The weekly Arizona miner., 1878-01-18
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
SATURDAY.

That Turkish easy chair, manufactured by Charles Porter, next door to the stage office
 Is the finest piece of workmanship in that line ever perfected in Prescott.
 Mir. Lombard, good citizen of Upper
 Verde, who has been visiting Mir. Theofolis Louisillon and other friends in Prescott, Jeff for his home this morning. =
 The Territorial Treasurer is paying war. rants of the series of 1877 up to and includ.
 ing No. 12o. He has paid out nearly $2,00O
 to-day.
 County Treasurer, Cook, turned over to
 Territorial Treasurer Butler, to-day, 8, ,535,.
 15 General Fund; sl.767, fl School Fund,
 and s1, ,f7S,27 Prison Fund. Total SC, ,4s0, ,s3
 Mrs. ". T. Garrett, who has resided ia
 Prescott for about eight months, and who
 was quite an aquisition to Prescott society
 will leave for San Francisco tomorrow, by
 stage.
 Mir. Robert Cornell is about to make a
 trip to St Louis. Mo-. on business, and dur ing his absence Mr. Sleeves will act as his
 authorized agent to transact all business.
 fxPRovEMENTs.-The store of N. Ellis,
 which is in the old Montezuma block, is be- ing partitioned of, one portion of which is
 to be occupied by Mir. Ellis, and the other
 by our friend Kearney, as liquor house.
 Those big pipes and elbows for heating John Rabies malt kiln, manufactured by
 c. E. Frederick, would be altogether too large for the heating registers in the Palace Hotel, San Francisco. They look more like coiled smoke stacks.
 Camp Huachuaca, which has heretofore be1 ss,d d,ilea from Ofhar fS now to receive all supplies the same as all partment, which looks as though it is the intention to make it permanent post.
 Brice Grimes of San Buenaventura, o. II. Brook of San Francisco, and E. F. Rogers of Santa Barbara, have formed themselves into Company, with their office on Cali fornia street, San Francisco. Object of the Company-handling of mines in Arizona. Mir. Grimes will soon visit Prescott.
 Lieut.. Kerr, Regimental Adjutant 9th Cavalry, stationed at Camp Grant, called at ouroffice this morning, and we found him very clever young officer. The Lieutenant will remain and visit hIs numerous friends at Whipple, for several days, when he will return to his post, which he claims to be the finest in the Territory, outside of Whip pie.
 John G. Campbell received an assortment of staple articles to-day, from San Fran cisco, which were shipped from that city on the first of October, and were consequently a quarter of year en route. Mir. Camp bell is selling his stock of goods at cost, and the supply which has just arrived was ordered merely to keep his assortment com plete during the period he is selling his ex- tensive:wares.
 SKIPPED OUr-Petc Reed informs us that man named Frank Beale, who has been driving team for Pete at Peoples Val Icy, having made several trips, hauling lumber, etc., fhe freight on which he col lected and put into his own pocket, conclu- ded few days ago that it was foe> slow a business, and apprehending, no dorpt, >rnssst Reed would soon call upon him fora divi. dcnd, stole horse from neigLboE ast6d 'jumped the country"
 Major Rodney Smith, Paymaster U. s. A. returned from paying of tiip to McDow-, ell and Verde, yesterday, and while at those posts, learned much about the killing of by the Indians, in Tonto Basin. It seems that the Indians were trying to rob the tent of MT. R. when he discovered them in the act, and killed one of the "honest !" boys, when the remainder of the band re- treated, and fired into the tent, killing Mir. R.
 We hear it stated that MT. Morgan, coun- sel for J. A. Lewis, intimated that he would make amoye to appeal his clients case to ths Supreme Court of the United States, which he will hardly be ableto do, as the case has already been carried to the court of final resort, as the Statutes leave case of this l nature (criminaD with the Supreme Court of the Territory. The last and only resort now is an appeal to the Goyernorfor com of sentence.
 The Daily Star has passed under the en- tlre control of cur eloquent friend, Rev. A. NJ. Campbell, editor and proprietor. We wish it's new manager the inst success which he will so faithfully and earnestly Los Angeles Republican, Jan. [.
 Should Mr. Campbell prove himself successful in the editorial chair as he did in the pulpit, we conjecture the sStarn will be justly entitled to its nam Success to Mir. Campbell, is the fervent wish of this whole community.
 The stone work having been completed ,n the County buildings, the structure was presented to the Board ofSupervisors for their inspection and acceptance to-day. Now the Brick-work will commence, and should the weather remain pleasant, it will not be long before the masons will have the building eady to turn over to the carpenters for oofng and other finishing touches. The lrst payment will be made to the contract s this week, in bonds pertaining to the >ounty Building Fund.
 DowN.-B. H. Weaver, the very popular merchant directly opposite Dan Hatz' .skery and Restaurant, notifies his custom IS. through the columns of the MINER, hal, with him, goods are to be sold down |, D the lowest living figure. Ben has good { upply of merchandise, and is willing to art with the same for very small profit, nd it behoeves all, in these close times, to | xamine the cheapest place to purchase heir supplies. Call on Weaver and you ' ill be doubly repaid for your trouble and . Q away convinced that he means just what } says in his dorn advertisement. n The expenses for running the County of |; ina during the last quarter of the year 2 ,iing Dec. sfst, 1871, amounted to $2,- pro, against about <i0,0oo expend- in Tavapai for the same time--aI ffersn>s of over $2.000 per month, or \ out $2S,000 per annum. Wonder how :. .->h 5os.,.s <.,n-,t=- ia S, 7rh+ Vava,,as 1 VI