The weekly Arizona miner., 1868-11-21

H'NhAf last, having no exchanges to read. no lcilers ,o write, no pi to distribute and nohcdy 70 growl at, We went up town and were iudnced oF seduced to go up stairs in our nice new Court House and listen to an eloquent religion. dis course on the Divinity of Christianity. which wa, read in dcyout and earnest manner by Mr. C '. Bean. This is the first advance we have made upon religion since we left America in 'G2 and VIC commence to believe, with our friend. that there is ye, hope for u., if we have run in the woods for long time
 SuEmrSG CoRN-At the present time. our farmers are hard at work, smelling and sackinp their corn. At the furniture factory of Blair & Elliott on Montezama street, a large sbcllcr, be- longing to Bowers X Bro, is being run by steam and ii is said that itworks well. On the ranches, hand shelters are used, and we hear of one .slit te giant that, with four hands to attend it. shelled five and one-half tons in one day, recent ly. Corn is worth, this year, eight cents pound. tn gold, and we only wish we owned few hun dred tons of it
 DURING the week. we had an introduction to Mr. Flanery. gentleman who has just arrived here from Petaluma, California, and who, we are told, proposes to engage in the practice of law here
 Mir Dixon. a druggist also arrived with Mir Flanery, and he, too, proposes to reside with us You are welcome, gentlemen.
 PRESCOTT AND MouAvE ToL-RoAD.-Now, that tbe Wallapais have made peace we expect Co see a good deal of travel come over this cx- cellent thoroughflre. lts proprietor Wm. II. Hardy. gives notice. in another column, that on and after the lst instant full toll will be charged ireighters and others going over the road. HorsE-BUuDING is being carried on with una ba,ed yigor. Several persons are enlarging their stores and dwellings by building additions
 FoR REyr- Henry W. Fleury adycrtiscs bis Thunderbolt mill. situate on Lynx Creek, in Walker's Quartz Mining District, for rent, cheap.
 CouSrr TREASURER CoHT has pile of green backs in his safe ready Co pay to holders Of ccr- tain warrants. etc. Sec his advertisement
 TRANSPORTING BALL-This affair, which is to come oT in Moeller's new building on Monte zuma street, Thursday evening next. promises to be the biggest and best blowout ever given in the Territory The hall i the finest and largest in Arizona. and tle geiiers-up Of ihe ball are de- termiaed to eclipse all previous hops given in this town Excellent music will be scratched and footed, and the supper CAh. tLats what'il catch our ten dollar greeuback) will be superb. BErrNG.-Du During the week, many wagers have been s.aked on the result Of the election in Call ! fornla, and 1t was thought for a short time ' after the arrival ol Wednesdays mail, that the Repubs would fork oyer. bat the returns received no, being complete they still think there is a show ieli them to win, but we can't sec it. PicnEEs. VIEWS, Erc.-One day this week. we called at the gallery Of Mr. Gentle, in the old MINER office, and were shown some splendid views taken by him in the southern part of the ! Territory, the most notable of which are the Mission churches Of San Xavier and Tumaccac- ! ori. Ills pictures Of Pima and Marieopa Indi- aEs are excellent Call and see his collection. ! HraE PoTATo.--A sweet potato, weighing f1uI pounds, raised by Allen Cullumber, at Walnut Grove, was sent by that gentleman as a specimen Of his crop, to Mr E. H. Weaver, one of the pub lishers of this paper. A look at it put us ir mind Cf the cane-brake country, where ihey grow as big a. niggcr's feet
 sHEmrr MooEE has returned here from ton of the southern part og the county. On hi. wa
 home, he was taken sick at Kirkland yaile, where he came near being called home. He now almost as well as ever.
 RriIoIors.-A sermon will Dc read by Mr T I
 Head, at the usual hour and place sunday nc1
 Coop NEws FROM BLACK CANYox.-From Joh Raibe and Daniel Hatz, who arrived in Presco from the Agua Frio settlements, last night, V
 learn tha; two or three miners from Black Cai } yon, had been at the ranch of J. r. Osborne, ic vegetables, and had returned to the digging
 They said they had been doing well, and thl
 party of them would soon have to come Prescott for provisions. Indians were aroun, and bad expressed great friendship for Amer
 canos, but the miners had no faith in them. an
 had not permitted them t0 enter their camps. WEArnER.-The first snow of the season fc 3 here yesterday forenoon. It was scarcely sui { cient 10 whiten the ground. and dlsappear'
 more rapidly than 1t fell. The day was raw ar
 windy. and occasional peals of thunder reverb
 rated through the mountains. lt is showing p we go to press, Saturday morning.
 ' as. GILLETTE and family intend soon to mo
 from Wickenburg to Walnut Grove. r THE Sterling Mill is running upon refuse cI 
 "EN ROUTE" the travelling corresponds of the San Francisco Times, in a recent lett