The weekly Arizona miner., 1879-05-23
THURSDAY

Seymour continues to improve, and now presents the appearance of a regular young city.
 A terrific fire is raging in the woods southeast of Prescott and destroying much very valuable timber.
 Ben Baker came in today from of the Santa Fe mail route, which he is superin- tending and running in q satisfactory manner
 new boot aud shoe shop has been started on Granite street, opposite the Gray Eagle stable, by competent workman.
 We saw at the assay office of F. W. Blake a bar of gold bullioa which We were unable to lift. We couldn't get near enough to it.
 Mess. Churchill and Masteraon, Attor- neys for E. c. Peck, went nut this morn ing to the Peck mine, where, it is said, things are waxing warm.
 A fine pair of buggy. saddle, or work horses for sale at less than what they are worth. Both sound, young and geatle. En- quire at the MINER Office.
 Marshal Dodson arrested man this morn- ing, whom, for the want of his real name, wes will call hoodlum, for indscriminate firing in the streets, thus eDdangering the lives eff our citizens. He ought to be sent up.
 Property owners would do we'll 10 sink their wells much deeper and get down be- low the natural flow of water. It would have a tendency to make tho water more sweet and healthful and ever insure large supply of the fluid.
 Mir. Sorg, Man-of-all Work, advertises in the MINER to do all kinds of work at low rates. Any orders left in his box m front of Morgan's Jeselry store, will receive prompt attention.
 The Mess. Dske went out on Monday to Antelope and took look at a valuable gold mine that belongs to the Major. Ae un- derstand it to ne a very valuable property and likely ere long to be worked.
 Col. J. II. Stout, Agent for the Pima and Maricopa Indians, returned last night from his trip to the end of the railroad He says Maricopa is the dustiest and quite as dreary looking station as one can we'll imagine, aud fears the excursionists will
  desert-Tuscon Citizen.
 NEARLY A FIRE.-A small harm on a va cant lot belonging tc Hon. J. c. Campbell, from some cause became ignited this after noon and was discovered just in time to ex- tinguish it before doing any harm. In this building was storcd several kegs of powder which, had they become ignited, would have caused muchEnjury to property adja- cent thereto and especially the county h. digents. whe are quartered in the adjo:n- ing house.
 Gen Wilcox and Lieut.. Evans arrived in Tucson last evening from MaricOpa. They are here on official business possibly in connection with the removal of Deparement headouarters from Fort Whipple to Fort Lowell, which rumor hereabouts says Is about to be done.-Tucson Citizen.
 Not much NIT, Citizen. Grand recep- tions and toadyism on the part of the Tue son tribe can't bring about the chang. You tried it on Kautz-The game didn't work.
 REsURRcTIoN.-By request, the Rev. D B. Wright will reproduce his sermon of few Sundays since on the General Resur- rection." This is one of the finest lectures ever delivered in this town and every per- son should avail themselves of the oppor- tunity of listening to the Rev. gentleman in this, his master sermon. His theories are broad, liberal and convincing. We hope to see every person in Prescott in attend ance.
 Tho flowers of the mountain may blossom, The trees of the forest bud forth,
 But the saNiggerr can no more hunt the Possum
 ~ SIKRAL.