The weekly Arizona miner., 1879-12-26

 ! l. F. Elliott. one of tha pioneer settlrrs az Pfcsen;i, nov an h0ncsi Lyrx creek iniaeF, is4a town spending the holidays. laiie a nambeF of reasgaae Tadiars have ben iudueea fo come aad ia surrssier Ia MajtiaiFee.si San CaFlos.0t late. Others wiIl faliaw suif.
 E.J. Cook. County Treasurer. has re- esFafed fsom bis recent severe illsesa, and is oh duly af his post
 TAe Nugget says that there are one hun dffd and twenty -six business places and gii'aie residences BON being erected in Tombstone.
 Tom'rroE being Christmas and the ami veEsary of tue isrih os Christ, there will be no lssPer issued from ti,is nfIice, as the boys expect io celebrate.
 TnE ARIZONA MrsEn has turned into its seventeenth year and into it's fourth under oaf InaErgeiasEt and wishes its patrons a Merry Chrisamas.
 Cars hsliing ai Tonto Springs station iho general cry would DaturaIly be, .sAlI absard tlie s'sges for Prescott Tonto Springs are about sixteen miles from town.
 Orn Blanc1 district boasts of snontlay nay Pool 0f s7 ,G3) and still miners are in demand. We believe that such demand exists m most of cur disirieis.-Nugget
 James Stewart, the popular stage msn- ager oG Gilmer, Salisbury < Co.'S line, ar, rived per sage this morning He thinks that the air la.t night Sas somewhat thin
 We learn that tho wife oi the Late P. E. Braunea will remain aI San Diego for the winter and in the spring return home Co hes parents at OttoWa, the Canadian scat of government.
 The railroad washout west of Les Angeles has delayed Prescott malls for the last two stages and how much longer the il,iug is ,u last remaigs to be seen. Itiz to be hoped that the next stage will bring accumulated mail matter.
 Major ChafFee, the officer in command at San Carlos, has, with Indian labor, cut poles and pat up a substantial telegraph line from Camp Grant tc that place, thus putting Headquarters of the Department in tele- gTapl,ie communication Wi;h the San CailOs rerervahoa.
 The Tombstone Nugget after living on float rock for three months, has tried to get of a witticIsm. The manager made a mis- lake uess he was preparing to go out out prospecting, and his ileas were con fused. Clear your head and Iry again.
 The A'chison, Topeka and Santa Fc people by following ihe line of the Atlantic and Pacific, along the 3jth parallel as far as the San Franeisc) Mountains, acquire cer- tam rights to lands that are very valuable, 1 making it quite an iadueement to adap: l that route.
 George N. Pinkham who recently uur chased valuable mining property in Mo | have county, is en route from California to Arizona. He promises to bring a quartz mil with him on his return, to bc put up near Mineral Park.
 MILITARY First Lieutenant II. P Kings | bury, Sixth Cavalry, will turn over the | command of his company. on the SIS. inst. | to the company officer next in rank to him self and report, in person, a, this point, to l the Assistant Adjutant General for duty ! as Inspector of Target Ranges.
 M:. L. kingmaa and party left this morn | ing c. examine the country from Skull | Valley 10 thc S in Francisco via Williamson, ! Big Chino aad thence west of Bilt Williams | Mountain, tor the purpose Of asceriaining | the feasibility of the route upon which to |. build the A. T. & :. F. R. R.
 Santa Claus will make his yearly visit at tonight, so VIC would remind our young friends that it beh0oveS them 10 have their stockings suspended in the most cen spcuous places Santa will come this sea son well supplied. and then should there be anything lacking, he hls formed cUpart nsTshlp with Kelly X Stephens, Bray, Otis and others who will come to his rescue.
 Fifteen years ago this evening the first dance was given in Yavapai coun- ty. IL was at the residence of Rnfe Far rington, three miles north of Prescott, was gotten up by Mrs. Alexander, and Jack Shanks furnished the music. That night will long be remembered lpy old-timers as the coldest ever experienced in Arizona.
 $. ". Carpenter, tho gentleman who re- rcntiy established the Pima County Record and took unto himself ~'better half has gone on a visit with his family 10 the States. It is surmised by the knowing ones that his trip has something to do with receiving les sons in eleeution ana to receive a general training for the "siump, ss he Is known to have Congressional aspirations.