The weekly Arizona miner., 1884-10-17
Friday. October IT, 1881
THE LOCAL PROSPEGTOR.
SATURDAY.

kATURDAYs
 A telegram received to day from Flag staff stated that MT. P. B. Brannen was so seriously i'll at that point as to be confined to his bed.
 Attorney General Churchill returned last evening from attending the recent term of Court at Mineral Park, at which he ap- pearsd as the leading counsel in all of the most important cases.
 Chief Justice Howard returned last eve ming from two-week's trip to Mineral Park, during which time he cleared the Court calendar of Mohave county in man. ner which elicited general commendation from bar and litigants.
 District Court Clerk Foote is engaged in sorting out and indexing the papers in the multitude of cases which have at one time or another been adjudicated in the District Court. The task is laborious one, as the musty files are in badly demorallzed con- dition.
 Colonel Williams, acting chief quarter master of this Department, is highly spoken of by all persons whose business brings them in contact with him.
 Hon. c. O. Bean, accompanied by Colo mel Bigelow, left this morning for a cam paigning trip through the southern portion of the Territory. Before returning, NIT. Bean will visit every town of prominence T l
 The general discontent which, outside of the Prescott ring, exists among the Demo cratic ranks against local bossism, is very loudly expressed along the line of the At lantic & Pacific, and to such degree that the only candidates talked of in connection :. with the SherifFs office are Ellis and Hatz
 ash FoIk is fast assuming the airs afi a metropolis. It already boasts of a first class hotel, conducted by Wood & Sangster and which for corteous treatment of guests and pleasant surroundings, cannot be ex- eelled by any other institution of the same kind in the Territory.
 The important work of resurveying the boundary of the White Mountain Indian reservation inaugurated by direction of General Crook will be resumed at an early period. Lieut.. Bingham, with Messrs. Huber and Williams as typographical assis- tants having left Prescott this m ,rning for the field of operations.
 An alarm of fire turned in about 9:30 last evening from Dawes store, caused a geno- ral stampede of citizens to that portion of town. The flame was discovered in an old bed, and is supposed to have been of ala in eendiary origin, as no other reasonable theory has been advanced. It was extin- guished before any serious damage was done
 J. c. Boblett, prominent cattleman and miner of Lynx Creek, has given a working bend on the Bull Whacker mine on the Verde road. The property has, under re- cent developments, given promises of being big bullion producer in the near future It's owner is one of the men whose liberality and public spirit entitle him to big Do nanza, and the MINER hopes he will get it. Captain Valentine, the efficient and popu- laf chief clerk of the Adjutant Generals office of the Department of Arizona, left yesterday for visit to the headquarters of the Division of the Pacific at San Francisco on official business. During his absence, which will probably be about month, MT. A Gfrinor nf fbo b11 and versatile young men of the general service, will fill the vacancy at the chief clerks desk
 The many friends of Larry Davis will be glad to learn that, since taking up his resi- dence in Mohave county, Dame Fortune has dealt most kindly with him. During the recent term of Court at Mineral Park, Larry was foreman of the grand jury, and the efficiency and promptness with which he performed the duties of the office won him many handsome compliments Dan Holloway, another old resident of Prescott, has monopoly of the hotel business at the Park.
 Up to noon to-day 2,900 names had been placed on the Great Register. Registration will close to morrow at 4 p. m., after which time nc names will be placed on record. There arc yet some five or SIX precincts to be heard from, and should the returns from them fail to be delivered prior to the time stated, the citizens residing in them will be disfranchised.
 N. Ellis, one of the most prominent lead CTS of the Democratic party of Northern Arizona, is the latest to express his disgust at tie hron rule imposed by the -ingsters of his party, by leaving for San Francisco yester- day, to be absent during the campaign Messrs. Hugo Richards and N. Ellis de- Sertion plainly indicates the feeling pre- vAiling in Democratic circles in this respect.