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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-10-24

Oxford Torchlight: Our KNAPP
Of Reeds correspondent informs us
that farmers are through curing
tobacco. Where the hail did not
injure it, it is about an average.
Corn will fall far short of last
years crop. Wild pigeons are
plentiful. Diphtheria prevailing
in q mild form.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-10-24
AbSt E cts Of

The State Auditor Yesterday re-
Oeived abstracts of listed taxables
from the following counties:
Mecklenburg, by William Max
well, Register of Deeds.
General tax, S 734.51
Special " 1888
School 1916
County 35,315.61
Wilson, by Thomas J. Rowe,
Register of Deeds.
General tax, s3,232.O3
Special 1904. ~
School Bios Is
County 9,52S.S1
From j. S. Watson, Register of
Deeds. of Richmond county.
General taxes 50 474.e 80
Special " 2,53O. 53
School 3,449.1 II
County II, 63S.4O
From G. C. Lamb, Register of Deeds
of Martin.
General taxes s.. 1858. Is
Special 2,314.6 so
School {" 1884 sc
County 5,9O8. sc
r. w. Frazier, Register of Deeds, of
Randolph Co., yesterday made to the
Auditor the following abstract of listed
taxables.
General taxes $3,257 8s
Special " 1926 81
School 4 1873. IA
County 1866 SO
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-10-24

Do a little missionary work out
side the Grange. The Grange must
grow by taking in members from
outside, ond, and we cannot expect
persons to join unless they have an
Intelligent idea of what the Grange
is; the way to get them this idea is
to get them to read a goo6 Grange
paper.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-10-24

Peanut oil, from North Carroll
ma, sells well in italy, and cotton
seed oil has almost taken the place
of olive oil throughout Europe.
The export of this latter commo-
dity jumped from 2S1, 600 gallons
in 1876 to 1000 gallons in
1877.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-10-24

hdlclSu OOocl Vel. LuuIC LAW
kins of Little Ivy, Madison county,
is in town. He is a precocious boy
of six years who is an orator, and
an embryo Governor for 1892, a she
declares himself. He is Demo
crat, and makes a speech of an
hour and 4 half long, on politics
and education. The Asheville and
Bskersville papers speak of him as
a youthful Prodigy" and in ges-
ture and manner, for the whole
hour and a half he knocks the
black out of ordinary orators. lie
will display his qualities during
this week, and deserves a premium
as the youthful orator from the
State Fair.
Raleigh Observer: 1t is reported
that last Monday afternoon, at
Sanford, a young man by the name
of We'll, a Baltimore drummer, in
attempting to get on the train on
the Western Railroad, while in
motion, slipped and fell between
the cars, resulting in the loss OF
hiss Of his arm. Full particulars
of the unfortunate affair could not
he learned.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-10-24

MARL.-"Within a few miles of
this place there r Marl beds with
millions of tons Of rich mari which
we are advised by gentlemen of
great intelligence and experience
in handling and using mari, a be
manipulated and delivered in bags
at this place for a nominal sum, as
compared with high priced mani
pulated fertilizers, and that hun
dreds of thousands Of tons could be
sold annually along the lines of rail
roads. We have heard that par
ties here would obligate to deliver
enough daily to load fifteen or
twenty cars, provided freights
could be reduced so that the cost
to planters along the line of roads
would not be too high for profitable
investment in it. = Goldsb0r0 Nail.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1878-11-29
DEATH OF V. B. JUDD.

Late Chicago papers announce the death of one of the most esteemed and prominent men of that city. \. B. Judd, one of the purest lawyers and politicians of the great West. has passed from his friends and ac- Iuaintances, who were devoted 10 him. never to meet on this side of the shore of life aga;n; his name among them will be q household word. He Was man of big heart, generous to q fault, ana his deeds were those of goodness, greatness and worth But yesterday, as it were, this noble speci- mel of mankind was full of life, ambition devotion and care; to-day, all that is mortal Of him, has made its journey over the great highway which so enlisted his feaIty and attention: and the places which once knew him shall know him no more forever. His remains were followed to their last rest Ing place by hundreds of the most promi- nent men of the Northwest. including Sheri- dan ana large cOncOurSe of military of ficers and the most distinguished members of the bench and bar
The weekly Arizona miner., 1878-11-29
THE MINING REGION.

The mining regions of rhe United States,
 west of tie Missouri River, contain the richest deposits of precious ores in the
 world It Is striking fact, where the mountains present bleak walls of rock, and
 vegetation is the scantlest. that there exist
 the greatest mineral treasures. Deep down
 in the bowels of the earth lie strata upon
 strata ot gold and silver bearing rock. \
 large part of the $i 100, 0,000,0 900. which the
 cold mines of California have yielded since
 IS4S were extracted at depths of one thou
 sand and two thousand feet. Over S2.0OO.-
 900 were spent on the Sierra Nevada mine
 before orc was struck. Virginia and Con-
 soIidated mines. which since 1878 have pro-
 duced more than Sl00,000,000 have been
 worked down 90 twenty-two hundred feet.
 The miner tolls in these subterranean
 abvs.es with great difficulty. The
 temperature of 130 degrees Farenheit pros
 trates his energies and cXhausts his strength.
 Vast tunnels. such as the Sutro. have been
 dug in order to ventilate these gloomy cav
 ernS and reduce their heat. The deeper the shaft sinks. the more flattering, often IS the
 prospect. New quartz velns present them selves, and masses of glittering ore gleam
 from the rock in which they are Imbeded.
 How far below the surface of tAe earth the miner can dig and delve depends on hIs communication with the upper air. The heat of the earth increases the farther he deSccnds, and in some cases also, it seems that the rarest treasures increase in like n. The mines of Arizona, which are chiefly silver-bearing, generally begin at the surface, cropping out and revealing their existence to the .2Ost casual observer. This Territory contains greater amount of mineral wealth than is to be found any where else. Humboldt predicted that in this region would ne discovered more gold and silver than Is concentrated in any other The silver and gold belts of the North here unite with the veids that tra- verse Mexico and South America. The Arizona mines are rich enough 10 supply the whole world with silver. The Southern Pacific Railroad, which has new reached Yuma, will, in the course of year, tra- verse the Territory to Fl PasO on the Rio Granue, connecting at that point wi,h the cOnverglng from Texas and New MeXicO and with the proposed extension to the City of Mexico. The completion of these lines of communication will lead to rapid development of the mineral resOur- ces of Arizona, ana to the easy conveyance of its products to the Eastern ana Western markets.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1878-11-29
ALL ACoUiTTED.

Hosalio Colomo, Manuel Lucero, Madaleno
 Caldaron and Juan Srdillo, indicted at the
 June, 1878. term of the District Court for
 the killing of one Peter Clanton. a deSpe-
 rado, at St. Johns. in October 1S.s. have
 all been acquitted of the crimes as charged
 In tLe indictment, anG were last evening
 set al liberty. The prisoners have been con-
 fined for several months. their property ail
 squandered in delrayinS ihe expenses incl dent on defending eases of the above na-
 turc. The County has ai Q been encum-
 bercd with an indebtedness to the amount
 of several thousand dollars and all te no purpose. The District Attorney prosecu- ted these several cases with zeal, and brought out all the evidence possible to be procured, still it was of such a conflicting character that guilt could not he sustained
 ihe attorneys for the defense, Messrs. Fitch & Churchill. watched Ihe interests of their clients with great care, and have the satis- faction of seeing them all free of the | serious crimes set mp against them. The l last case trled. that or Lucerc. was submit i ted to the Court and jury without argu- ment. Judge Silent, in a clear manner, de- livered his charge to the jury. when they retired. and in about forty minutes returned alverdict of mot guilty" The cases of Calderon and Sedilo. which had not yet been tried, and being identical with that of Lucero. were then disposed of, by District Attorney Weber introducing motlon ask ing for Il Rolle pr0sqai, on the grounds that he believed a conviction could not be cb- tained, and to prevent putting the County to useless expenditure, etc. The motion was granted by the Judge, and the priso- ners ordered released. The people of the Little Colorado should now lay aside per sonal differences. go to work for the inter- csts of their section. and stand shoulder to shoulder for order and law. "In unien fnere is strength" |,
The weekly Arizona miner., 1878-11-29
The Dclegacy.

From the returns thus far received. MT. Campbell stands ahead of all other candi- dates, and if the vote as canvassed, is free from fraud and Mr. Campbell iS entitled to the certificate. We want to see him have it and We will stand in to see that it Is given to him. On the other hand if It is proven beyond doubt that great frauds have been perpetratcd, which wron2ful!y puts MT. Campbell in the majority and places some one else who is rigntfulIy entitled to the certificate, in the minority, then We do net want to see Mir. Campbell seated at the eX- pense of some one else. Let far play and honesty prevail over t. tcachcry and fraud
The weekly Arizona miner., 1878-11-29

Although in hurry to get to press. by the urgent solicitation of an excited auG indignant ola bach, whose extreme ace should protect him from emotions super. induced by the palpitation of ~Eureka's'' buzzsm. or any other woman,s buzzum. we consented to reprint the following
 AN INFRINGEMENT ON OUR RIGurs-A psddler has been sneaking around taking orders for an article of ladies' wear which he calls the Eureka Buzzum.r At the will of the wearer it can be made to rise and fall like waves on summer sea, anl cannot be distinguished from the genuine asticie by the most cultivated touch. Eel. where k our Magn, Charta ? Where Is the boasted palladium of our liberties Have we no iaagsr enr rights hat these confounded pcddiers are bound p respect.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1878-11-29

me ralny seasons represented in each column ended for California before begin. Ing for California; and as there is general, or, we may say, remarkable correspond- ence in the table, tine wet seasons bein~ in
 me same column on both sides of the Colo rado, We infer that the ralny season in Cal. iicrnla indicates the character of the next rainy season in Arizona; and the meteoro. logical statistics of Arizona furnish uo basis for calculating the probabilities of the seasons in our State We congratulate Arlzona on her advantage in this respect. we regard tas very important to her in. dustrles. Fort Yuma is on the bank of inc Golofaao tt % hiver, about latitude g degrees f' minutes. Fort Moiave IS on the same stream, about 35 degrees: Camps Anache ncDoWeil and Verde are about latitude al ., uesrceS' III the mIddle or eastern part of m the Territory; Fort Whipple in the centre Aau pa@ps howie, Grant and Lowell are ,outh af the Gila, and southeastern part of Arizona. part oi
The weekly Arizona miner., 1878-11-29
The Railroad i. working into the interior

The Railroad is working into the interior of Arizona at the rate of one mile per day. Mir. Stowbridge, superintendento of construc- tion. is now on the ground, cast of Yuma, directing the movements of 5OO Chinese who are at work for the Company. The number of working men is to be increased to 1000, when the line will be run at the rat. or one and a-half miles a day. A few Los Angeles hard-shels, who imagined that they wanted to have d hand in the building of this road, came out to the front, took d look, aDd thought the climate would not agree with their tender constitutions, and concluded to return to the City of the An gels and live on Hope, Faith and Charity. They say, 'tbe Chinese must stay
The weekly Arizona miner., 1878-11-29
COMPLIMENT TO 4. ". CALLEN.

From tue Junction City (Kansas) papers
 we see that "Old Grizzly" who is well and
 favorably known in Yavapai counry. having headed party that settled here four wears
 ago; and he himself remained for more
 than two years investing in our mines. of
 which he has at this time many very valua-
 blc ones, that he intends at an early day to
 return to and developc has beea elected to
 the Legislature in Kansas At the time Mr.
 Calian was nominated fer the Legislature.
 to which he has just been elected by very
 large majority, he was away from home. and had no intimation whatever that his friends intended sending him to the Capi- tai of kansas to represent them as d lepis
 lator ThlS Is the third time that NIT. Cal leu has filled the same position, and been elected by the same people. His many friends Tn Arizona will be pleased Q learn of the mgh compliment just paid Mir. Cal len Oy the people of his town and county. ard they will also be glad to sec him re. turn this coming Spring to this Territory al the head of large number of prospect l ers, farmers, etc, with view of working our rich silver and gold lodes. and other. wise developing the resources of this cx- tensive Territory. We congratulate the people ot Davis county, Kansas, upon its good luck Tn securing the able services of i 'oId Gnzzly" as Representative, and con graduate our old Arizona friend upon re- ,elvlnS the complimentary vote at the hands of hls constituents.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1878-11-29
Steamsh pS and RaIlI pads,

Last Saturday subscription books were
 opened Tn San Francisco for the San Fran. cisco and Arizona Steamship and Narrow Gauge Railroad Company" representing the new line of transportation which we have already referred to extensively in these columns. Up to Monday noon, at which time Mr. Frank Baker left San Francisco Tn return home, the sum of S13,OO0 had been subscribed toward the nov enterprise. MT. haker brought subscription paper with him. and since his arrival in Los Angeles last Tuesday, has secured substantial names representing sl2,050. This makes to,al of SS5,05O subscribed toward the canital stock of the company up to latest reports. MT. Baker, who has canya>sed to some ex- tent outlying sections between here and santa Monica, says that the farmers are aII enthusiastically in favor Of the new enter. pfise. and those who are unable to offer subscriptions in cash will readily turn ont In their teams and assist in gradin:: the road The sentiment in favor of an independen, line of transit is unanimous.-lLos Angeles Express. Nov. 23d
The weekly Arizona miner., 1878-11-29
The Rainfall in Arizona.
Alta California Almanac. l

We have compiled the subioincd table. showing the rainfall at various military posts in Arizona, in inches, (Omiiting frac- uons) of the six months from April to Sep tember inclusive, from 1870 to 1S,S: and the average annual rainfall at each post. adding, for comparison, the rainfall at San Francisco and Los Angeles of the twe!ve months ending with June of the year indi- cated at the head of the column. The fig- ures of the Arizona stations for 1878 do not include September: and all the figures for Fort Moiave are defective, the record for June in every year having been lost. IL is to be remembered that the figures of the statisns except in the last column. are for SIX months, while those for Los Angeles and San Francisco, are for entire years:
The weekly Arizona miner., 1878-11-29

Gen. Geo. Crook, accompanied by Gen M , '. hautz' Col. M. I. Ludington and MaI. l. Ihonburg, all of the United States Army, arrived at Nevada City. Friday Iast to visit the Murchie quartz mine in wb;c1' IGci .nns & Ji EG interested. Friday night the citi h;ns h;l, eiu 1en; Crook the honor of giving nm a serenade by the Nevada Brass nanI at rSaos. ,ne nion Hotel: where he was stopping.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1878-11-29

, One of the old stand-bys of the river hr. .. A. Ames. is back here again. If i, astonishing how men come back to Ar;zo',, It seems that every man who drinks -C,oI" rado rlver water for a few years becor,os ,o
 peoned to the country, and cannot Iaa''s IL Tor good. MT. Ames goes cut nm M"n e = oay with Mr- Hooker.-~Yuma Sentinel
The weekly Arizona miner., 1878-11-29

The following letter, received lately by Wm. II. Adams of San Jose, son of the late H. II. Adams, from Governor Marscal of Sonora, Mexico furnishes authentic infor- nation as to the disposition made of the two murderers of Adams and Finley, who were captured under Mariscal's jurisdiction and reported to have been shot on his order: .t-
 JREs, (SOnOraD. October B, 1878.
 My DEAREST FRIEND:-I received your letter dated 3)th of last month. in which you ask me for some information about the assaSslns of your father J. II. Adams, ana (. Finley, III this State, 10 what they con. fesSed CT declared with respect to the crim- inal decd that they committed in Davidson Canyon. Arizona. In answer manifest 10 you that two of the asSiSSinS were captured m this State, but they have not yet been shot, and they are now well guarded in the Magdalena prison. The criminals are natives ot Mexico. 1 cannot consent to the extra diiion until am ordered by tine supreme Government of this Republic. l have writ ten 10 the City of Mexico, sending all the particulars of the deed, and trust when 'he Government at Washington reclaim ofmy country the ex-rarliuon of these individuals, and when shall be ordered, shall take special carr to deliver them up. Such individuals should not have any consideration saown them. desire ardently that they shall be delivered up according to law. assure you that they will be guarded until the time comes when the law will sentence them according to the.r crime. With this motive I remain your attentive seryitor. Y. MARIsC,L.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1878-11-29

Jslln w. Young, returning to Salt Lake from lis Arizona mission. reports that Ter ritory secured to the Mormons.-I Sacra- mento Union.
 The above is an example of some of the fslsehoods that are manufactured and cir culsted about our Mormon friends who re- side in this Territory. John W. Young has not been in Arizona for nearly year. therefore it will be seen at glance that the above is a fabrication manufactured out of whole cloth.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1878-11-29

.; A slnd Providence is full of conepensa
 uons; The pestilence opened the hear,s "f ,,e .,,e Mor'nsrn to the Southern people and tue not slroccos have been ioilowad kH anu .ong ..sg lndian summer. so balmy and hosu !" ,,,ul' U, as to make us forget fevsr and .,oosS
 there ss IS such season in any o,her ,an. oi the world as our American autumn pu'
The weekly Arizona miner., 1878-11-29

MaJor Truman, Special Postal Agent. has reported that the mall service in Arizona is m wreiched condition, and that there have been forty depredations committed by stage roboers. Any one could have told Thai :.. aaa saved the Treasury the Majors travel, ing expenses.-ES. F. Post.
 nevertheless, it was highly essential that 'se 1overnment send an agent here to per sonaiiy inspect the irregularities of mail matters generally, and officially report thereon, all of which has been accomplisbe,l ln ii'e mission of Major Truman to this Tea riiory last month.-lED. MINER.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1878-11-29

Will the Democratic party of tho "Solid South" take note of the ''still, small voice" heard on the 9th of November. While the commercial prosperity of the Nation is going to be watched and cared for, even in remote Arizona, SD are the guaranteed rights of the newly enfranch.sed citizens of the land. Rifle clubs, sand-lot orators, and red-shirt organ. cations with trained blood hounds to hunt down men who dare ex- press a political sentiment at the ballot box, will yet be found the most costly ven ture the south has evcs embarked in. With the people of Arizona, where party lines have never been drawn. this buIldo- zing was carried on to certain cNtcnt-for instance, the actions of church robed off cial at Yuma, the high-hauacd fraud by high-toned combination of interruptions characters at Springcville, and the whole sale purchasing of votes a. St. Johns, together with intimidations at the same place, are fair specimens of how the pufif- CTS of tine Nation are trying to carry the day. The noble Ring dissolvcrs" have high aspirations money and control.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1878-11-29
Advertising Reduced !

Lawyers and Doctors cards ST. per month Summons in the District Court S5. sheTis sale sixty days SIS and everything in tn. advertising hne in proportion. Every person afford to advertise. Merchants can make private contrac;s.- ED. MISEH.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1878-11-29
THE CHINESE.

We have in Yavspai County about - Chinese, all of whom arc steadily employed in various ayocations, and their wages each can be safely put down per diem at Sl, or about S, 900 per month. Thus twill be seen that even out here in very remote corner of the Globe the Celcstials manage t0 get away with something like S24,000 per annum, tlie major part of which finds its way to China. FaIr years is only needed in which the few Chinese who live among us can ship away from the Territory slO0,- 600, never more to be seen in this part of the world It wouhd bc much better to invite poor white men and women who are starving in some of the large cities to come and partake of that which thc Chinese rice eaters and miscrs are rcaping.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1878-11-29
BY TELEGRAPH.
special to the Miner.

Washington. Nov aI.-The Commls- s,oner of Indian Affairs. iR his report ex- presses the opinion that most of the ln dians in Arizona and New Mexico may De moved to the Indian Territory. The Mission and IIoope Valley Agencies in California are re-established.
 The President has suspended Wellington Bard. Indian Agent at Fort Peck Agency, Montana, and has appointed ln ms place Elias H Webb, of Illinois. About 70 temporary Clerks, mostly women. have been discharged by the Treas ury Department.
 Rhode Island has elected Gov. Houston to the L. $. Senate.
 Boston, Nov. 27.-Wool is in little de- mand, and prices low.
 Ibrail. Nov. 2S.-ROumanians are cross ing the Danube into Dobrudscha.
 Hamburg, Nov. 28.-The American steamship Pomerania. from New York. col lided with Welsh bark and sunk IL; 5S persons missing.
 An epidemic is raging at Magoder, near Madrid, and 60 deaths daily are reported. It is believed to be cholera.
 Los Angeles, Nov. 2S.-The Chief of Police was knocked down, last night, and robbed Of money anu )eWelry.
 San Francisco, Nov. 27.-Dennis kear- ney returned last nigh-, and was met at the ferry by a concOurse of working men and military companies belonging to Clubs of different wards.
 Reports from the Sierra Nevada state that the cross-cut had passed the pOrphyry, etc., ana re-entered rich ore.
 FiuanciaI
 San Francisco, Nov. 2S. Gold, IO0js: legal tenders, 997s @l00; Mexican dollars. 9O15@9l; trade dollars, 97; half dollars, 9S34.
 STOCKS.
 Stocks closed: Silver King, l5; Tiptop, 40; Alpha, 915; Cal. S24; Con. Va. :; G. tS Curry, Sl9; Eureka, 36; Justice, A; Ophir, 10; Sierra Nevada, 43; Utah, l7'9; Yellow Jacket, 1424; San Kay, loo; Union 54; Bodie, 16; Mexican. 3l: Overman. I21i