The weekly Arizona miner., 1880-06-04
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THUasDAY-
 Arcr1ox .--on Saturday morning. al 10 o,cI cx. ilss persDnHl effects of the late j.. W Goa ,a wi Ii be sold by sue,ioa al the ixL ssgre.
 Han. " II. Hsrdy is a eandidate ia Mo have county at the coming November cleo tlcn for the Assembly. He would make good member.
 Joe Mingus, of Alexandra, was in town to-dsy anu iooK oa. four horse load ot empty bottles, xhich he, no q 1u6t, intends to iil with beer al his brewery.
 Two families from Ventura coaaty, Cal if.,raia. arc due iD Prescott today. They come by the HardTvilie route. oae of the gentlemen we hear is AT. Baraeit. who visited Prescott three years ago.
 IL is rather rough for young wIdower to b. termed man ot deciiaiBg years. The author should be called out a d pistols and coffee for TWO announced as the oBiy pos sibie way of corTeclisg the injury.
 The City Fathers have ordered A new bF.dse oYer the calvert at tbe crossing oi Carleton and Granite streets, something much needed, owIng to tue deoayed eoH- ditso8 cf she old one, which reader travel somcwh hat dangerous.
 An Jim. the ChiHamau arrested yesterday for selling opium. and also for keeping a9 opium famig ailag den, was tired before a lary in Recorder fiasa's Court, foueJ guilty as charged, ana seBtsDced to pay Q fac ot S2J or serve l2jS days ln the City CAiaboose. Osher cases of a similar nature will come up On Saturday.
 The Fourth of July. the 10fih AnuIver- szry of American Independence, Is close as hand ard already our young folks are talking loudly about hAyl1g grand time. Just what that grand time is to consist Of or where it is to take place has not yet been definitely settled. Make it rouser and show that true American patriotism should oe the war wh1op and battle cry of all. St. Johns, Apache county, has al last been connected wiih inc outside wgrld by a horseback mail, not hoWeysr with the Capital of Arizona The iiue runs to Fort Wfngaie, New Mexico. What we want is a mail direct from St. Joseph to St. Johns, so that correspondence may be carried on without going into foreign territory, 2J0 miles around.
 Geo. ". Mann, who arrived here to-day from Maricopa, reports that he was robbed of $2l on the desert between Gilleit and Phenix on Tuesday aighf. By whom, or how many were engaged in the robbery, he seems 10th to disclose, He had eonsidera- ble sum with him, but on leaving Maricops took the pIecaation to send the bulk of i. by express, thus'savng II from falling into the hands of the freebo0ters.
 Mir. John Barry. of Cerbat, Mohave County, IS on a visIt to Prescott fer A few days. Mr. B. thinks well of Prescott and Its surroundings, bu. would not trade his mining prospects in Mohsvc for any other section of the Territory. He informs Us that the R. k. engineers are busy locating the line of the road to the Colorado River. in Arizona snd also out from the same op the California side, thus pertecting and making a selection Of place for crossing the river
 TIE CrIMAx.-This IS the day upon which the final psymen, on the Black War rior mine falls due, and, SO far we can learn, the matter of payment sst.ll in abey ance, although assurances are telegraphed that everything is all right" These as- suranees are good, us matter of encourage ment to people who feel an interest m the development of the country; but they doo't buy such miues as the Black Warrior, and unless something more substantial than teieyraphic assurances that everything i~ all right reaches here in a few hours, the company will have let slIp one of the hest mines ID AnZnna. as the present own CTS are fully aware of its value, and in case of forfeiture on the part of the purchasers, will not part with 1t without an Increase of price.
 SoUTn wISD-Qui,e brisk breeze sprang up from the south thls morning and has continued ihrUu. houi the day. These south winus, if they continue for any considerable length of time. usually blow up rain, which is inst now much needed element m tbe ,arming and grazing economy of th's sec tioh of Arizona. The winter and spring snows and rains have left the body Of the earth saturated with water, bu; the late cold winds have had the eif, ct to dry the surface 70 such a degree as to Tetard the growth oi grass and other vegetation. Cattle and horses, We learn. arc doing exceedingly well in the remote hihs and mountains south of town, where the timber and high peaks have protected the pss;urage from the drying ef- iecisof the winds; but on the plains to the n nlrthofus. and thr bare hill~, where the timber has been cut away. ImmdisIely about town. there is SO little feed that rown cows ale obliged to make quite q journey each day in order to reach the grass. We trust the south wind may bring rain before it ceases.