The weekly Arizona miner., 1880-08-20

Fritz BriIls team arrived yesterday p, m with load of peaches and plams tol E mes q Spencer. This lot embraces soine of the freshest sud best peaches that have been in thIs market this season. They are red checked and luscious. Yum, yum.
 PERsoSALs.-we notice in town today the foIlOxing yisitcrs: Miss MinaIe Atkin- son, Iroa Springs; Mrs. Martin. Antelope; Phil McDo0ald, Williamson valley; Joha Res, Bed Rock, ana Hon. W. II. Hardy, of Mineral Park, Mohaye Co
 For the sake of uniformity, it is suggested that the well in the S. t. corner of the Plaza be moved outside or the feDee, in order to have II correspond in position with those at the other three corners. The Nil- lsgr authorities should advertise for bids to Iake 1t up and put l. over the fence.
 We hear that GiimeT. Salisbury S Co. are perfeeting arrangements whereby the Cali fDrni2 mail Is 10 leave Prescott IB the morn ing instead of iB the evening, as Is now the case. This change will bring OUT mails in from California in the evening instead of morning.
 Commissioner of Internal Revenue, MT. RauIn, is ia Prescott, having arrived from Pima county. We met this efficient official tp day and hai the pleasure of notifying iiim that he has fTst-ci2ss Democrat holding office under hun, in the person of ThcRAs C0rds.
 Persons residing away from San Fran cisco, in want of any article of merchandise great or small, can have their ordeis filled promptly, and st the very lowest cash prices, by addressing the undersigned.
 C. ". CRANE, SIG Pine st., Room B, San Francisco, Cal.
 Mr Geo. s. Porter is the first of the can- didatcs running far office 10 come forward and order his advertisement inserted in ihe MINER. We have room for all the candi- da'ei of both parties. which we are willing 10 iescrt upon the deposit oi the requisite amoGnt. We have worked for glory several years and now claim it our privilege to work for money
 By reference 10 our paper, under the proper heading, will be found the death notlce of former highly respected citizen of Prescott, Mr. Ottn Esch, which occurred in Tombstone on The fifth inst. Mr Esch had inst returned from a trip to his old home in Germany, where he came into possession of a nice fortune by the death of a sister.
 According to our exchanges from the rural counties of California. nearly every farmer. when he goes 10 town, takes his biggest watermelon with him as :. present sHt Ill st s..s sE. dacr of the office in q matter-of-cou sort If way, until the dicip,es of the black art have come to look for iI whenever they hear l wagon rattle in ihe street, just as pig looks for slon when he hears inc kitchen dor oCen. In Arizona there are but few such incidents 10 record.
 The Wallspai Indians are having A biz feast at this season of the year. With the rainy season generally comes (and such is the case nSw,) harvest of worms, resemb- ling somewhat the tohacco worm, which tieg gather up by the basket full. and upon them an ordinary i00 pound Indian boy or gil. will gormandize unfii they can, either Df them, easily cause the beam of platform i caie to raise readily in the'l5O notch. Capt | Hardy says that after feastibg on this de- 1
 
 mind Of half starved calf win belly | 'u.l of sour milk.
 Dan O'Leary left this morning for 8 trip To the San Francisco mountain country, to | be absent seteral days. Upon his return hc | intends going down tO the Colorado river | where the 35;h Parallel Railroad crosses ] Hat stream, ard from that point make |. To TO igh examination of the country for | etc, along tue proposed route of 1 -he Iron highway to San Diego. MT. c Leary | $ confident that hc is go,ng to fiud some | valuable mining properties on the trip through Southern California, which will. at | DO distant day, make business for a ral,- ! -oad.
 Jim Harrington came iato town today l Tor thSfrs time ia over a year. He has re- 'entiy been employed m setting up and 1 ',arilng the engine, steam rastras and rock | breaker for tue Jersey COmDsE ', at the head ] f Maple GGlch. Ed. Johnson and bis l Uncle. NIT. Flint, are the promoters ana | managers of thIs enterprise, and Jim thinks ! hey have get q good thing. Their two CT hree mines ali yield free gold quartz. which ] s easily worked, and, with their Blake l ,rusaer, which leaves the rock all the way from fine dust to the size of marbles, Is l ,asiiy reduced by the four steam rastrras ! 't the rate of six tons per day.
 Well digging K all the rage in Prescott; ! ln each corner of the plaza stalwart arms .re swinging the p;ck and shovel in tie | saTlier stages of what are soon to be wells 4 lf living water. In this enterprise the Nil- ! age authorities have done just the right l thing; they are providing very efficient l means Of checking or subduing fire, and at he same time keeping within their means. 1 l. is always foolish for an irdivIdual to ur- ie:take to do, or have done. more than he ;s . ible 70 pay for, and of such an one. as | lusi5ess proposition, 1t Is always said 'be | s faiiare." The same rule applies t0 i as to individuals What is | business in one case is business in the other, | iud in practising economy, aud al the same | ime providing needed improvements, the l Council secure the appreciation of their constituents.
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