The weekly Arizona miner., 1879-04-25

Miss Annie Hamilton hss commenced suit against Archie Mcbride for little crooked transaction.
 The new brick store on the east side oi the Plaza will soon be looming up. Inn provement is the motto Ofour business men. The Williams House notwithstanding the times arc little corky" drives rushing business and is making moaey.
 Hon. Tom Fitch has made some telling speeches in California against the new Con- stitution, and aroused the Ire of the Chron- icle, which dubs him the Hessisn.
 A band of 25O horses, bought at low prices in Tuare county, On account or the scarcity of feed, passed through Kern county last week enroute for Arizona.
 oSing to the limited number of racers in attendance at the Park yesterday, there was no connecting for purses. It is respected that lively tunes will come up to to-day.
 c. N. uuli. merchant from the Verde. is in town. Mr. II informs us that nIce ran fell in the valley few days since re- freshing everything and starting the young grass nicely.
 Mir. Henry Brazee, an old Mexican War veteran and pioneer on ths Pacific Coast, has rented the Kirkland Yailey Station from Ms. !. W. Kelsey, and will soon be prepared 10 take care of the travelling pub lie.
 A large number Of our pTospectors and young men out of employment have gone on the Hil and Freeman expedition. We hope they may find plenty of the needfui aud return mIllionaiTes.
 J. l.. Fisher is in ,be little town of Phe- nix visiting ard writes that he will return early the coming week and that the Misses Osborne will accompany him to Prescott They long to breathe the pure mountain air
 The three thousand dollars to he issued in bonds in payment for section of the wagon road betw cen Prescott and the Peck Mine, have been printed and are now ready to be signed by the Chairman of the Board of Supervisors and turned over to Mr. Patterson.
 Potatoes have swung around in different notches and are nov firm in the market at five cents per pound, while beans have held to the original price last fall, 10 cents per pound Strawberries without flavor sell readily at one dollar per pound. This is 8 curious country.
 Mr Chas Wurth. brother-in-law to John R.lblc, aud now interested in business with him, we tnd, by an ariIele in the Commer cial Reporter, started the branch house oi Moeler t& Schuneman, the most extensive yarniSh dealers in the Uuited States, ia San Francisco. Mir. WHTth, during his short residence in Prescott, has made many friends, and our town in his acquisition ha' gained good citizens.
 X grand race Is announced for io-mor row at the whipple Park race track he tween May Queen of Phcnix and Red Eye of Williamson Valley for Sl00 side. Tn, rsce is to. take place sure, and will come of atrPN. half mile heats. best tao in tsncS This is 10 be a lively race, aud the lover of sport should remember and Le on hand Tacsc animals are two fayogitcs in thei respective localities. and we expect there fore that the pool selling will be animated
 The Southern Pacific R. R. once com plete6 to Maricopa Wells, California nee'
 ..F. rsn s,ff fl.au usnr fit,i of stock similar to that of few years ago In the event tf drought, sjOckmen Cal in twenty-four hours, transport their herd and flocks to tue interior of Anzona, wher a failure of the grass is out of the que5Jiou and rics rsrsd, when the 0Ieacaed plains 0 California are deel cd with luXuriant robe of clover and alfiaris, these herds can b returned with equal ease and celeriiy Should severe drought set in throughou the Southern portion of the State. ,h Southern Pacific Rail-oad will be found { be great convenience and its wort realized.
 ANUsKNExTs.--Uai aier :he headOt ''imusc mcat Notes among other thsatrics criticisms. the San Francisco Call notice the Easter services ot the Episcopal an Catholic Churches in that city. The sceni display; brilliant ilumina'ions; the fin operatic effect of ;de music; the melodra natic grandeur er tgc oratory; the tragi positions of the Priests, Bishops and Rector in the solemn masses. liunies, vesper, prayers, etc. must have been magnihceu in the extreme, Nc comedy is mentioned though il is quite likely there may hay been a comic element Ia some of tue pvni tentisl sacrifices