The weekly Arizona miner., 1880-04-30

PIsosPEcT FOR WATER iearn from parties who have recently been prospecting oa the Hasssyamps beyond the Clipper mil site, That there is 2 large snriag ia a galch. some distance mp ihe nouniain, that affords several hundred miners inches ot waitF and has the appearzgce of being per nianeBt. If this spring wilI actually last through the dry season its water could easily be cnafaetsi in pipes into Prescott, as it Is said io be at least 8 thousand feet bigter than the faWn. The distance ia e straight line is ostinated st lea asi!es.
 TlAuPLED Ts THE MrD.- ahen Gr. Ben Baker was as Fort Wlngate. \. M.. alfew days since, he informs Us that the Navajo Indian Agent and all tie ci.izaa employees a, tle Defiance Agegcy yarlivsd at flat place, having been driven away from tlle aesucy Dy the threatening attt1de of tAe NsvajCes. They took fhe agent a8a rolled him in mud hole. different Isdiaps tramp ing him into the mire wita0u mnch regard to bruises or otherwise. The Indians. who were iBiegyiowcd on the subject, inii- niaicG that the Agent was not ihe right kind of a man and that tbe tribe had adopt ed thls novel p.In of insatt and chsB.ise- meu;, 10 rid them seives o5 an oauoxious "oosz.' The goyerumcut wiii psobGbiy investigate, not now, however, aa General Hatch IS seeking ayictury over F5cioIio,
 BHIIARDs.-A few days since there ap- peared, in our town, man Dy the name Of Willie. representing hlmself Co bea billiard sharp" in fact a regular Michael Pbelan, ia search of 6 victim to yanquisb. Some Of oUT citizens who are always to be found a an amateur in the business, to take the cue against the imaginary great biiiiardist, and m accordance with the wish of bis friends Mir. Murphy amused the ''new conner on Friday and Sunday evenings st CrsHe's sa loon, each time playing 30) points. Both games were won by Murphy. the last by U points and the money that changed hands was considerable. Mir Brown has come down to eating "besns straight in cOnse- quence, and minus a pocket knife with which to sharpen his pencil, It Is pretty well admitted that the follower ofthe popu~ lar French game can't do it justice, and is only just about equal to Charley Yates or Jim DodsOn, who don't pretend to be any thing more or less than ordinary amateurs We are sorry for the new man that he struck such ''soft snap"
 PREscoTTITEs EIcTORIoUs.-At the base ball tournament yesterday, cn the grounds, West Prescott, the boys from town got away with the Whipples, the score stand ing g to 2S. The Prescott club Is proba- bly the best in the Territory, although but recently organized; however, 1t is made up of persons who have had considerable ex- perienee with both btt and ball. This game, atheletic Tn nature, has, in the United States, q national prominence, equal 10 that of cricket in England. IL has reached it's present importance within tue last ten or fifteen yesIs, though it was long before played in some parts Of the coun.ry aad is indeed probably derived from the old Eng fish game of '-rounders." Regulations call for the game to be played with bat not more Ihan 42 inches long, and the ball not to weigh less nor more than 5li ounces ayoirdupois, and must be between and 9l inches in circumference. the bat not to be more than q inches in diameter.