The weekly Arizona miner., 1877-08-10


 dc luuel over to thr military where ii ought Co hs.
 ". II. smith dicd on thr car~, July eJi. cu route t1 California lIc had hgca drink ias icc-watar tr ciy during the early part of thc day, and ii Is thought thc chiil from thv water caused precipitation to stop, when hc suddenly became very sick and passed ava, lu another sphere.
 CDsuENc- -Thctelcgraph ha- been silent un shc currency question for weeks for some reason or other. and VIC have Co depend on the Nln Francisco papers for orquotatious. Tle latest Wc have seen afc Aug 2i. GrceuhHcAs, 95i, and % Silver colo, j n and , 's dls- count Trajc~, gji and 9G.
 We learn from the Yuma sentinel that work !, progressing nn the bridge which is to span che river at Yuma and link Arizona to California. Not many month- will ciap-c before the iron horse will hcsnortiDg a- it pl-~c> through the streets of Yuma and r1iIroading will Jc fairly inaugumied in Arizona.
 SrIvvLANrs USED ra THE RAGE. Quar- terly Journal of lneMicty says: it k csti- mated that coffee. both beans and leayc.. i> drunk by G0.00O.000 ot the human family T,4 af aIl kinds i~ u~y,l hy j0Q.0O0.00n aud uu.um 4uu, 900 uOd. alcohol. iu it> various forms. ht J00.0O0.OuO of the human race. Tobacco j> probably uscj by ,o0unn GOO or SOO010.UDa These startling facts indicate large proportion pi thc race, u>ing some substances that are either >timulants COT mar cltie~ The work of the phy sioiogist. m The future. will b. to determine the true place in nature of these >ub>tanc ard in dicafe where their Use ends and 3lbuse begins.
 UuIIAED or GEoEGiA MINISTER TO BRA- -WashiuGJou. July 3l-Thr Cabinet puintmcu!, of public land officials. labor troubles. etc. Henry W IIillard of Georgia was appointed Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Picuipotentary to Brazil. vice Jame, R. Partridge ot Maryland. llilliard, previou to the late civil war, was a repre- sentative in Congress from .thc Montgomery Alabamal district
 Movement, or sheridan. Pope and Crook.
 Chicago. July aoth.-G General sheridan and Crook arrived yesterday morning from St. Paul. and General Pope from St Louis The latter viii still have immediate control oi the United Statc~ troop, here and in this vicinity by virtue of his position in the army. General Crook wen. west to Omaha. where he will look after some reported Indian irou- hiCs in thC eastern territories.
 The Tribuuc'- Sioux City special alludes to thesuhjcct ot Crook mission above mention | ld and -ay>. An unauthcuticatcd report is ! current at Nankton tha, the Indians have all the inhabitants as Fort Pierce The telegraph lines being down no particulars are ohtainablc.
 They have lying club in Au,iia New. lt which Dad Carthral took premium re .cntly for telling that hc once worked in shaft where the Windla>s man only weighed lncjy pounds and used dirt car as large 4> those used In steam works He did the z Noi6 ~o easily that ail,toUr of the hanFs dt s -he bottom tIed to stall him once by heap ing the car with wet dirt and getting on | .op themselves. He wound them up with 'ut grunt, and, when they stepped out he .,iu. without even panting, Boys. why don't ,ou put on a full load. I've got .he Gispep: 'ia, and the doctor says | must have some 'Nerci>c.'
 MunRY.-SpcciaI orders No. SS. of. August 3rd, requires Captain C. IT, Camp 'cll, Sixth Cavalry, recently tried at Head quarters, to report immediately at Camp '' vrde under arrcsSt.
 Private Joseph Moore has been transfer cd from Company VI tc Company l Sixth avalry. j.,
 Tke new quarters for the Commanding 'cncral of the Department, are being built ! ad when done will add matcriall, to the a ook, of Fort Whipple and lcadquartcr, lii as we'll as prove quite a convenience and I omtort of the Commanding General who as heretofore lived in the Fort e
 General laudcycrc, who has become f really deeencatcd, has evidently taken up lums fight against the military. lie Ina, | nttcn silly letter to the Rings organ, at Il ucson, edited by the immaculate 70 CrSar r 'as>on His letter has neither sense. wit. = ? anything in it worth the pcrusal of a per 'n above the ability of am ordinary Indian he old man probably is affected with soft g lin" of the brain, and the next We expect P a,ar from h'm is, that hc is l,atiny .t bIt56 tu tho youu. >,uaos ldcl lti- ,hwg,