the remains of that old hero and pioneer, who was mur dered by ola Big Rump's band of CUTS, in 1872, have been taken up and and re-interrcd St Di8Sh Suu1 Ons Aki<tho hoo A0 ehAtAS honorable citizen than Col. Snively, and we are glad to know that his bones have been brought from their solitary and lone ly resting place to that of civilization, and properly inferred
 Tfrror BOARDING HousE.-Mrs. A. l.. Ayers has purchased the interest of Martin Kopspechcr in the Tipiop boarding house, for which she paid one thousand dollars. Mrs. Ayers will board the men employed by the company at the mine, 75 in number at eleven dollars per week, which amounts to something over thirty-fve hundred dollars per month. With careful supervision, such as Mrs. A. is capable of giving, the business should yield nice profit.
 Webster Street, Esq, of Signal, Mohave count,. came up from the Sandy on Satur- day and will return tomorrow. Mr. Street is we'll pleased with his prospects in Mohave county, and has concluded to remain in the country He says that Signal is growing rapidly and now has a population of five hundred. Thinks they may make light at the next session of the Legislature for the removal of the Capital to the MoCrackin country. He tells us that the report of the bringing material, etc., for.starting news paper m Signal is all gsnmon, but that they would gladly welcome some enterprlslng man with newspaper outfit. Ar. Street goes