The weekly Arizona miner., 1878-03-01
Fridays, News.

R. E. Elliott, of the Occidental mine, Lynch Greek, is in town to-day. ". s. Head, just in from Verde. reports the heaviest rain of the season, in that Val- ley, yesterday.
 March comes in like a summer day, as gentle as child, and if old savings ali be true, it will go out amid storm and tempest s like lion, fierce and wild.- C. Y. Shelton sends in word that Lynx Creek is booming. that placer miners have plenty of water and are whooping up the dirt and everlastingly scooping out the gold. Messrs. Nash aud Zimmerman, of Will Hanson Valley, were in town this morning. The farmers of Williamson Valley are quite hopeful that the approaching season wiIl be a profitable bne.
 Speaking of bankruptcy reminds us that If local items were the only legal tender. hereabouts, we should all become involun- tary bankrupts- There are absolutely none in circulation.
 George E. Brown has been on a scout as far as the Verde Valley looking after seed potatoes and the like. Brown. Marsh and Boettcher are thinking of farming the Jeff Davis ranch on the Hassayampa.
 Wilson < Haskell are busy, to-day, put ting the floor timbers in the upper story of the Courthouse, in order to give the brick layers a show to finish the walls, which they will not be long in doing when the carpen- ters get out of the way.
 No PRESS REPoRT-The telegraph line is working to-day, but so badly that no press report can be had.
 There is about bushel of prepaid mes sages lying at Yuma, that have preference, and are coming through with difficulty.
 Coop NEWS FROM THE TIpToP.-Mr. Wright. of Wright tS Kading, writes to A. Mcbride, of Thorne S Mcbride that the Tiptop mill is running splendidly, the pulp assays. as it comes from the battery, average Sf ,200 per ton. This, as everybody knows. who knows anything about mining, and milling is extraordinarily rich.
 It is rumored at the Post that the masked en-who invaded the residence of Col. Will kins, few nights ago, were neither bur glars nor soldiers who could not be account ed for on their rolls at night, but a couple l of officers bent on having a little inno- centGl amusement at the expense of others |
 l.. F. They should be confined in the guard house. George E. Brown gives lively account of | farming operations in Verde Valley. The people are putting in grain under the old l ditches; and ou the north side of the river above the Post new ditch is being con- structed which takes in number of new farms. There is no lack of water wherever they have ditches in any part of the Valley, and Brown regards the 'syerde Vale" as the garden spot of Arizona.
 THE MILLER BROTHERS BANKRUPTCY cAsE.-Judge Tweed denied tie application of the Miller Bros. to De released from the custody of the U. s. Marshal, without ponds, yesterday afternoon, and made an order that they appear before C. B. Rush, in Bankruntcy, this morning, o answer questions concerning their prop .rty, ability to pay, etc.
 They appeared at ten o'clock, in obedi- nee to the order, but refused to answer, on he grounds that they were not yet ad- judged bankrupt.
 The matter was then sent before Judge Tweed, on a charge of contempt. who ruled hat they must either answer or 90 to prison pr contempt of Court, and remarked that e did not propose to have the Court made farce of that if they could not De accom- lodated with quarters in the county jail he hould have 10 apply to the Commanding fficer at Fort Whlpple for place for them T the military prison.
 Finding that they must either answer or o to prison for contempt, they agreed to nswer at ? p. M., before the Commissioner. n the meantime they are still in thecustody the Marshal, Tn default of the bond re- uired 70 insure their attendance from time ) time in Court.
 w. H. Weber received the following dis atch to-day. San Francisco, Feby. 2s Gov. Hoyt, myself and other Arizonian's ave for Prescott to-day. l
 PAUL WEBER.
 Last Rainfall.