The weekly Arizona miner., 1880-08-13

J. H. Lee has delivered on the contract oi ' Messrs. Sullivan t Cook, at Whipple, about ! 70 tons of hay, cut aud cured in Chino Val ley.
 ! Is ii to be ricg rDcs on Saturday in the ! Democratic Convention. or no,i IT such Is | tn be the case We are afraid a good many ! delegates will have it thrown in their faces
 that they have been romancing. ! Chas. Behm came in town yesterday from his camp, Turkey Creek, for medicine to be 4sed m d0ctoring up his partner, who has been prosirated for several days with mountain fever.
 Mr. Monroe, of Ash Greek. came up today bringing a load of vegetables He was also accompanied by Miss Dunuing, our compe- tent teacher in Depar. ment No. ?. Prescott Public School. Mr NJ. complains of the draught in his section.
 We have beea shown a letter from a prominent lawyer, a Republican, living al Tucson. in which he states that he still thinks Stewart will be a candidate for Con gress tnIs fall. We do not think such will be the case.
 
 with another bogus Bender family. They ought to hang the people recently arrested for the Bsnders on general principles, and not allow first-sell 10 be perpeirated on an unsusI eciing public t0 be spoiled.
 The Democracy meet in grand council on Saturday of this week. Don your war paint. gents, and drive the battle to its ut [ A.I. f.azf and n your appreciation of the example set you Oy the Republicans last month.
 J. II. Behsn, delegate 10 the Democratic Convention, which meets here next Satur- day, and candidate before the coDvention for County Recorder, is up from Tiptop. He informs us that times are lively in that section, the mill producing sixty thousand dollars per month and the mine employing about l25 men.
 The Republicans of Phenix, according to telegram Tn tO-day's MINER, are anxious tp have Hon. II. s. Stevens AS a candidate for Congress This is the first time that We were aware that NIT. Stevens WAS a Repuo- lican and We are not certain of the tact yet, and on those grounds NC will oppose his nomination.
 Messrs. Wilson & Haskell have received the contract from Messrs Goldwater for re- pairing the front of their fine brick build ing, which was damaged at the late fire The firm has ordered iron windows for the tack portion of the building 10 guard arainst any contingency from fire which might originate from that quarter
 II Tucker is required to carry the Demo- cratic party. as intimated by correspond ent of his Daoer, then be nas got the dirtiest loa1 on hls back that ever so clean a man as Tucker undertook 10 wrestle with. He'd better dump the filrhiest part Of his load a: once. viz: his correspondent. before he be- smears him so badly that his old-rime Tam many friends wouldn't recognize their ancient leader.
 That 'gentleman" who writes under the R0R de J{qms of Observer" in tbe Demo- crat. evidently, when he states that the Republicans carry Beach" has something in his eyes and nothing in his head. Bg hard work. considerable back bone and in- dependence, Beach carries himself Put that down as just about the true facts of the case. Observer, whose initials are -. is a man We don't care tO give any expla- nation. It's the old game you are trying to play.
 CHA MoNsTER.-The Mining and Scien- tIfc Press publishes an article and pictorial of Gila Monster 19 in. long, g inches around the body and weighing two pounds. The specimen, taken from Ari- zona by Prof. Lennon, IS ID Oakland, Cal. The California naturalisis call it the Aztec Lizard, He'0dermG SVsytctum." IL Is repre- sented to be very rare, and its flesh Is sad 10 be highly esteemed for food by the In dians. Nothing is said in the article as to the mooted question, among Arizonans, concerning its-reputation as venom0us or hirml $ reptile. That's what people here are most anxious to find out aoout him.
 \ LUNAR RAINBOw-Last evening abo II nine o'clock, during ana after a shower, the sky being clear in the western horizon. per. hitting the full strength of the reflected rays of the sun upon the moon, to shine bright and clear against the wall of de- >cend!ng raindroDs, ghastly pale shadow appeared in the East, which gradually took circular shape until the whole Eastern heavens. otherwise black as Erebus were spanned by beautiful white rainbow. which lasted more than half aa hour. and attracted the admiring attention of very nearly the entire population of Prescott, many of whom had never before witnessed the phenomenon of a lunar ram bow. The lunar differs from the solar rain bow iD this that primary bow only Is visi- -le iu the lunar, while in the solar second ary bow, conceniric with the primary. sl- ways accompanies it. The direct solar rays have the power of decomposiug the light. and separating it. while the reflected rays have nnt that power