The weekly Arizona miner., 1879-07-04
Local Intelligence.
TUEsD AY

Mir. Chas. Cushmsn and Joe Melvin, two Verdeites went out home thIs afternoon.
 c A. Luke is in town from Pherix.where he has recently taken up residence.
 There are very few men who are homeless, but there are good many who are home less than they ought to be.
 4 fellow who fell ia love with a school ms'am cailel her Experience" because to him, she was a dear teacher.
 The arrivals by Giimer and Salisbury's stace from the South this morning were:
 McNear, E. r. McCurdy and Vim. Miller
 Laura Fair, the heroine of two murders, has invented baby carriage and sold lhe patent for fourteen thousand dollars. This is great deal better than popping over old lovers.
 The pillar of filth who edits the black uaiier at Phenix had better pui.. the hair of bis teeth before he tres to write lies about respectable people.
 B11es & Spencer received a cargo If Los Angeles oranges yesterday. fresh from the trees. The man who brought them says they were taken from trees on which young oranges ss large as the end of man $ thumb had already formed.
 Mineral in front of hIm and mineral in the rear of him and still driving ahead. is the comment ex-Marshal Jennings author izes us to make with reference 10 his Oper- ations on the Jennings mine.
 Col Hunt, from St. Johns, Apache County, arrived in town this morning. The Col, represents his county as being badly in need of law and justice. Things are be- ing conducted in a high handed manner by few of the would-be leaders who have their hired hirelings to do their bidding
 Fruits received by express from CaIifor- nia this morning, did not arrive in as good condition as could be desired.
 HerZog, and Bones & Spencer each re- ceived lot, but had to throw away enough to knock of most of the profits.
 FooT RACING. Some of our fleet footed racers tried it for nifty yards, on Montezumh street, last plight, some time after 10 o'clock, but owing to misunderstanding us to the result, after considerable loud talk the iudges decided it draw, and the stake hol der gave up the funds to those respect ively from whom ne received them.
 
 IMPRovED-It is with pleasure that we no te the improvement recently made, by the editor, Mir. L. c. Hughes, in his paper. the Star. From 24 column paper it is increased to g columns, and hes welded to it q nice daily, in size equal to the DAI IT MINER. The Star, always fair and re- .spectable journal, we are glad to see ahow such unmistakable signs of prosperity.
 Mfr. Swain, the brick-layer, who lectured once or twice in Prescott on the" Final con sumation of Earth's Grand Drama which he Lad figured up would take place during the year 1878, is now street preaching tu -onr Pnenix neighbors, and trying to make them see that the world is to come 10 an eud when seven trumpets shali have sounded anu that the sixth blast was heard thou sand years ago, and the seventh is about to blow.
 ARIZONA SHowERs.-This has been ano'her of those internally windy days of which we have had so many this season, until 6 wind or dust storm has come to be known as an Ariz Jna shower. If wlnds kking ram as is pOpulsrly believed, then whenthe Trcs ent blow Is finished we should have a reg ular Ncah's food We have had more windy weather this season, and no rain, than mas been experienced m Central Arlzona duIihg the five immediately pre- ceding years.