The weekly Arizona miner., 1878-02-01

Mrs Lloyd is said fohave departed owing some three or four hundred dollars to differ two months residence in our village. Ths MINER forgives her to the amount of clever dollars. She belongs to San Francisco where it is hoped she may remain. William Edwards, who is in the butcher ing business at Tiptop, came up last eve ming to see his wife, who arrived on yester- day mornings Estage from California He will leave her in Prescott until he com plctcs residence at the new camp, which he has selected as future home. If the people of Prescott would secure the trade of Tipsop, Peck, and other impor- tant mining c-mps southeast from Prescott if beiiooves them to make move towards opening up the route from Garland to the Capital of Arizona. A few thousand dol lars expended on the Mogollon range will have the desired effect. We cannot afford to wait.
 Jack Ewilling, to whom Arizona owes a great deal for his zeal and perseverance, in opening up rural districts, has moved from his ranch to the new town of Gillett, where he is busy selling town property, etc, and is said to be making money. He deserves all the good luck imaginable for his big heart, indomitable energy and go-ahead- ativeness.
 X contemporary, not a thousand miles from Prescott, pretends not to know what an independent politician is. Just wait un- tit the November election comes off, and the
 tupid will have the s.wooln raised from his s'iealous eyes- and thoroughly understand what an Independent Congressman is, and one that will be elected without paying any newspaper bonus.
 We learn that Mr. Frank Aired, discoy- erer of the rctts mine in Mojave county, adjacent to the great McCrackin lode, after an absence of two years in Utah, has re- turned and settled III Thompson Valley, bringing with him five families who adhere to the faith of Latter Day Saints. They hail from Echo Canyon, and are said to be industrious. good citizens. We have room in Yayapai tor moro of the same kind.
 Goodhue S Armstrong, have about closed out their large assortment of fruit and or namental trees. In two or three years these young trees will begin to bear fruit, when life in Arizona will be more enjoyable than almost any otbcr spot on the green soil. The lack of frlit has been much felt by the old residents of the Territory, especially those who have always been used to that luxury until they adopted Arizona for a home
 We understand that Salt River freighters are offering to haul freight to the new town of Gillett, in Humbug district, from Yuma, for five cents per pound. Goods can be laid down at that figure from the terminus of the Denver and Rio Grande R. R. at Gar land, if the Prescott people will only set the ball rolling, by repairing the Mogollon road, and ordering by that route. Some thing shonld be done in the premises at once, or it may be too late.
 BouGnT ANOTHER RANcH.-P. c. Wilder and W. w Hutchison, of the Anvil Rock ranch, have purchased from John Kite the old Camp Wood ranch, for the sum of $2,- 300. These two ranches, Anvil Rock and Camp Wood, are perhaps the best two stock ranges in the Territory of Arizona. There is an abundance of water, and the range that the water commands is almost illimit- able. In the way that Tip and Hutch are going on, it will not be many years before they will be the .cattle kings of Arizona It pleases us to know that the best lcca- tions in the country are falling into the hands of men so deserving.
 SAW MILL FOR BRADsHAw.-Louis Dugas thinks of starting saw-mill in the Brad shaw Mountains, near the Peck mine. Louis is professional sawyer, understands all the details of the business, and if he can succeed in locating himself with good I ko vA bo Salt River lumber trade, as we'll as that of the mines in Tiger, Bradshaw, Peck, and Humbug districts, we can't see why he will not have an exceptionally good thing. There are great many millions of feet of first-class lumber wrapped up in the bark of the pine timber of the Bradshaw range, and Louis can extricate it if he can only get the tools to do it with.
 MEETING OF TRUsTEEs.-The Trustees of the First Presbyterian Church met last eve ming at the residence of Rev. J. A. Merrill, Present Messrs. Buifum, Blake, Foster, Bur mister and Butler, Colonel c. P. Head being absent in San Francisco, and took under consideration the plans and specifications drawn by Messrs. Throne & Reardon fer building church edIfice on their lot on Gurley street.
 It was ascertained that the finance com mittee had succeeded in securing the prom ise of some s, 700, in cash for building pur- poses, and it was believed that $500 more could be raised, thus creating building fund of $500, and as there were assurances that bids could be had which would bring the building of the church, according to these plans and specifications, within this sum, it was determined to advertise for bids and sec what can be done.
 The advertisement will be seen in another column.