The weekly Arizona miner., 1881-04-29

Mr. V. A. Stephens recently completed
 quite laborous work at Big Chino Valley
 viz, fencing large farm with cedar posts
 The MINER acknowledges pleassnt cal
 from Col. Benjamin to-day. The Colonel
 Is Adjutant General of the Department oi Arizona.
 Northern Arizona will be blessed this
 season with large hay crop. Meadows are
 far advanced, and looking just too nice for
 anything.
 Nine-teHths of the fixed capital of all the civilized people in the world is embarked in ] agriculture, which employs 200, 900, 900 of
 men
 ! Tom Moore, formerly chief of transporta ' tion in Arizona, under that excellent officer,
 Gen. George Crook, Is now filling a similar position at Carlin.
 H. H. Reeves k in town from Camp Wood,
 which he claims Is the paradise of Arizona. He reports farming and grazing interests as generally bright.
 Mir. Gfifhths, of kerens & Griffith, with r. w. Williams, departed for the San Fran cisco Mountains to-day, in connection with mail matters on the new line
 Dan Stevens and W. NJ. Griffiths, stage men and good ones, arrived per Black Can yoR coach this morning. MT. Fitzgerald went out Der same line.
 Commodore Prenderyille (Jimmy Behind the-St0ve) came into Prescott this morning with John Dixon's freight team, looking the picture of health and reformation.
 The Prescott B. B. C. would be pleased to receive a challenge from the Whipple club for match game of ball on Sunday, the same to be played at their grounds in West Prescott.
 The Tptop mine has produced in twenty ty-six days of April, 1881, over S63. 900 in bullion. Can Tombstone beat this Lots of other mines equally as good as the Tiptop hereabOuts.
 Joe Frost, an old timer in Northe Ari- zona, who has been absent from the Terri 1 tory six years, in California, has returned with the intention of remaining and has se- lected Northern Arizona as the place
 Work is progressing nicely all along the line of railroad grading, which embraces distance of l25 miles from St. Joseph on the Little Colorado to Partridge Creek on the western end of Iavayai county.
 Will Vanderbilt, very pleasant young gentleman, IS aboutto start store at Chino Y alley for the accommodation of the travel ng public, and Mir. Frank Delaney We hear $ to start a station at the same place.
 LATE SLAFG-The very latest Eastern dang IS as follows: ''Cawn you dawnce the aWncers| ''No, 1 cawn't dawnce the lawn ers, but my sister Frawncis cawn dawnce he lawncers and all the other fawncy lawnces.
 FowLs.- Fowls seldo tire of milk They nay eat too much grain or meat for health, ut milk in any form Is both palatable and ealthy. The first one or two filters of eggs aid by bullets are not SD good for hatching purposes as those laid later.
 Right Rev George Dunlop. Protestant Episcopal Bishop of Arizona and New Mex 90, Is expected to arrive on Saturday and :. i'll hold divine service in the Marina St. 'hurch on Sunday next at II A. N and s r. !. The Bishop will probably remain in 'rescOtt three or four days
 Hon. w :. Head returned yesterday from le railroad lIne, accompanied by Mr. Mad 5 ,an, the tunnel contractors brother, who . tme in to have piece of giant cartridge Ip extracted from his eye, which has been U lusing him for several days intense pain. U IT. Head tells us that the nearest available D Dint the line can be reached from Prescott : about G0 miles, Il Professor D. Downey, first-class dancing c, aster, who has recently arrived from the s; ast, opens a dancing school tomorrow in -ening in Boweys Hall The Professor in- q, rms us that 1t Is his intention to run moth W n but a tirst-class school and makeit agree n, 'le for those who put themselves under his P Iarge. Tomorrow night will be free and ST Ose wishing to be pupils of the Professor fl, III leave their names with him. We be- eak for him success.