The weekly Arizona miner., 1878-08-23
LOCAL INTELLIGEEcE.
TUESDAY.

ff.ls mOruing, Hibu Dtiics anu HOui- Smith 6 Hale have just receivfd new set of balls and bins for their Ten-pin alley. Pete Reed is in from Peoples Valley, where plenty of rain has favored the farm CTS of late.
 The roads between Prescott and Skull Valley are reported in an almost impossible condition.
 A washout on the Southern Pacific Rail- road deprived Prescott people of Their mail dse by last coach.
 H-ary Ward Bcccher arrived in San Francisco on the 15ih. If invited he might elne t1 Arizona.
 A terrible tornado passed over Fort Mo- ave dcing much damage, an account of shich will be found in another column. Mrs. l.. A. Stevens was in town to-day .ttIing up matters pertaining to the estate of her late hrsbanc, Hon. l.. A. Stevens. At. Mason of the City Boot and Shoe gore. has received portion of his exien- svc stock of goods recently purchased in an Francisco.
 Wstermelons by the wagon load are not al uncommon sight in Prescott. They l twenty-five cents.
 Mr. Van Burcn, Administrator of the es ate of z. Jackson, has sold the valuable nl scers on Lynx Creek belonging to the esI arc, to Calvin Jackson of this town. The examination of witnesses in the case of iedillo and others who have asked to be adm tted to bail on writ of habeas corpus h.s heen set for the 29th inst Tom Luther, tired of the monetony Prt scott presents, for man who likes life hss gone to participate in the exci- eStin,y scenes that prevail around the silver boianza camps of Bradshaw.
 4 young man by the name of Snyder, is ssi i'd to be about St. Johns, on the Little Colorado, with party of men whe are in- tent on mischief. Would it not be we'll to have the matter investigated2
 Dan. Thorn is furnishing his saloon with sll the elegance conceivable The latest addition is a six hundred dollar piano. Professor Neumayer pronounces the instru- | meE. as very fine toned.
 Bowen. Knowles tS Go. had their counter and platform scales tested this forenoon by l the standard weights in possession of T.J. Butler, ex-Officio Sealer of Weights and Measures, when they were found to be cor rect to a hair.
 The little daughter of Mrs. Wilson, who x,.s ,,.dly scalded yes.er,.ay, on the arm and neck. cv the turning over of kettle of boiling water, IS quite easy to-day, the doe tor having applied remedies that reliev- ed the little sufferer.
 Ata meeting of the Directors of the Bank of Arizona, held at the Bank in Pres colt. on Monday. Aug. 19, 1878, present: s,l. Lewis, M.sW Kales, J. J. Gosper, and T.. ]. Butler. Sol. Lewis was reelected President, and NJ. ". Kales Cashier, for the ensuing year.
 One of the Hudson brothers lost large white horse. It tii.apeared from lis ranch nuar WhppIe, the night alter Vance and B .rry made good their escape from the guard house, and the impression with Mir. IT,, is that the horse has been stolen by these men.
 The Bon Ton Restaurant has an adver- tiscment in to-day's issue. All who desire good substsntial food at living price should see this and read it. The price IS down to .sbed rock" and the fare given, towers high up. Call on "Jap,' and he will convince you that the Bon Ton, is the riace above all others.
 The application of L. Bashford < O., to have certain expenses, incurred in taking care nf property belonging to the estate of IS. c. rdiller & Bro. allowed as preferred claim against said bankrupt essate, was yes tcrdav submitted to Judge Silent at cham hers. The Judge took the matter under consideration and will decide it after exam nation of papers, etc
 MORE REVISED STATuTEs.-One hundred more volumes of the Compiled Laws Of Arizana were received yesterday morning by Secretary Gosper The Secretary is new prepared to furnish the Recorders of the several Counties, with copies for the Justices Of the Peace, etc. The work IS also for sale at the Secretary s office, at five dollars volume.
 Marshal Dake addressed communication to the Board of Supervisors this morning 1 asking upon what terms they would, on be- half of the county, board and quar- e. the United States prisoners at present confined in the guard house at Whipple. The Board considered the communication and fixed the price al $i.50 per day There are now five prisoners to be watched and fed.
 At a meeting of the members of the Pres cott Dramatic Association. last evening, we understand that Thomas Fitch was re-eleciedI President of the Association. The company selected for the next entertainment the fol- lowing pieces "Rough Diamond and ssWoodcock's Little Game.n We under stand that several new numbers joined last evening, and Benj. Morgan, Esq, with drew
 A valuable horse belonging to the mail | company passed in his checks " last ever ing. The Pima, Maricopa or other Indians lest great treat by not being aror Id on the demise of the "noble horse.n Prescott dogs and coyotes are equally as good as the Indians and will have the pleasure of grand feast on horse-fesh, something un- known to dogs around an Indian village or camp.
 Loco WEED.-W. H. Hardy, on his re- cent visit to this place. informed us that the loco weed was growing quite thick n | many places through Mohave county, aud during the season 8 no nbcr of ho ses have been poisoned and dieu froa eating the ssme. MT. Hardy is of the opinion that