The weekly Arizona miner., 1878-09-20
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
TUESDAY.

l are at NOrk cutting 1i dh'd h7s lOl tHC pO' erpment and the Prescott market. Tne road from Prescott to Camp Verde | ..;d to be in very bad condition, anC should be immediately repaired. All the large freight trains which came il from Elirenbcrg last week, ,.are loading III with lumber as back freight.
 The vegetable crop on tie Verde ha' l,.ea seriously damaged "f late by bugs :" J,arren; species, whicl have appeared Ii ] grcag numbers.
 Jo,n F. Osborn. who settled in our towr
 ,sriy in '54 has q good ranch and band oi
 .s,,e on Ash Creek, below the ranch oi i Gea. " Hance. He supports Col. Wooisey S fer Congress.
 q Id II. 1rieder and Chris. Shuueidcr,
 t,rn,crlr employed in Geo. $. Porter X # c'.. Jgrriture store, left this afternoon by
 ,rir,,e conyeyaGcc for Californif, via
 HiriyTiiIe'
 Tin. mines recently discovered in the
 plack Hills, five miles north of Pinyon
 -,ocs are turning out good ore and plenty
 afit R. DcNuhn is one of the lucky dis
 co,ers of these valuable leads.
 l T;ntop stock was quoted in San Fran
 .;sca on the l2th, at $l@ 50. The near
 .nrrnach of the sa'e of delinquent stock
 nrratbably had depressing effect. The sale i iakes nIace to-mo: TOW, the 18th, at the com
 ngnv's office in san Francisco.
 Uon. \. L. Moellcr got a letter from Joe. 1 Drew candidate for Sheriff, dated at St.. Josenh. Little Colorado, Sept. l2th, in which he says he is doing better than he expected, and inc further he travels the brighter are his prospects for election.
 FL. Brill. the Wickcnburg fruit man. eame up last night with a load of fruit, which he quickly disposed of this forenoon an5 left for his home this afternoon. Ms. Danl. HaIZ. who has been visiting frIen,'s in inc vicinity of Wickenhgrg, returned home last evening with MT. Brill
 Nr. Leyallev, ot Caldwell Sc Lcyalley, stage uroprietors, brought in the PheniX and G;lletr stage last evening. The ship meut of bnlli-n by this arrival from the Tiptop mil at Gillett. was three bars worth SjO5G6G. There was one passenger whose name we could not get
 One oi the best stations Co be found in Northern Arizona. is that kept hy II. Spauld- inp. at the Agua Fria. Mrs. S., Is the best cook. scis the best table, and has the hand somyst children in Yavanai county. Let others vho claim the medal put that in their pipes and smoke ii.
 Cherry Creek is represented by some 15 miners ali of whom arc doing good buSl- ness taking out quartz and preparing mlncS for sale 10 Eastern capitalists. 1t Is thought that quartz mill will soon pc erected m the district to work the large amount Of ore be- ing taken from the rich lodcs.
 HoRSES SToLUH.-Nr. John Steams came in from his ranch this morning and reports fine loss of two horses The animals were taken last week, and Mr. Stearns thinks he knows the parties who took them. He offers a reward of :s25 for the return of the horses and $l00 for the capture of the thieves. (See ad. in another column.)
 Geo. ". Hance, of the Cicncgr, is a per son well qualified to represent the Verde section in the Legislature He IL one ot the largest stSck raisers, contractors, etc, and has always evinced the livelicst interest m ihe welfare of the county. Let inn be nominated on the 25th, and his election will be acertainty. Tom. Ward. from the Constantine mine, Uas,ayaNpa district, was Tn town yeSter- day. and this forenoon arranging with the Nav 6ean Company for the working ot large quantity of thiS ore at the Atzlan mn Ward thinks he can furnish ore to keep 'hc mill constantly employed for long tlme. He is sinking night and day, with iiatterlng groSpectS. LII. Unphcs, formerly agent of the c. x 4 S;age Company at Prescott, Is now stop ninu for T short time in San Bcinaruiho. The Times of the llth says: MT. Joseph n. Hughes. whose smiling countcnahce looks as natural as in old times, informs us tha; the desert plains of Arizona arc now TaSt meadows of grass more than wasting and presenting anything but desert an- pearance," Fitch X Churchill advertise that they VIII r,llect cIaims aerlinst the United States' Tbrir relations with eminent lawyers ln WaShinuton. together with thelr own large e1rerjepce in that class of business will en- able them to give satisfaction m all suCl' esses entrusted to them. Their oiilce Is SUI, and will remain, up stairs over the bank ol Arizona. and not in tBc Octagonai Duil'hnS on Gurley street, as some have been lea to suppose. ASu GREEK MrHEs.-Work Is progressing ea inc Mount Vernon lode, owned ny MeSsrS' S,emmer tE Co. The lead is quite extensive Ni,b nay streak of very rich ore inches side tba +assays over $5O0 tv the 1on He belicvc inc >s0uuf Vernon willmake nome stake for those good pioneer people, MT and Mrs. Stemme-. The Empire !ou9' owned by Lawrence & Choudawen, IS yieiu, inc sn,endid oro whicl averages s3oo to me ton. They have large qnan'i's V" dumps ready for treatment.
 FIRE IN SSN HERNARDINo.-on Sa'uio"' las; i;;h inst the town of Ssn iSernsrcino' Cal, was visited by destructive conilagFa- lion, whie,, destroyed over thirty buiid1nss' some of them the best in the town. Nen ly every building in the business porooh V. the town vas more ar less damaged ehnei from fire or water. The Times snys 'na' ':a total loss, as near as can be estiiha'eo, VII not fall shors of Sl00,QG0, and the insuf"ree will amannt to about g35,000. The Ite origi2atcd ia manure heap oE whe'i .o' of hay 'sad been thrown and which was E nited by s,,ontaneous combustion-
 
 ', H,xDNEsDAY.