Arizona weekly miner., 1874-02-27
TELEGRAPIIIC.
Special Dispatches 10 the Arizona Mihog By Western UBion and U. s,
 Military Lines

Tucson. Feb. 2G.--Followiug items arc from las, Saturday, Citizen: The District Court will convene in regular session iu T,cson onc week from next Mon. day
 Colonel E. W. Cri,tcnden of Camp Bowie. arrived in town on last sunday, and i, still here.
 Judge C. r. Hayden came in from Salt River on the l4th, ani left on his return last Monday.
 EN. Fish left here for Camp Grant on Thursday.
 D. A. Bennett will leave to-day, by stage, for Prescott.
 We are informed that Cordoya. one of the men hung on the plaza, last August, by our citizens, had, a few months prior, murdered a whole party of men, women and children, on their way from Southern California to Sonora. That he took the carts and teams of bis victims to San Miguel near llermosila, and disposed of them in such way that ex cited suspicion and inquiry.
 F.. M. Pearce arrived in town on Thursday from the noted copper mines forty miles west of here. He superintended the loading of eight cen-mule teams with about 500 sacks ct remarkably rich silver ore for ship menL 10 Sau TaLClsCO rtN una.
 The weather since last Saturday. has been remarkable, especially mp to Tuesday. The latter part of last week was cloudy. Satur day opened with s cloudy sky and in the af ternoon rain began to fall, and continued, with little or no intermiSsion. Before Sun day morning more roofs were leaking in Tue son than ever heard of before, and continued to leak until Monday, when the rain began to abate. Stores, offices, dwellings, hardly q room escaped a wetung. Clouds have been floating about ever since and occasional show CTS of rain fell all the week until yesterday. Thursday morning the mountain tops in every direction were white with snow, which also covered the mountain sides lower down than at any time during the winter
 The air in the valley has been little raw but not uncomfortable.
 Wickenburg, Feb. BY Weather cloudy and cold Indication of more rain
 The Hume carrying water to Smiths mill is badly washed out again. The mill is now running on surplus water caused by the late storm.
 The mail wagon from Phoenix arrived early this morning.
 The Hassayampa canon is still impossible and all the travel Is via the fulture mine and Smiths mill.
 
 htde, SD that the mail wagon was able to cross safely.
 The roads to Prescott and Ehrenbcrg are in fair condition and no more trouble is an ticipated.
 Phoenix, Feb. 23.-W eather cloudy looks like rain The river is fordable. No news
 Maricopa Wells, Feb. 23.-Weather cloudy; indications of rain. The Gila is fordable Nothing new.
 TEL. OFFICE, FT. WHIPPLE, Feb. 9. J H Marion, Esq--Haye not had any thing south of Maricopa Wells to-day. Am afraid the line has another spell.
 Yours, &c, WM. ELLISON. Phoenix, Feb 27.-Weather clear and verJ John Smith and Lieut. Hay of McDowell have been in town for few days.
 shooting match, for champaign supper was had yesterday, and about twenty per sons enjoyed the repast at the Capital House A meeting of the farmers interested in tn, formation of Grange, was held yesterday t. hear the report of the secretary. A commit tee was appointed to solicit signatures te petition to the U. s. Grand Lodge.
 No mail for two weeks from Tucson, an' none to-day from Maricopa Wells Mir J. Bartlett is still in town awaitiD an opportunity to proceed to Tucson.
 The following note from the telegraph oT orator at Fort Whipple, which we received couple of hours ago, will explain the tele graphic situation:
 J fl. Aari0n:-Am unable to get eithe Eastern or California news for you to-day Had San Diego for a few minutes about o'clock this morning, but since then hay been unable to raise an office south of Mari copa. Wickenburg, Tucson and Maricop report the weather extremely cold; outsid of that not particle of news, except manu factured, and as ] know you wish nothin but facts, I send you nothing of that sort.
 Yours, truly, WN. ELLISON.