Salt River herald., 1878-08-24
TOWN AND COUNTY.

l IWO quartz HILLS CoHStdutiS III oBNi- atiOn within one hundred yards of the postoifice is upon what we base our claim. Of the first our readers have been informed in these columns. The second lately set in motion is the property of E. A. Copeland, and like the first derives its motive power from the flour mill. It is a one stamp ar rangement, and the machinery is very simple, consisting of hand mortar and ten-foot gas pipe. The former is placed under a grindstone, which is turned by steam, and the pipe so arranged that by every revolution it is raised and let fall about six inches. The capacity is between twenty and thirty pounds per day, and if hole is not worn through the mortar the enterprise will be kept going. Cramer states the last clean up netted just one dollar. Mir. F. \. Shaw thinks it would be of more benefit crushing potatoes, while we respectfully sug gest that it be devoted to preparing pumpkins for the pan and bake oven, at any rate it speaks well for Mir. Copeland's inventive genius.
 THE largest building in PheniX is occupied by the mercantile establish mcnt of A. Goldman. This gentle man who started in with a clerkship five years ago, is now, perhaps, the heaviest business man in our midst. For amount of business transacted, and largeness of stock carried this house cannot be beaten in any town in Arizona. Adjoining his store is a wareroom of a large size filled with goods Through the liberality of Mir Goldman many farmers have been en- abled to put in crop, and through him have also been sure of q market at good prices. This house has up to the present date handled over 2,000,- 900 pounds of grain this season. The Golden Star Mining Company are purchasing all their supplies of MT. Goldman, which is already very large and growing rapidly. We hope his business will compel him to erect q three story brick, on his corner lot the coming season.
 X FEW days since we dropped into the largest wholesale liquor establish. ment in Arizona, that of John R. Dall tS Co.,, and found all hands very busy making up orders for various sec tiOns of the Territory. The relations of this firm are such that they can sup ply large saloon keepers with every thing needed in their line at price as low if not lower than they have been in the habit of paying. By pur chasing of this firm the time saved i: an item in itself of no small impor tance.
 A letter to the Editor of this paper from Tempe, dated August 18th, sign ed by Winchester Miller, says: ''l see by the last issue of your paper that my name appears as one of tn Central Committee, of the so-calle, Non-Partisan @ Party. Allow me {, state that my name was placed upol such Committee without any authori ty from me, as do not intend to ac with the Non-Partisan Party.
 The stage officer at this point is thing of the past No change c horses being made, the buckboar will remain here only long enougl to assort the mail. This economics change has been brought about b low price obtained for the service O this route Any business of this con pany in PheniX will hereafter | transacted by Geo. E. Loring, We'll Fargo < Cos agent.
 JACK STwATz has shown Us sin: ular freak of nature in the shape of watermelon. Two melons with bl single stem and taste the same ; one. They arc kind of Simese twi1 so to speak. Seinor Jesus Gonzal, y Valdez, from whose ranch the were obtained, is the same persc who had the four legged chicke spoken of in these columns q fe months since.
 AFTER threatening rain for a wee past, it has at last succeeded in gi ing us a good wetting. Wednesd; evening the rain commenced to ia and up to Thursday afternoon at tv o'clock 1.27 inches of water had f; len. It is stated that more rain h
 fell at this season of the year tn; was ever known before.
 ON the 1st proximo A. Goldbe
 will move into his new store whit is rapily assuming a handsome a pearance. Yesterday carpenters we
 busy putting shelving and cOunte
 in position. The building is, in [
 the clear, g 5s 1-2 and will gi
 him much more room than at prese