The weekly Arizona miner., 1878-07-26
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LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
TUESDAY.


 Frazier's team from Pnenix, loaded with barley will be in town tomorrow.
 Doctor Geo. D. Kendall and his lady have been on visit to the green fields of Skull Valley.
 W. c. Dawes, Candidate for Sheriff, will visit Verde and other voting camps carly next week.
 ]. H. Lee of the American ranch, informs us that inc rain has sighted his head quarters entirely.
 additions to their extensive stock of tim ware during the last few days.
 Coop TrNE.--The Tucson Sur, avaluable exchange, date of the 1lth inst. arrived last evening, just thirteen days ca ronte.
 Heavy rains have fallen of late on the Culling plain, which will make line feed for freighters and others between Prescott and Ehrenberg.
 After this week village taxes become de- linquent, consequently it bchooves property owners to see that their taxes are paid in time.
 James A. Moore, for many years past a
 
 place to Aaron Barnett and removed to Globe City.
 We learn that Mir. Grove and family, now at the Tiger, have not fallen in love with the mountains of Bradshaw, and may return to Prescott. Plenty of room here.
 Mir. Harri,, a sheep owner, has sold his flock to James 0neal, of Date Creek. Price per head, $1.5e. The herd is said to be a fine one, and the price quite low.
 A large lot of barbed fence wire for C. Becker, of Kirkland Valley, has arrived, and that gentleman will soon have his fine farm enclosed with good wire fence.
 Refreshing showers have visited the val leys south of Prescott during the last two days. Kirkland received regular drench- ing and grazing is superior just now in that section.
 Owing to the extreme drought during the last three years, in Yayapai County, the pine trees through the mountains to the east and south of Prescott are dying out to quite an extent.
 A Mir. Hamilton, who has kept the Pee ples' Valley station for the last year, has rented the Kelsey station, at Kirkland Val ley, and will open first-class house for the accommodation of the travelling public.
 OFF FOR UTAH.-Three families who came to Arizona from Utah about ten months since and settled in Thompson Valley, de- parted again for their old home in Eche Canyon, yesterday. They took the route via Mineral Park and expect to reach the happy land of Jordan" in about six weeks.
 It is thought by those who are posted about the mail route from here 10 Yuma, that the route will lee strengthened and run via Date Creek, instead of winding around to Wickenburg. fla change be made, then the Florence and Phenix stage, will con- meet at Date Creek with the California mail, instead of at Wickenburg.
 The Los Angeles papers have it from authentic sources that Gen. Fremont will bring his own private Secretary, which will cause Mir. Anderson, Gov. Hoyts Secretary, to be displaced. The authentic source from which the Los Angeles papers gathered the above must be questioned somewhat, and to Governor Hoyt who has DO private Secretary it will be piece of news.
 BEAR KuLED.-Mr. Lane, owner of large band of cattle that range ou Sycamore Creek, west of Ferguson Valley, succeeded last week in killing large cinnamon bear that has been, for several months, playing havoc in his cattle herd. killing cows and calves. During the last two weeks pre- | ce ling the capture of hIs bearship, the 1 animal killel four of his best COWS.
 When you hear the people of any par:ic- l ular county boasting about the healthy con- l dition of the finances of the sanie--out of debt, etc. you can set it down that the county | has poor roads, little or no county buildings | and but a trifiing revenue. Yayapai county | has n debt, and can boast of roads, county | buildings and sweeping revenue from her per cent taxes.
 A. Allen. the brick layer who has been operating in and around Phenix for the past | few months, returned last evening from that section. Mr. Allen informs us that the Salt River Valley is quite warm, and life un- Farm produce and fruit the valley looks we'll and every thing seems to be advancing, even the small pox, of which some seven cases are now on the docket.
 A. DAVIS ANNOUNCES HIMSELF < CAN pfpaTE FOR CoNGREss.-Under the head of to-day, will be found the name of Hon. A. k. Davis, of Mohave County. for Congress. The race will be be- tween woolsey and Davis, and from present indications it will be q uite an exciting con- test with woolsey ahead at the outcome, Davis pressing closely on his heels and Stevens and Campbell distanced.
 SIGNAL MILL SHUT DowY.-Parties just in from the Signal inform us that Mir. Thomas Ewing, Superintendent of the Signal works, in Mohave County, who is now Tn San Fran cisco, has written back to suspend work at the mine and mill for the present. Quartz hauiers have stopped work and the mill has hung up its stamps. A large amount of money is doe to employees, but MT. Ewing writes that all accounts will be settled
 Porter has withdrawn from the Con- race. NIT. Davis takes his place, and the field is now open, not oaly to those who have announced themselves, but to all who have an itching to serve their country h the halls of Congress, and immortaiize themselves by connecting their names wifh hose who are to constitute the 46th Con ,ress. Woolsey is at work-always mas worked, and when he goes out as our Deie- gate we will still find him up and doing
 TIE YUMA .ExrosIroR. We have seen 'he 6rst number of the new paper puniisneo It fuAsa. In appearance it presents . cisan face. la Its first issue commences the nie If James Kelley. which is to be continues. Srr. Reilly and Samuel Purdy, are to cuit