The weekly Arizona miner., 1878-04-26
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
TUESDAY


 robbers, together with all mail matter, wal
 taken on to Ehrenberg.
 J. R. Walker sends word from Gillett b, John McDermitt, of Curtis mill, that he
 Joe, is Candidate for Sheriff.
 The c. & A. stage came in this morning bringing only one passenger, Mrs. Travis
 No outgoing passengers.
 Mr. Nathan Bowers, one of the most ex- tepsiye land owners and farmers in the county, is in from his Agua Fria home.
 Mr. Dall, who is interested in the saloon business at Alexandra, shipped quite an assortment of supplies to that place rhi. morHing.
 Frank Schulz says he intends putting 5J men at work prospecting the May Bean min. ground, and to watch the stove-pipe artillery raid
 A. E. Davis was in Los Angeles, coming Arizonaward, on last Wednesday. He will go to Mineral Park, by steamer, via Fort Mojaye.
 The teams of Underwood and Crow, de- parted for the Peck ttis morning, heavily laden wi.h merchandise, mostly for the store of Wm. NJ. Buffum.
 Mir N Ellis has closed his mercantile business, known as the Red Flag Store and the place will soon be opened up as Cigar and Tobacco store.
 Ben. Baker. of the Prescott and Santa Fe Mail line, is in town, and reports three feet of snow on the Mogollon range, and some thing less than hundred feet of mud.
 The Kautz piano which was raffied for sometime since, and won by Major Smith, will be rallied for again soon. Auctioneer Fisher will have hesupervision of the affair.
 The Bradshaw Mountains gre now covered with 36 inches of snow, which is sufficient to insure reasonable supply of water for the mining community during the coming sum- mer
 Don Berardo Freyes, our old friend who lives on the Little Colorado, is one of Ari- zonas most liberal hearted men and stands square oa the goose" or any other bird CT animal question.
 FIRST OF THE SEAsoN.--Bones & Spencer this morning received box of strawberries from the ranch of F. l.. Brill, near Wicken- burg. They lasted just twenty minutes at the rate of about dollar and q half pound.
 The NJ. o. Q. Els have made satisfactory arrangements with Mr. Geo. w. Curtis for tine renting of the City Hall, in which to give their May day party. Ali the school children have or will receive invitations, through their teachers, to be present on that occasion.
 Mr. Fisk, who has been superintendent of the blackboard that plies between Prescott and Turkey Creek, and Alexandra, has turned the business over to Henry Boettcher. Fisk has taken position as engineer as the Tiger Mine.
 Rev. Father Beckers, of rhe Catholic faith, has rented the house belonging to Mir. Rech- ter, on the hill, East of the school house, to be used as place for Catholic service until such time, as a Catholic Church can be erected. The Reverend gentleman informs US that negotiations are being perfected for the putting up of an edifice for the purpose above specified.
 FoR SmERIFr.-It will be observed that ". c. Dawes and J. W. Kelsey have an- nounced themselves as candidates fer the office of Sheriff. They are both we'll and favorably known as men of strict integrity, and no one doubts the ability of either to fulfill the duties of the office to the perfect of the people.
 If no one else comes out to spoil the race it will be pretty one, and good Sheriff the result.
 Tine Eastern portion of Yavapai is cer- taialy entitled to at least two members in the coming legislature and as Mir. Cooley is well posted as to the wants of our neighbors across the Mogollon range, he will be asked to lend his name. Again our Mormon friends are good law abiding, tax paying | people and one of their number should be selected as Representative.
 MILLINERY AND DREssNAKING. - The Misses Wilson and Mrs. Waite have formed | a copartnership, under the firm name of Wilson & Waite, for the transaction of bu- siness in the above line. They are located | pne door south of Behlow's cigar store, on Montezuma Street. Mrs. Waite, recently | from San Francisco, is thoroughly posted in every branch of the business, has all the latest fashions etc, etc. These ladies are determined to keep right up with the styles and ask share of pubic patronage. l
 HYDRArLIcs AT WoRK.-Mr. R DeKuhn arrived here this morning from the Agua Fria and informs us that the owners of hy- iraulic claims on Lynx Creek are at work, washing away the banks and securing the gold which exists in the gravel beds for miles on either side of the stream. A large quantity of water now rolls gracefully down the bed of the creek from the snow capped Mount Union range and will probably con tinue to do so for several months to come, judging from the fact that several feet of sncw now hides the ground from whence 1t takes ;is source.
 Mrs. Massey was around yesterday trying to interview the base wretch who published . slanderous auto-biographicai item from he Prescott Miner. Rumor says she had blood in Ter eye, but from our knowledge E ,f her lamb-like disposition, it must be a mistake. There was no editor tt home in the offices at which she called. They had ust stepped out.-Los Angeles Star, April IS.
 Wonder what's the matter with Mother Massey nowl Her 'lamb-like disposition" md the cruel deed of her ill trained son xill long be remembered by at least one person in Prescott, and that is the pocr, broken hearted mother of the murdered boy, whom young Massey sent from this to mother world in the twinkling of an eye.
 SHEEP AND Coon LucK.-The Harlow Bros, good managers of sheep, and owners of one of the best fiocks in the Territory, have just returned from the Black Canyon country, where one thousand of their ewes nave hmbed. giving their owners 90 lambs il