Salt River herald., 1878-12-07

number redeemed is 94, issued April, 1877. The warrants issued by the board the first Monday in January, 1879, for services during the term of court now being held, will probably be paid within eighteen or twenty months from present date.
 It is a great pity, If not disgrace to the territory of Arizona that the San Xavier church property, that an cient relic, more valuable than any other within our borders, should be allowed to go to waste and decay, as it is now doing. The walls should be strengthened and other precautiOn- ary measures taken to preserve the property.
 Hopeful accounts from the Me Crackin country are coming in. Eff, teen men are at work in the mine, making openings for getting at the orc-body north of the old works Stronach, the superintendent, has gone to San Francisco to confer with the trustees. He expects to be mill ing ore again by February 1st.
 The Pueblo Viejo valley is asking to be set off as a new county. We think the movement will find no op- position in Pima county. It is a rich and growing country, particularly in agriculture, and its citizens are men who deserve every encouragement at the hands of the legislature, provided they present their claims in manner satisfactory to all, which we have no doubt they will do
 A very rich strike is reported in the bottom of the old shaft on the Cerro Colorado mine. Some specimens have been taken out which assay as high as $1O,OOO to S12,OOO per ton. The Aravaca mining company have for some time been engaged in pnmp- ing the water out of this old shaft and now they are rewarded by the discov- cry of body of very high grade ore at depth of 212 feet
 Citizen: X recent letter from one of the most reliable men of Prescott says: "A'protest was filed with the Supervisors of Yavapai county prior to canvassing the vote in that county against counting ofthe vote offspring. erville precinct. An affidavit of a reli- able man was filed and showed that of the votes boiled Campbell could nrt have received more than eight or ten that at said precinct Woolsey received fl votes while only 12 were counted for him, and that the ballot box was taken away from the polling place by one of the judges and kept away by him over an hour
 We understand that at last some thing is to be done to open an Arizona mine on the Comstock principle deep shafts and extensive under ground workings. Arrangements have been perfected and the machin cry and timber purchased to sink { shaft down 1000 feet OH the Silver King mine. The shaft is to be a per feet working shaft with three compart ments, and in every appointment is tC be after the new Requa shaft on tho COmstOck. The deepest working now on the King are less than 300 feet where now the incline ends. The idea is to start the shaft at the base O inc hill, and at 1000 feet, drift for tn, magnificent ledge making down iron the foot of tine incline.
 With this improvement the ol( King ought 10 show up richer treas ures than ever before and be able tt extract them iu a minerlike way anC upon an economical basis.-.St0cE Re port.
 The grand jury of PinaI county have found two indictments, one fo manslaughter and one for attempt tC commit murder. In the case of tlI, territory vs. Mrs. E. A. Jones, they recommend that it be held over fo the next grand jury, owing to the ab sence of some material witnesses The committee on public building recommend measures be taken t complete the court house. The book in the sheriff's office were found COT rect, and the construction of secur iail was recommended. The prison CTS were found to have been wei treated. The offices of the treas urcr, recorder and probate judg were found correct. The followin, report was made on the ruins in Pima county: The Casa Grade" is tn oldest ruin wit hin the jurisdiction O the United States. The said ruin i falling to decay, and in imminen danger of being destroyed by treasure seekers and others. We recomment that the secretary of the interior 0h legal guardian of the public domail of the United States) take possession , of the said ruin, and we also recon