The weekly Arizona miner., 1879-04-11

JUG Napinets odtuTuay evening, me 18th, at 9 o'clock sharp. Don't forget it.
 Wm. Giison, of Date Creek. is in our city looking young enough to get married That may be his biz.
 The id'cations are that the corn sscrap'' will be tight and that corn on the hoof will be worth money this fall.
 Pard PIerce has gone to Lynx Greek to try and track up McCurdy. the murderer. It's A hard thing to trail maa on Shank's horse.
 Several of our Prescott lawyers are tlxing .o visit Prenix and be in attendance on the District Court, which convene at that place on the l4th inst, Judge Porter presiding.
 W. B. Heiings arrived at Phenix on the Ith of this month from San Francisco Whether he is to tix up the matters, very much mixed, m connection with the Golden Star mine and mill We have not learned, but hope that such may be his mission.
 James Stewart, the regulator of the daily line of stages belonging 10 Messrs. salis- bury & GiIner, arrived in town last nlgist. We have n"t interviewed him, but take it for granted that he is busy looking after the interests of the company.
 he San Francisco Argoraut of the 5ih. repeats the speech of an army mule to the -m-asses Of the Sandlot" in Oruer to ac- commOdaie hundreds who inquired for Cop- les after the edition of the previous week was exhausted.
 Ness. Blake and Wsllcnburg are prepar- ing 10 make a trip t. the Peck mine. Mir. Bake being Superintendent makes regular weekly visits and Is in this position, as in every thing else, promp. and reliable.
 TIE ST. GoTHARD TUNxEL.-GESEyA. April 5th.-The contractor for the St. Goth aru tunnel announces that he feels constraln- ed to partially stop work, as he is re eeiving 3O0,000 francs per mouth less than was stip- ulated should be paid.
 Geo. w. Curtis, the pioneer lumber mer- chant has DOW on hand at his yard, two miles south of town, the largest and best selected stock ever before placed in a lnm- Der yard in this Territory. ocasOned lum- Der Is a spcciali wnh Mr. Curtis, and can be purchased in qu sntities to suit, even a million feet.
 Thomas c. Bray, the indefaiigable rus tier of the New York and Boston Store, has returned home to Prescott from a trip to the East, where he welt thre4 months since foE the purpose of purchasing large as- sOr,mcIt of goods in his line, We expect | to hear from him soon through one of his | peculiar advertisements.
 The Argonaut is about the best paper | now published in the L. s. and has the best l corps of writers on general subjects. This | $ beech of government mule is a specimen | brick, and like much that is written for | the Argonaut, is ss full of wisdom as the | sayings of Josh. Billings, yet clothed in English.
 The Verde excursion;sts have postponed | their departure for little tine. expecting Gen. GTan. and the fifty thousand excur- sionists from the East to come Ou to the | Capital of Arizona and join the Prescott | pleasure seekers. We have plenty of hotel for the who,e fifty thous- | and, SD let them come on.
 Thus far, the credit of saying the best
  between lawyer and newspaper man. The former said that there were both new I and good things in the instrument, but that what was good was not new and what was new was not good. The Netos L>tter, how ever, fuily colnpassed the newspaper possi- | bilrlies or the situation Dy saying that the | new Constitution only failed to be an aoOr- ton because it was delivered Gftor and not | Lg0re it's time.
 Another Warrant for pr. smiths Arrest.
 On complaint of W. Nj. Nelson, a war rant was issued out of the City Criminal Court yesterday afternoon for the arrest of pr. W. F. smith, for adultery. The com | piaint alleges that ever since the ist of October, 1878, until this day, he has been | living in open and notorious adultery with | Annie Carpenter. The purpose of the prose- cution is tO test the validity of the Arizona | divorce, and the case will turn entirely up- | 1n the questions of law involved, for it is | lot disputed that Dr. Smith and Miss Car Denter are now living together us man and ! aife.-S. F. Post, 9th.
 PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF
 SUPERVISORS.
 Board met this morning. Present: Fisher md Rndenburg. John Lloyd, Clerk.
 Minutes read and approved.
 ACCOUNTS AUDITED. M. Masterson, salary ana fees, etc, 5l0 l. k. Walker, fees, etc, 1,214 GO J. N Rodenburg retiring, and the Probate Judge, present, allowed for wood, G5 62 !. l., Fisher, retiring, for suudries, 106 25 ]. F. Long, JanItor, 300 jeo. D. Kendall, Exalning Physician, Sj co THAT's WHAT'S TIE MATTER.-About a ;nrtnighi ago ex Governor John G. Downey if Los Angeles, caus d to be published at eug,h the reason why he IS in favor of the lew constitution. After peruseing the pub ishcd statement, Edward Martin, of the Hi ,ernia Bank. and Petrr Donshue. the we'll lnown capital st, who are oldtiue friends ,f the ex. Governor, joined in sending the oluwing telegram to him:
 "What in h-ll has got into youi"
 lSlgnedl EDWARD MARTIN
 PETER DUNAHUE.
 The last inst was heard from the Prescott md Mineral Park horse race, was when they passed the Willows. Herman was then bout three hours ahead of Behan. aud
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