The weekly Arizona miner., 1879-03-28
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
SATURDAY

Evarts is in quaadry as to whether Sew ard should be sent back'to China. . Sheridan and Clark have hid in, offer ing to furnish barley hay at Camp Mcdowell for $17.50 per ton.
 General Fremont when last heard from was registered at the Eyermont House, New York City.
 The Territoriol Prison Bonds have been printed. They aggregate Sl5,00O and are drawing interest at the rate of ten per cent.
 M. W. Kales has arrived at Phoenix and is busy fixing up to open branch of the Prescott Bank si that place.
 J. Goldwater, the Senior member of the firm ot J. GOldWater & Bro. of this town, and also of EhrenbeTg, iea-es Yuma this evening for San Francesca.
 Brick Pomeroy has moved back to La Cross. Wisconsin, in destitute circumstances He has rented hall, which belongs to hls first wife, who is quite wealthy, and VIII start paper.
 Secretary G0speF who has quite recently dropped into q little fortune m the shape of q fourth interest in valuable gold mine at Bradshaw, left this morning for that place to look after the bonanza.
 CHA BEND.-There are those who wish 10 contract with merchants of Prescott, to haul freight from Gila Bend at g. 9 e 100 lbs The railroad company charge io that point fIom San Francisco $2. 1J, which agsre- gates five cents throug b from the Golden Gate City to Prescott. Qaite falling oifin prices
 Ar AUTIoN.-J. L. Fisher, the happy auc- t;oqeer cried of q lot of horses, cows, etc. to-day, property belonging to the estate Of ,he late John Zimmerman. The anima.s brought fair prices, averaging more than what such stock ran be purchased for on the ranches at private sale.
 We see that John Y. T. Smith was the lowest bidder for furnishing the government with barley. at Camp McDowel.-the price ranging from $l. 75 to $l. sj, which IS fair figure for that part, cons idering the close proximity that pIace is to where the grain is raised 4 which necess tates but a small outlay in the item of freight.
 Geo. II. Beckwith, the Walnut Grove Justice of the Peace is in town. MT. b. ln- forms us that the Walnut Grove section IS getting terribly dry and unless rain comes soon the show will be slim for crop thls wear. We imagine the same will apply 10 all the little valleys where there IS not suifi- cient water for irrigating purposes.
 As will be seen by our telcgraphic dis matches to-day, the Southern Pacihc kail- road is progressing at rapid stride The road will be completed the coming week to Gila Bend and the grading finished lo miles farther east 10 the Maricopa Desert In a short time the whistle of the locomotive will be heard in the valley of the Pimas.
 Geo. W. Hanco is over $500 loser by the fraudulent Santa Fe and Prescott mall con tractors. and still the agent has the aoaaci- ty. brass and courage to steal me stock away from stations and leave m their stead a note advising the creditors to "go sio" and not make a noise" man can't Keep still very we'll when he is being robbed publicly.
 RAcEs.-The WhIpple Park races are ad- yertised for April 18th and l9th. On the first day there will running race for a purse of $l00, and a trotting race for SJ0. The second day the running will be for a purse of $50, and the trOtting for $50. II the Mcbride horse is entered in the trotting race, he will be handicapped as follows: In mile heats 20 seconds; half mile heats 10 seconds.
 Michael Braungart committed suicide last Saturday evening by shooting himself in the mouth. the weapons used being a double barreled shotgun and the big toe of his right foot with which he pulled the trigger. Deceased was aged about 3S years, and a native of Germany. H. owned considerable property in Ph9nlx.-llerald.
 The subject of the above sketch was well and favorable known in this town having resided here in the employ of John Raibie' for about two years.
 Tint. n stock ia the most chsngeable ani- maj on the Pacific, one day We have it Sl 2o and the next dhy down to b cents. Tester dav 1t was quoted at s5 cents, and to-day we see it has jumped 10 Sl. 10. Ihere i' DO inst excuse for this variation as the Iiptop is a regular paying institution ore day wi'h another. anl yielding largely over the cuTreni expepses of running the mill and working the miae. Why the stock is not worth a' least $s per share Is a mystery to people here ia Arizona who have a chance Co know all about its merits-send 1t up'