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The weekly Arizona miner., 1878-01-04
FROM THE EASTERN PART OF THE
 COUNTY.

Deputy Sheriff, J. NJ. Dodson, returned on Monday evening, from an unsuccessful search for the missing Tax Collector, N. B. George, who allowed the boys at St. Johns to beat him shooting, playing poker, etc. It IS proper here to say that Mir. Dodson ascer- tained, while at St. Johns, that George was not inveagled into any game, but went into it of his own accord.
 He followed the trail of the fugitive near iy to Horse Springs, New Mexico, and find ing that he had still seventeen days the start, concluded it was useless to go further, and returned.
 Hayward & Baker, proprietors of the the mail line, kindly furnished horses along the road, for which MT. Dodson desires us to return thanks, in his name, as we'll as to Capt. Lott Smith, President Ballenger. and Messrs. Allen and Tinney, of the Mormon Colony, for furnishing him every facility in their power to aid in his endeavor to catch the defaulter.
 The Mormons are doing an immense labor, and have already begun to make the Little Colorado bloom as a rose. They say that they intend to obey all the laws, pay their taxes, and if they don't live in peace with the gentiles it shall not be their fault.
 St. Johns is not farming country, but is head center for sheep and wool growing, and the principal trading point on the river, which make it place of considerable i'm portance. A majority of the population hereabouts, is of the better class of Mexi- cans, who are fair in their dealings, hospit- able to strangers, and punctua to their obli- gations.
 Round Valley is settled principally by Americans, who have plenty to eat and to wear, with grain hoarded up in their bins ready for Milligan's mill. which when it starts will render them independent of the outside world in the way of bread.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1878-01-04
IT'S SALTY BUT IT'S GooD.

 By the ~zsi have 5oa @sook in 5 the r~o.p.es.n. Who vent sus to Isok where to dig for the rh,,.r They bound themselves secufrly. and swore fs op book, That the rst so snbie surely should play the role o And io decide, quite fairly, who nrst his hand should They di- the thins up sqnArsy, by throwing vet or
 dry.- The choice fen on to Slippery Dick to xrese pos. 'TfH some of the band should aiick., ana erpb,e
 si tho grub. Dick tred his best to make them son.nk h. frs.a
 was tough hide Day after day, seek after wssk, they s were s.ti.-
 fled. At last thought in his head, sn idea most pro
 found, of Hour and salt he'd mix the bread and bake it crisp
 and brown. of esua parts he mixed it. nice, and baked a in pot From which he took it in triee, and served it smoking
 hot. bn Jones whose spoon always first at every savory Broke of . hunk, enoagh to burst the stomach of And gape it down, stopped to tane the overdose Until, a' the indecent haste his stomach did revolt I've eaten mackere by the pair. and pork from round
 the Hc<n, But the saltest bread here declare ever cooked since
 was born Is this that hsre his wits returned, he felt tha,
 he caught, And while the salt within him burned, he gave himself
 to thought. At length he rose addressed the boys. His subject was
 tke food. ' This bread" sasd he "yOu hear my noise is salty,
 but its good"
The weekly Arizona miner., 1878-01-04
Increased Mall Service Between Texas ans
 New Mexico.

The HOstoffice Department issued orders, on the 27th of December, increasing mail service between Fort Worth, Texas, and Fort Oonoho, New Mexico, from six times a week to daily, and allowing $13,000 per annum additional pay. The present ser vice, which costs $7S,000 per year, cores ponds precisely with the number of mails that are conveyed by the Texas Pacific Rail- road to and from Fort Worth, and some curiosity is expressed, both in regard to the necessity for the increased inland service and as to how much of the recent half mil lion appropriation will be left for the es- tablishment of an entirely new service where mail facilities arc urgently needed, If such large portions continue to Do dis. tributed to swell the profits of old contract. ors, the Department intends to have the malls carried between Fort Worth and Fort Yuma, Cal, under one contract during the next four-years' term, instead of as at present, four contracts, one of which ex- tends from Mesilla, New Mexico, to San Diego. The present pay for service be- tween Fort Worth and Fort Yuma aggre- gates $as1 ,000 per annum, and the adver- tisement for the new contract requires that each bid shall be accompanied by bond for $320, ,00G, and a certified check for $16,- 900 as security against failure to execute the contract and commence service. Bid ders for this route are therefore not likely to be very numerous.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1878-01-04
eovrnson wnrrAns anows oOsvEs-

GOVERNOR WILLIAMS GROWS CoSvES- rroSAL.-Thc Bedford, Qnd9 Joernal, of December 2l, contains an account of how Bloomfield in Green County, sent two Dele gates to the Convention, at Indianapolis, named Rsse and Shryer. They at once sought an interview with their patron saint, Governor Blue Jeans Williams, who, 1t seems, fired them oat.r as they returned home utterly disgusted with Blue Jeans and every body else. The editor of the Bloom field News interviewed Rose and learned that the Governor threatened to make Shrser eat at tho second table, being too raw Hoosier to be allowed at the first. Shryer was then sought, and avered that he took offense at the Governor because he wouldn't let Rose suck his thumb. This they considered little too airy for them, and they returned hcmo,
The weekly Arizona miner., 1878-01-04
HumBua GLEasrNGs.

ED. MrSEa:-Excepting very cool day. Christmas passed very quietly in Humbug. There was a scarcity of the "all powerful ardent" which caused the day to appear more like Sunday than the s5tll of Dec. But the wheels are still running, and the great hustle that distinguishes this mining camp from others, have again assumed their usual sway. And the way the flash from innumerable mines, Is booming, minute after minute, reminds one of his boyhood days, and the glorious day of Indepenpcnce. the 4th of July.
 Mr. Neff, recently of Prescott, has located emong us, and has engaged in the livery stable business, with Harry McKenna. And here VIC "might remark that Bret Harte has written in poetry about the first girl of sCoyose Gulch,n and why not we about the first maiden of @Cottonwood Creek, in the shape of the la petite lady. Miss Annie Neff, who has been visiting her father here in Humbuc, and causing the hardy men of this camp to sigh and wish they were young again. The dump piles of the Tptop are growing larger and greater day and night, and with rich ore.
 Messrs. c. E. Hoffman and Gillett were up from tl,v mill-site yesterday. Mr. II. A. Phisfer, the company's assayer, started for Prescott, to-day.
 The Madden claim, owned by Miles, Fin lay 6, Co. is being worked, and turning out some rich rock. They have several tons of ore on the dump that will averge $5,o00.
 On the Red Bird the depth of shaft is about % feet, and. they say, although the rock is not as high grade as some, yet the 16d55 Is 6Y- Y-rnxrwffs1i winch makes it On. couiaging. The claim. called @Black Jack, is situa- ted close 10 the Tptop, and owned by Bost- wick, Dougherty < O., and is very rich. The Silver Palace, owned by Carpenter, {;rowl & Co, is increasing in width as they sink. and they have quantity of tho ore sacked, which according to assay goes to fe00.
 Johnny Bayard and Fred Plum arc at work on the Legal Tender and Orbit. The assay on the latter is $S19.63, although Plumb says it should assay more than a silver haif.dollar They will run cross l cut at the depth of 90 feet and tap the ex- I tension of the ss6r mine, owned by s'Cceo- nah Joe and the most valcable piece of raining property in this Territory
 The work at the mill is still progressing, an d the machinery win ba on the ground in a few days. for their supply af goods, but We learn that th. fre;ohf- -teams are stuck somewhere neal Anfrlo1c Station. which cs,.'ses Belcher to ouietlv commune with Nature ~hen the boys call for teaead coffee bai therv is aeat l and we are al going it on deans straight. l There arca great many subscribers of the Wxxxry MINER in this camp, and vel slways lise to read fl, but in ths name of great Cesar swhat's the mstferg Are the roads muddy, the asails befoegcd, or whats Any 9av. the paper arrives very slow. We &noH thie ia 10 fault of yours. We pay Sl E nnnfh in advencc to get our mail rp to
 1nmp, and our acquaintance with
 7 ,}sck7 xoold not permit us to lay
 15Se at lis door Then where is f'
 ax 1he NIxkR happy. Ncsyear,
 nI<sde cf thaia, vc remaip. yours
 HEnposf1pss-
 4ric1 0cr. 1f< 1S1
The weekly Arizona miner., 1878-01-04
THE CATTLE RAID.

The most complete wholesale cattle raid ever made in this part of Arizona, is the on' now attracting the attention of cattle own CTS, Sbcriffs' etc, in this and Maricops Counties.
 It will be remembered that about month ago, we noticed the arrival at Williamson Valley, of a band of $50 head of fine Amer icau cattle, and number of fine horses, all belonging fo H. c. Hooker, Esq. The stock was under the charge of Mr. Rockers fore man. Mir. Cheatham, and were enroutc from California, via Hardyyilles etc, to Rockers ranch. near Camp Grant, in Pima County. Aftcr resting couple of weeks in the val lev. they moved on by the Agua Fria route, md. as it HOW appears, took pains to pick up siI the loose stock they could find by the way. We are not fully advised as to the number taken, but at ore watering place on Granite Creek, near Clough's new ranch, ltbe Curtis place) some 80 head of cattle, l,eloneing to Miller Bros, were in the habit of watering, and as Rockers band camped fh.re, it was no great trick to gobble up majority of them and take them along.
 Tic first intimation that any cattle were taken, came from j. H. Lee, ot the Ameri- can Ranch, who being on his way to Salt River with his teams, passed tho drove and recognized number of cattle that he, him. self, had sold to Miller Bros, and on his arrival at Phoenix, telegraphed the fact to Sam Miller, who in turn tclegraphed to Sheriff Mcwery, of Maricopa, and had the parties in charge of the cattle arrested. Since that time, a number of telegrams have passed between the Sheriff and cattle own- CTS here, from which it appears that Wells, Sullivan, Stevens, and nearly every cattle man on the route has cattle in the band. Men to bring back the cattle, and officers 10 escort the men, who took them, back here for trial, have already started after them.
 This, of course, is one side of the ques- tion. and so far as it goes is undoubtedly i,ue. What explanation Mir. Cheatham, and the men with him, may have to offer, is not known. 1t is in the bounds of possibility, but not of probability. that they may have bought the cattle from some one who stole them. but as tho matter looks now, it is a pretty tough case, and unless it is more sat isfacforily explained away, than now seems possible, they will be very apt to get term in Yuma. We have heard it intimated that it was done with Mir. Rockers approval, and was a part of his system of dealing in cattle. Our knowledge of Mr. ..Hooker's
 and of his financial and social
 sufficient to warrant us in the
 lse could not afford to risk his
 fealer, contractor, business
 aen, in any such contempta- . = mTke SO Sacliped, and
 With any md
 llieYo that the rnen- n--Tlll Book 1lAc cattle arc the guilty parties, that they intended to turn them to their own profit, and that Mir. Hooker knew noth-
The weekly Arizona miner., 1878-01-04

The consolidation of the Western Union and the Atlantic and Pacific Telegraph lines has had tendancy to increase tariffs, 60 that tho press will be mseh pressed to stand the pressure made upon the pockets of tho different proprietors of newspapers who cat news through that channel. The only chance for the press Is to take pattern by . Democratic Uoagrnss. End practice rstrench- ment. even if no news be nltnisheds which would make journal good for nathiags
The weekly Arizona miner., 1878-01-04
REDEMPTION OF co UNITY WARRANTS

8Ft1UE OF THE COUNTY TREASUKRR 1
 PRESCOTT. A. T.. Dec a ls77 will pay, prcseniaiou st ny oescs- County War rants drawn upca the respective fuHds af lhvzraj county of the series sf ls76. faiows. so wits
 COUNTY GENERAL FUND series Of 1s7e, from xos- fss to 5sexcspt S<. fsa 1ss 25o 1s3. and 25S
 CONTINGENT FrSn, Series Of s5s7. from Nos. to 2a, inciasivs. The holders of said warr1nts are hereby notified that interest thertsSn oeases froul the slute hereto affixed, and that if tho samo be raf< for their rr<lcznptiz4 will De applied to vUent of varran<>6 6rcxt in the eSxter ia
 were is<ssei< E. J. E0ok.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1878-01-04
Subscription, s4.0O per Year.
Advertising Reduced !!

Isuyen and Doctors cards sf5o per month. Summons in the District Court SIS. she1fs sale sixty dzys SIS and everything in the advertising Ine a propor1cr Every person afford to advertise. Merchants can make prfvzte contracts-lEp. MINER.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1878-01-04
MARRIED.

 BAINBRIDaE- Prescott, A. T., De cember lS lsI7, by Rev. D. B. Wright, Thomas Ban- bridge, to Precilla Norman.
 ALLEN-sEssIoNs- Verde Valley. Dec. as. ,s77 by Theodore Maxwell Justice of the Peace Mir William Allen to Miss Katie Sessions. All of Yavapai County A. T. REYNOLDs-RAwSoN-In San Bernardino Oct. 2lst 1877, Capt. Reynolds, of Hamilton, Ontario to Miss Jennie Rawson, late of West Oakland, California.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1878-01-04
DissoIsstaol, Notice.

Notice is hereby given that the co-parnrshfp hereto fore existing between the undersigned under the nrm name of standefer shaw, is this day dissolved by mutual eonsenz, said ss@adef~ agreeing to psy ail claims and demands whstscever, owing ty the late r and having the sole right to collect any and all amounts due the late firm of Stsndefer aud A shaw
 We ". STkxDxrKR,
 DAxIEL SHAW.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1878-01-04

hereby challenge any parties to play me series of games of Checques or praughts, for the sum of One hundred ($100l dollars. The match to take plsoe a Prescott or Camp Verde, before April lsf ls5s
 Very respectfully,
 GEORGE BROWN. P. s. Al communications to be addressed to Cant Henry schrotel Go. A. sth Infantry, Camp yeuie A. T.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1878-01-04

Hrs RErrr.-A Virginia sheriff asked a murderer if he wsntesl tp make speech on the ua;lous. and he replied; ssGues< not; 1t looks l,ke rasn. and don't sTllnt to get set. Go on with tie hanging.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1878-01-04

Two good ccri-wainers And steady employment hy sppl,ing Immediately at the City Boot and Shoe store. AL MAsos.s
The weekly Arizona miner., 1878-01-04

Tho neteaF that shed such light in She xestem heavens | ftw days since, de- scrip1jcn of which we gavs in the NrSxR at tho tir1c, droppesl into . pot-bolc near Yuma. It might have been Aon]e exumn re- tuning to earth for fhs pqrposs x1fAS're his fpsces'Iantss who noatly live ]
The weekly Arizona miner., 1878-01-04
MISCELLANEOUS.
Ranch for Sale.

One hundred and sixty acres on the Verde River, known as the Bixby Ranch, Enquire of
 P. NJ. BRuNER. Ss a4
The weekly Arizona miner., 1878-01-04
M. O. Q. F.
Wanted.

Regular meetings of this society every Thur-.ia, vited to attend. M sec-
The weekly Arizona miner., 1878-01-04
DIED.

MINGUS-In Prescott Jan. 2, 1878, Jacob Mingus native of Bavaria, aged about So ears,
The weekly Arizona miner., 1878-01-04

Having disposed of my business fin the Bank Ex- change and being desirous of closing up business, would respectfully ask those knowing themselves iii- debted to the late firm standefer Shaw or to my self personally, to call J. l.. Fisher and settle ime- diately as the accounts placed with him for coec- ton. W. W, SrANpEFxR
 Prescott Dec 29th ls77
The weekly Arizona miner., 1878-01-04

Col. Wilkip<, Doctor Reaglez and a gen. <iesnso ls-h1at nazncof Nadexevsky arrived M es k lnpTning, < .z.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1878-01-04
Far Sala
SaIe

An engine and boiler, NEW. The boiler is tubular and the engine lshcrse power For particulars enquire at this office. orf17tf
The weekly Arizona miner., 1878-01-04
BORN.

STEVENs0N.-In Prescott A. T. December 2I to tn wife of sergt. wm. Stevenson, of the G. S., daughter.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1878-01-04
A Challenge.

band of about 7so good sheep EnGuirs of Gcorg Mar.ow at Date Greek, or Ruah aud We'll, st Prescott oy1ws
The weekly Arizona miner., 1878-01-04
To Carpenters.
Notice.

Tenders will be received by y L. Fisher for conssr,c ton &c.,. on dwelling house. jaa lv
The weekly Arizona miner., 1878-01-04

azbm:sx naszisae begin VII
The weekly Arizona miner., 1878-01-04
lllfosis with any ri,s

Id cattle arc the guilty parties, that V they intended to turn them to their own profit, and that Mir. Hooker knew noth-
 ing whatever of theiriHtentionto to take them.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1878-01-04

l- i@ttu Icnciis -1 An Apple Wood Pipe, 12,zcts., 6 Cigars. z5| Tobacco from so cents to xl ger pound fattes
 Jewelry, of the styles prevailing in New York City on Nov. lst, It hsonishingIy low prices.
 Watches .. ...........sl0 % i2sz Cardigan Jackets co faolr shirts. 30 Ox-..rst,ir L1 -.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-04-12

Some months since I was. says Epson, one
of a party w.o saw the peculiar process by
which the boa eonstristor tribe a their
food. Three sCrpsrts were produced by an
individual who makes their exhibition his
livelihood; one, however, alone would feed,
for the others were changing their skins at
which period they are very sickly and lam
Cuid. They also at this time become blind,
from the ~cuticle, or outer skin, which in the
sernent is continued over tn surface of this
eve. becoming Opaque i'll the process of
DISSEMINATION. Nevertheless, the largest,
which was nine feet in length, repeatedly bit
the hand of the holder who, by pinchina
and irritating him, endeavored to excite him
to attack two rabbits. which had been pro-
vided for him. 1t is a mistaken idea, and
very generally believed. that these ssrponti
have the power of fascinating animals by
their gnze. There certainly is a glare in
their eyes which is very striking but its eft
feet was quite lost upon these rabbits, who
hopped about between and even upon the
serpents, in q most ]uncouCcrn d manner, ap-
p~arently quite devoid Of fear. Presently,
The boa (who, we were informed, had been
four weeks without food, after watching The
motions Of the raGbt for some minutes.
made n spr'Lg. seized him by the nose ard
with the apidit' Of tightni o involved hin
in his folds. Ey reason pr, b by OF his ia
not b ing attached to my POINT of support
the serpent seemed unable to put forth hi
powers: for, after retaining the rabbit in his
ma, about ten minutes, he slowly uncoilsd
himself, leaving the poor .nlmal but little
the worse for its embrace. 1t is by many
writers stated that the Demonstration is IL
the habit of licking his prey all over prev.
ously to att 5mpting 10 swallow 1t now the
above serpent did nothing of the kind, but
commenced the process Of deglutation i'm
mediately, beginning at the lie I'd, which he
gradually sucked into his mouth. BY a beau.
tiful provision of nature, the lii I'm 'nts oi
the jaws in these reptiles are SO elastic As
70 admit OF q vast degree Of extension, and
Immediately TO recover their natural dinen'
s.ons on the extending cause being removed.
The head of the rabbit then being complete.
ly within the serpent's mouth, the legs pre-
ented Al obstacle, requiring some time to
DO s~urmounted twenty minutes having
elapsed before they had disaI p sar,d. AftsI
that the process went on more rapidly, and
the whole animal was swallowed in seven
minutes longer. II was curious TO observe
how little the serpent's neck was distended;
for no one looking at it would have suPpoS'
ed it had a full grown rabbits in its interior
but we could distinctly trace its progress
downwards into the stomach. The seen,
was altogether extremely disagreeable, but
was withal curious.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-04-12

That to me, insane passion OF ~bric-d-brn
hunting, says Man About Town" in tn,
SPORTING Gdzette, still burns, l am surpriss<
to ind, with undated flame. And q curiou
instance of its vitality has come under IN!
notice. There is n large establishment in th
immediate ~neiRhbofhood of Covent GardsI
at which ART I 3riodically held great sales o
unrodeemed property from the warehouse
of the principal London pawnbrokers. On
of these sales tool place On Thursday last
and amongst the articles of cirtu disposed o
were a pair Of china busts OF Louis XVI
and Marie Antoinette, which were boughl
in at IL ~guineas, a fair price for good speci
mems of modern Sevres, as these were reck
oned by the ~connoiseurs to be. At AZ
abnormally carly hour the next morning
the employees of the establishment in ques
ton were startled by the arrival in a cab o
the eminent pawnbroker who bad Dough
he busts. He requested that they should
be delivered to him as unsold lots. His
request wa Of course complied with, and
be drove of with his treasures. Within
hree hours this enterprising Spectator had
sold those two busts to a wealthy rfrtuoso
Tor 500 guineas, and a friend Of mine, who
u a china maniac, assures me they are
ilrt cheap at the money. But how, you will
Ssk, did tho ~pawnbroker make the sudden
discovery Of this unexpected value of the
busts7 Well, the fact is, that on the re-
urn to his own shop after the sale, he
bound n document containing the history of
he busts, showing them to be old Sevres
si the highest quality. But what we're
the dealers and connoisseurs at the sale
shout to mistake old Sevres for now ? And
II the two are so nearly alike as to de-
.eive oven the cognoscenti, l. it worth while
paying tho difference between ~ guineas
and 500 for a distinction in quality which
sven an expert can hardly detect2 That is
the question.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-04-12

DIsUsE OF QUIcKsILyHE hIRRoEs.-Tb.
disuse Of quicksilver mirrors must be r.,
garded rs a great sanitary advantage. Ord.
narily, mirrors have been coated with ii;
foil amalgamated with mercury this mer
curry gradually evaporates into the atmos
phere of the room, and must be received n
infnitesimal quantities into the system-ant
not without injury-atlenst it is known thai
the workmen who are engaged in the manu-
tacture of such mirrors, suffer severely from
the effects o; the mercury. In coating mir
rors with pure silver, the metallic substauc.
Is first p~recipitnted upon tlcm-a coat %
100, OOOth of an inch being sufficient. NJ
rllic copper is then precipitated on this I.
strengthen it, and varnish is applied to pre-
serve the copper from oxidation.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-04-12
The Cherokee Alphabet.

The Cherokee Indians nave an alphabet
of their own, the invention of one of their
tribe named ~Sequoyah, who, himself unable
to read in any language, appreciated the
value of the white mans way of transmitting
intelligence by writing, and secluding him
self in his hut, evolved from his inner con.
seriousness the alphabet which is now used
for printing the Cherokee language. This
alphabet is phonetic. Sequoyah discovered
that the entire Cherokee language consisted
of different combinations of eighty-two syl-
tables, and so he constructed his alphabet Of
eiSity-six characters. each representing ono
of the eighty-sir sounds in the language.
These characters or letters any lad of ordi
uary intelligence can learn to distinguish
md pronounce in q week, and when tn
Gpirbet is learned the pupil can read Any
uiins in the Cherokee language. The cas-
With Which the art of reading in their nativt
language may be acquired has led the prin-
eip"l men il the Cherokee nation to en-