The weekly Arizona miner., 1879-06-20
THURSDAY.

The first mine ever di covered in tho
 United States was in Cabincss County North Carolina, in 1779.
 Atkinson tS Rushers train got in this morning from Maricopa, bringing merchan- disc, grain. etc.
 $. II. Drachmau informs the Tucson press that thirty lottery tickets have been sold in that city. Taffa for dad.
 Dan Thorne and W. W. Hutehisson are doing a gieat deal of valuable work on their Silver Belt mine, and are being we'll repaid for their expense and trouble.
 Mess Hayes and Holmes are in from a prospecting trip through the hills south of kirkland Valley. From Prescott they go to Walnut Grove.
 Pat Hamilton still holds forth at Dan Hatz, and has charge of the saloon depart ment Ills old friends from the mines gen erally hunt him up.
 The Prescott Stage Company received twenty mules last week from St. Louis. They cost there $l00 and they are bJomers and no mistake. Santa Fc Sentinel. c. Y. Shelton. hard working miBer, has an interesting and truthful letter in the New York Mining Rerord of June 'th. If we had space, we would like to reproduce the article in the MINER.
 X. J. Mason. at his fashionable boot and shoe establishment, Is just in receipt of an elegant assortment..af ladies slippers and boots which he IS selling at low figures. Gentemens' hoots and shoes he has large aud fine supply.
 At the late election in Apache county, Alpha, correspondent of the Enterprise, states that Clifton boiled over two hundred votes. | strikes the intelligent reader that the vo'e vas quite thrifty Tn place where there are about 15 Chinamen and 90 Ameri- cans and Mexicans. It is allin understand ing the art of magic
 Our friends down in the southern DOT ton of the Te'rlto-y are making pig finds m the way of leads which sell for a million dollars without prospecting. We are gisd to know that the Southern portion of Ari- izona contain mineral deposits which are equally rich with those of the northern part of the territory. The Citizen Is full of cheering news from Ihe Tombstone and other districts.
 Johnnv McCauley, boy r. years of age was arrested in San Francisco, last week for cruelty Co animals, in driving an old horse with sore back. The boy told he story in court of how be vas trying Co help support his mother by ped,lling. and eould gel DO other horse, which s' moved the by saunders that they rnsed $l5 io set the boy up in business aad tLc Judge dismissed the charge against him.
 THE WHEATIAND MYsTERy.--Na new de- yelopm ,nis have been made tl point to the wnuld.be murderer of Ida Dunn and Cora Ueziep. The Chranic,c and Post have each 1 an insinuaiion that Ms. Roddan may have committed the decd intending only Co wound l Miss Dunn. of whom she was jealous The j. Call reporter regards this visw ot ihi mat . Ter as a u,hnstrous and wicked accusation . against delicate woman wha could nos have harbored saeh a thou yht. and it slc ! hsd have been ever so hioAdy minded, hio not the physical strength either tn wleid the mur,iernus iron or tn have borne the wounded yih ont of the hou.e in hcr feeble arms. I'e detectives siill have hopes of fcrre'ing cut ] the assassin and piaeiEg the guilt Waerc R belongs.