The weekly Arizona miner., 1885-07-24

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 $. $. Aeke-, 5 pse1a.neai zan-hnaza df the Mcgoiions, is in ,own- Louis.wcllenbefg was to-iay appointed foreman of the United States Grand jory by Judge Howard.
 A number of wallapai Indians s,c visit ling Prescott for the pcrpose of securing tha cast of rainens of iu citizens.
 Billy Ryan. ihe popular major dn,no cf J. ". Wilson X Co, is seriously ill with gastric fe.er.
 H. F. Dants, prominent citizen of Apa- che county, is in Prescott asa witness in casfs pending before the Supreme Court.
 Ah Wal, the only Celestial fireman in Arizonas peoposcs ei-ing sapper to the Toughs, cf which Company he is member.
 T. S. Bunch, leading lawyer of Apache county, is among ;l.e legal ligh,s attracted Ito Prescott ty the present term of the U. S. District Court
 Bon. E. g. Stoser. who 60 ably repre- sentsa Apache counsy in the last Legisla- tive Council, is in town ss . witness in sev- esai eases pending in the DAtr;es csurt.
 Harris Baldwin, . leading attorney of Apache county. arrived in Prescott last
 evening to louk after the interests of his
 numerous clients in the Distfict Court
 The many friends of Mrs. N. o. Murphy will be glad to learn that she is c,nsales- cent, and has been pronounced out of dan. ger by her physician, Dr. McCsndless. A light sprinkling of ram, accompanied by lightning and thunder. visited Prescott to-day.
 Col C. c. Ban. aacomPanied by Messrs Libby and Bryce of New Oe.eana, left this morning on . visit to Copper Basin.
 At the Needles iast Friday as noon the thermsmeter registered i26 in tine shade. while st l2 o'clock the same night it stood sAssdy at 1029.
 The material for Pr.scott's new papcs- IssHoof and Horn arrived on last SAtur. day, and the first edition of the paper will | be issued ou Thuniay next. Yr.nk and Fred, the two eldest sons Of of Governor Thtle, rstuned-on Saturday evening Iast from the East, where they have been attending school during the last year.
 Henry Tuning, one of the best-know p:oneers of the Southwest, is among the residents of Apache caunty who s-e in attendance on the District Court q wit- nesses.
 The Gr.ys yesterday engaged in rifle practice at two hundred yards distance. Under the instructions of Captain Valen- tine the menbess of the company ass rap idly developing into crack shots- The Territorial Beard of Pardon Con- missiouers met in the office Of Governor Tritle to-day, bat adj turned without trans acting any business until 10 a- m. to morrow.
 The MISxsof6ce was to day farorcd with visit from Harry Lubers, who is extensively interested in placers at Walnut Grove. Mir. Lubers states that the many placer miners in that section are anxiously awaiting rain
 in order te begin washing out gold. Il Charles Peralta. wh, on last Saturday
 plead guilty to stealing certain articles
 from the residence of 4. J. Head, south of
 town, was :his morning sentenced to six
 months confinement in the oun.y Jail by
 Judge Howard.
 Gus Rodenburg spent yesterday in ad- vancing the interests of science, by securing
 fine specimen of the rttle-snake fsmily for the Hamburg Museum of NAura! Sci cree. The specimen measured siE feet
 three inches from tip to tip.
 Frank Delaney returned on Saturday las.
 from Phenix. He reports ,ha: place as en- toying temperature SD warm as 10 ccn. tinually impress one with the opinion that tSheol is mt very far from the Salt River Valley.
 N A committee, appointed by the inaurance com panies of San Francisco, will shortly
 visit Prescott for the purpose Of invesrigat-
 ing the city wa.erworks with view to as ccr.aining whether their efficiency is of such
 6 character as to warrant reduction in the , rates of fire insurauce. Hon. Sol Earth, an old Arizona pioneer
 and legislator, arrived last evening from , St. Johns, in respc.-s, to the mandates of D the District Cour;. The many frierds of Mir Earth in Pr,sc.'t and elsewhere feel confident of his ihi..;y % clear himself of the criminal charges which have been brought against him.
 Many ladies and gentlemen from Pres co.t yesterday visited whipple for the pur- pose Of witnessing dress parade by the troops ata,ionsd there. The drilling oi , "B" Troop. Tenth Cavalry, surpassed in fnap and execution any exhibition of tao tics ever given at the Post by sny body c,
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 This morning an alarm of fire was oecs- stoned bY the burning o: stable near the