The weekly Arizona miner., 1878-03-29
FLORENCE ceRREspoNDKscE.

EDITOR NrxER:-For several days his Honor, the Chief Justice, n5w presiding in the District Court of the lst Judicial Dis trict in and for the County of PiHsl, has been engaged in hearings divorce case of more thaa ordinary inteiest- The plaintiff in the action is lady from Sonora, who, after having been th wife of more tuan one husband, wss waited on the tide of cir cumstsnces to the valley of the Gila, where she met the defendant. with whom she lived for several years They were both poor, and the smiles of propiEiOus fortune were not vouchsAfed to them, yet they struggled on in peaceful poverty until the plaintiff, becoming discouraged, disheartened, and dissatisfied with her dubious relations with the defendant, dissolved partnership and returned 10 the land of ths Montezum2s. taking with her the fOcks and herds, the household goods and household gods of the defendant In course of time, by one of those strange freaks of fortune not unfre- quent in mining countries, the defendant, who i< rapidly drawing near the sunset of life. became possessed of great wealth. The plaintiff heard of rich mineral discove- ries made by the defendant, and that in the treasure houses of Pioneer mining district be possessed vast riches. Her cupidity WAS aroused and the mereensry features of wo- mankind soon became prominent She re- turned from the land of the cactus and toEtil- las, and appeared, after an absence of several yesrs, upon the streets of Florence, claim ing to be the wife of the defendant, who. during her absence, had taken 60 himself a spouse. An action for dissolution of the marriage tic was brought, on the ground of assertion and failure to provide, and the pfaintif asked for one-half of the defend ants wealth, which she alleged 10 be the modest sum of three hundred and ninety six thousand dollars. An array Of witness were examined pro and con, but the Court failed to be convinced that the plaintiff came into Court with clean hands CT clothed in the garments of spotless purity Her prayer gas derided, and many similarly situated as the defendant, who feared the establish ment of fearful precedent now rest in conscious security.
 Mr. Fitch, of Prescott. has been in att tendance upon the Court, but has returued home His ExcelleEcy, the Governor, Is here on official business That genial, pOpu- lar and weil-known butcher, Phil. Kohl heyer, formerly of Prescott, Is established in business here, and doing well. His health is greatly improved, and the lines seem to have fallen to him ih pleasant places, but like all who have tasted the sweets of life in Prescott, be would like to return to the Capital, where he has hosts of friends.
 The Bar of this section of the Territory has recently received several valuable ae- q1ssitions, prominent amOng whom is Col. F. Stanford, of Tucson. The Coionel has. for several years. been practitioner al the Los Angeles bar, b1t attracted to Arizona by the rich promises of near future. he has located permanently st the former Capital, where he Is recognized as one of the leading lawyers South of the GiIa- Nr Weed. the competent photographic reporter from Prescott, has been making himself useful in reporting eases. Your eoIrespoadeEt hopes to furnish the readers ! of the MINER with some items of interest from the mining camps of this and Mari copa counties before his return to Prescott
 F.LB.G.
 Florence, March 5, ISIS.