The weekly Arizona miner., 1882-03-17

E. $. Junior IS recovering from a severe spell of sickness, during which time he nearly exhausted Doctor Lincoln's supply of drugs
 We havn't seen a Tombstone Epitaph for seN eral weeks, hence have lost run of church matters ana Mir. Stebbins of Tomb stone.
 John Raible has fine brewery adjoining the MINER office, and on the opposite sideof the street extensive bottleing and packing buildings.
 Great activity prevails among the lady residents of Prescott in beauJIfying their front yards by planting shrubbery, sowing flower seeds, etc.
 February 18th was issued to E. Stahl, of our city, a patent for an ore concentrator, which bids fair to come into general use Tn all mining countries.
 More seed will be planted this spring Tn | Yavapai County than ever before. Ths amount of small grain now in the ground doubles that of last year.
 Jacoby tS Co. to-day shipped to saloon men on the line of the A. X r. R. R., sev- eral barrels of beer. This firm is doing biz trade in that direction.
 Mir. Layton, of the Perry mine, ''hove" Tn sight yesterday. He tells us that the new town on ths Hassayampa is tJ benamed 'Jenningstown" or Gopher Hole"
 Blacksmith James Howey kept busy sharpening blows, shoeing horses, mules, burros and oxen for his many admiring GUS toners. He is good workman. Try him.
 Work all along the R. R. line is to be pushed forward in earnest. The Company is getting anxious about the speedy com pletion Of their A. X P. line to the Pacific coast.
 THANK Cop At last, after years of taxa tion, people of Prescott have cancelled the debt owed by the city fir our fine public school building The last year tax ended the matter.
 Hon. John G. Campbell IS about to be- come immensely wealthy through the Pelleiier patent, and. should he decide not to be candidate for Congress, will go to Europe in the interest of the company.
 Church investigations are getting fashion able everywhere, even i'll Arizona. Rather than be overhauled by a tiaacon of church we would run away if we were blessed with a g'od horse Of fine qualities and blood.
 A man went t. the County Hospital yes terday with one of his arms wounded by a shot from a pistol. lie received his injuIies somewhere on the railroad. Docter Aims worth will, tomorrow, make all examination of the wound.
 Postmaster-Gene Howe has an ad- vertisement in the MINER which will be interesting to stage men. Send to the Second Asst P NJ General, Washing ton, for full information.
 Major Johnson the attentive Paymaster in Northern Ariz'na, received to-day, t rough Hciis. fargo X Co.'S express, .. great many silver and greenback d liars, which he will distribute very soon amon" the boys in blue.
 A young man of twelve summers peering through tle door of Welis, Fargo & Co.'S office to-day, and taking q square view of many thousand dollars received by the Pay master, asked what route the officer would take to Whipple We inquired for the name of the young hopeful and found out 1t to be Basques. Rather narrow escape for Maj | Johnson.
 A man appeared at the MINER OFFICE to- I day who claims that he was onca caught by desperadoes and hung until nearly dead. be- cause he refused t. yield up -Xhat preeialls lucre he had-that the sensation was grand, heavenlike, and only equaleC by the climate of this section of Arizona. Come to heaven.
 Indications are favorable for a large emi- grafton into this part of Arizona this I off oof- ing the attention of capitalists, while our public lands subject to settlement are among the best, and will tempt poor people to take them up and make homes for themselves and families.
 Communications to the MINER from Ante | lope Station are rejected for various reasons. | Mir. c. P. Stanton is an old resident, who | has long lived at that place and held to his mining properties. Moreover his affairs are in legal condition and should not be handled by the press. Let justice have its way, and right will prevail. We believe also that there is always two sides to question.
 Agent Tiffany, of the San Carlos reser- vation, was recently given grand reception by his wards, the Apaches. Dancing was indulged in-not the German, but the In dian. The ladies were dressed in their finest style, short dresses, lnw-necked, with tights-no paint. The bucks wore their usual coats with trails. ''Tiff'' must have felt the importance of his station.
 Chief Quartermaster Hodges of Ari= zona has instructed the MINER to publish his advertisement inviting bids for sup plying the Govei nment for this Depart ment, with fuel, hay and gran, for one year, commencing July lst, 1882, and ending June 30th, 1885 Here is a chance for speculation; but don"t get your fingers burnt, gentlemen.
 Frank Murphy and Johnny Ellis went out on Monday to Walnut Grove for the purpose of examining Mejia's 300-foot gold mine They made the examination, found the ledge as represented, but conclude it will require a large expenditure of cash to find out just what the mine IS worth. The ledge on top covers a small but is cut up with veins of min- eral running from few inches to two and three feet in thickness.
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