The weekly Arizona miner., 1868-10-10

mo our possession, man; Sind and generous acts nave been performed by people of all parties m aid ol Tue paper wlthoui oar askirg for aid. and II grdtilies us to bc able 70 statr, truthfuy. that our people, generally, support ttcir local ra. per better than those of any community we have ever lived among. This speaks volumes in praise Of their intelligence and moral goodness. But vc were not prepared for such an act of gancros ny as that extended to US the other day by Mir. John N. Rountree, Of Prescott. and tried To per. sHade him ifom doing it, but do 1t be would Al the recent election, Mir. Rountrece was elected District Attorney of this county, which office he held until the late meeting of the Board of Super visors, when he resigned For his service. to the county he was entitled Co a county warrant for ss5, and without saying anything 10 us, he rcques. ted the Clerk Co make said warrant out in our name and hand it to us this the Clerk did. and as he refused to take it back, we hereby tender the generous donor the thanks of the MINER cs. tablishmcut for his qn.
 J. MoSIHoN has purchased the interest of his former partner, Wm. E. DaHni-on. in the oni, livery and sale stable in Prescott, and will here. aiier run it solo. Mir Monhon knows how to keep ! livery stable, and is doing hrstratc business | William has not seeded from the concern. and ! his old friends will find him ai home in the office Of the stable. Himself and Jim may dissolve, but l they cannot separate. No, neycr
 ] OUR young friend, George D. Bowers, suier at l Camp Lincoln. Rio Verde, is enjoying himself in | Prescott George is an eXcollcn, young man. md we hope he will succeed in business. He n. | forms us that "G' company's quarters were near ] ly finished when be Jeff the post. Thad. Adams is guide at Lincoln in place of Ed. Peck who Is chief guide at Fort Wh.pplc
 QrIrE an army Of farmers from the various set ! dement's surrounding Prescott, were in town dur ing the week A good many Of them were forced to come aud attend Court, @. jurors and they did not like 1t much, as the present Is their busiest season. From Walnut Grove, we had Messrs Culum5cr Henry, Borgcr, Jackson and others From Wooiscy Valley and The Lower Agua Fho, we noticed Mcssrs Leriy, Burroughs, Reese and Dickason Lower Granite Greek was represented by Me-srs Giles, slonc. Ed Bowers, Cary and others. Besides these We had hosts Of others from Willow Greek, Whipple American and other valleys,
 TaF people of Walnut Grove talk of bsIldIag a good Touring mil and We hope they will do so.
 CARPENTERS and lahorng inen arc very scarce
 u Prescott. We have just commenced thc erctior of a bu.idiug for a printing office, and cannot hire enough men 70 set the thing up although wt offer pay lu gold dust, grccnbacks, neyspapei rufis or fref Several men arrived here from Nlckenuurg early in the week. but they were gob bed up by ranchcros as soon as they alghtcd frou their horses We have ten or twelve good carpen tcr- here. but, bless them, they are osrrrun vill work, and will Jaek-plaue a man fl be asts then to do job for him The same state Of aelrs cS ists at wickenburg men arc scarce, and ~omc arc scarcer
 JoHS NJ RoUSrREE showed us, last week, a To of corn raised on bis ranch iu SkHll Naiicy, 2 miles west Of Prescott and assured us that an th corn in that valley and Kirkland Valley, four mile west of ii was just good as that brought C town by him. These two valleys cant be beat io producing corn, and ihcre is plenty of unoccu pied land n each of them Mir Roun,ree Captain J. P Hargrave and some other gentlemen, lei here Monday last, for the valley, 10 l.h, hunt au' have good time generally.
 SUNDAY last, in company with Herbert and Na than Bowers and K. F.. Elliott, rode 10 th place where bat week ago stood their Aourini mill The machinery vas bent and twisted aroun' considerably by the fire. and large pair of plat form scales was twisted badly The burrs wer cracked, and of course are useless. The Messu
 Bowers told us that they would immediately r, build thc lnil aud should they be successful i
 securing material and mechanics, better u.i
 than the old one may be ready to work for ou
 farmers early in November. New burrs are hcin
 made by Mr John W simmons. Of Miiers Va
 ley, upon whose ranch there Is a fine quarry Of
 very good quality of burrstone The dana.
 sustained by Bowers Bros by the burning Of ta
 min, Is fully S30o0 From the burnt mill '
 drove up to the Quartz Mountain saw NH, aI
 found Messrs Moves X Curtess at home. 1T <, yard was nol very full of logs or lumber owiI II 10 the utter impossibility of getting teams tu ha /, logs and Co the great demand for lumber, but q
 mill is now running steadily aud The proprieio
 having secured more teams, hope 10 he able b. keep ahead of the demand. Mir. Carioss show e as his garden, which contains several goodsiz
 fruit trees, some fine corn aud lots Of ycgcta5l, For garden In the pines, il is No. i. r. I'M ALEXANDER, Of whipple Valley, thr
 miles below Prescott is building neat tarl
 house.
 ,e FELLOW CITIZENS or YAvAPAI-Your Ears I d a moment Not for inc purpose of cutting the II of. but io yell into them the fact that Ed. Cool |, Adobe Store is now hled with choice groceri . and provisions, fashionable clothing, nice ladi ,. goods, glassware, crockery and everything tt ?. can possibly be required to meet you wants a n. the beauty of the thing is, he ayers tMr. Co T. never swcar.. his salesman, Geo Reed attends