The weekly Arizona miner., 1878-01-11
WEDNESDAY,.

WEDNESDAY.
 Mayor Ellis delivered his inaugural las evening.
 Peters Bros. start for the Tip Top mill il the morning loaded with lumber for Whit lS Allen. mill builders.
 A team belonging to Roll Miller unload ed, this morning, lot of merchandise a L. Bashford x Co.'s.
 Judge Lovett. of Hollister, San Benit' eouatv, California, will soon settle in Pres eott, and become identified with the countr, in many ways.
 Warrants, in accordance with the actor Of the Board of Supervisors, during thei recent meetings. will not be drawn unti about Monaa. next.
 Goodhue < Armstrong have an endies: variety of fruit trees of almost every variety for sale at the old stand of the late John Jackson next door to Cheap Johns.
 Persons desIring to bid on mail contracts should bestir themselves, as the time ex- pires on the first of March for receiving bids.
 Kelley & Stephens have flaming new l" ad in to-day's MINER, telling the people what they have to sell. Go and see their stock which embraces several thousand ar ticles.
 Charley Yates, the contractor for careine for the indigent sick of Yavapia County for 1878, has reported to the District Attorney that his patients are aH aliCe and asks the advice of Mr. Weber in the matter.
 We understand that Dr. J. N. McCandless has purchased large number of fruit trees of different varieties which he intends to have planted on his place on the Santa Ma ria at tie lower end of Thompson's Valley.
 Work on tue new County buildings com menced yesterday, the weather having mod erated so that the masons were able to use lime, sand and stone in a satisfactory man. ner.
 Charley Albach, a good printer, at Fort Whipple, has "struck off another Roster of troops serving in this Department, up to Jan. 1st, 1878, one of which has been re- ceived at the MINER office.
 Joe Milvin's team ran away with him again, to day, down by Fort Whipple. He had Judge Cate in with him, as driver, Joe being already mashed up by former stam- pede. They were both thrown out, but not badly hurt.
 A messenger arrived from Dickson's ranch, Skull Valley, at four o'clock this morning looking for doctor. He says he does not know whether it will be boy or girl.
 HalIaday's Windmill is advertised to-day in the MINER It is an article that every farmer and stock raiser in Arizona should possess. It is claimed for them that they are superior to every other mill manufac- tured
 X. ]. WmTenair, from Skull Valley, ar rived about noon to-day from his home with a load of hay. Mr. W. informs us that the roads are almost impossible for freight teams, of which a great many passed his place two days since en route to Prescott
 Murat Masterson, owner of a good mine and one of the best quartz mills in Arizona, came to town last evening from Turkey Creek, and reports everything looking well in that silver ribbed district Work is be- ing pushed to the uttermost and every pound of rock is paying.
 A Mir. Ralph has constructed two large ice houses near the saw mill of A. O. Moves and has been busy, with plenty of help, dur ing the last ten days filling them with ice which averages about twelve inches in thickness. This will be an excellent article nf commerce next summer and will add much to the flavor of a mint tulip.
 rTre hsye received picture of young Van Dyke. who was executed on the 2lst day of December, at 0gdensburg, N. Y, for he murder of his wife. Van Dyke was 19 years of age q. the time of his execution, md desired to be hung as near as possible Q n 4. M.. SO that he might be in h,--l for i;nner. He las probably got his wish.
 Seyetal interesting letters will soon ap- ,ear Tn tae Miner, from the pen of Paul J. Robert. oa his travels through Sonora. At atSSt dates, Jan. 2d, Robert was at Tubac, md about to start for the Pesquera silver mines and write them up. He was to be in Sonora about ten days from the date of his etter, when he would start north, lon to Prescott"
 Hehlow, tho cigar and tobacco dealer, has wo large invoices of goods on the road rom Ehrenberg and now due at this place. Hr, B. has determined to visit San Francis Q during the present month and purchase arge stock of all kinds of goods in his line, o that he will not only be prepared for the etail trade but will be ready to shove out lis wares to the wholesale buyers.
  THE NEw NAvY.-Representa tative B. ". Harris, of the House Naval Committee, is preparing plan for the creation of new navy for the United States. In outline it is IS follows: He proposes to provide for the appointment of a board of competent en- rifeers and naval constructors, whose duty t shall be tS superintend the building of his navy according to definite plan. The .ntire cost is to h9 S5o,O00, ,000, of which sS,00o,00O is to be appropriated annually: No further appropriations ase io he made or the repair of old vessels, if the cost of 'ueh repairs would exceed 70 per cent. of he original cost of the vessel.
 restofsce Letter List. List of letters remaining in the Prescott Pusioffice, Yayapai county, Arizona, for the Essek ending January l2th. 1878; Adams n It-7 wisdom Antu18 IAuzreEice sre1ner c T Morzhsm Jy-s lixhy ! A Msrston Mary Bradley Morhouse F ,olan P McMffion