The weekly Arizona miner., 1879-06-27
SATURDAY

School examinations ia Miss sheFman's and Miss KsthToe's rooms wIli take place on Tuesday and Wednesday Eext.
 Yesterday xss :be longest day of .he year 1s7g. and last night the sh5rfest in the year. So says somebody's ssrsaperiila almanac, and It must be so.
 Henry Wiekenbury, the old pioneer of the tOwn that bezrs his name. came iBtp Prescott Thursday e5e1iBg sitha losd of POta- tOe-, onions and cabbzgr. for which he found ready sale.
 A party of seueaieen immigrants freA Ka7sas arrived here a day or iWo since Some intend to settle in Prescott a0d the r..t viii 20 10 Bradshaw. We have not learned tbeIT names.
 Mr. A. D. DaE8es has retired from the :,erinleudeu Y of the OsO BIniiO AiDc, and is about to m ske trip 10 san Ffa0cis- co. preparatory to beginniag the vigorous prosecution of wgrk On his mammoth cop per lead neAr Verde
 The DemOcr4is 0f San Beruafdino have nominated for Superior Juige. W. J. Gu tis |; Assembly, V. B. RGsseli; Treasures, - B. ca: Clerk, N. Kinney; SJerif, J. C. King; Diet. Aiy, K. E. Biedsoc.
 Miss Ida Bufne-ts Walnut Creek school has closed for the summer yaeation. and sise is at home again. Mis- Ida has proven her. self zn excellent leather and given exceile3i sAtisfactiSu to the parents of Walnut Greek We are glad of it. aud hope the Trsstees ~fll have the good judgment 10 secure her scrvIces for another term.
 Two boys, named Willard, lately from Nevada. EeFc dI0sped in J0rdsns dam while driving . herd Of cattle across the Verde rjrer. on Wednesday last. They have mother living in Nevada. the place we have not learned. Their faflfer and two Lrotl,ers acro5ndanied them. but o0 the way the father dien. TIie other boys are now al the Verde.
 TH Messrs. Joyncr are progressing hne- Iy ~ith the stone foundation for c 'ldwater < Bros baIIdiug. They will bs ready to commences the brick work some time next week. IL will. when completed, bo inc finest mercantile building this side of Los Angeles, il. indeed, there are any in that city 10 compete uiih it.
 The editor of tie MIxEB has gone to his cattle ranch af Date Creek. to look after
 
 scarcity of water, provided the drought continues. He has sent down lGnber and will, during this trip, prepare iroughs to save ti,e water thet would otherwise waste in the loose ground.
 Stage rObbeTies arc becoming remarkably frcqTcnt of late. bu. thus far the bold knioh.s of the road have been ia bad luck in striking stages containing hitle or no treasure Ia :he last foarrob0eFi between here and the railroad, they succeeded in ob- taining just Sgs. Twice they got nothing; once asD, and now SIS. SIch speculation must be discourAging to cnierpTising Toad agents.
 IAcKBERRY MT. Morton, or MoHlton, -xho has occupied the position Of meitsF and assayer at the Blackberry mill, cane Ia on last evenings blackboard, bringing with hlm two bars of bullion. the result of the clean up of the establishment. llc thinks the nilI will likely start up soon under the auspices of MT. John Howell. who has a large sum of money involved in the busi- ness, vith no prospect of recovering II un- less inc can make it out of the business. The Blackberry and other mncs in ihe neigh borhood are rich in silger. and with proper management cos.d. nn doubt be made to pay handsomely. No mill iR The territory has more or better facilities for the Tcduc- tisa and proper treatment of ore ,han the Blackberry, except Tigsr, which has ad- Ged rotary dryer in addition iO the i'm proved rnastsr. The Peek. TIptoD, Hack berry, McCraekin aHd Tiger mills are all frsi-closs, but the Tiger is one notch ahead of the re in the matter of Its patentreVolE- ing dryer.