The weekly Arizona miner., 1881-07-15
WEDNESDAY.

One passenger went out to-day to Gillett, a young lady.
 Again the atmosphere indicates that rair is near at hand " So mote 1t be"
 Tcln Reed, a stone mason by trade, left to-day for his native heath in Wales.
 Dougherty, of the 70. K" Store and Feed Yard, is accommodating in his deal ings, and reasonable Tn prices.
 The first number of the PheniI Eagle, q diminutive sheet, has been received at the MINER Office. K. T. Jackson is the editor and proprietor.
 The young folks of Prescott are deter. mined to have one more dance m Curtis Hsn before that structure IS torn down. Friday night is the time set
 Orlando Allen left today for his ranch in Biz Chino Valley, 40 miles from Prescott, which is reached by one of the best natural roads Tn tho territory.
 NIT. McInerney Las brought his OK team from the Verde, probably on account of the abandonment of that post, leaving but little or n, work for freighters in that section.
 We hear that Company of Infantry has been ordered from the Verde to Southern Arizona Last week Company was taken from Mcdowell and sent south of the Gila.
 Col. C. P. Head has returned from Phe- nix, having contracted for 900 900 pounds oi barley. at sl 9 per 1J0 pounds. This grain is to be turned in at Whipple, on his con- tract.
 ROSTER or TRoOPS late copy of the roster of troops serving i'll the department of Arizona, nicely printed by Charley Ala bach, has been received at the MINER office. 1 Thanks.
 l NIr. Wngteld, of the MogollOn noun tains. delivered to Acker X Smith. to-day, 20 head of beef steers. perfect beauties They are fat and will nuke nice, tender and juicy steaks.
 Bill Williams Mountain. We find upon examination. is $500 feet high, and the San Francisco looms up 3,76l feet above the ! Bill Williams Mountain. Sitgreave has an elevation of 9,091 feet.
 1 Numerous freight teams arrived to-day, from the different railroad camps, for goods ready to be shipped to contractors. The amount of merchandise sent to the railroad from Prescott IS just immense. 1 Attention Is directed to the advertisement of John King, elsewhere in the MINER, who offers his house and furniture at auction J. | l.. Fisher will knock this property down on the day of the sale to the highest bidder. for grcenbacks, gold, silver or Uncle Sans checks.
 The Washington Star of Friday, July lst, says: ".Jerome B. Hawley, was, to-day, rs..r for the District of Arizona. This will probably relieve Tom Cordls from the ar duous duties imposed upon him Iii the dis- charge of Internal Revenue matters. l We hope that the people of the Verde Valley will not be discouraged by the break ing uD of the Post, and that they will turn their attention to the raising of hogs, sheep. cattle, etc They have good homes, and can live without Military post If they but l di ec: their atteEti ,n in that direction.
 NIT. McCarmick, who has 2 thirtymile contract for grading oE the A. tS. F. R. R., west of tn, tunnel or Bill Williams mcun- t.in. has to haul all water for his men and animals q distance of p miles, which keeps five four-rnule teams steadily at work. Water will undoubtedly be found near the line of | OpSFdtLouS ol bAoi'"SH'y Pi"Nf@'6 - " ForyD DEAD.-We are in receipt of a 1 communication c from gentleman living at Devils CaH,aIl, stating that a man had been found dead and Tn sta.e decomposition, near where a ramIn tn bridge passes some stecp canyon on the line of railroad. The man is described as being about D years of age. dressed in blue nysralls. coarse shirt, new blGqans and only si& eents.tnh's pnrkot, Jim ONeal. the sheep king of the San Francisco Mountains, is in Prescott for sup phes. He has not yet taken the fieeces from 1 his focks. but Is preparing to do so. He will shin his wool from Flag Staff to Hol- brock on the Little Colorado, to which point the cars siii be running within 90 days, i and from thence 1t Biil be torae la the eastern market by rail. Other wool growers will ship by the same route.
 ! Somewhere on the line of the A. X r. R. R will undoubtedly spring up lively little i ff.,~n, which siIi try and compete with Pres colt for the trade Of Nolthatn tlizona. With branch roa1, to Prescott no town could exist on the line of the ::::'"n hlghSay' therefore let our people bestir themseIvtS 'n procuring d branch road. Work should commence immediately, and We would sug- cest. If necessary, let the town of Prescott | donate a respectable sum of money toward | starting work.
 Judge Stillwell had no more than fairly cot into Arizona. where his whole time Is needed very much, than he, following the example set by Fremont, dons his travelIng suit and hies himself away t" some pleasure seeking spot in New York. We hardly cx- p,cted the new Judge would so quickly fall 1 into the custom that federal officials of Arl- zona unanimously adopt, with the single ex- c,l.tiou If Judge French. of absenting them selves three-somths of the time from thelI fields of labor
 THE WORLD, THE FLESH AND THE DEVIL The pictures. taken by Burge, of Holden, Meador and Ralph, in their " Horrible costume. may seem to illustrate the above ScriDtural quotation. Holden, in his Amer ican Flag suit may represent the '' Emblem of the Free that floats throughout the world. Meador, as Texas desperado, look' as if he tlirsted for the flesh and blood oi many victims. and Ralph, as the old gentle man from Gehe"1n, Is scarley representa- tion, but 80 completely made up with all th' la.tributes populsrly supposed to belong t' the Devil tl.at thr young Devils themselve' would hardly be abe to distinguish h!n' flgn the original.