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Show Keef Xotes. Silver Rsef, April 25, 1879. Editors Herald: Summer seems at last to be putting in its appearance alter a cold, windy, dry seasoD. Tne lack of rain and snow-fall has left us with a barren mt'ge, small irrigating streams, and in Borne localities poor prospect for crops, though generally crops do not seem to have suffered, tut look fine and fruit never promised more abundantly. abund-antly. Apricota are about half grown aud when in St. George tha other day we picked ripe mulberries of the Downing everbearing variety. We never saw fig trees so abundantly loaded with fruit, now over half grown. Gtapes are now coming in bloom, aud it would take a very smart freeze to epoil our fruit prospects. pros-pects. Although business here is a little depressed, partly on account of the unsettled condition of some mining claims and partly for the reason that one company, nt least, is away behind in its monthly settlements, or payments, pay-ments, yet the real mining outlook was never better, mines yielding abundantly, generally a better class oi ore than heretofore, and the mill in good rnpair and constantly working work-ing the usual quota of bands. The sale ol a valuable mine bas recently been made to a San Francisco Fran-cisco company, who, it is understood, is to erect a mill this season. So, although al-though most of the surplus population has disappeared, better business proi-per.ts proi-per.ts are before us for the summer. Stocks of goods are large and business busi-ness is overdone, yet all hold on, awaitiug that good lime coming. Health is generally good and doctors have an easy time. Father Scanlan has been here for some time. He has his church computed com-puted and held high ui?s in it two weeks ago. He is now engaged preparing pre-paring for the erection of a hospital, meiina being raised by donation. This evening the Odd Fellows give a parly at Rico's Hall. J. |