The weekly Arizona miner., 1882-02-17
TUESDAY.

day.
 Steadman's train departed to-day for the South.
 Cord wood is selling at prime prices in Prescott
 Mrs. Crapo, of Skull Valley, is visiting in Prescott.
 Miss Grandy has gone to teach the Skull Valley school.
 One Chinaman came in to-day per stage via Wickenburg.
 Mir. James Roseberough, of the Mohave stage line, IS in town.
 Night tramps are numerous in town. Let's make war on them.
 Several arrivals from and departures to the A. and P. R. R., this day.
 Wilson and Haskell are ovsrhauling ma chinery in their planing mill.
 Placer miners are taking out censidera- ble dust at Weaver, Walker, etc.
 The streets are fast drying up under the genial rays of to-day's golden sun.
 Beef is on the advance all over Arizona, and it's the best in the United States.
 It is understood that Prescott is to be treated to a juvenile performance of Pima fore.
 Mr. Simms. R. R. contractor, will have the tunnel completed about the 10th of March.
 To-day, as St. Valentines Day, passed of without much confusion to our worthy post master.
 The smiling countenancs of Jim Stewart is seen on our streets, having arrived this morning.
 Passengers per Kerns and Grifiths' stage to-day: Frank Wells, J. J. Butler, and Joseph Vail.
 The State of California has been drenched with rain. It's God send to the stock in that country.
 John Chart went out to the Santa Maria country this morning with q wagon loaded with provisions.
 Wood hauling to Whipple continues, although 1t must be an uphill business with the contractor.
 Streets are still muddy, reminding us that property owners should pay more attention to sidewalk manufacture.
 Yuma has hotel which is credit to the place-we mean the railroad house. It is just what we want in Prescott.
 Thousands of sheep are being driven from California to Arizona for pasturags, as feed in the Golden State is played"
 Some pine trees which have served, for many years, as shade ornaments on Granite Street, now no longer of use, are being re- moved.
 Under the new management of Johnny Wright, the Central restaurant is daily be- coming one of themost popular eating houses in town.
 James Stewart, the veteran stage man of Northern ArIzona, arrived in Prescott last evening. he is locking after the interests l of his Comr any.
 The Supreme Court of the Territory is in | session at Tucson, vito Chief Justice French and Associate Justices Stillwsn and Porter | in attendance.
 Sidewalk building on Cortez street iE all the rage. Next summer that portion of said street known as Locust Bow" will be the incest spot in Prescott.
 We understand that certain gentleman of Prescott has quite 8 number of diamond rings that he would like to dispose of. We don't care if he does present us with one of those brilliant gems.
 MT. Douglass Brown, who has been put ting our power press in position, is a first class mechanic. He knows just where to commence on the most difficult piece of mA- chinery to make everything como into place.
 Nr. Nichols, who conducts the Wieken- burg stage, informs us that the roads are very soft, and that freight-teams are camped all along the line and hardly making an effort to move.
 The Los Angeles Herald is reliably in- formed that Monday, the 18th, was the day upon which engineers of the Southern Pa cIfic Railroad were to commence locating a branch line from Mohave station to junc- tion with the A. and P. R. R. at the Needles on the Colorado river. It is the in- tention of the company to push the work of construction at the earliest day possible.
 An attempt was made to rob the dwelling house of N. Ellis last night about II o'clock. Mrs. E. awoke, and by the use of tele- phone called for assistance, which came and succeeded in capturing the thief, who made grand struggle and escaped. Our night watchman will have to look well for tramps, | as they are numerous hereabouts just now
 LIT. maIcolm OaInpDell departed tnis noon, { per Black Canyon stage, to once more in. hale the iRvigorating atmosphere of that |, sunny cline, San Bernsrdino. Campbell has had hard siege of it in the way of sick ness, and 1t is hoped ny his many friends of 2 Prescott, of whom he has q score, that he will rapidly recover. f We have received circular of the Hutch fnson (Kansas) Bank, ofwhich S. W. Camp bell, son of R. c. Campbell of the Verde [ Valley, IS Cashier. The Bank is dsing i thriving business, and has paid dividend of 12 per cent. for the last months of 1881, winch is proof of its good manage | ment. . Persons having good mining properties for sale Tn Northern Arizona will find 1t to their f interest by immediately sending description of property and price to the MINER efies. r A true description must be sent. Let the property be little under, rather than over, the figure. $. P. Behan Is having his residence newly painted and otherwise improved It IS of the incest in Prescott. It ought to be occu- pied, and If the signs of the times are indi- Il cations to swear by, then VIC are ready to 'olemnly swear that there is something up. ;-, | l