Arizona citizen., 1877-11-09
Yuma Items.
The Sentinel comes this week new sy as ever We clip the following items which will be of general inter-

es::
 By to-day's stage will arrive E. B. Pomroy, United States District Attor ney and wife, J. D. Wilson. of the Champion mill, and W. H. Hood, of the Southern Pacific Railroad.
 Twenty sewing machines and sever. al lots of fine furniture are among the freight now here for Tucson.
 Eleven tC1s of Silver King concen- trauons ($l5O0 per ton) were brought in this week nn Meyers team and ship ped to San Francisco,
 The Horton House, of San Diego, has been leased for three years to J. L Babe.
 Hon. H. s. Stevens. delegate from Arizona, has taken quaFtos for the winter at the Imperial Hotel in Wash. Ingt0n.
 The secession of SonUra from the Mexican Union Is reported by San Francisco. We can get no corrobora- ton of the rumor and consider it & canard.
 General Kauiz, comman ling the De pariment of Arizona, is reported to be now al Washington.
 4 reliable report reaches us, that the entire property of A. E. Horton, of San Diego, has been taken possession of by his creditors. Horton's energy and perseverance were deserving O. success and his failure will be heard of with regret by all
 Col. J. M Barney has solo the Silver I Queen mine fI- $5O.O00. The purcha. sers propose 10 al rnce push work uJ,- nn it. The rich strike made on an extension of the mine by the Cnnnelly boys adds greatly to the value of the Silver Queen. This mine was located seven years aga, and is the oldest loca- lion m Pioneer district. The price is very low and looks as if buying up all the Silver King stock had made Bar. ncy hard up. Rumnr says he paid $4OO,OO for it, making $7OO,OOO the en. ure cost of the King to him.
 The new CITIZEN newspaper of Flor. ence comes out next Saturday under the colors of John P. Cum, editor and proprietor. If Tucson never fully ap- preciated that paper, she will do sO now that it is moved tO Florence. For sev. en years Wasson made of it one of the best local papers ever published and has given IL wide reputation. The good it has done Pima county has been immense and in return has been given liberal patronage by its leading citi- zens
 Eight hundred and fifty bills were introduced in the House last Monday. Looks as if the extra session would be continued into the regular one.
 Clarkson N. Porter, of New York, has been appointed Chairman of the Committee on Pacific Railroads, which is now believed 10 be six in favor of Tom Scoit's projects and seven against. H. s. Stevens, of ArIZona, has been placed on the Committee on Mines and Mining.
 A complete pan with all its gearings is now here fIr transportation to Aaron Mason, of Pinal county. It will be attached 10 the little mill near Hughie's station. on the Silver King road. This mill was starred d couple of years ago by 8 locomotive engineer and con ductnr Boiling water and knocking down fares were things they knew all about, but grinding quartz was some thing new, at which they failed ignO- miniOusly. Mason bought the outfit The engi!e is a gond one; the mil consists of cylinder in which an arm ed shaft revolves several hundred times minute. stirring up Ihe quartz and powdering il by pefcusion-kInd of a patent churn-but pulveriZes ore very well. The former owners tried 10 amalgamatc the pulp with a machine for cooking" it. Mas n is now go ing 10 try the pan process. It Is said that the first ores worked are to be from Whitlnw's mine. Ine Silver Bell
 Tom Ewing came In on the GIla last Sunday and went on to San Francisco He gIves glowing accounts of the i'm proved appearance of the Signal Com pany ; p opcIty on the McCracken lode The daily yield oI ore is now sixty tons. and with ten days work. il could be increased to 100 per day. The ore body has improved in quality and widened ou. on the second and third levels \ contract has been made with s. c. Mil Ter t Bros. to haul fifty tons day to the mill for a year The mill started up for regular work, on the 29'h, and Is expected to crush fifty tons of ore iaily. The Signal mill is pronounced by competent judges 10 be the best one ever put up ID Arizona. To make such q complete success under the cilcum- stances has called fir display of great energy and good management. Ewing has these faculties n abundance, as all of Us know, who have been acquainted with him since he came out here Such men do wonders toward building up a new country. They achieve success g.. al, ..-..,r