The weekly Arizona miner., 1878-08-09
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LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
sATuKDAY

<8ATUEDAE = Clark & Adams continue to pile Iumbe
 up in their yard at the lower end of town
 Lester Jackson has been down to TiptoI
 and reports that section as next to red-hot
 A Mexican arrived today from Albu
 querqus, New Mexico. bringing letters.
 J.M. More. who has valuable ranch ir
 Upper Kirkland Valley wishes to sell thu sane.
 Times at Tptop since the starting up oi She GilIctt mill, have revived and money Ii quite plenty.
 There are but tive patients at present 1T the County hospital, and they are said te be cenvaIescing rapidly
 Eastem Yavapaa has been blessed with plenty of rain this Summer. Wish we could say the same for this section.
 Mr. N. R. Stanton, was up this morning from Walnut Grove with load of vcgeta- bles. Watsrnelons next week,
 Inc Sisters of St. Joseph were at last account at Phenix, waiting to see the Bishop, who was expected there.
 HotciIing's interest1n the Black Warrior and Silver Prince mines, was sold to-day for e2,000, Col. Head making the purchase.
 Bets gre up as to which of the two mills will turn out the most bullion during this month of August. That is the Peck or Tip top.
 The team of Mir. Win. Isaacs of Salt River, arrived this morning from Phenix with a loed of flour from the mill of Gel. King s. Hoolsey.
 Henry Adams has gone to Date creek to act for Wells, Fargo < O., they having for the present opened an office at that point in- stead of at Wickenburg.
 Our new county building is having coat of paint placed on its shining tin roof This paint will undoubtedly prove to be at least . good eye protector.
 J.L. Fisher had an auction sale of horses to-day. They belonged to Mir Perkins, who recently lost 14, TOO head of fine sheep, en- route from California to Arizona.
 Tom. Saunders, the very best dairyman we have, was in town this morning with goodly supply of butter, which he readily cold to his regular customers and at the restaurants.
 The Chinese of Prescott have a co-opera- Give system, and keep wages up. They spcnd but little money of what they earn, and arc continually, through Wells, Fargo c Ca. and other sources, sending it away, and 1t finally fetches up in China.
 Geo. S. Porter & O., the furniture dealers on the east side of the Plaza, have new advertisement in to-day's MINER. Their s- <..1I <~C ss...- are not afraid to let the people know their business through the medium of news paper.
 Hon. A. E. Davis has gone to Eldorado Canyon on the Colorado river to attend to some legal business. He wIll return to Mineral Park in about eight days after which he proposes to visit Prescott and the country south and east with reference to Congressional matters. So says a letter of July 2sth from W. H. H.
 We have letter from Yuma which states that Evans swore, in the Swilling- Kirby trial, that Mir. Murat Masterson, Prosecu- ting Attorney for the United States, had thrown off the case of these men, on their examination before Judge Cartier. How is it 1fr. Masterson We don't believe a word of it, even if it was sworn to.
 DEATH OF FRANK QuINETT.--Frank Qui- nett, native of France, aged about 6S years, died last night at the City Hospital, of aneurism of the aoysa, which caused hem- morrhagc of the wind-pipe. Mr. Quinett came to Arizona at an early day and has ever been known as a good, honest citizen. For the last three years the deceased has been in poor health and unable to do much work, consequently the little means that he had accumulated became exhausted ard he wss compelled, five days since, to ask ad- mission to the County Hospital.
 MajeT Dake, the newly appointed Mar shel will file bonds in a few days and enter upon the duties of his office The Major has had experience in the business to which hc has been appointed and will no doubt give satisfaction all round. He comes high ly recommended and we question very much tho veracity of the statement made in yes tsrdays Enterprise that ono J. ". Evans was to be retained in his present position, that is, if the paper meant the Deputy Mar shalship. If it meant that other position 1 then we have nothing to say.
 Dramatic Association, on each weekday eve, UUllt lIlt i&tu kuct., NACu tlt ulct Vint bA | the Company will come of. The rehearsals are not public, and we arc requested so to | state. Those taking part in the plays to be presented are doing nicely in their parts, with the exception, perhaps, that they do not use as much lung power as is to make their words audible to . large audience such as there will be present on the nights of the 18th and 14th instant.
 Hyrads of winged ants, black and red, srs sailing in the upper air. and appear to be hostile to each other. This morning the | two armies met at the top of the new court house and had a regular battle, thousandsofl them failing upon the roof disabled. Punches of red and black ants, rolled up in to the size of walnuts, fell xSoa the roof and being driven by the wind, rolisaa into the eve troughs, but still they Ieened to continue the fight regardless of the danger of falling, and their inaOslIsy to nee their wings while wound into ball.
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