The weekly Arizona miner., 1881-06-17

IHE NERDIcT-Just as we go to press VI,
 earn that the jury m the case of I. O
 Dlckason found a verdict in favor of tn.
 government for s5,71Ol5
 bod leedle band of serenaders was out il
 full force last evening, but, we are sorry te
 say, were forced to wende their WAY with
 out receiving sn invitation "to enter and
 partake."
 The MINER Is to have q new brick office.
 Work commenced on the same to-day. Sub
 scnptlons and other money due us will be
 acceptable to pay our way through. Every five dollars count | w. o. ONeil, the stenogrsphic reporter,
 and lately connected with the Phenix
 Gazette, arrived in town yesterday and to-day
 vas busy Tn the District Court taking evi-
 dence m criminal cases. O'Neil is a good
 printer and writer.
 There has been a rumor around Prescott
 that Rev. Mir. Adams was about to move to
 Pima county. There Is nothing in it, al-
 though Secretary Gosper has moved into the parsonage. Gosper is not to be the Minis ter, either.
 At the opening of bids to-day for furnish
 ing beef and mutton at whipple, Mir. J. L.
 Hall bid log cents per pound, and $. S. Acker 10 cents. Beef cattle arc scarce in in this section, bringing readily 5 cents per pound on foot,
 It will be seen by reference to a notice in l m other column that Messrs. Hall & Rhodes have dissolved partnership as meat mer- chants. During their association they have made many friends As the notice indicates, the dissolution was mutual, Mir. Rhodes re- tiring on account of i'll health
 J. H. Hamilton, postmaster and deputy sheriff at Peoples valley, is in town. Re tells us that the grass-hOppers are numerous in his section. In fact, they hoist them selves upon the poets in the vicinity of the P. o. watching for information as to where new and fresh fields may be found,
 W. ". Csok arrived from Black Canyon yesterday morning, where hp has been look | ing after cattle. He reports everything as looking lovely in that section of the country, 1 and speaks in glowing terms of the mines in | and around Gillett. He Is the lucky possessor of one of the most valuable copper | deposits in that district.
 MIGHT HAVE BEKS-Some mischieyous children yesterday set fire to small bank building belonging to Wilson & Haskell, within few yards of their door, sash and blind factory, and had there been at the time, breeze, more than probable great damage would have been the result The tremen were promptly on the ground, but luckily found little to do. Had providence been dealing unkindly with Prescott there might have been big fire. Don't let chil- dren have matches.
 We were pleased to shake eur old time par .rI l-. q L-- l., George comes up from Tiptop, where he has been residing for the last three years. We were iniated into the mysterious order of the , ' Oriental Order of Humility" through the influence of friend Barnard many ysars ago md We want 1t understood that we didn't get mad either, we only bucsed, that's all. ell, we got even the next meeting after lonning the robes of the order, by witness- ng the late Robert Meacham go through he trying ordeal. Meacham got mad when s undergoing the terrible fire of examination. Ne only swore, and asked the inistors if hey would "have drink" We were pleased to meet this morning. q nee again at home, our friend and the pio- q eer merchant of Prescott, Hon. Levi Bash ord, who has done as much, and probably l"re. than any other one man in building F Northern Arizona, and especially Pres "tt. MT B. is accompanied by his very q stimable wife, and proposes to remain at q ome for some time, during which period we ? oPe to see the very grandest mining prop = rty in the Territory, heretofore so roughly andled, put into proper shape and worked n its merits. We mean, of course, the . iger. NIT. B. makes no rash promises in he premises, but informs us that he IS irving to make the mine legitimate and sfe property for those who wish to invest leir capital in its development. Mir Bash r, 'rd was welcomed home by his host of iends and old acguaintances,