The weekly Arizona miner., 1878-02-15
THURSDAY.

Geo. Banghart's team sshoye in sight tn
 morning, from Chino Valley, bringing in loado s'murphys- which were deposite
 at the store of L. Bashford & Go.
 Dr. Mckee, Medical Director of Arizon. snd Col. c. F. Head, one of the leadin
 merchants of Prescott, returned from bus ness trip to San Francisco. this afternoon They came by private conveyance from Do ! PaImas
 LITTLE BAREFooT.-This beautiful son.
 will be beautifully rendered by beautifu
 little girl at the Fair, tomorrow evening
 at the City Hall. Everybody ought to D
 there and hear it.
 Tim Fell, who recently sold hls farm il
 Ferguson Valley, and purchased anothe
 on the Upper Verde, has again sold ou,
 The trade was with the Messrs. Humphries
 who have large band of COWS grazing il
 the Verde Valley.
 VERY NEAR A FRE-The residence O
 Mrs. Grove, on Marina street, came yer,
 near burning this afternoon. Fire, by soml means caught in the roof and was discovered ijust in time to save it. Mir. Crooks climbed
 to the top, cut away the roof and got watel
 on. He informs us that two bricks wer.
 out of the chimney just where it passei
 through the roof.
 General Lucas is making good job o
 the crossing of Goodwin and Montezums
 streets. The soft earth is rem 5ved from tine
 ditch and solid cobble-stone pavement
 grouted with sand, is being put in its place i This will be covered with sand and soil
 which must make solid crossing.
 Dan Delaney, Esq, of lower Kirkland
 Valley, is in town, to-day, taking his trees ordered through Goodhue & Armstrong. He informs us that he has an excellent piece oi land for an orchard and thinks he can raise all the fruit he wants. His greatest regret Is that he has not mere fruit trees to plant William Southerland is planting quite a arge orchard.
 PURCHASING AGENCY. = Read Bowen. Knowles & Co.'S. Moody & Sankey lad" to- day. They have made new departure, and propose to purchase, on commission, any ar ticle needed in the country, and which they have not in stock.
 Cost and freight with ten per cent added, will bring anything from San Francisco, from ha;r-pin to quartz mill.
 Kearney (not the San Francisco Kearnev) is having one of the incest, coziest, and most convenient place of business fixed up ad joining the store of Bones & Spencer, that there is in Arizona Kearney never does things by halves, which is probably the req son that the premises arc being fixed up with such care, and at so great cost.
 MT. Sam Goldwater fooled us a little. on Monday evening, by telling us to state that he was going out on the stage Tuesday morning. He didn't go, as he found out the people of Prescott couldn't get along with out him. The sociables and Literary asso- citation would cease to do business should Sam take his departure.
 ANOTHER EXPRESS City Express business must be pretty good, from the number of people engaging in it. Joseph Ehle came out this morning with bright blue wagon, ready to attend to calls in the Express line. We have not examined the vehicle closely, but of one thing we are quite sure, and that is that none of them have got a better horse for the business than his. We happen to be acquainted with the animal, and are ready to give him a cer- tificate of good character.
 At meeting of the Academy of Sciences in San Francisco, on the 9th, the fossil shells of the Colorado desert formed theme for discussion. X new plant, discovered by Harry Edwards, was investigated, and DI. Gibbons read paperon the rainfall in Cali fornia for 27 years. He said it was impos- sible to predict the weather, and there is no subject upon which so much popular error prevails.
 IT. Parish, of Oakland, advanced a theory that grub in the head, and not loco weed, was the cause of crazy complaint in horses.
 B. B. Bedding called attention to the arti- sian well on Norris ranch, which is 1880 feet deep. The President said steps had beer taken to secure samples of borings for future use in determining the geology of the Sacramento valley.
 l.. Bashford & Co. are out in new lad" to-day, to which they expect to make daily additions. This is one of the oldest busi- ness houses in Prescott, has been through the storm, stood the test of time, and does not intend to be undersol5 in price, or out done in the quality of its goods. Prices have got down so low, and profits so small, however, that they are obliged to demand cash for their wares, and at the low figures they have placed on their goods. they are obliged to forego the pleasure it has hith- erto given them to indulge their patrons with credit.
 J. Goldwater & Bro., have new "ad" which we had not time to properly notice 
 The old war horse of the concern has gone to New York, and San Francisco to buy goods for the summer trade, and in the meantime Morris and Sam are determined to unload their store, at almost any price, to get rid of the goods and make room for the | new stock. Goods purchased at this store 1 within the next sixty days. it will be next thing to finding them in the street, or talk in,y them along at nominal price, just to relieve the transaction of the appearance of receiving them as matter of charity.
 The wedding of MT. X. NJ. Koontz to Miss Hattie Allen, makes the third time Judge Cartier has performed the marriage 1 ceremony for the Allen family. Three sis ters have married respectively, Charles Reed, | Al Doyle, and A. M. Kooutz, within year, md the Judge having officiated in the two former cases. was called into acquisition in the latter; the parties coming all the way ssem Verde to avail themselves of his servi- ,es.
 Mir NSeo. Clark, who came to Arizona, ast AugusSss from San Jose, California, and was successful F finding and locating some saluable mining iifsssests in the Peck Dis trict, returned to Sen Jose last month on | business, and is now enroute again to Pres sott, and is bringing two fine teams, and
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