The weekly Arizona miner., 1881-05-13

Don't fail to notice the ''Grand Lottery advert isenent in another column. Every body stands an equal chance, and it only costs a drink to get away with S25, the grand prize.
 The streets and public places of Prescott t were filled with people on last Satur- day evening A great many saloon keepers had engaged squads of musicians, who made their instruments give out all that was in them. Little or no drunkenness was observ- able, and good nature ruled the hour.
 DANCING ScHOoL-By request the gen. tlemens primary school will meet hereafter on Monday and Friday evenings at Howeys Hall at o'clock. All gentlemen desiring 10 learn the waltz, racquet, etc, come this evening. General practice for full class to- morrow evening.
 Mr. Win. Vanderbilt, 6rst-class young gent. who attends to business at Banghart' s station, Chino Valley, arrived here last evening with load of passengers and left for home to-day with load of supplies. NIT. Madig2n, a railroad contractor and favor ite with Prescott people came in with Mr. Vanderbilt
 MINING NoTEs.-Work is progressing finely on the I5O foot levelo the Silver Belt The Davis, large and promising ledge, in Hassayampa district, Is, We hear, about to be thoroughly opened. Gentlemen who went out to Groom Greek yesterday, say that the mines there are turn ing out very rich ore.
 As MT. Geo. $. Porter has become sole ] proprietor of the furniture store on the east ] side of the Plaza, Prescott, the MIXER takes ! this occasion to congratulate him upon the | good name and business he has founded in | Prescott He has, We believe, the largest and best selected stock of furniture, etc., to be found in Arizona.
 Patrick Hamilton, Esq, Territorial His toriographer, called at the Epitaph office
 Wednesday afternoon. He finds things in
 the ''big camp" much better than he ex- pected Most mining superintendents have ! offered him every facility at their command to obtain reliable information about the mines for the work he is engaged upon Epitaph.
 THE NEW PREACHER. c. W. Green, who comes to represent the NJ. E. Church, preached his first sermon to Prescott au- dience last evening on Pauls missions to Athens and Corinth. NIT. Green IS a pleasing speaker, and delivered short, but interesting discourse, which was attentively listened to by small, but appreciative congregation. Revs. Hunt and Green have arranged preach alternately morning and evening each Sunday in the Marina Street Church. Mir Green will preach in the fore noon and NIT. Hunt in the evening next Sunday; and Mir Hunt in the forenoon and Green m the evening the Sunday following, etc. They were from some outside precinct, over the hills and far away, two thoughtless pistol engineers, who, after having filled up on Prescott whisky, fancied themselves born to rule and govern cities such as this. They
 boasted of their ability to make their pistols
 ''talk. and one of them wished to impress upon our people the fact" that no Prescott officer was equal to the task of arrestlng hln. While blowing his trumpet, he stood. like | Buffalo Bill, somewhere in the Plaza stable, exhibiting his skill with a six-shOoter to Jack Shull During the exercises the pistol went of. a bullet passed close to the professor $ | head. which little incident made him as
 docile as a pet COW. He was, of course,
 taken in hand by Marshal Dodson. 1tis not
 known whether or not his partner has yet
 stopped running