The weekly Arizona miner., 1878-04-12
WEDNESDAY,.

The M, o. C. F. society will hold meet ! ing Sunday to make soma arrangements ir
 regard to 2 May-day party
 Regular meeting of the I. O. o. F. a
 Masonic Hall. this evening at 80 o'clock
 Visiting bretlleren are cordially invited rt
 attend.
 C.F. Cate is having his saloon fitted uT
 in fine style. The Nifty always was ia
 vorite resort, and as soon as it gets its new
 dress will be greater favorite than ever Hon. E. c. Peck is booked for Dos Pal
 mas by to-morrow's stage. He goes to San
 Francisco on business connected with the
 Peck Mining Company, of which he is Pres ident.
 The Tiptop mill shut down, on Monday
 last, for want of salt, but will start up again as soon as supply which is on the road arrives.
 Patterson, Caldwell & Co.'S. stage brought in to-day five bars of silver bullion from the Tiptop Company's mill, weighing AT pounds and valued at s7,06l.36.
 Mary Ann Cox, of 17061< Fulton St., New York, has a notice in to-day's paper, want ing information of her brother, William Cox, who was last heard of in this Terri tory, at Camp Grant.
 Two of Gessinger & Cary's teams arrived this afternoon, thirteen days from Ehrenbers, with 2l ,090 pounds offreight, Ii, 900 pounds of which is for l.. Bashford E Co.,, 2,200 pounds for E. H. Weaver, and the balance for T. c. Bray.
 Mir. Carlile, of Desert Station, is in town. He expects his four teams in from Ehren- l,ar ftx-r, &hroo 1au -hov. oft loading, they will be sent to the Clipper saw-mill to load lumber for Picket Post, in Pinal or Maricopa County.
 J.W. SwilIing and family, have moved to new settlement on the Verde river, about forty miles north of Camp Mcdowell, where Mir. s., has taken up ranch with view of engaging in farming, stock raising. etc.. the facilities for so doing being advantageous
 Patterson Caldwell tE Co.'s stage arrived to-day at 30 p. m, from Phoenix, Gillett and Tiptop mine with the following list of passengers: c. P. Head. Jno. Lloyd, P. Mo- ran, MT. Felt, Martin Krockenl,erger, Mr. Boeur, Frank McMillen, Mrs. Brown, Jesse Jackson.
 George E.. Browns arrival from Signal City yesterday was overlooked by the MINER U get their nearest neighbors and friends. Business relations with him, of an important character, absorbed our attention to such a degree that it did not occur to us to inter- view him for news items.
 Joseph Fares, who has several contracts with the Tiptop Company for the furnishing of coal and timber, has at great expense solely end without assistance, built trail from the tall and graceful pine forest on Bradshaw mountains lofty peak to the Tip top mlne a distance of ten miles. Mir. F.. is an energetic citizen and is doing much for the Humbug mines, and at the same time helping himself.
 Judge Cartier, Superintendent of Public Schools is figuring up each districts DOT tion of the school money on hand at the end of the quarter March 3l, 1878. The County has fifteen school districts, six of which have handed in their quarterly re- ports. Their average attendance is as fol- lows: Prescott, 1i7; Walnut Greek, r; Williamson Valley, 15; Lower Verde, 6; Walnut Grove, 10; Oak Creek, 16.
 CoMPRoMIsEp.-The Assignee of the bank rupt estate of & C. Miller 6 Bro., comprom- ised to-day with TEos. Saunders, who held a lease for five years on the Coyote ranch and lh, cattle and horses thereon, He also com | promised with E. l.. Barnett, who claimed inc property under purchase from Miller Bros, so that now he has the cattle, horses, | ranch, iron-pipe and other property, hitherto in dispute free from incumbrance.
 The trusses for the new Courthouse roof will be swung into place on Friday next. Frederick & Hill are busy putting the tin For the roof together in sections. So, that after the timbers are up, and the contract DTS, Wilson & Haskell, put on the sheath ing, it will be but a short time until the -oof is completed. Then will come the ,ower and the big four-faced clock. The thief curiosity and pride we have in the entire structure centers in the clock with its eight hundred-pound bell, and huge faces, figures and hands, enabling every body to set their watches by it two or three times day. It'll be real fun. |