The weekly Arizona miner., 1878-05-31
Fridays News.

Grain is worth six cents per pound in Prescott just now, and scarce at that.
 Sam. Weir is furnishing the Tiptop quartz mill with several hundred cords of wood.
 The Peck buckboarnd left this morning, carrying helvy load of express matter, without passengers.
 Mr. Woods, formerly Post trader, at Camp Thomas. has been appointed Indian trader at San Carlos.
 The names of tweniy-seven attorneys ap- pear on the Calendar for the June term of the District Court
 M. L. Peralta, the pioneer merchant of Wickenburg and clever gentleman, is in Prescott on business.
 Frink and Black, of Marines, have fine stock ranch upon which are grazing hun dreds of horses, cows and steers.
 Mrs. ". M. Buffum, and Asa, reached San Francisco on the 2lth. direct from Pittsburgh. They will start for Prescott as soon as Nr. B., is through buying his summer goods.
 The rehearsal of the Philharmonic Society will take place this evening. It will prob ably be the last rehearsal in the church. From now on the rehearsals will necessarily be private.
 The tirade made upon Col. Woolsey, by the Yuma Sentinel needs no answer. Every sensible man who reads the article will draw his own conclusion. It will make votes for Woolsey.
 Our nighbors in New Mexico are troub- led again this Spring with smallpox. which visited every town of that Territory last year, and carried of maBy of its in habitants, especially the younger portion.
 The latest accounts we have received from Rev. MT. Merrill aud family, who are trav cling East, via New Mexico, was at Sunset Crossing, on the Little Colorado. where they had arrived, having had pleasant and suc- cessful trip that far.
 The Navajoe Indians have about 10000 head of sheep, which they are grazing in the eastern portion of Yavapai County. Their revenue from wool this year will be no small item. Eastern purchasers are in the Navajo country negotiating for the pur- chase of their fieeces.
 J. H. Lee loaded several teams at the saw mill of Geo. W. Curtis, yesterday. The lum- Der goes to Phenix, for Dennis & Murphy. MT. Curtis can furnish about l2,0O0 feet daily at his mill, therefore those wishing lumber need feel no delicacy in sending on their orders.
 Forty bars of nice clean bullion, part of the result of six tons of Kit Carson ore, smelted by Mir. Symes, for Col. Wood, at the Agua Fria shelter, are piled up at the Bank of Arizona. They weigh something over 3,600 pounds.
 Mir James Fiemming, miner of many years experience, and a resident of Mohave County, is visiting the Capital of Arizona, and thinks Prescott the gem city of the West. MT. F.. speaks highly of the mines in and around Signal, also of the Blackberry which is turning out daily about $1 200.
 Following is the list of arrivals and de. partures by c. 6E A. Stage Co.,, this morning
 Arrivals.-Col. Martin, John Mullen, Luke Melin, Pat Fogarty, Robt. Tcbin, Q. Her. rington, Jos. Brady, NJ. J. Murphy, Henry Burke and Mr. McArdle
 Departures.-S. W. Myers, John Blake and J. w. Evans.
 Bean and others arrested for taking forci- ble possession of the Aztlan nIll, were up before Justice Cartier yesterday, but no con- clusion arr.ved at. This morning the par ties were taken before Judge Silent, Dis trict Judge, OF writ of habeas corpus, and discharged. What turn will be taken next, or who will "hold the fort" remains to be seen --t
 MT. Van Burep, son-in-law to the late 2. ! Jackson, came in from Santa Rosa, California, l a few days since, and is now busy closing | up the estate of the deceased, which em- braces the Lynx Creek hydraulic placers, and two valuable farms in Salt River Val | ley. Mir. Van Burcn is determined to set tic the estate up. and the property will be sold at a bargain.