The weekly Arizona miner., 1878-06-21
WEDNESDAY.

How IS 1t about the timber law
 The county jail won't hold all the pris- oners.
 Has the Marshal done his duty in certain mail mattersl
 Jerry Sullivan does not propose to furnish hay at Fort Whippie this season.
 Piatt and ChiIson's teams from Salt River. with four cent barley, arrived this morning.
 The office of Probate Judge should be made through the balIot-bOx, and not by appointment.
 Ground upon which to erect the new Catho- lie edifice was staked off this morning. Hill is tO-have the stone work contract.
 The train of oxen formerly the property of Sam Weir, deceased, now claimed by two different parties, is en route to Prescott.
 PECK BUIdLoS.-Henry Boettcher arrived with his blackboard from Alexandra at D. m. to-day, bringing four bars of bullion, worth $5,5130l
 Paul Riecker, convicted before Jusuce Moves of an assault, was fiaed $25 and costs, and ordered to give bond in the of $500 to keep the peace.
 Prisoners brought up from Gillett, yes terday, and who were to have been exam i6ed to-day, have had their cases put of un- til tomorrow morning at ten o'clock, when the investigation will take place, before Judge Cartier.
 Clark & Adams, at their saw-mill. six miles from town, have abont 100000 feet of lumber on the yard, and large quantities of logs on hand for the manufacture of more They are now prepared to fill orders of all varieties, and quantities % suit.
 Rosalillo Coloma, one of the best citi- zens of eastern Iavapai, has written us that he will be in Prescott soon to answer cer- tain charges preferred against him by per sons who seem to be working for the prom ise of the glitterirg gold, commission in the Army or PoSt-tradership.
 "TwIG,' whose communication we de- clined to publish. knowing that it was in the interest of prejudiced parties, tries, in the Enterpris of the 18th, to show his wit. Better bag your head and become tax payer before you give advice or express an opinion Mir. Twig, you venomous traitor.
 c E. Cooley left last evening for the Little Colorado, entrusted with the mis- sion of subpenying witness es in the Lucero- Calderon cases. Thus far the accusations, etc, have been of one-sided element against the "black-hearted villainous com padres" Time is the regulator of all things, and we will see who is right and who is wrong.
 Henry Boettcher has been experiment. ing, by driving out to the Peck mine, over the new, or Hasssyampa and Turkey Creek route, which is now being finished up by Mr. Patterson, the contractor. He made the rip over the new road going out, but as there is still a section Of road between Bat tie Fiat and the mouth of War Eagle gulch that is unfinished, he concluded to come back by the old route.
 Capt. s. Shoup. who came to Arizona at an early day. and has done much toward suDduing Indians, developing mines and ad- vaneing the interests of the Territory gen. erally, losing limb in his eyentful career 10 gain an honest livelihood, is in town vis- iting his old friend and former companion, Cal Jackson. The Captain is in delicate health, and thinks of soon visiting his child ren and old home in the States.
 I. NJ. Bryan, one the best frieghters ia this Territory, has an advertisement in the MINER to-day, which is quite important to merchants, and all others who are recieving freight from San rancisco. Mir B., pro- poses to rccieve ana frieght goods promptly that may be entrusted to his care. His store-room at Ehrenberg is one the best, and his train is made up of the finest mules that compose any frieght train.
 The Enterprise hinted, few days since, to lynch law as being the proper punish ment to be dealt out to stage robbers, such as Kirby, Swilling and Monroe, without even knowing that the parties were guilty. It may be shown, and to the satisfaction of every man, woman and child iu the Ter ritory, that the authorities have the wrong birds, then what course will the valiant Hibernian hero of the Enterprise pursue Back water. of course.
 It cools boys ardor and lessens his confidence in the utility of dog service, after he has trained large, black New foundland to carry a basket up town after potatoes, to have blm pick up the empty basket and trot home with it while the po- tatoes are being weighed, and the more he is coaxed and commanded to stop, the faster and straighter he heels it. A more disgusted looking boy than Master Ellis was this morning. after his trained dog had played hlm that trick, would be hard to find.
 An internal maniaseems to possess some men for abusing their wives, which, seems to us, ought to be cured in kind. If the story related by Mrs. Ricter be true, and every indication points to its verity, her husband is a brute, and ought to be lnvesti- gated and if really guilty, little whipping would be wholesome tonic for such a complaint. It appears from her account that he has always proven perfect tyrant, never has permitted her even to purchase the smallest article tor domestic use, and be- cause the other day she ventured 10 buy ten cents worth of buttermilk, he flew into towering passion and capped the climax by breaking up all the furniture in the house with an ax.
 THURSDAY.