The weekly Arizona miner., 1885-04-17


 and Shelby '. Hu.chison, who were con yicted of :aurise in the second degree b l ,he District Court of this Cvarsy at ii
 May term, 1883. for the killing ot an age
 negro named Bush, on the Verde.
 Hereafter each fire company will be r'
 quired 10 keep burning a: ;,s headquaTte'
 during the night. colored light. As ar
 ranged the Toughs will have the blue ligh'
 the Dudes the red one, while that of th
 HSok and Ladder Company will be green
 E.M. Clark, owner ef the Chicago mi
 and mine on Groom Creek, has written
 friends in Prescott that he will arrive her during the latter part oi the present month and resume work on the mine named, ~hll
 running the mill on custom work. Ii ipresent prospects are any indication C coning events, a large number Uf Prescott
 peop.e of both sexes will visit the Gran'
 Canyon ri the Colorado during the ap
 preaching summer. Most of the excur
 sions will take in the Canyon in the Y;
 cini,y of Ca:arac. Greek.
 Last night heavy hail storm, atterde' bv thunder and lightning, visited Pres colt, and although its duration was yer, short it etfectually aroused the majori',
 of citizens who had retired to The land Q
 Nod and were snoring the stilly hours O night way.
 The new skating rink in the Hove, building will he formally opened to the put lie this evening. All objectionable charac- ters will be rigidly excluded and the bes of order maintsined. while the managers [, the rink will strive to make it pleasant re- sort for all patrons.
 T. c. Bray & Co.,, one Of the live!ies and most enterprising firms in the South west, among large st"ck of new goods recently received, brought to Prescott among other articles an assortmsn. of am berina glassware, which for beauty of de- sign and elegance of color rira!s anything in that line ever tefore seen in this city.
 The city Council, before their adjourn nient, should take steps towards having trees Sc, out around the Plaza, and te also have the same properly irrigated, a: the supervisors declin. 10 e1pend any County funds in embelishng the Plaza, on the ground tha. the citizens of Prescott are the only class bepeit,ed.
 The entire 3i Cavalry left Bowie yester- day on its march to Texas. The march will be severe and arduous one, as in many places the country is but little better thar an alkali desert, while the ,hermometeI during the present portion of the year sel. dom falls e!ow hundred degrees during the day.
 In the English law reports case is re. ported of a baker who WAS convicted fo! using alum in making bread 4 similar i,w ir this country would be the means driving out great number Of the baking powders which are largely composed with this drug. T. be safe, consumers should buy the old and ever reliable Dr. Prices Cream Baking Powder.
 We were today shown by Sheriff Mul- venom a hne specimen Of silver bearing rock. assaying in the neighborhoOd of Sl ,000 per ton, which was taken from the Roach mine in the Peck district, ot which he is the owner. The vein IS from twelve 10 fifteen inches in width, and Sheriff Mulvenon has four men working on 1t extracting ore for shipment to Pueblo for reduction.
 The Grand Army of the Republic, at a regular meeting held last night, made fur ther arrangements regarding Decoration Day. Information xas received that the troop of Cavalry would be at Whipple in time to participate. Invitations to the dlf- ferent orders in the city will be issued. and th. co-cperat;on of the ladies solicited in due time Flowers will without doub. be procured at Phenix and this city, and a grand rally of the "O!d Veterans" is an- ticipate3.
 Mr. D. Lery, of this city, is probably the best posted man in Arizona on the per sonel and fighting qualities of the Russian Army, in which 8: che time he was sol dier. Mr. Lery describes the great mass If the army as lacking in the dashing Qual- tics that characterize the American soldier, but possessing at the same time st'lidity under fire which enables them to meet death with seeming indifference. To the Cossacks alone of the Russian army, MT. Levy gives credit as being of the ma'er.al of which 'forlorn hopes" consist.
 4 committee from each cf the Hose Con- panies in Prescott will meet this evening for the purpose of definitely settling all the preliminaries for the proposed race on the last day of the present. month. The mem ttrs uf beth c9mEanies are taking consId- -rabie interest in the mater, and 1t is sell dom during the day that at least one com pany IS no. out prscsic;ng. No;withs;and- irg ,bis, however, no casualties have as Yet been reported, although two candidates fer Governor, oDe for Surveyor General, one for Secretary, four for Postmaster and three 10. United States Marshall have ali had nar- -ow escapes from being run over.
 People in many parts of Arizona get so accustomed to seeing mean actions, that hardly anything mean surprises them. The meares. thing we have seen lately in Tucson was the interference cf Pinheai Hughes with the bill of the Citizen presented to ;he Board of Supervisors. because ;he late,