The weekly Arizona miner., 1879-04-11

ION FIAfH iA OAki+AaB--a tctstA ANN' I Oakland, Cal, t.Ate1 March 31. says; Tom Fitch delivered his lecture, The O5her Lie { in tbis city, few evening since, to crowded house"
 Mr. Felix Scott, one of the prominent cii,zens of Apache County, ls in town. Mir Scott i. tryisg 10 contract with mi Inea and others for fhe delivery Of large amount of sail in this market.
 The Board of Supervisors me. iA.s morn ing for tEe purpose of hHiHg up ihe hs- counts of the eo..siy for Inc LIst quarter oi he year, 1879, oolamsSe-ng Ja-uAry lst and ending MaIch JIsE.
 An army officer i-lUrms Us that Congress ..As passed the Army Appioprialinn B'sl. which .s good neNs to tnc 'Oos ID siae As well as contractors WIIh UHcle Sam
 Having made change in carriers of tiie DAILY aINER, snousa any suDseii1er Ie missed, they ~iii please report the same to this office % that the omission may be corrected.
 Hon. K. C. Mccormick has placed us usuer oOl gations Tor valuable CoasressionH' .nd osner news. Mr. Mccormick seems to uc p-r,Icu.arly interested in everything .hat peitaius to the general good and vel .@re oI AriZoga.
 Ii is the opinion of Land Commissioner | Williamson that the occupancy oi iHnd i"f i've years merely for gsazing dogs not com ply with the homestead law. The occupant must cultivate the land 10 come within the provisions of the acs. Rauehmen should heed this and make improvements ac- cordiDgly.
 IMPORTANT AUcTIox.-J. L. Fisher will sell the entire fixtures of the Eureka Res tauraut and Saloon, on Monday next, the 7th inst. commencing at 12 m. on the prem ises Montezuma Street. The stock consist of cook ranges, bar, bar fixtures, tables, crockery, glassware, etc.
 } Louis Dugas, we'll and sfayorahly known to every person Tn this section of Arizoni' has purchased from Dr. Thiuodo, the Ex- celsior Brewery, and opened the same to the public. Mr. Dugas has good brewer and will continue to manufacture tho arti- ce of beer, letter than ever dreamed Of even by Gambrinas himself. There is quite an exciting little horse
 race between Wesley Hermann and Price Behan. the track to extend from Prescott t' Mineral Park. Herman got of at P. m- Saturday, and Bshan followed about five
 hours after. T1c stakes consist of the ser vice of certain papers, each trying to get 1T
 ahead.
 The K. R. Company will, So soon as ey
 cry thIng is completed in connection wiii their route To Mancopa Wells, erect exten
 sive currals, shoots, etc., at Gila Bend, i0 tie accommodation of stock men who may
 wish 10 send their fat beeves 10 SAn Fran n cisco. Look out for the San Francisco | butchers, they are coming to look at "a' !. beef.
 Mrs. John c. Campbell has been out t' n see her wonderful nch silver lead near Asl n Creek. five miles from Stemmer's station a She brought in large quantity of the ore
 which is of the metallic substance itseii
 We gro pleased to know that Mr'. C., ha suddenly come into possession ot this yalu
 able property which she will have n' u trouble selling for many thousands.
 We see it mentioned that new railrna' I' eomnany--the Sunset Line~-aTe building n road in Texss to meet ,he Southern Paeih IT at Fl Paso, Saathern California VIII huV
 n direct communication with the East b
 this line before another year. We hav r. been assured that it Is the policy o' tii d Southern Pacific Company to foster direc
 trade in Arizona with the great eommercla
 marts of California; A. Star. p The Clipper Mill machinery passe IS through town yesterday to the new m .e site recently scleeted Uy the owners, nea
 Thumb Butte, where # is 10 be immedl"tei
 erected and put into working shape fq st change. we believe, will be an advantage D. all concerned, iaasmueh ss IL will brin T. their lumber closer to market, and goo 'e road can be made from Iron Spring to u s' mill, and only be short distancs' A telegram from Pbenix, dated Suna' '- the 9th, from an officer Sha accompanie .s General Wilcox to MrDowell, says that tf K San Carlos Indians are all quiet, and th' of the report which was n circulation ie
 days since to the contrary had no foundstio A vbarever, as the MINER stated at the tim is Gen Wilcox will have conference vii V. Gen. Hammood, inspector pi Indian Att@'r i'd as to tbe policy to Je carried oot ~'l ne Arizona Indians.
 Chester II. Hull, one Of ths most versau er writers on this coast, the man who hF h., wrote Kcarney into noioFieiy in the Chrol ro ice. aud afterwards wrote the lectures f ss the educated Chinamah who aecompani ul Rev. Otis Gibson. East, etc, disd sudsleni ke in San Francisco few days ago Of hea he disease. Hull was great prac tical joke