The weekly Arizona miner., 1879-12-26

The honey crop of this year near Colton San Bernardino county, promises 10 make up for the losses of last
 Nearly all of the placer mines in Nevada county, Cal, are preparing te start up for the winter, with favorable prospects.
 Santa Fe is calling for village CT city organization. Is it possible that the town has grown to its very respectable age with out anything of that sort2
 The Sprague scandal is drawing to fo. GUS. The latest Is that Mrs. Sprague has authorized her attorney to draw up papers for divorce from Gov. Sprague.
 The Globe Democrat says the Grant boom travels majestically over the country, taking about as much notice of the Sherman boom as mastiff takes of poodle.
 At the last census taken the population of Paris was 2,037,00 during the last ten years it has increased at the rate of F, 900 a year-a very modest one compared with that of London or New York.
 The first insiallment. four cars, of forty carloads of heavy timbers for bridges, pilIBg, etc, has gone through to the front; tho others will follow shortly. Work will go with rush when it does commence Colton SemI-Tropic.
 A special dispatch to the Denver Tribune from Fl Paso, New Mexico, states that the Apaches, under Chief Hoo, numbering 100, engaged in a fight with Mexicass in Chi huahua on the 9th inst. Hoo lost SO killed and wounded.
 Mr Moody, in late sermon at Cleveland said. Il have a great admiration for the eolored woman who said that if the Lord cold her 10 jump through a stone wall, It was her business to jump, and the getting through was Gods business.
 It is reported that the old bill to organize a territory of Okhlahams, the real purpose of which is to open Indian territory to set tlement, will be supported this session by a combination of eastern and western inter ests, including the Jay Gould railroad cor poration.
 The will of the late Peter Goelet, one of the eccentric GOelet brothers, was filed lately in the New York Surrogate's Office. The estate is variously estimated from $6,- OO0, 900 to 12.000,000, and the division of the money is entirely among relatives. FL ridge T. Gerry, his nephew, gets $500, 900.
 A Southern Pacific Railroad official, in . letter to MT. W. J. Osborne, says in refer ence to the delay in commencing work at Casa Grande:
 'sThe only cause of delay in the com mcncement of work at Casa Grande is the nen arrival of steel purchases. The herses and carts go forward to-day, tho l6th.
 ca Tuesday last e2 car leads of freight were discharged at Casa Grande, the net weight being 440,00O pounds. This was exclusive of railroad material, and repre- sented one days business. Nearly all the stuff was started off the same day. With such volume of business in the present condition of things, there is certainly fine outlook for the future of the road.-Citizen.
 There was regular matinee at the Cos mopolitan this afternoon when Miss Mark ham left by the Casa GraDoe stage, and the number of her admirers was fairly shown. We noticed many a stout, manly form melt cd to tears at the parting, and numerous we'll brushed coats were dusted ever the wheels as the "lost arm" wss extended and the beautiful hand shook" farewell.--Citi- zen, 18th.
 A Prescott boy has built a small engine or motor which runs by the power of Lim- burger cheese. The stronger the cheese, the stronger the engine runs. He thinks he has struck big bonanza, and by adding few onions and small quantity of board ing house butter, enough strength will be obtained to hold a mule by the hind legs while tho smallest kind of boy twists the mules tail.
 A suit has recently been brought in the United States Circuit Court of Kentucky by Samuel NJ. Barlow, against the estate of the lste Philip Arnold, of Arizona diamond swindie fame, to recover $i43,00O, a sum which 1t is alleged was fraudulently optain- cd from the plaintiff by Arnold. 1t will be remembered that Clarence King pricked the diamond bubble. He inspected the diamonds Arnold claimed to have found in A Ar,zoDo an1 snOa convinced himself fhaT