The weekly Arizona miner., 1881-12-02
Local Intelligence.
TUESDAY

rancl. in Skull valley.
 Don't forget to read our dispatches, wl;c
 are rcWsy and interesting.
 Contractor Simms and wife departed thi afternoon for SiInms' camp.
 C. |. Shelton, Jake Hinkle and Ere
 ZGbel, of Lynx Creek, are in town.
 Several teams loaded for the railroac today at the store of l.. Bashford.
 Judge Howard is unable to attend |, duties on account of an injured hand"
 Paymaster Johnst on and his clerk de parted yesterday for the Verde to pay of
 Win. Mulvernon, deputy sheriff, started today to collect taxes in the camps south o Prescott
 The funeral of Wn. Lohaus took place from the residence of D. Hatz this morn ing.
 Tom Roach started out to-day to do as sessment wsrk on some of his claims Tn the Peck District.
 We hear of lumber selling at SIS % per M on the line of tho railroa1. Cheap build ing material that.
 Butter is going up in price and down in quality and axle grease brands readily con- Inand 7o cents per pound.
 Mir Marsh and Mr. Stoddard came in yesterday from Big Bug. Mr. Stoddard leaves tomorrow for the same place.
 James Kerens, one of the owners of the Black Canycn stage line, departed on this mcrnlnss stage for the sunny south.
 Vacant houses are growing scarce in Pres- colt. Rents are good and real estate is more bu-yant than at any time for two years past
 Fred Ame., who has been in town on business in connection with the Commissary Department of the R. R., left this after noon.
 Mir Donaldson, R. R. contractor, having finished up his business, and made many friends left to-day for the scene of railroad activity.
 Corn IS being rapidly brought into market and readily commands good price. Lots oi the ''dry-ranchers' have splendid crops this year.
 Gene al Wilcox and bride arrived we hear and II is III contemplation by the officers of his staff te tende- them grand ball and re- ceptiun shortly.
 Lieut. Wilcox, of the Generals staff, has been ordered on business to Santa Fs. and Capt. Haskell has taken up his residence permanently at Fort Lowell.
 Mr. Jackson. just in from Lynx Creek reports the placer miners all happy, and aIiIiously awaiting the coming snow storm, which he thinks will happen soon.
 Prescott sadly needs a good hotel Cant some nf our millionaire merchants and min ing niagnates organize hotel company and build onei
 i}alardo, indicted and convicted of com Iaittui. an assault with intent tr murder was seateRced by Judge French to five years imprisonment in the penitentiary at Yuma.
 We hear that Major Grimes Ina. made a handsome clean up in oil speculatluis sin-c lc left Prescott If the jolly Major makes money as readily as he does friends has success will be unlimited.
 Dan Ihorne, who has the good lcck to le 5Re 90: tse p"ssess"rs of that rich and fa- laous nl.ne-the Silver Belt. is on a visit to tn, saGlc We would like to stand m with | hna for tvo or three solid ''silver belts.
 The Kew building to he occupied b, ! C. IT. Curry as a jeweiry establishment !, Is about completed. MT Curry deserves i greet credit Tn regard to the neatnesS of i his establishment. He keeps the best.
 Freight rates from Maricoya are keeping up [" the top notch and there is nc likeli- l hood that they will suffer any reduction m IaIce thus winter as there Is an enormous quantity of freight coming into Maricopa for this section.
 The Southern Pacific Rsilway has recently | reduced the tariff on hay shipments from Los Angeles to points in Southern Arizona about so per car. There IS not much com Tort Tn this announcement for the farmers m that section.
 There IS good time coming for the owners of large Hedges uf low grade and re- iract"ry ores 1s IS claimed, for new Col orato process, that the most refractory ores can be reduced for a cost slightly in excess uf enc dollar Der ton.
 Silver District, near Castle Dome Land in.. is being heard from as one of the ytost .anps of inc future. We believe the coEn- try aSout Yuma, both in California and Arizona. te contain some very rich lodges that have not yet been unearthed
 Our citizens should move in the matter "i securing . branch telegraph Hue Lo con meet with the 4. S F. R. K We belieF. that the Western Union people would build the line If this section should offer anything like hearty cooperation in ths work. Professor Howe speaks well of thi. part of the county. During his stay here he la. , visited many of the mining district. m this trImty and remarks that the whole cuun- tfy IL full of the precious metals. and pre- 1 diets q grand future for our town when the Sa'lr"ad Is completed >elI'y tLc t,om has reached Prescott at jast- Cur merchants ha.0 no. an idle mo- T fHent Ani complaints are made everywhere ot ,Le scarcity and high price. of iai"r Ihis is particularly the case in tEe mining . c3;ars. where four dollars per jay Is the lni"'n.uIa price now paid, Ii Gar dol"gatc to Congress Is aari.ad that the r. le of Northern Ariznna would iaks ! It hEla.: f he would assist the people ot taiS sccti"n to have post established on the . iin- "! tee A. & F. Railroad sufficiently large = .,;pld ample protection to the vast lnoi,"-- 'n lr"i-sffE and population ai. ug ; g." ..-. ": rae road
 N. Y. 'uret9i4 was a ,,4gcr u.. ,ia . ont- ',,- stage for Mineral Park ,h;s nor:.ja.. |. bere ke goes to ti.ht fer Go> O per. Hr ;..'is victory for Butler iD so ia'.:,. Good iy C. ypG aye ou tl.e wr0ug e