The weekly Arizona miner., 1879-01-17
MONDAY.
Good butter is getting scarce in the mar

Good butter is getting scarce in the mar kct.
 Quite number of freight teams are now en route to Prescott from inc Colorado, loaded with Prescott freight.
 The Williamson Valley Hotel. we under stand. is about to change psoprictors, Mir Strickland stepping out aud giving room for o3e else.
 A Democratic paper is 10 b. started at Phenix. Knowing the party who is 10 be
 st the helm, We can safely say that the pa per vii be good one.
 | Seott's fourteen mule team and two large prairie schooners attached, arrived yesier- day from Ehrenberg, loaded with merchan- disc for C. F. Head t Co.
 Gco. ". Hauce. one of Yavapais most .uccessful stock raisers. farmer and indus trious citiz,ns, arrived from his home st Cienega, this morning.
 Miss O'Keefe left on Thursday of last week fer New York with a view of pur- chasing q large stock of millinery and fur nishing goods for her establishment in this village.
 FROM CALIFoRNIA-The following pas sengers came in from California last eve nng per Salisbury & Gilmorc's stage: C.. M. Westgate, J. H.. Hamilton, ". II. Sea, mans.
 ' FRoM NEW MEXICO The following | ing named gentlemen arrived ia town this morning per New Mexico sage: Jerry Hayward, Geo V. Hance, and Mir. Fiske, the agent.
 The gate money at the great walking match between O 'Leary and Campana, which took place at Gilmore's Garden, New York, and ended by victory for O Leary, amount ed to over $20,0O0.
 We have received a letter from Mr Thos. Killers of St. Louis, stating that he was about to start fur Prescott with large lot opening the finest tobacco and cigar estab lisament in Arizona.
 The Board of Supervisors were in Sci sion teddy for the purpose of settling wi,h the late Sheriff, through Under Sheriff Walker. Mr. w, for some reason, did not appear, and they will again meet tomorrow and perfect the settlement SO much need.d.
 CAPTURED.-A man was arrested yester- day at the Peck miue, and from the de- scription We should say that it is John J. Chapman. one of the escaped prisoners. Mr Mulvemon is enroute to this place with the individual.
 We acknowledge the receipt of an invi- tation to be present at the nuptials of Aaron Barnett and Miss Rich, ia San Bernsrdino. on the Duh instant. Sorry of our inability to ne present The invitation came two days after the happy event. still we wish the newly VIC .dcd pair a smooth journey through life, and that the spell may be one of continual sunshine.
 The people liyng at St. Johns ia this cunuty are worry much dissatisfied with their present Justice of ihe Peace, and as the precinct is entitled to two Justices, they have sent us petition asking for the appointment of Roman Lopez. Mr. Lopez
 Is well qualified Tor the position, having good education and understanding both the English and spanish languages.
 Mr. Pierce, who lives near the Aztlan mill. was walked on Friday night by trsmp who asked for something to eat, and inquired the way to the Peek mine, saying be was hunting for work The man had neither hat nor coat, but had a piece Of blanket over his shoulders. He is believed to have been one of the prisoners who es- capcd that esening. During the next day sono miaers report having seen a man an- ,wering tho ssme description some twelve mic from Mir. Picrccs making his way down iEs Hassyampa in the direction of Walnut Grove.
 X tropical kiss, waited across the street upon the geatlc wave of a January zephyr, from the alabaster lips of the idol Ot his hear;, with TO vulgar gaze tO mar the heav- cnly bliss cxpeli fenced by the recipient, has caused lively in crest to t,e taken by scve- ral of Prescojt's young disciples of Faust. in the art of propsgaiing that particular element which so bewiicningiy ad0ms the upper lip, and raises tho Pompous pos scssor from the simple youth Co manhU0ds estate. The melancholy tone in which these aspiring young men sag
 .'T vlsh w,rs boy again" etc., causes e foehng of sadness Co seize upon all l n hearing, similar to that which Mark Twain experienced while shedding iears over the tonb of Adam.
 CIV. Hance, of the Cienega. is in town, looking after his claims against the ! mail contractors on the Santa i Fc route. George fed their men and teams I Co the amonut et more than Si00, aud from i prosen. appearances B not likely to Frcelve a cent foY it. These things ought not to be, and yet the man who refuses to credit every new company that cones in wita loud professions of building up the country, etc, is set down as a clog and hindrance to progress. IL Is a good thing to help the deserving. but when it turns out that the helper k more deserving than the helped, .hc cons ioasnss,s of having assisted a .ruua Is | poor remuneration for labor and Fr~...f-.1