The weekly Arizona miner., 1885-04-17
Official Paper
TUESDAYS DAILY.

". M. B1tfum, of Jerome, is in the city
 Harry Carpenter is in from the Lyl, Creek piacers.
 ". W. Hu,caison left yesterday for hi stock range.
 Sheri-f Mulvenon left this morning on z visit 10 :he Peck
 The City Council has about completed f: la5ors as Board vf Equal 'za'ion-
 The new Skating Rnk in Hexeyis Hall wiH be opened tomorrow evening the pIo- prie;ors haying received their skates.
 c. P. Thornton arrived from the South last evening. while J. II. Fo!kenIer Al i wife came in by the Ash Fork s:sg..
 The new jail yard meets with the .ppror- al of the county prisoners, who utilize II n pisyiug quoits and similar games.
 Joseph Weyl left this morning for Cali forn:a, n which State We understand he will henceforth make his home.
 The 6apar.ures for Maricopa this morning rere Mother Justine, Mrs Lynch and R. M Crautosd
 Mother Justine, Superior of the Sistes of St. Joseph in Prescott, left th;s morn;r 2 for visit to Tucson.
 Considerable freight, consisting chiefly of Spring and Summer goods, has arrived ia Prescott during the last few days
 Stoesmen without exception report th.. s.ocir of sli kir5s ws-a narsr in hs-..r condition than st present.
 1 militia company has been regularly Or sanIzed at Clifton, being the ninth orsani- zaticn of its kind in the Territory.
 Father LeBreton, pastor of the Catholic Church of Prescott, writes from Signal thu. he will arrive here during the latter part of the present month.
 | delegation of Yavapai -Sap,is are visir- ing Prescott in search of s market for tae buck.kin. accumulated by them during tie winter
 As Fill be seen by its advertisement ID smother column, the First National Bar of this city will hereafter be known as tile Bank of Prescott.
 The members Of the two hose compani.s and hook and ladder company have had i.i- sued to them their badges, and take ccnsid- sEsbie prids in wearing them.
 Hon. c. c. Bean left yesterday for New York, 0n business connected with OUT pro posed branch railroad. Before returnirq he will visit Washington.
 It s said that, before many weeks pass, one of Sheriff Mulvepon's efficient dept ties vilI take unto himself wife from among Prescott's many fair daughters.
 The price of city water for irritating purposes has been placed at s1 per monlh for each 100 square feet, by the city cour- en.
 large numter of fruit and shrub tre .s have been purchased and set out by the citizens of Prescott during the last few days.
 The renowned Wizard Oil Minstrel trcu De arri.ei from Phenix t,.-d~y and viii give an open air concer, ou the fist evening Ih.t the weather wlll permit.
 Tombstone enjoys a bitter newspaper sar. m which the ,ditcrz of the two jou:- nzls published in that dismal burg shtw great familiarity with the pet phrases of the gutter gsn.ns.
 A. NoiIenberg to day received the first invoice of strawberries to arrive this yer ia Prescott. The price asked for them is sacl az to preclude any one save bonanaa EIng -tcu purchasing.
 IL Is suggested that upan 1Ae receipt of the news of the death of General Grant, rhicL. is hourly expected, gn arransemea It be made Co toll the fire tel and, if possible, the church bells. Will some of our 4cti; ci;izens take the mana ageInent of this ar rsngemeat and lOoK after the detaiIsl
 & far no one has been elected by t1e C-iy Council to fiji the vacancy created in the City RecurdeTship by the resignation Of A. v. Howard IL is said, however. that Id. Horne will be ihe lucky man. A bette oE more acceptable selection could not oe made.
 IL s to be hoped that the Board of Si- psrvisors vii make all necessary arraas,- ments for irrigating the Plaza before I. IS too late. h its present condition the Plaza is anything but a thing of beauty, although but very little exertion or exper SC would make 1t such.
 Joe Long attributes his stid neck to the Esduous duties incident to the oftic- of Az sistant Chief of the Prescott Fire Depart -asnt Others, however, who claim to knoE, say that the stiffness was created by Joa's smoking loaded cigar which he a:- cepted from redheaded dynami,er.
 The approaching race. between the two hose companies ot Prescott IS exciting con- sldsrable interest among tine fire Iaddi The Dudes have already commenced traia- Ing for the contest, being our this morning 5y siE o'clock with their hose Carriage.
 An interesting foot race for the Dais elampiOnshiP of Prescott took place last eFeGing around the plaza between Ellie Carpenter and Willie Ryan Mir. Carpenter came out vic.or, notwithstanding aa uulu-iy fall In which his skin-tight pants were 1-diy fractured Mir Ryans friends s.- t-ibete his defeat @ over training a: the .5ans- tsble.