The weekly Arizona miner., 1879-11-28
Local intelligence.
SATURDAY.
Mfnse nie fine has arrived.

Tiptop.
 Mr. and Mrs Blair are in on their weekly vist to-dIy.
 c.F.Cate andothers arrived from Tip. top yesterday.
 There is considerable travel OF the Santa Fe stages of late.
 One of J. M Bryan's teams is enroaie to Prescott from Aaricopa.
 Religious services at the Catholic chepe tomoTow morning at ten o'clock.
 Mir. Alfred, one of the prominent farmers in Thompson Valley, is visiting Prescott. Archie Mcbride has returned from the South, having extended his visit as far as Tombstone.
 The team of Alien & Baea was loaded to- day with supplies which go their sheep camp.
 Mr. chas. Crocker makes a boot or shoe that will it. Give him your measure and satisfaction will follow.
 Tim Hawkins has written letter iron 
 on the situation Of the country.
 The Gillctt wagon road will be eomplet- cd next week over Boulder hill. The grados we are informed, is good one.
 Geo. E Brown from Lower Agua Fria is in Prescott. George Is preparing to put in large crop the coming s-ason.
 "The Arizona Methodist will be issued about Christmas, and is Co he sent gratui- tous to the citizens of the Territory.
 Wild fowls are plenty in the Verde river this season, and inc shooiists arc getting away with large numbers of them.
 Mrs. General Fremont Is at present in Si. Louis. visiting her sister, Mrs. Wm. Carey Jones, and neiee, Mrs. W. E. Hughes.
 A NIT. yickers. of Lower Auga Fria, has been to the Tombstone district, and returns satisfied tlfat it is no better than layapai
 Several bars of bullion were brought to Prescott this week, from Cedar District, Mohaye couaty, and shipped to California The nex school house nesr tho Miller ranch, will be erected aext week, those hay ing the matter in hand, securing sufficient aid to do 80.
 Hyman Ellis, Chas. Goldman, S. Jackson and Mr Goblin, arrived yesterday fom Phenix by private conveyance. They came by way of Gilleti.
 We notice that people from the country are bringing in wild turkey, geese, duck, stc.. for tie approaching Thanksgiving which presents itself on Thursday next.
 ANOTHER 0ID ARIz0NAN DEAD.-Martin Saffenberg. for many years resident or Prescott, died a few days since at St. Mary's Hospital, San Francisco, of congestion of the braIn.
 Mir Mcbride visited the famous Tomb stone district, Pima county, found some l500 people there of whom only 100 are em- ployed working the one or two mines now yielding bullion.
 A mining bureau has been started in Chi cago. Nixon, of the Inter-Occan, is Secre- tary, and is anxious 10 deal with Arizona mining men. Some of our bonanza kings have been written on the subject.
 We venture the assertion without fear of deviating from the line of truth, that the MINER IS better prepared tO do fine job work than any printing establishment ip the Territory and at lower prices.
 Col. Riddle, L. s. A., has offered Lynx Creek miner $95 for skull of one of the ancients. It is different from the skulls of the people of this age, and will create quite a sensation at the Smithsonian Institute, Washington, where 1t is 10 be sent.
 The force on the Tiptop mine winch was decreased some days since, has again been augmented by the putting on of fifteen CT twenty men. The ore is said to be good, and everything connected with the mine de- notes prosperity and @ healthy condition.
 Hon. c. c. Bean reports that a very rich and remarkable discovery has recently been made east of the Ora Benito mine in Brad shaw district, or rich silver deposits; and if one half be true ofwhat is reported, times will comeiup aud things mere than boom in and around the Bradshaw section. The assay tests show the ore to be very rich.
 MuITARY.-First Lieutenant George S. Wilson, Twelfth Infantry, Acting COmmIs- sary of Subsistenceiu the field, is relieved from duty at Whipple Barracks, and will proceed tO and take station at Blackberry 10 distribute tine rations, authorized by the Secretary of War, to be issued to the Huala- pai Indians.
 The following freight for Prescott parties arrived at Maucopa, up to Nov. 2lst.:
 I. BaSl,ford, l2 sundries 390.
 TW Otis, 9 suudriss 310.
 Mrs D Ellis, pkg l30.
 ] Hickey, pkg 10.
 D Hatz. go sundrlcs 2.I25.
 ] Herspring. sundries 530.
 c r Head, 10 sundries 3,2S0.
 AND so TT Ts-The general tone of conver- sation of our business men is to the effect that business is brisk and times rcviving. Some of our friends were kind enough to misconstruc our remarks of a fey days since and call them severe strictures or censures upon the prospects of business m Prescott Cur aim was to urge all to action, and the remarkable change of the past few days Is probably owing to our recommendations. We take the credit, nothing vain about us.
 Hon. C. C. Bean and MT. C. r. Bowen returned yesterday from Bradshaw Basin. where MeSsrs. Iowen < Co. have very valuable property. The Basin has an abun. dance of water: tbc saw mill has turned ou,