The weekly Arizona miner., 1881-09-09

T. J. Simms. Railroad Contractor has gone to Santa Fe after Mrs $ and the little
 S's. They are to take up residence m Pres
 colt this winter.
 Our contemporary and friend, Judge
 Tucker. We are sorry to learn, IS suffering ! from gout Sorry Judge, but We don't want
 to borrow any of the article
 | Mr. Mcdonald. the Railroad Contractor, and live business man, called oh the MINER to-day. He relished the ink smell of the es- 1 tablishment and ordered the paper.
 4 good route for building railroad from
 Prescott to the Atlantic and Pacific railroad
 can be found by way of Big Chino valley,
 which will not exceed 50 miles one inch.
 4 proof press, shipped to the MINER, July 2Gth. from San Francisco, Was forwarded a
 week since from MarIcOpa, being the first
 goods shipped for over a month from that l place.
 Head ,I Co have started grain for the new camp of. Grant & McDonald, near Peach Springs. in Mohaye County, whore grading 1 for the 4. Iv F. k. R. Is to commence imme-
 diately.
 The report which gained extensive circu- lation. t0 the effect that some wholesale ! hanging had been indulged i'll at Flagstaff,
 we are happy to state Is without the shadow of foundation.
 Northern Arizona is at present destitute of military protection and We would, although not an alarmist, advise people everywhere 10 be on the watch for treacherous Indian, COW boy or horse-thief.
 In the MINER today appears the adver- ! tisement of the Atlantic and Pacific F. R c. s land for sale J. A. Williamson Is the commissioner and can be consulted at New Albuquerque, New Mexico. Grant & Mcdonald have a contract for ! building 3l miles of road bed for the 4. & r. people running 10 miles east of Peech ! Springs and il mics west of u C same, work to commence immediately. Mr. C. T. Rogers, and his nephew, Mr. Chase. left this morning for their home, III the San Francisco mountain country, where MT Rogers is largely interested in the stock business. He will. m few days, visit his old home in Maine.
 Our friend and fellow tosnsInan and GA Delegate. Hon. J. G. Campbell has sent to the MINER fifteen volumes of reports from the various departments at W Washington, which we value highly and for which We eA- tend our .armest thanks.
 GOsper proposes to help put down the In dian troubles by equppmg ihe nIlItla. We don't for a minute believe that the military want any assistance from Gosrcr. They have ! too much regard for :he man to have ham ieopardlze his life in the interest of his be- we'd com try. Gospcr, however, Is d great waTIlor.
 The road from Prescott to Bill Williams | Mountain Is literally lnled with ieams. \ | person to understand the importance oi the [ railroad trade should -p out on the highway | and watch for e few days. as the writer oi | this has done. Mr Delaney, of the 2J-mI.c | House, and our o!d-time friend, Geo. Dang | hart of Chino Valley, catch the trade oI this particular travelling pubic
 After a ramble If eight days among the hills to the north oi Prescott, taking III the railroad line for many miles, We find pETseli again installed III the MINEG s.Lctuiu, list eming to the cry of printers for L2ore copy. During cur absence we saw much. winch IS noted down. and propose t0 give our readers tomorrow This we can safely say that the railroad track will not reach point opposite Big Chino Valley under r. months.
 ". W. Cook. who has the management of the milk dairy. butter and cheese factory recently erected on New River, near Gil lett. and who has been in Prescott for several days. left yesterday morning for the above place. It Is the intention of Nr. J. b. Cook and his son to make the finest but ter and cheese ever manufactured in this Ter ritory. and We believe they can do 1t. as they have one of the best stock ranges in the county, and all the facilities for making the same.