The weekly Arizona miner., 1878-02-01
WEDNESDAY.

The power to our press is sick with ssgumbile1
 The Prescott Reading Room is about ih best institution in the village.
 James Patterson now guides the "Ship Q State" at the Plaza Feed Stables.
 Deliuquent Stock in the Black Warrio mine has been advertised for sale.
 The last blackboard to Tiptop, we learn lost the mail sack near Gillett. Murphies are scarce in the market, an. are worth 12 1zcts per pound. Owners of trains inform us that the road arc just now in excellent condition.
 Wheat and barley planting is the order Q the day just at present throughout the Verdi Valley.
 John Hartin is driving lively busines at his blacksmith establishment on McCor mick street.
 Mir. Curtis advertises two horses strayet or stolen, and offers liberal reward fol their return.
 Jno. Lloyd has been confined to his res dence for number of days, on account O sickness.
 The door-frames for the new Courthouse which are very nicely executed, are being placed in position.
 Gideon Brooke will soon visit San Fran cisco, after series Of years constant at ten'ion to business.
 Mir. Bowen, of Bowen, Knowels ts Co., is soon expected to return from San Francisco accompanied by his family.
 We noticed yesterday at the law office oi Capt. Hargrave some very r!ch orc from tht War Eagle mine in Tiger district.
 A faithful servant is Mir. Fowler, wht rules over the accounts and books in tho Medical Directors Department at Fort Whipple.
 The store formerly occupied by finders X Rowe is now vacant. We soon hope to set its shelves filled with goods by some lively firm.
 A. o. Moves, as will be seen by referring tc certain Sheriffss Sale. is after the Pima Gold and Silver Mining Company with 6 sharp stick.
 The train of Gessinger S Carey unleaded 20,000 pounds of assorted merchandise al the warehouse of L. Bashford & Go. this afternoon.
 Sol. Earth, who traded his OK teams with NIT. Lee for sheep, has, we learned, lost his sheep. Can't say how, only the rumor has it, they are gone.
 Mrs. Judge Rush raised several dollars yesterday, by subscription, which is to % toward paying for the finishing of the NJ E. Church South.
 Two of J. NJ. Bryan's big teams came in this morning consigned to F. W. Blake for distribution of their cargo to various mer- chants of the place.
 Fred. Maroney, of the iron will, has his large ranch in Thompson Valley about fenced, other farmers of that lovely valley are following suit.
 The road from the Cienega to Camp Verde is said to be much worn, and in a very bad state, in fact, quite dangerous for heavily-laden teams.
 The fine new dwelling house of F. D. pleted and when finished will be one of our best city residences.
 Several farmers in the different valleys, have planted the eucalyptus, and with a view to raising the tree for useful and ornamental purposes.
 Connolly & Armijo have received letters from the Rio Grande, which call them home. and they are anxious to sell their teams at a very low price.
 Mir. George Stevens. of Minnesota, father to Mrs. F. G. Parker, has written his daughter that it is his intention to visit Arizona the coming season.
 Tom Burke, Phil Mcdonald and Tom Flournoy, from Williamson Valley, were Tn town. yesterday, with hay, which they easily found sale for at $40 per ton.
 Capt. Porter, an energetic subaltern of Gen. Kautz, has been examining the hooks and corners in and around the former home of old Big Rump-Tonte Basin.
 Capt. Hargrave's health, which has been rather poor for long time, is on the mend, and the chances are that the coming sum- mer will find Joseph himself again.
 The finest show-windows in Prescott, are those side by side, and owned by Morgan < Dougherty the Jewellers, ard A. ]. Mason the Boot and Shoe Manufacturer.
 GAMR.--Wm. Crowell came in to-day from Bill Williams Mountain. with load of wild turkeys, and we noticed another gentleman on the streets with several geese, ducks, rabbits. etc.
 George W. Hapce is attending to his sheep herd in person, and We hear, that he herds them on the Verde hills and corrals them nights near the residence of Mrs. Rutlidge.
 Probably no firm in Northern Arizona has more complete stock of general mer- chandise than that of J. Goldwster < Bro. Their goods are of the best, while their prices are moderate.
 The road between Prescott and Gillett, is represented as lined with people and teams going to the famous mines of HumbGg, where there is sufficient to make thousands rich, or rather Bonanza Kings.
 Mrs. N. B. Bowers, that excellent lady who presides over the household affairs O: the first ranch settled upon by Americans in Yav- spai County, is in town visiting relations and friends of whom she has host.
 A large number of names have been af- fixed to petition asking the President of the United States, to commute the sentence of James Malone from that Of death to in,- prisonment for life in the Territorial Prison.
 Wilder & Hutchinson received from Ar. Kite to-day, deed for the Camp Wood ranch. when MT. Wilder took up the line of ,,arch for his new domain at old Camp