The weekly Arizona miner., 1879-11-14

sni oxneF. Mrs. L. A. Stevens, ihe old sssi.iing raEeh.
 Geo. E. Brown k visiting his old friends in Prescott Mir Brown il now one of aur bonesf grangrs, having purchased the ranch Of Ar Firker-, Lower Agu4 FTia.
 Washington French is having the Sim mons property, at Williamson Valley, re- paired, aud put iEta first-class shape for the aee.'ipmodati0n Of the travelling public.
 J M. Sanford. who is still contenfIine for the land north of town wIth A. L. Noller. has received important news from Washing ton in regard 10 his claim.
 James Stewart Of the old sud reliable stage line siarird fifteen years aes by Jas. Grant and now owned by Glider, Sails bary 6 O., is in town from lh5 Southern portion of the Territory.
 The Nersrs Brown Bros, foundrynen. have a complete quartz mil whien they eil sell eu reasonable terms CT put up Cn some accessible ground which wlll pay sell, inc ore of course 10 be free gold.
 Ne think if the Governor, when he was psslaning certain parties on the 9th inst, bad isciuiid James Partridge he would have done humane act, inasmuch as Part ridge IS now feeble old man, dying by inches in the Territorial prlsoa.
 We net c n alarge s-rcam of water running through Granite Greek this morning. Now Is good time tor plaes miners 10 examlne  water in separating some of the mineral. SO plentiful along the Creek, from the earth
 We hear much complaint is raised by Walnut Grove people about the ifFsguiarify of the mail that comes and goes out at that place The contractor is ae- cushd of not coming to time or carrying out his contract with the F. O. Department.
 To-day. Nov. 10th, was set for accpting or rejecting the Silver Prince and Wair.or mines by ille New York Syndicate ard is hes passed without any word from the cap isalists. The property was offered far be low is value, therefore the owners are ra losers by the trade not being c0usummated
 The officials in and around the magnifi- ceut court house structure. owned by tax payers of Yavapai county, are fixing up slate for fhe next election. II is laugaablc to think of the Drass and impotence which some pe9ple possess. Leaches on he puo- lie tFeasury are worse than a wild Indian.
 John Dixon is up from Skull Valley. and informs us tsa the rain winch leii in the vicinity of his place. yesterday and last night, IS more than has fallen for the pa.t three years. From the stage driver, we learn hat the rin extended sll over the country south, and Peoples Valley Was a perfect river when the coach passed there
 Yavapai, through the columas of the An zOnan tries to give us back handed com piiment Ne dc not think Yavapai reaches IS or helps certain County pets. We have had no selfish motives in aDyihi.g We have said. We merely made fire fur the benefit Of the taxpayers, not Including Mr. layapai the correspoBdent, inasmuch as we beleive that person does not aud io the Territorial or County revenue.
 A private letter from Woodruff on the Llttle Colorado, informs us that the M r- mans living at'that place ale about to erect a dam CD Silver Creek, which will throw tue water over large tract of land which they have located. The health of our friends of the Latier Day Saints is exoellenr and theIr prosperity od: having raised large crops of grain this season The first fr, st or the year at Woodruff dr' pped downon the 9,h If October.
 LET Us HAVE IT.-S me time since We asked, on beta of the stockholders If the lheater building. for statement as to the indebtedness of sad ruildi z. No notice was taken of the request, and now, we are igair asked hv John Raible and oti.ers. 10 re- peat he reqHes, for ashowing as to everything connected Wlth the property in question. The amounts co receipts, etc. feverything IS un the sQnare it win hu-t no one. and if not on the quarc, then the stockholders are entitled tC know it.
 HEAVY RAEN-During Friday and Satur. day inc atm sphere became heavy. lpdicat- .ng that besh for the earth was being ar- ranged. and true to to the signs, yesterday Sunday. the performance com menced m real earnest. IL rained steadily | during the aight and Gay in the valleys, | while higher up in the Slerras, the damp | ness came in the shape of snow, "the beau tital, etc" From ali appearances ihe storm l has been general and will be of great bene- | it to the county Last year it rained and i 'nowed on the 7th, similar to that of yes lerday.
 FIRST PRocLANATIoN.-We were shown | to-day, cg our ancient friend, Hon. II. " | Flsury, a copy of the first proclamation is- | 'ued by the legally sashorized officers Of | his Territory, which was issued by Hgn. Ioha N. Goodwin through his srcretary, Hon. R. C. NeCarmick, at Navsjoe Springs. Dec. goth, 1863. Judge Fleury informs us hat the ceremonies of orgfnizipg were quite imposing, notwithstanding the day ras iearfuiiy cold and the little band of pioneers only kept warm by frequent doses rom a wash tub full of the "Oh, be Joyful" which he wself fixed mp in the shape of a punch. Of all fhe officers v,,ho th.p ,.ay,,,.