Arizona miner., 1868-01-04

1 hopptd, jumped and went through "nunint u'"'9 oh Inc white pine floor. while dancing
 1',,'h's' echOVisches. tedOwas. etc, Would as-
 t0uhd narrow-minded. straight laced Baptist chlckens and hens rOosicrs and cobblers. cn- J"!cd themselves exceedingly we'll and nothing occurred tO mar the pleasures of the evening | me nOck partuuk of an excellent suppcr tyiprd | thcir bills ndugcd in some more light fantastic 'oe exercise, after which they acw home to thrir sp'! "'pitill0n-, Co sleep and dream oi inazour- haa. music and all that sott of thing Not being present we fear we have not done inc Birds fuil justice, and probably some of them may imagine We treat or their affairs in too great snirit of | IeFity but we assure all such that we look upon me society as filling vacuum that has existed III our town loo long. In fact, 1T il continues to ] DC conducted in the moral manner in which it | hts heretofore been conducted it will be highly beneficial in cradcatiug the boorsh bashfuincss | ones.
 l fARNrNG.-Our farmers arc preparing for viz. orous operations next spring. and from what we can learn. there will be three times as man, broad acres planted next spring us there were last We hear Of pariics who intend to plapt ! 4O9 and 900 acres of corn and barley SEuuld th" weather continue mild. the ploughs will be slaried right away. This year corn has mol com manded high price. ana we hear of some com. piaG's about ibe sort Of pay received by the
 
 ! vouchers which as general thing have to iin- ! dcfgo " shaving process before producers can ! receive grcenblck- for them. But on the whole we believe ranchoro- have done about a. well ns ! any other class of our people. and are not dis ! posed to grumblc much. The coming season. l they will be Letter prepared for raising crops. ] and f. aa ordered by General llallcck bids wjll | be received for any amount or part of Govern meui supplies advertised ior each and every one | ul them will have a fair show Co deal directly | with the agents of inc Government who, we be. ! leTc. are -ifaighiiurward men, and will neither practice OF aiO" sharp practice or shcnanyaa" | in letting contracts for furnishing supplies We are told that after Government gets all the corn wanted hy it there VIII be very little of the old 1 crop lc.. We hope some of our farmer, will piant more wheat this year. and that some enter prlsng man of means will have the good sense and public spirit to erect first class Touring inlii somewhere in the county. UHtii wc raise cnough wheat to make our own bread We really cannot expect to be independent and prosperous CAvr LINCOLN. The ONeil Dramatic Associa- ton composed Of about twenty-five soldiers be- ! longing to the two companies of thc Fourteenth ! Infantry stationed at that post. played in their new theatre on Dhyistmas night. Rory Q Moore" and the side splitting farce of the "ll1ppy Man co to good sized and highly-pleascd audience of their officers and comrades and thc citizens or ,ic Rio Verde. Besides tLcSe t,v" pieces. .Ae ] performers treated tGcir audience to singing. dancing. and negro m,nslrcisy From what we learn ia regard Co the entertainment. the actors ] performed their parts well, and iOg the limited means af thcir disposal. and the isolation of Camp Lincoln. wc ar,' informed that She scenery ' looked well and was qniic appropriate We hope l the officers, if consistent win thc r'cs of thc ! service will allow the company 10 visit Prescott and rniiycn the place with thc!r Interesting and amusing performances. We underrtaud that Col. F. D. Baker, the fIn-loving Chief Quarjerma.cr of this District, will furnish thc necessary trans poraiicn ifonl the Verde.
 OvR NEw YEARS Gnrs-The firm of Tender son X C.. will please acccp, our distinguished consideration for lot of splendid Havana cigars, aud seycral plugs of chewing and smoking to- blcco. We have sanpicd ali three and pro- Goauce tac assortment \ No 1. The tobacco |" Rose braHd-is. pug eccei'eHce. thc best we have fred in q long time. and 0pr only regret is thIi we can't sell somebody feet to raise money caough Co buy out tbrir entire stock of tle weed for our own private usc.
 Mc-sr.. Rouutrer G Barnard of inc - Gen" saloon. Granite street, sent Us a bott'c cf egg G9gg whicI our devil. tlc on.y anse! about ;ay concern that dr.nss d.~;rac;iug fluids, pronounced dT-;-ytt,.
 Raibic l5 Schearer, of thc Arizona Brewery on Mon:czgma street -cg' us a whole kcg t,u gal .ous-o good lager beer and though neither q Duichman Ur the son Of one, the way we waltzed the contents 0f that lcg down our throat wa. caution. Chr friends tried it, too. and pro noHnced it excellent. drank ;he. health oi John and Philip, and felt jolly, but not high.
 PROMOTED. First Lieutenant Feoiiet of tic Eighth Cavalry. who is now stationed at Fort ! Whipple, has received tine promotion of Drcye! ! Captain for gallantry displayed by him on tLe l field of Aniiciam. Licnt. Fechet is dasiing { young officer, and. shOuld opportunity offer, and | justice be done him. he will yet rise 10 the rank | of General.
 DIsTRIcr-ArroRSEY PnrT is in town. TnAxsrfE OF TUE " UGty KSfE. The history
 of the ugly knife" rJnneth back to tiac | whereof the mcmury oi man knowcth not 10 the | contrary IL is this lt is carried by the ugliest
 mau until he meets a man uglicr than himself ! when he s bound io hand the knife over. II is ! an oid handled knife very old. having
 been handed down from generation Co genera ! tou Our friend. John Roberts everybody
 knows JoLn-has been the happy posse ,or of
 said knife for tic lust six years, Last sunday
 as he was quietly sitting in the Qnar1 Rock Sa'
 loon French gentleman, whO has a garden
 across the creek, entered, and as soon as John
 glanced at hi couutenancc he felt that the time
 had come when he must pau with ihe ugly
 knife Rising from ms seat, with mouth open
 aud eyes sticking opt about a foot. he merely
 exclaimed, Ny God. stranger the knife E
 voursl l' and instantly handed ever The aforesaid
 implement Tho French gentleman seemed some
 what surprised but finally accepted the knife
 but after a close scrutiny oi Johns physOguumy
 be swears that he s not entitled to it but mus
 return it to John. Which of tbc two Is reall,
 entitled to the knife, has not ye; been deter
 mined ". J. E.