The weekly Arizona miner., 1878-02-01
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
TUESDAY.

It only costs Sl5 70 puDilsn summons or Sheriff's Sale in the MINER.
 The dance to De given, on the sth of next month will be called the sPic-nie of NJ. o. c. Fs.r
 A new post office has been petitioned to be established at Freye's Station on the Lit tie Colorado, for the accommodation of Camp Apache people.
 C.. E. Hitchcock, from Big Bug, arrived last evening with passengers who departed ca this mornings stage. MT. H. returned home again this morning.
 Dan Hatz has lots of good boarders, and all of one accord give Dan praise of setting a splended table, and heaping an abundance of hearty food before his delicate crew.
 Huning's tram of six wagons loaded with four from Las Lunas, N. M., has arrived at Verde, on its way here- The Tuning Bros. have flour contract with the Government, of which this is portion.
 Gosper sS Lount, this morning received a number of illuminated cards illustrating the working of the Halladay windmill, for which they are the manufacturers' agents. This windmill is built at Batavia, Ills, and took the first premium at the Centennial.
 The freight trains of Messrs. Connolly X Armijo, for the past few Jays employed in hauling wood to Fort Whipple for F. B. Grammar, the contractor, have withdrawn from the wood line, and are preparing to load their whole train with lumber for the new town of Gillett.
 An important addition has been made to the telephone by an Austrain railway official in the form of bell to call attention to messages about to be sent. At the same time it is generally admitted by military men abroad that much has yet to be done before it can be considered available to practical use in the field.
 It is estimated by close observer and one who lives on the Little Colorado, that there is now residing at different points On the river. including our Mormon brethren, some 1900 voters. all Independents and Radicals without a single Organization Democrat. Sheriff Bowers is highly spoken of by the people in that section TOT re-eiection us Sheriff.
 Mrs. Merrill and Miss Bertrand have rented the building opposite the MINER office, aud will on Monday next move into the same and open up first-class milli- nery and dress-making establishment. Both arc experienced in dress-making, etc, and first-ciass work may be expected from them.
 Wm. Hawthorne, whom we mentioned a few days since as having had the misfortune, while carrying the mail across the Mogoilon range. to have his feet frozen, has had to have about half of each of his feet amputa- ted. We hear of others who had their feet frost bitten this winter on the Little Colo rado.
 Territorial Warrants of tho series of 1877, numbered 9S, 9g. and 105, and 106 drawn respectively in favor of Jesus Raining, Je sus Raining, IT,, W. J. Osborne and John Wild, have been payable for some time but not presented.
 Holders of Territorial Warrants in Tucson, up to No. 137 of the series of 1877 can have them cashed by calling upon County Treas urer. K. N. Leatherwood, who is authorized to pay for the Territorial Treasurer.
 From Mir. Freyes, who arrived this morn inc, we learn that the Little Colorado is fast filling up with the industrious Latter Day Saints from Utah. He now estimates the number of these people living at differ ent points along the river at we'll onto 5000 souls, and judges from all reports, that there will soon be comfortably located in that section more than double that number.
 MILITARY oapERs.-Lcave of absence for ten days is granted Captain Daniel T. Wells, Eighth Infantry.
 Captain G. c. Smith, Assistant Quarter master, U. s. A., is designated as Disbursing Ouartermaster for payment of accounts per <ining to Camps Bowie, Grant, Lowel and sur.
 There will be no services in the Metho- dist Church South, on West Gurley street, next Sunday. on account of clustering the building. The lathing is all done, and the plasterers will have their scafiolding and other material in the house, which will make it snconvenient to clear 1t out and bring it Lack again, so Mr. Curtis has con cluded to let one Sunday go by without holding service, in order that his congrega- ton may be the more comfortable in future.
 Rev. Mir. wipgar, of the NJ. E. Church, : who has preached occasionally in the Rev. D. B. Wricht's Church, during the Winter, has received cali to preach at Florence, Pinal county, to which point he will re- move with his family in a few days, NIT. wingar has not been in robust health, and left Kansas last year to seek more con- genial cline, which he thinks he has found in Arizona.
 w. Simmons, Sr., called upon us this morning. He is preparing his ranch for the coming season, and although ht has living water to irrigate with, 1t cannot be raised to sufficient night to suit his pnr- poses without artificial means, and he thinks of putting in Halladay windmill to throw the water up over his garden. Ten feet will put it as high as he wants it, and a very cheap mill and pump will do the work. Mrs. s.. his estimable lady, has lived within two miles of Prescott for IA years and has never visited town but once during that time.
 vrEws.-Read tine advertisement of c. II. Rothrock, in this paper. Mir. R. makes speci- ality of out door views, in which branch of ahe profession he has become celebrated for the excellence of his pictures. He was en- gagged to-day. in taking Prescottfrom differ enf and-pointz. and when he gets them finished, they viii De 6 valuable acquisition to the comfortable, as we'll as desirable to send away to friends.
 Mr. Rothrock has now made the entire ronnd of the Territory. and . full set of his steyeoscopic views constitutes a complete pictorial history of Arizona His office $ in the building on Montezdma street, where Jay c. Keliey's assay office was formerly located.
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