The weekly Arizona miner., 1878-04-26
MONDAY.
Spring fights have opened.

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 The late rainfall amounts to about three inches.
 Mir. PeIl Craigue who is interested in the Tiger Mine, and has been on business trip to Los Angeles, is again in town.
 A few moss agates, this morning, were the result of a somewhat animated discussion .'wid fists,n last night, in asaloon down street.
 Owing to the very heavy state of the roads between Prescott and Ehrenberg, the last two stages have been somewhat delay ed.
 The Camp Verde Social Club have issued invitations to Sociable to be given at that Post to-day We acknowledge the receipt of an invite.
 The freight trains of Atkinson & Rusher and Johnny McNeal, are mud bound near Skull Valley. They will be moving on so soon as the roads dry off little.
 Judge and Mrs. J. W. Kelsey came up from Kirkland Valley yesterday in the storm. The rain has been equally as great in Kirk. land and that section as it has been in Pres colt.
 Ben Lindenbaum came in, to-day, from the Tiptop country, which is booming just now. Ben is under the weather, which ac counts for his presence just at this time in town.
 The China offer for dog collar was a silk handkerchief. The Celestial was not to blame, he was taught the lesson by a man who professes to be something more than a Chinaman.
 After May first, Mir. J. D. Cook, of Ste ven's dairy farm, proposes to furnish the citizens of Prescott with milk, at reduced rates, as follows: per gallon, 90 cents; quart, 15 cts; pint, 10 cts.
 Henry F. Murdoek, young typo, and son of B. Murdock of the San Jose, Cal, Herald, arrived from California yesterday. NIT. M.. comes to us we'll recommended and with a view of making Arizona his future home.
 Messrs Hardy and others, arrested few days since on charge of having driven certain parties from the May Bean mining ground, were tried before Judge Cartier, and dismissed.
 The al cunt of Dog tax collected up to date amounts to $207.50, much more than was accounted for last year, although it is said that ore dog-collars were in use last year than shis.
 Mir. George Toney, formerly in the employ of John C. Campbell, and for the last few months absent in California has returned to Prescott, and considers Arizona the best country on the Pacific slope.
 Arrivals by the c. & A. Stage yesterday :: P. A. Cralgue, Ed. F. Bowers, Mrs. Carter, Geo. Toney, Albert Bauch, Frank Alexis, James Sorg, Miss. Sorg, Master Sorg.
 Departures: Thos. Bidweli, Sam. Polaski.
 VIII. Grove, arrived from the vicinity of the Peck mine yesterday, after an absence of adout months, Mir G. represents times quite dull in the town of Alexandra but thinks, with the recent supply of water, that times will improve.
 We hear it surmised that the capture of the late stage robbers will not be accom- plished. There seems to be something rot ten somewhere and the sooner the bottom of the facts are gotten at, the better it will be for the people of the Territory.
 The storm has again leveled the telegraph line somewhere down about Yuma. Although our readers would like to know what is going on in the outside world, they can we'll alt0fA tO u4>fSucJ VII SNNA HUI tt4S HtitA4tf-C of having plenty of rain.
 sMarshey Dodseya is the way the Chiney- men pronounce the name of the Village Mar shal. of whom they stand in mortal fear.
 If fre-crackers would frighten away the aMarsheyn as easily as they do the devil, they would burn wagon load.
 An old gentleman who has been enter faining of late, tho visitors at the different saloons, with his sweet melodies, extracted two blankets to his own use, unlawfully, the same belonging to the lodging house of Otto Escii.
 II. l.. Peralta, of Wickenhurg has been appointcd Post Master at that place vice Mir. James Gnuyhran, whose business would not justify him in personally attending to the affairs of this office. Mir. Peralta is good citizen and will undoubtedly make a good Post Muster.
 James Patterson and L. c. Palmer, left early this morning by private conveyance for Giliett Mr. Palmer for the purpose of looking after hls train, and AIr. Patterson with the veiw of selling his interest in the Prescott and Phenix Stage line, to his part ners.
 To show how tho military operate with Indiaa Scouts. we give tho following Sp,- cial Order from Fl sadquartcrs.
 sCpon the recommendation of the cnul- pany commander, the following appoint menrs arc made in Company c, Indian Scouts. fo 1afe from the 1st inst: Rrivatn Nnnboas 0af. 7so. Thrss, Etsz, aad Fee tD be sereeAnts, and Six Ssusa, EigM aud Njas, <x, be fsorunraIs