The weekly Arizona miner., 1879-03-21
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
SATURDAY

Capt. |. r. HaIgfAfe IS OfthnaNAHS hAs premises on Cortez Street,
 Phenix is said to be quite lively, and tbe green fields of alfalfa, wheat and barley exceedingly beautiful.
 Mr. N. Ellis has returned from business trip to the Salt River eauntry, and Is we'll pleased with the country, people, etc.
 The Theatre Building was filled last even ig on the occasion of the Whipple Dramat- iI ub's complimentary benefit to the BIS Is of Charity. The performing Is vel spoken of and the proceeds satisfactory.
 We understand that ". B. Hellings and a marry of cat,itaiists came out from San Fran cisco. q feE days since, and went our to look ai th. Golden Star mine and mill, win a vlew of starting up work both al mine and mill.
 Pete Holcomb, one of the Salt River Grangers, arrived in Prescott, to-day, bring ing with him tWo wagon loads oi new bacon made by hun al ms Tancn, .his winter. Af Holcousb is an extensive farmer hzylng no~ nearly TOO acres of Oariey planted, winch h growing nicely.
 The Diploma granted 10 Miss Ida Bur nett. by the Examining Board, giving hri license tO teach m any of the schools o Yavapai Co, for the next two years, IS th' third one issued during this year to pupil of the High School Department of our pub lie schools. This certainly speaks we'll io Prescott Free Academy.
 The young spoits of the MINER oflce' arr under obligation 10 Bob Conneii, for boi of his fine cigars, and would advise lover of good cigars to call on Bob. He has loud advertisement in this issue of tn MINER, under the caption of "Neto on Higl Prices Don't forget to read it.
 Nor DEAD.-Some two years since VI chronicled the death of an ''old tuner, D-I White, whom we learned had died in Ih Southern portion of the Territory. We ar pleased to learn and chronicle the fact tha Dan still lives and is quarteTed at Pheni1 His old friends in this section will be gla' to learn the above facts.
 Brigham City. on the Little Colorado, ha s population of three hundred souls, al healthy and happy, and their grocery bil for inc whole town does not exceed g. pc month. We venture the assertion that ther is not to be found an equal number o people anywhere, who live as cheaply as d. the Mormons, and still they have plenty.
 Not Mrs. W. T. sherman.
 The telegraph brought us the Bews yes terday of the death of Mrs. Gen. Sherman Every one understood it 10 be the wife c Gen. Sherman who is at the head ofour army such however seems to be a mistake as we are informed py Dr. Mckee, Medic' Director of this Department, that ihe Nh Sherman who died Was the wife Of Oei Tim Sherman who lives at Newport. K. and lost leg st Port Hudson on the Ms during the Rebellion. ten. W. T. Sherma ives at Washington.
 Mfr. c. A. Luke, has returned from his iri to Mancopa Wells, and the site lai out by the Southern Pacific Railroad for new town. which will start upon the com pletion of the road to that place, about Ma 1st. Mir Luke met the superintendent ( constYuetiyn Sawbridgc at the propose new town, and was informed that the grad inc of the ArIzana section of the S. P. P. was completed to Gila Bend, about 9 mile in advance of the track laying which h' been materially retarded on account of th non-arrival of steel rails. Upon the compl' ton of the road 10 the Dew town Mr. Lux will take up residence there, and go in' business.
 Miss Ida Burnett has accepted an invita ton, extended by the Trustees of Walnu Creek, to take charge of their distriC school She goes tomorrow to her re' field of labor, accompanied by Hon ,. Rogers, Secretary of the Scho 'l BoarC Yesterday she went before The Bnard ( Examiners, and after a most Ihoruuga .el animation, was granted diploma Iicen ing her Co teach in any of the schools ( Yavapai County, for the term of two year Miss Burnett is said by the Board to ha' shown superior scholarship for one Of h' years. and Co have done honor, not onl 10 herself and friends, but to the Publi Schools of Prescott, in which she has bee educated. For nearly five years she h' been pupil in the Prescott Free Acadam rising step by step from the lowest depar ment to the highest in the school.
 We wish her the success thather superi' talents promise there is in waiting. for he