The weekly Arizona miner., 1879-01-10
WEDNESDAY,.

he likes to be counted as Californian. Al active lawyers and good Judges.
 KNIGHTS or PYTHIAs.-A special meeting of the above Order will be held at half -pasi six D. m., tEis 7th day of JanuarN 1879, foI the purpose of installation of officers for tic ensuing term. J. A. GUILD, C. C.
 Mir. P. M. Fisher has leased the Cate Saloon property, and is now running the whole machinery in first-clas style. Fisher has many Old friends. aud as he is obliging, active, and well calculated 10 properly attend 10 ihe business, he cannot fail in his new departure.
 Misses Tucker, Parker and Skinkle, three very excellent young ladies, have reason to feel proud of their success in securing their election tO the Enrolling and EngrossiDg Cierkships Tomorrow, undoubtedly, Miss Mitchell will be elected Assistant Enrolling and EngroSsing Clerk in the Council. ! We are pained to learn that our friend Uhas. Yates, D quite sick, and has been con ! fined to his bed for some two weeks witll a severe cold which settled ou his lungs. ! ii"pe Doctor Yates will soon recover from his indisposition.
 A party of engineers recently went up on ihe boat from Yuma to Hardyville for the purpose of making preliminary examin- ation of the river between M0lIave and Fl DoraIa Canyon. After having examined the feasibility of improving the Colorado, they will report to Congress, the amount necessary to be appropriated for the im- provement of Arizona's only navigable river, and in all probabilities money will be ap- propriated so that work can be commenced next summer
 AnZonais fast becoming filled up with news papers. No less than nine papers are pub lished in the Territory at present distributed as follows: Prescott, two, Arizona MINER and EnterDriSe; Phenix. one, the Herald 1; Yuma one, the Sentinel: Tucson, four, two in Spanish, and two in English, the Citizen and Star, for Americans to read, ana the Fronterizo and Dos Repuhlicas for the Mexicans. At Globe, Pinsl county, the Silver Belt is published Three years ago there were but three papers published in the Territory.
 The New Orleans papers informs Us that an important revolution in sugar making m that State is going on-the old system giving way to what is called the central factory system. The new method is similar to the plan of making butter and cheese in the North. where the farmers of neighbor hood, irs,ead of making each his own milk and cream into cheese ant butter, take the one to the central factory and the other to creamery and sell them for a market price the result being what we call factory cheese and creamery butter, each better than that made by individual farmers or ut dairies
 Our imp of perdition, upon emerging from his pile of blankets this morning, about that oewitching hour when Dan Hatz summons his bearders to breakfast, at glance took in the condition of his kind ling wood, and who, by the by, blasphcmes as readily in Spanish as in English, ex pended the vocabulary of epithets in both kangaages, on the author of "Beautiful Snow, and expressed the wish that he may be doomed through all future cycles of time, to ride an Arctic iceberg in search of Sir John Franklin, and then at the last day, when Gabriel shall have sounded the final call be compelled 10 get down on his marrow bones and beg the forgiveness of an outraged world.
 Funeral of the Late Ed. r. Bowers.
 Notwithstanding the snow was quite deep and travel on foot very disa2recablc, a large number of our citizens including the Masonic order turned out this afternoon, to pay their respects to the dead. Both houses of the Legislature, and also the Supreme Court adjourned for the purpose of allowing the members the opportunity of being pres ent, nearly every bushes house closed its doors and the town had solemn appearance. A good citizen has been laid away to rest. \ devoted wife and four loving children will never more look upon that familiar face, or listen to the kind words of inc good husband and kind father.
 SUPREME COURT MATTERS.
 At the meeting of the Supreme Court, on Mouilay morning, the three Judges forming the Arizona Bench, were all present.
 Murat Mastcrson, on motion of Hon. 1 Clark Churchill, was admitted as an Attor- ! ney and Counsellor in the Supreme Court, ! on a certificate from the Supreme Court of California.
 The case Of J. NJ. Pike S Co. rs. II. V. ! Cram, m bankruptcy, was placed on the | 
 The Territory rs. Wm. Partridge, appel ! Iant. was argued by Murat Masterson for l the Territory. and Benjamin Morgan for the ! appellant. Submitted to the Court, and . taken under adyisement.
 X committee of three was appointed to examine the qualifications of James R. Lowe, an applicant for admission to the . Bar.
 Court adioarncd until Tuesday, Eth inst, ! It 10 o'clock.
 TUESDAY.
 The Supreme Court met this morning at i 10 q cock per adjournment from yesterday, . and took mp the following business:
 Mr Lowe having been examined by the | commiitc, who reported favorable, was ad- nittrd Co practice in the Supreme Court.
 \ W. Carpenter, of Tucson, made appi- .a,ion for admission to practice at the Supreme Bench. A committee was ap pointed to examine NIT. Carpenters fIali- fcarions and report thereon
 The case of Pike vs Cram, was taken up partially argued aud motions taken under 
 Hargrsvc and Morgan vs C r Head, was .alled and laid over until tomorrow.
 The case cf Ilotoling vs \ Elhs, motion o place same on the Calendar was admitted -Cou,t adjourned until t0-snorroE the sth .t 70 o'clock.
 Led Astray.