The weekly Arizona miner., 1879-10-31
LETTER FROM OAKLAND
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ip full blast across the bay. eanfess that contemplation of erjoymans at this carnival bad something 10 ,ls h sleseTnsinisg me te visit California at this particular time. and am now quite as ready to confess that, thu far, am semexbat Unsupported, not iB the general arrangement of tEe entertainment
 nor the intellectual astainmeBts Of those who take parts. but la being unable 70 see
 and hear. or to enjoy anyih,ag, in conse- queuoe of iae intensely crowded state ei ' the Pavilion, and the pandemonium oi
 noises iilas preciaded the possibility of get
 tug near enough te any particular booth
 where there appeared 10 bc particular as-
 traction, or of hearing . word that was said { by those who seemed. from their quaint
 dresses and oiiicious appearance, to oe per
 sonating characters found in the writings
 of different authors.
 1 have scratched considerable portion
 of the hair of my head, trying 10 remember incidents and characters in Laila Rookh, Cricket on the Hearth, Bleak House, Don Quixoie, etc. that am quite certain must be passing before me. bat in the utter con fusion and jaIa, am utterly unable to dis
 finguish anything, until alter it ls passed'
 when hear some literary sharp comment ing on the excellence of the rendering Of
 certain passages, which neither he ner have heard a word of, when seem 10 re-
 call some of the positions in copperfeid or
 some other familiar story.
 The Jules Verne booth, 1 found most
 easily distinguished, being characterized
 by a system or gausc illustrations, showing
 shells at the bottom of the ocean, and a
 large number of beautiful young ladies in
 shining scaly dresses, representing mer- , maids, etc, 10000 leagues under the sea. Take it all m all, am not quite satisfied with the carnival, but having come more than thousand mics with the expectation of a rare treat, am going to try it again and again, and, if possible, master the sit uation. It is to run nine nights, and give afternoon maunees, and If can get the shang of the school house. in that time, shall have to acknowledge either that the carnival or myself should be suppressed. , Tomorrow, l go to the Oakland trotting
 course to help Genl. Grant look at some fast
 irottiDg stock. The General has not asked
 for my assistance, and my action in th.
 matter will be purely voluntary, and Of mJ
 own yolition. have 0een out to Mrs
 Mills Seminary for young ladies, aud called upon Miss Amelia Rush, Anom found full
 of energy and quite cheerful ot iai'h in hei abinty to learn every .hiag that the instl- r tuuon teaches. She says she was ho4esick Dut has happily rec Seiea, a.id settied do". to wuIk In great earaestuess. oAe ~iii sue
 eeed Sne ilad the kindness to Invtte ms : with Mrs. Mllis' consent, t0 SisIt lhe Scno"i , aoain at 10 a m., to morrow, at winch tsm- ' General aud Mrs. Grant Will cal, put de- 2 cnned, and promised to go when no guest greater than myself stai. be present, so mat the attention of the 200 young ladies and
 teachers may not be distracted from thai admiration which IS due to my elegant anu
 distinguished presence.
 learn hy the papers that Secretary Cos per is in Saa Francisco, but have not vel , seen him. I met Mir. Morehouse here on Sunday last, who was ence resident oi Prescott, and has kindly recollection of many of the olden Hassayampers. He was in the employ of ex-Governor Mccormick as a printer, and took down the old wrought ? iron press at Santa Fe, moved it to Prescott, : and assisted in starting the MINER. Geni. Kautz, whom 1 met yesterday in ;. F., still mas a warm place in his heart for Arizona, and keeps the run ot all that is going on , Capt. Allen Tillinghast, now with Wood ward < Taggart, real estate agents Tn this
 city, remembers, with great minuteness of detail, trip from San BernardinO to
 Prescott, with A. 0. Moves and others, in the days of danger and Indian atrocity. Dr. Geo. E. GoodIellow is going. back to Ari- . zona to reside, he will settle in Tucson. T. J. Drum, Esq, is here visiting his brother. sister, and other relatives and friends. Ed , ward Neblc, Esq, saw in san Francisco
 yesterday, he has been very sick, but IS re- i covering.
 I shall again go to the German hospital
 tomorrow tn see our unfortunate friend Philip KohhsyeF, provided he Is still alive, f which very much fear will not be the case. , Billy Vernon left yesterday for Prescott. s. T. Biting is still in the city, but have
 not met him. Jack Moore looks distin- guished, is fat, portly, we'll dressed, wears a plug hat and fancy cane, and to the un- P practiced eye of a countryman, like myself,
 is hard to distinguish from Flood, Hobart, 2 Lent or any other bonanza king. Dayld [ Mckinley, who was bilked out of sale of
 Kit Carson mine by the treachery of Prof.
 Cherry. IS keeping coal yard here in Oak
 land and thinks he will try Arizona again
 when his finances arc sufficiently improved
 to permit it.
 Michel Goldwater will start for Prescott , on Sunday next, having completed his win
 ter purchases of goods for the Prescott and Ehrenberg markets. MT. Allen, of the Tiger Company, is in s. F.. and has had , some of Judge Porter's gold bearing rock . from near Tonto Basin worked and obtain ed highly satisfactory results. Saw Miss
 Lilly Bashford yesterday, on Broadway.
 She has grown wonderfully since she left
 Prescott, and is now an elegant and hand 3 some young lady. learned the other day that U. s. Marshal Dake was here in Oak land but failed to meet hlm, although
 went to the train two or three times when nnnoeed he vroflid ha rn ht,ard This ia