Arizona weekly miner., 1875-01-08

ton. It will, until further notice, meet in tAe Courtroom, every Sunday, at l2 o'clock, M.
 Masters John Bcurke and John Stevens know how to utilize homeless donkeys, in these sleigh ing times. They hitch them to the slelghs and make 'em git, you bet.
 A Spanish sheep which J. II. Lee, Of American Valley, killed, a few days ago. weighed when dressed, just fifty-seyen pounds.
 BC Foster returned recently from survey jag expedition. We learn that he lined town ship elsA of the Agua Fra. which township takes in C. F. Head & Co.'s stock range
 A few days ago, as J. II. Behan and Jack Leo nard were flying over the snow, their sleigh sepa- rated and so did they, for a short space of time. Beban, who Is a second Budd Doble, doubled on the flyer and prevented him from cutting up any nonse1sical pranks.
 The County is now about sli 900 in debt, but it has good property, iii the shape of offices, to show for il, and will shortly unload this little load of debt, as the present Board of Superyi- eors are bent on economy.
 Jim Bones' passenger coach left Prescott, Sat urday last, for Los Angeles, California. Among the passengers were Ed. W. Wells and F.. II. Me Daniel. Mir. Wells, although a young man, is one of Arizona's oldest, best and most popular citizens. He goes 10 San Francisco and Colo rado and expects 10 be back in Prescott in a couple of months. We recommend him to readers of the MINER, everywhere, as one of Gods noblemen. Major Mcdaniel is so we'll known outside of the Territory, as a gallant gentleman, any recommendation of him, from us, would be saperhuous. He, too, expects to be back soon.
 Jim Bones passenger coach will be lack in Prescott during the latter part of this month, and will start back for California on or about the second of February next.
 We'll wager a small sum that T. J. Butler an old editor, who is now here rusticating, can do better jobs of whiting than any man between Los Angeles and Santa Fe. Specimens of his work,-such as human hands, clasping hearts, scissors, tongs, etc, cc.,-are the smootbest and best work we have ever seenpToduced, by man, out of wood, with naught save a pocket-knife.
 COUNTY OFFICERS, OLD AND NEw-Ed. F. Bowers, sheriff, and F. D. Parker, under sheriff. have taken tse places of H. NJ. Herbert, late sheriif, and Vim. WlkersOn, late under sheriff. Mir. Herbert and his old under sheriff, Mir Will kerson won good reputations for honor, honesty sobr;ety, courteousness and other good qualities while in the sbenfl's office. Their successors stand well in this county, and ought to make good officers. MT. Wm. Wikerson is now Re corder, in place of Ed. W. Wells, who was twice elected to the office and attended to its duties in a way that gave general satisfaction, for four years.
 The writer succeeds himselr' as Treasurer of the county. We were first elected to the office in 1865, and this is our third term, a fact which
 
 citizens of glorious old Yavapai County, who have never yet failed to put their trust in us, which trust, thank God, has never been violated by us.
 A. o. Moves and T. s. Ruff have retired from the Board of Supervisors and are succeeded by Gideon Cornell and B. H. Weaver. Dr. Geo. D. Kendall holds over. We can, as an editor and man, boldly assert that all of the foregoing Su- pervisors are good men.
 All who have not paid Territorial and county taxes for the year 1874 respectfully requested to read and heed notice in the advertising col umns.
 The Odd Fellows Ball on New Years Eve was a brilliant success. The .many twinking feet" of the ladies and gentlemen tripped the light fan tastc to the beautiful music of Silsbees band. All seemed enjoying themselves and possessors of that American paradise, "a good time" The twentyseyen ladies that adorned the ball made an array of beauty and vvacity that could not be surpassed. The forty-sx gentlemen seemed to he all bent on making the occasion as pleasura- ble as possible,-and this endeavor their part made easy of execution by the able super vision of the whole by Messrs Moves and Jewell, the gentlemanly floor managers.
 And then the supper We are not much of a dancist, but when we talk about suppers we know whereof We speak. Supper is oar best hold, and we struck elysium when we 'went for" that sup per that Dan Hatz prepared for us.
 Altogether, those who attended this ball found as pleaSuraDle a mode or seeing the old year out and the New Year in, could be desired.
 N. F. Pierce and c. C. Wilson arrived here re. gently from the Greenwood mine and talk of starting back tomorrow. Mir Pierce informs us that his object in coming to Prescott at this time was to find good route for wagon road This he has done. His route follows the north side of the Santa Maria river. Distance from the Green wood 10 Prescott, about 6 miles. Route we'll supplied with wood, water and grass.
 Al. wood and other mines have 100 Indians at work, in Arizona, waking a road to the Colorado, and 25 Chinamen, in California, making a road from San Bernardino, to connect with the Arizona road. When completed, this road will be almost 100 mics shorter than any other road between Prescott and San Bernardino, and may become our principal mail route.
 Some beautiful blonde has lost her hairi It was brought to this office by gentleman who, being bachelor, is of course uniniiated In his face was written the most intense horror, as be | told us that he found the hair on top of the snow and feared that some young and fair creature had met with an untimely death. He nnocently be leycd that the young lady might be under the snow. As he was telling his story smiled, so to speak, the smile of the knowing one We are 'sot bachelor, and, consequently, "know how it is oursef" We request the bereaved blonde to send at once for her back and top hair, as it is the bachelor young employees of this office. It is beautiful head Of hair weight, probably, two pounds, avoirdupois. A beautiful turn out, with the usual adjuncts of hair pins and stuffng. Whose Is it?
 Ed. W. Wells, district attorney, has appointed his predecessor, II. II. Carter, to act for him du ring his absence from the Territory.
 John W. Leonard, a bright young lawyer, who has recently located in Prescott has card in to- days MINER.
 The Gift Enterprise drawing is postponed to February 18th.
 From Tuesdays Daily
 The meeting of the Board of Supervisors yes | terday was attended by all the members of the | new board. The board made their annual settle 1 ment with the treasurer and allowed several bills
 R. s. Thomas, route agent arrived here from | Phoenix and Wickeneurg yesterday. He reports | the roads as being considerably washed by recent | rains between Wickenburg and Prescott, necessi- | lating four horses on that part of the route. He i that tho citizens of Peoples Valley and | other localities on the route ought to assist in im- proving the condition of the roads
 The man who was seen rushing frsntically | round town this morning was not going for a | physician, as was reported. He was merely hunt Ing up somebody who had for sale tickets in Aessrs Fisher and Thorne's Grand Gift Enter