The weekly Arizona miner., 1879-01-24
Local Intelligence.

MASONIC MEETISGs-TheTe will be
 special meeting of Aztlan Lodge, No. IF
 F. and A. M on Thursday evening, Jan
 23d. at o'clock, for work in the 3d degree
 The regular monthly communication Of th, 8 Lodge wlll be held on Saturday evening Jan. 2Jth A full attendance Of memberl i is particularly desired, and sojourning f brethren cordially invited.
 Geo " HaGce, of the Cienega, is ia town S in attendance on the District Court. II; walks about with Grmer step than formerly and giye5 evidence of an assured position in community, and in society, that no trivial cause or inedveTicnt mistake can deprive him of He now ranks among the pa triarchs of ihe land. AS Vivian was wont to sing. Its nice to be d parient.
 New surerlntsudeut or the Peek. Ex-AIayor r. ". Blake, who has for long lime had the management of the finances of tic Peek Mining Company, ba> been suD,intc! Agent anu General Superintend- eit of lhe affairs of the company in ArizO- ma. with hi. office iu Prescott. report IS current that the ,nIuers have recently un- e&rthsd large body of unusually rich ore in the mine. The new Superintendent will visit the works in a few days and take in the situation.
 GATHERING IN-Ail accounts from the Little Cocre6o country agree as to the
 great iahax of Mormons into that country
 recently. Every spring, water hole and
 even spot Of dsmp--round capable of sHs-
 faining a family has its camp Of latter days
 saints collected about II. In addition to these, hundreds are on their way 10 join the
 saints on Salt River, Maricopa County.
 Should new cnunty he formed oEt of eastern Yayapai. it w0uid undoubtedly be Mormon by quite a majority before another election comes IoInd.
 Ex-Governor MaCorpick, has returned from his mission t) the Paris Exposition, where he held the position of Commissioner from the Unitcd States, and filled it to the entire satisfaction of all concerned. Mir. and Mrs. Mccormick were in New York last week T. is ros unlikely that he will be appointed Minister to Germany in place of Bavsrd Taylor, deceased. Ex-Governor of Arizona. is one of inc most useful, as well as one of the most talented men in the Ma fiop. and the President and Cabinet are fully aware of the worth oi his services to the country.
 Mr. Gcolhuc, of Goldhue S Armstrong. the fruit ard ornamental trees importers, arrived yesterday from Ihe state of New York with another large shipment of trees shruberry in their line. Tins firm is doing more Co introduce fruit aud shade trees, ornamental shrlhbsrry etc, into Arizona, thus enabling inc people at small cost to provide themselves with orchards, beautfy their homes etc. than all otE5r influences combined Last season they scattered over ;he Territory many thousands of the choicest varieties of Eastern fuit trees, a majority of which are now growing, snd which will. within a few years furnish the people with all the fruit they will need for home consumption with plenty and to| spare.
 Charles A. Franklin who, as Deputy |. $ Marshal has been io thc Little Colorado after prisoner returned ycster0ay having ,n charge Mexican, charged with selling liogor to Indians, whom he arrested at St. Johns. The military, who at first had him in charge al Camp Apache, hal for some reason. OF without reason, turned ham loose and ordered Lim off the reservation on the very day that they not.aed lha '. < Marshal of his confinement at that post.
 Nr. Fraakiia de.cri,es mail matters on the Little Colorado ss being in wocini plight. no oae seems ta have aGy authority over the mails, and everybody does as nc nlesses with ihem At some stations there are piles of mail sacks accommodating etc.
 ."he snow on the mountains ncar Camp An,cbe is four or five timss deeper thaa on m. r.,1 cast of Stonvman's Lake. MT. lsr,ojstic ernssci thc range several times ,lur;na ths trje and found it quite difficult of times He hes ridden about eight hum dred ami twcrty miles since hc lcit here month ago.