The weekly Arizona miner., 1878-11-15


 l.. McGuire's team arrived to-day from Salt River with 14,000 pounds of flour for Bowers & Richards.
 Judge Archer, the author of the great freight and fare bill, will be in on the stage this evening. We understand he will take look at the mines of Bradshaw.
 General Fremont is in receipt of beau tiful specimen from the '76 mine, owned by Geo. W. Bernard & O.. situate near the Tlptep mine, in Humbug district.
 Secretary Gesper, at latest dates was in Illinois, where he was to remain few days. when he would visit friends in Ohio and Washington, and return home about Christmas.
 C. NJ. K. Paulison has kept correct count of the vote throughout the Territory for Delegate, and has kindly furnished us with the figures, which we present, Tn taDu- lar form, to our readers.
 GoIp.-C. Y. Shelton exhibited to our view, to-day, $4S0 in gold, proceeds from ten tons ofrock, which he had just worked in an arastra. from his Eureka lode on Lynx Creek. Shelton has plenty of similar to that just worked and thinks of getting mill with which to work it, as the present system which he is now using Is en- tireiy too slow.
 The Plaza Bit Saloon is now the finest m the Territory. Wewere surprised tos see the improvements that MT. Smith, the proprietor, has made. He now has card room and otAonhaA 4n tho ealnnn- and some beautiful and costly pictures hung up on all sides, making 1t appear like an art gallery. If you want good cigar, or drink hot and cold, the Plaza Bit Saloon Is the place to get it.
 ARRIVED DOvERLAND-Mr.S Saml. D. Lount wife and children, arrived here in their own conveyance from Knoxville, Tenn, via. Colorado, New Mexico, etc. MT. L., IS brother to D. s. and Geo. Lount of this place, and comes to Arizona to find home for himself and family. We, in common with the people generally extend hearty welcome to these and all others who come to abide with us and make themselves permanent residents.
 Superintendent Webber of the Tiptop mine and mill is in from Gillett. He re- ports the mill as busy doing good work and the ore from the mine as averaging better than at any time heretofore. The Tiptop mine is no surface ledge, as we hap pen to know from personal examination, having dropped down into the main shalt a distance of 3S0 feet, on our visit to Tip top last week We saw at the lowest level, good walls-40 inches of ore, samples of which we brought away worth s3,OOO to the ton.
 NIT. Daniel Hatz, one of the owners of the A mlne, situated near Thumb Butte, visi- ted that property yesterday, and from him we learn that work is progressing finely on that mine. There are at present three men at work sinking a shaft on the man ledge. A large quantity of very rich ere IS being taken out, and the veIn is widening and getting richer as the work progresses This mine is the first of the alphabetical series discovered and located by Frank Shultz last Fall, in the vicinity of Thumb Butte, and the owners have hope that they will all prove as rich as the A B is showing itself to be.
 Chief Operator Hunter has kindly fur nished US the following dispatch, which speaks for itself:
 'The following was sent to me by the Phenix office, as the returns of Pima County Stevens, 5S0; Campbell, 343; Davis, 145; Woolsey, 27. We won't have any more re- turns over the line without source to trace them to. This one must be correct, as it is from MT. Pitts of PheniX. We will have all returns in future sent from this office to the City office, so there can be no such blunders as the last ones, and will see that each man sending them signs bis name.
 HUNTER"
 Rudolph Phiffering, man who has friends everywhere, left this morning for San Francisco, where he will remain with good friends the remainder of that time allotted to him on earth. Rudolph was known here as man of honest convictions, witty, possessed of much information, and will long be rememberedin in this community, especially by the little children with whom he was general favorite Rudolph was in duced by Mir. Jake Marks to make the change ofTesidence from Prescott to Frisco, knowing that in the latter place, he will in his old age and declining health find a pleasant home with the Livingston's, who have for many years seen that he wanted for nothing.
 MT. John Long, who keeps the Halfway house between Prescott and Whipple, claims that he made complaint before the Grand Jury, that certain party entered his house and robbed the same, still the gentlemen who constitute the great body of the forum, refused to indict the intruder. The people of Yavapai pay taxes for the purpose of having their lives and property protected against desperadoes, thieves and cut-throats, and how we'll their claims are being watched and guarded by those sworn to do their duty. the above is a fair example. Had store in the town of Prescott been entered and pillaged by the same man who robbed Mfr. Long, the offender would have been sentenced to life term in the peni tentisry. The Grand Jury have fell short of doino fheir dutv