The weekly Arizona miner., 1878-01-18
MONDAY.

REST FOR THE WEARY.-John A. Rusher,
 of Atkinson & Rusker, freighters, come in
 last night with his train, having been 24
 days on the road from Ehrenberg. Mir
 Rusher has had more or less experience in
 teaming m Arizona since 1863. and assures
 us that this trip caps everything He never
 before saw the roads half so bad, nor the weather so disagreeable. Of the twelve teams that arrived yesterday, and which
 have been along with him all the way, he says there is not one that is fit to use, they are all completely used up, and must have rest and feed before they can be put upon the road again. The men are not in much
 better condition than their teams, worn out, in fact, and require rest Rusher thinks of taking his teams to Salt River, loading with feed and pulling out to New River, where
 Le will go into quarters for the rest of the
 winter.
 TERRITORIAL PRIsox.-Goy Gosper has received the report of the Prison Commis- sioners for the year 1877, together with ac- companying documents. The total expense of the prison for 1877, they report at s1l,- 700,65. Average cost of prisoner per day, $2,59H. The cost of maintainance includ- ing bedding, clothing, food, lights, fuel, etc etc, has been only 91 cents per day to each prisoner, while the cost of official salary, including guards, has been $7,5s7,44, or s1,6sss to the prisoner, or nearly twice as much for officers of the prison as for all other expenses.
 Nine prisoners have been received during the year, and four discharged, leaving fif- teen now in the prisoE The total number of days for all prisoners during the year is 4,506, or an average of about i215S prisoners for the year. They have credited to the Prison Labor Fund on account of labor done by prisoners excavating, etc, for prison S35S,s7. Of this amount $2J,25 is credited to each prisoner, pro rata, to pur- chase such things as are not furnished them $1S6,45 has been expended on the prison. leaving balance in this fund of SIGHT, besides 70 left over from last year or s2lS,S7 in all. Tn noting the conduct of of the prisoners, they are all marked good, except three, ciz. John Ryan, George Volmers and William Leary, all from Yayapai county, whose conduct has been bad.
 FREIGHT TRAINs.-The freight train of Armiko < Connolly arrived from Salt River yesterday, and unloaded, to-day, at the Quartermaster's store room, Fort Whipplc. l The loading was barley, and is to apply on the contract of l.. A. Stevens. The train | will now, for a short time, at least, be cm- | ployed in hauling wood to Whipple, for the | contractor, r. B. Brannen.
 The train of Clark & Miller, California ! gentleman, arrived to-day with goods for merchants of our town. Jas. McMullin | came in with part of his wagons, being to drop trails on account of the | bad condition of the roads in the vicinity of Tonto Springs.
 J. II. Bryan's train of four wagons, with government freight, discharged their cargoes, to-day, ard the train of Atkinson & | Rusher delivered its heavy loading this morning.
 The amount of freight unloaded from the different trains, to-day, at Whipplc and in town, will aggregate something over one hundred tons, which is nothing unusual | however in this metropolis.
 Judge Ferris, who has the contract for carrying the mail between Prescott and | via Bradshaw and Walnut Grove osce a week, and return, has made a trip each week, for three years and half, up to the first day of January, 1878, with out missing slngle tTlp- Mfr. rerrls mas carried the mail without any assistance, on horseback, travelling 200 miles weekly, for 172 consecutive weeks, which aggrigates the nice little distance of 4,400 miles. It can truthfully be said of MT. F. that he has been a true and faithful servant
 The new dwelling house of F. G. Parker, on the corner of Beach and Summit Ave nues, is fast drawing to completion, and is another valuable improvement added to the large number of costly dwelling houses that grace the western border of our village, sur rounded by stately pines, with their silvery pinnacles.