The weekly Arizona miner., 1881-08-26

The coach from PheniI arrived today bringing only local mail, two PheniI paPers-
 A fine load of melons. tomatoes and chickens came Tn from the Verde this morn ing.
 George Banghart Is in town from Chino and from appearances we should say that he h@s the whooping cough
 A. ]. Mason Is sending out of his shop fine harness, and his next door neighbOr, Mir. Porter, fine furniture.
 Again we are threatened with rain. If another storm, similar to shat of few days since comes, our good friends on Salt River will be much damaged.
 A freight team leaves tomorrow morning for Mineral Park, with lumber and the printing material for the new paper to be started by Nr. Cureton at that place.
 Travel has resumed between Maricopa and | Phenix. The latest arrivals came Tn on Shanks line-a sure and safe one, where the parties are good swimmers.
 A fine horse belonging to Mir. F. G. animal, upon the leg, breaking 1t, necessi- ] Oi athCi Rough on master and horse.
 $. c. Rogers is in town from his Charm ingdale ranch, Walnut Creek. He will raise crop of potatoes, Providence not inter feriDg and permitting.
 Joe Mingis goes to the railroad for tho purpose of prospecting the situation. He takes load of beer for Jacoby * Co.,, who are doing land office business in that di- rection.
 F. q. Parker and wife and Miss Stevens departed to-day per team for their new home in the Bill Williams Mountain. Mir. Sam Goldwater aIso: :went ost VIC hear, in the em- ploy of Mir. Parker.
 The two young couples who were united in the holy bonds of matrimony last Friday evening, we learn are very excellent people. They were serenaded on Saturday evening and received the congratulations of numer- ous friends.
 Hon. Hugo Richards departs tomorrow for the san Francisco mountain country, where he will ship East for Head & Co. large amount of wool He will then extend his trip east as far as Santa Fe. Dr MeCandless is home again from his
 
 fearful freshets took place that ruined so many people above. He describes the floods as perfectly terrific.
 From the Democrat we see that the Verde Is unusually unhcalty this season, and that all are fleeing who can. The great curse of all the pretty Yavapai county valleys, ma laris, is the cause.-PheniI Herald.
 Do tell-Ep. MINER
 The town clock, which stopped yesterday at little past twelve, was put in motion again to-day. There seems to he a differ Curry. the jeweler as to the price for wind ing and taking care of the tine-keeper.
 We saw at the store of Messrs. Bones 6 Spencer to-day. d peach raised on the farm of F. McAteer, Kirkland Valley, which weighed 9t ounces and measured around the waist 10 inches. It was a corpulent gentle man. There are many others of the same kind where that came from.
 Wilson X Co are shipping their new saw mill to its destination m the Bill Williams section. Soon the whistle from this forest reducer will greet the ears of the army of graders and others who are preparing the way for the steel rail, upon which will swing back and forth the riches of east and west
 Homer Fry, the gentlemanly and efficient book keeper of Price King & O., has been appointed Justice and Notary Public for the Flag Staff precinct. He goes home with plenty of blanks and clothed with the au- thority to make matters runs smooth, or else the offenders submit to the compiled laws of our Territory.
 Some cruel wretch, who is soulless, has been of late distributing poison around, which has caught several fayorite dogs of citizens who pay license to see their canine animals rnam at their will. It IS mean trick to kill d favorite al ;mal of any person, and the party, if caught. should be dealt severely with.
 We are positively assured by telegraph that tomorrow, Tuesday, we will be favored with an eastern and western mail, the first in two weeks. The washOut on the A. tS T. road Is simply immense. East of New Mex ico We hear of ten bridges having been swept away, which will require three weeks time to repair.
 RoDEoISG. - The last Legislature fixe1 the law of rodeoing; and in any respects 1T IS good while in others it is very bad In Kirkland and the Santa Maria country stock men have decided to meet at Kirkland. 1 October 1st, and commence branding. In ! Chino Valley and that section the branding