The weekly Arizona miner., 1879-06-13

New -four is being manufactured at the various mills in the Salt River Valley, and will soon find is way Co the Prescott, market | Johnny Macneal's large team is due here tomorrow with goods fir almost everybody. | IL left Maricopa on the l1th of last month.
 Progressive measures are being instituted d | in the Big Bug District for tle opening up of several mammotd gold leads. Old Big | Bug will open the eyes of tho unbeliever yet. Send them along, boys. c.P. Head & Co. received today two prairie schooners loaded to the brim with | from San Francisco via Mari | copavil'e.
 Messrs. Bowen, Knowles & Co.,, sent out | . load of lumber tlis morning to the Tiger. IL was of particular class, which could not DC obtained at the saw mill, situate in | Minnehaha Flat.
 Oliver Boyer, kow confined in the jail in Tucson, is under sentence of death and is Co be hanged ou the llth of July, unless something in the way of respite or par don comes to his rescue.
 The Illinois Legislature has heen in scs- . ca for five months. Until within day Of TWO there was no particular indication that it would wind upits affairs within five years. It only costs the State about sa,500 day.
 Mr. Phippeny left for Mohavs County this morning with thc last of the lumber for the quartz mill going up at Cedar Val ley. The machinery passed through Phenix several days since.
 Potatoes are selling for 9 conts sack Tn Santa Barbara. Al that rate the farmer would save money to leave the tubers in the tield.-L. A. Express.
 In Arizona 25 cents will buy slbs.-ED. MINER.
 Hon. W. S. Head came up from the Yer dc on Saturday and informs us that the grsngers are all happy over the prospects of good yield of barley, wheat and corns Harvesting commences with tho Veraeite. this week.
 A slight altcrcation took place at the race track, yesterday, between two repre- scntatives of the turf, and for . while whiskers and claret flowed freely, but it terminated without serious effect upon either.
 D.P. Kimball, of Kirkland Valley, has gone to Bradshaw with several tons of ma chinery for the Luke mill, belonging to Bowen, Knowles X Co. The machinery, we understand, is roaster for the mill, an article much needed for reducing the re- bellious ores of Bradshaw.
 Hon. ]. J. Gosper informs US that gather ing up cattle and horses was in fashion du- ring last week on the Upper Verde and at Chino Valley. A MT. Mv-ulium of Will iamson Valley, while running in stock had the misfortune to break a limb of very valuable horse, necessitating the killing of the animal
 There are at present some forty persons at the Agus Caliente Springs. These Springs arc some 70 miles southeast of Phenix and near the line of the railroad. It is stated that David s. Neahr and King $. Woolsey will erect large and commOdiOus hotel there at an early day, for the patronage of the travelling public.-Phenix Herald.
 NIT. wcbber, Superintendent of the Tip ton mine, came in to-day, bringing with hIm $3O, 900 in silver bullion. The mine is looking well and everything is lovely. For nearly year there has been no let up to the bullion shipments from the Tiptop Every month the mill turns out about $40,- 900 worth.-Expositor.
 We understand that wagon road can be very chesply constructed from st. Joseph, Little Colorado, to the Mogollon via Sunset Pass. which would save several miles in dis tance over the old route, and upon which water can be obtained at reasonable dis tancos.
 The Verde people are preparing to cele- brate the 4th of July Tn proper manner. Other valleys and towns should make a move in the same direction.s We have not heard whether the people of the capital of the Territory intend to drink lemonade on that day or not.
 E, J. Bennett, merchant at the Tiger, arrived ID town last evening from that place. He informs us that the Tiger mill is now completed, tested and was to start up this morning on the largo dump of ore ready for treatment. Mir. B. has great faith m the Tiger and other mines in Bradshaw, and is ot the opinion that quite Q lively town will grow up at Bradshaw.
 Major vell's Salt River Flouring Min, at East Pheuix, is running on new wheat and turning out very superior quality of flour. The Major now has employed about his place over 90 men engaged in harvesting 400 acres of grain. The yield, we are told, is almost unprecedented, and Major Veil will realize handsome profit from his farming opcratioDs.-Expositor.
 We understand that a man who was re- cently discharged from the Army at Camp Apache, made ais way to the Little Colora- do and al Frcycs station, got on a debauch from the effects of which he died and was buried in s brush heap. Rather a curious place to make Ca@pO SdRtO. The matter of his death, burial. etc. is to ;,e looked in- to. 1t IS reported that tho msl had some money on hls person at the time of his dc mise.
 NEW SToRE-We present te our readers in this issue of the MINER, an advertisement of the new frm of N. * G. Ellis, well known as reliable and pronpt business mea. Their advertisement is plain, which is in keeping with the proprietors, who make but little unnecessary ado, but go to work and accomplish much ~ith very little talk. They intend to pay metallic sub-