Weekly Phoenix herald., 1883-12-20
From Tuesdays s Daily.

From Tuesdays Daily. The Methodist parsonage on Mad ison street is nearly finished.
 The Palace Theatre is building some private boxes.
 MT. Samuel Pari.erson received a new barley~chopper yesterday
 The Supreme Court will meet at Prescott on the first Monday in January.
 Yuma makes adobes of a blue dirt that stands severe rains, and they set like cement,
 The foundations for the additi ons to the Capitol Hotel are being lad and tue work is well under way. MT. Stewart has gone to Casa Grande to canvass the matter of a stage line from that place to the Qnijotoas.
 Six prisoners from Prescott left this afternoon for Yuma. Their names and offenses will be found in another column.
 Persons having accounts agalnst the county will see notice in another column.
 Another sensational report on the streets. A boiler burst at Vulture, killing five men. In view of the sensational reports Of disaster, we give this advice to the public: Don't believe all you hear nor half you say
 Father J. P. Gallager, of Tom D. stone, wants information of the whereabouts of Cornelius O'Connor' whose last letters were mailed at Silver King and Tombstone.
 MT. Lun Gray has just returned from the Magazine district and re- norts himself satisfied with his mine, the Happy Jack. The mines of this district, which includes the Red Rover, will some time swell the bullion output of the Territory.
 Mir. Ludwig Thomas, teacher of music, IS in Phoenix, at present, and will shortly entertain our city With a concert. He will have several ex- cellent musicians from neighboring towns and will give us rare musl- cal treat, the particulars of which will be announced through the fu> lure columns of the HERALD.
 Five of Tombsione's young b-luds engaged in game of freeze>out for the cigars. The sitting was prolon~ ped far into the wee sma' hours, and 1Ga games were played before the party broke up. The games were all sawed off" on to one individual, which cost him the neat little sum of $1O2 to settle.
 Miners wages in Germany aver> age from SIP 10 $15 per month. In Ne. ico they average SIS and SEQ Der month; and in Colorado they average from 8 to $4 day-from $50 10 Sl20 Ter month Miners wages in Nevada and some parts of Califoinla are s4 per day In El Dorado and Placer counties they are from $2 to $3.5O a day. Throuehout Arizona, miners are paid from S3.5O 10 $4 per day h Sonora American miners are paid about the same wdges as n Arizona.
 Carr, a prominent contractor in Arizona, being interested in the United Verde and Benson railroad, is in Phoenix prospecting for the purchase of 100000 pounds of barley. Should he be successful this will relieve our farmers and en- I;ven the business of Phoenix A Agriculture must ever lnaNe -"1 River Valley the best part Of Arl' zona.
 A pleasant party of merry makers met at the residence of MT. Frank Cox, last evening, and from tna' place proceeded in body to the res idence of Mir. s. E. Patten to con- gratulate himself and wife upon the anniversary of their marriage and to wish them many happy returns of the occasion. The party wer' welcomed and refreshed with cake and wine. and, after enjoying some excellent vocal and instrumenta music, a room was cleared where the happy guests with nimble fee beat time to rapturous waltz music