The weekly Arizona miner., 1884-05-23
THE LOCAL PROSPECTOR.
SATURDAY.

for the Black Hills.
 Wm. Mitchell, of Rumble Bee, paid the MINER call to-day.
 Dancers report themselves well pleased with last nights party.
 Chief Justice Howard and family arc booked to arrive to- morrow evening. c. Douglas Brown left yesterday for the Santa Maria, on an assessing trip.
 The Whipple officers who have been at Fort Mohaye, on court-martial, are again at home.
 Dr. McCreery, it is said, will be ordered in a few days to Dakota, to take permanent station there.
 Geo. W. Curtis is fast improving and will in a short time be again as full of vigOr and health as of yore.
 The City Council will hold meeting to- night,for general discussion of water works and city hall questions.
 A largep Icnlc party, composed of we'll known ladies and gentlemeII, will leave to- morrow for Lynx Creek.
 The presence of many strangers Tn town to-day had an enlivening effect on the appearances of the street.
 The contest as to whom shall be awarded the contract s.for constructing city water works promises to be close one.
 meeting of the Chess Club will be held this evening, which all members should attend, as business of importance will be transacted.
 A game of base ball will, we understand, be played in West Prescott between Whipple and picked nine from town. Wyatt Earp, well known here and in Tombstone, is reported to be Wells, Fargo & Co., s shotgun messenger in the Occur dAlene country.
 General Crook, Captain Bourke and Dr. McCreery returned last evening to Whlppie. after general tour of the different Apache reservations in the Territory.
 In addition..to an exhibition of speed by the Kansas Maid, several scrub races arc dowr. to take place at the race track to- morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock.
 In these panicing times editors and print CTS find consolation in knowing they have laid up treasures where neither the corrod- ing touch of time or defaulting bank officers can touch them.
 The members of the new post of thu Grand Army of the Republic. just establish ed here, will be regularly mustered in to night by the Adjutant of the Nagley Pos of Tombstone.
 The auction sale of the personal effect of the late Mexican negro, Alexander, tool place to day in front of J. L. Fishers store Among the articles disposed of were thre finely trained Mexican dogs.
 Services at the Marina Street M. Church tomorrow are as follows:
 Preaching at l0:30 A NJ.
 Sunday School at 2:30 P. N.
 Preaching at 7:3O in the evening.
 NATHAN L. GUTHRIE, Pastor.
 A family grocery store where you ca order or send and get just the kind of art cles wished is blessing in any community and Ben Weavers is just that kind of a establishment.
 Tucson is anxiously awaiting the a rival of J. W. Mackay and J. c. FlooC Jr.. of the bonanza firm, who are comin to the Territory for the purpose of Il vestigating the Quijotoa mines.
 Messrs. Mcdonald and Bushnell wi leave on Monday next for the Black Hill where, in company with MT. Murray, tho will spend a week examining into u affairs of the United Verde Copper Work before returning to New York.
 Deputy Sheriff J. NJ. Murphy has bet relieved as keeper of the Howell Smelte and Frank Fulkerson appointed in h place. as Sheriff Henkle concluded that would require the services of his entil office to complete the work of assessing due time.
 MT. Mclean, the owner of the land o which the first battle of Bull Run WI fought, sold it and retired to the interio where he expected to be free from war alarms He bought pleasantly locate farm near the Appomatox. It was { this farm where the first skirmish of th war took place, and it was at his houi where the surrender was consummate
 The finest, purest, and best flavor fC cakes, puddings, pastry &c., are Dr. Price Special Flayoring Extracts. In this age adulteration, it is gratifying to find an e fort to stick by the old path of honest. and consumers owe it to themselves patronize those making the effort. F' natural fiavorings none compare with D Prlce's.
 If the United Verde Copper COmpar construct branch road to the Central Ar zona, as suggested by Governor Tritle, would lessen the distance over which freigh ing would have to be done by wagon thirty-fve miles instead of fifty as at pre- ent. and if desirable branch road coul be constructed from the Pines to Baker ranch would efectually corral all the VerC trade for Prescott, whereas at present oI merchants reap but very little benefit frol it.