The weekly Arizona miner., 1878-08-23

1 A party calling themselves inc Non-paz tisians has bee1 fo med in Maricopa County many of the b-es cad mon influential cit zens of that county are connected with tn political move. A co1ve ifion is call ed
 take place at Phenix on the 26th inst. vii
 R. B. C-rley as Chairman.
 T. J. Butler. as assignee of the estate { \ Miller Brothers, has commenced suit to n cover s1 900 from James Watson and Jame l Pffeld for property claimed to have bee taken by defendants belonging to the Mile estate. and which should have been turne
 in as assets to the creditors.
 Some of Billy Gaven's old friends woul
 he surprised should they happen to ,
 travelling through North Carolina and inee
 him dressed up in fine suit of black clothes
 sbiled" shirt, stove pipe hat, and pair high heeled boots, such being part of th'
 regimentals that he has donncd.
 The Bon Ton Restaurant, next doc
 north of Raible's Brewery, was opened to day, and judging by the appearance of tb'
 tables, the most fastidious epicure would have no cause for complaint. The proprie tor, H. Ohnick, has an extensive experienc, in catering to the appetite, and will n' doubt please the Prescott public. D. R. Poland came in on Saturday evening from Big Bug district for the purpose ol securing supplies. MT. Pollard and bis part ner, Mir. Roberts, are busy just now doing assessment on gold ledge named "The Belle.r The ledge is about feet wide with q very rich pay streak that is yielding ore worth s1 per pound.
 There are those persons in the world who seek office for the purpose of selling out. Should circumstance of this kind come up in our Legislature this winter we want to see that man impeached, and should a law be passed through fraud of this kind then we want to see the Governor veto it.
 c. c. Bean received telegram from Hay den's Ferry, Maricopa County, stating that Blackburn, the runaway, passed that place on Fridry last. Mir. Bean has offered, of his own accord, to Sheriff Bowers, $500 for the apprehension and return to this place for trial, the person of Chas. Blackburn. We publish very able and important declsien rendered by Judge Silent in the case of Sedillo, ct al, who applied to be admitted to ball on a writ of hGbeGs corpus. The question is one of vital importance. It has come up before the courts of Arizona heretofore but never has been passed upon by any of the former Judges.
 Lieut.. Edward E. Dravo, of Camp Me- Dowell, we are sorry to learn, met with a very severe accident few days since, while riding horse around the Camp. It seems that there was clothes stretched which the Lieutenant did not observe that caught him, throwing him back on the saddle, and, it is feared, seriously injuring his spine.
 NEW CLocK.-The new clock for the County Recorders office arrived this morn jag. It is of the latest pattern, elegant in manufacture, gives the days of the week, dates, etc, and is called the Seth Thomas What the real cost of this handsome timer is we have net learned. It was purchased through T. J. Morgan and is by him being regulated ready to be placed in the Record CTS office which is soon to be removed into the new county building.
 The Board of Supervisors met this morn ing, and established a precinct at Snyder s Hole, and opcointed c. T. Rogers Justice of the Peace for the same. They also es- tablished Mogolon precinct, and MT. Lang hurst J. P. of the said precinct.
 The resignation of J. W. Johnson as Jus tice of the Peace for Alexandra was received and accepted.
 w. Blake for $2,0s7.06 in payment for h. surance policies on our new County build ing.
 Only two bids were received for furnish Ishing the Court House with furniture, those being the bids of Goldwater tE Bro, and Campbell & Parker. The figures are not made public.
 The Board will meet at 10 o'clock to- morrow for the purpose of acting on same.
 EscAPEp-AIilton A. Vance and Thomas Berry, two knights of the road who were ar rested for robbing the United States mails, and who were tried and con icted for that offense at the June term of the District Court, 1877, have left their comfortable quar- ters and good rations at Fort Whipple, and !" gone where the woodbine twineth." These men were each under life sentence in some prison, and although they were sentenced fnement has never been designated, and they nave been kept by the United States Mar 'hal in the guard house at Fort Whipple. during the night of Saturday last hese men made strike fer liberty, and judging from large hole they made under he guard house wall to the outside, and heir absence on Sunday morning, we are in- 'lined to think that they succeeded admir- lbly. Which route they have taken is hard | o tell, but there are those looking up their rial who will no doubt find the direction hey have taken and possibly capture them l