The weekly Arizona miner., 1880-02-20

, F-cd Marouy. after ten days baid woh
 on ihe road from Thompson Valley. arrive,
 in town ihis p. III. Nith load of hay Wh , says Arizooa is dry country' ] We observed a petition being eircuIstc' ] this mornIng. asking the Senate and Cou
 gr,s- to annBl the act of tEe Tenth Lcgis
 laiire Assembly, gi'ing a subsidy 10 th' AiizoBa Central lf. R.
 , Hon. Murat Mgsters0n has. VIC hear, com meuccd proceedings in the District Cour a.slnst delinquent taxpayers. Better com ! up, genilemea, and settle before the psper' arc served.
 Mir. Geo. Jackson, of walrut Grove, is Ii ] town, and from hin we iearn that the farm ] els in his section are quite busy preparing , their land for spring planting He informs , us ,ha, lhc moisture has penetrated into thc earlh t0 the depth Of four feet Hon. T ]. Butler, Territorial Treasurer
 wi cs that he wilt not leave Oakland fni bniae until March lst. To-day, the 18th of February. was stt for reBdeiing decision in a matter that affects Mr. Butler to inc amount of $s0.Q .Qo0, in the Supreme Court oi California.
 Fred Gaines and J 5I More, residents of
 Kirkland Valley. are in town. They re-
 remembered the MINER and renewed theIr sabscriutions. Mr. Gaines is engaged m ibe stock business. owning some GGe head of fine cattle Mr. More is a rancher and
 rai.c. excellent vegetables. He would
 make a No. ialheT-iH-law.
 
 Mr. Oliver, the new Post Trader at Fort
 Nhlpp.c, k now installed in business and can, far Iha present, be folud al inc theatre builaing of the Fort. Mr. Oliyer is quite a pnTv!ag young man, has had considerable ekpclencc iA sh- business he is now en. gagged in and We rust sn} hope that finan- cIll success will oyeFtake him.
 We hear that Professor ]. 3i Sanford is desiraus of meeting Professor Raymond for the purpose of convincing inc Professor that Iis theory advanced few years since in re- gard to the upheaval of the earth is wrong Mr ; insists that the wearing away or cut ting down theory is the correct one, and he stards ready io subsiantiate his theories by scientific proof.
 Ar AvCTIoN-By referring to our adver- tising columns It will be seen that the ef- fleets of F. E. Brannen & Bro. are to be sold on Monday, March 1st, 1880, to the highest bidder at auction. IL has been some time since an opportunity of this kind presented itself to our citizens for the purchase of fur niture at low figures, and VIC would advise those who wish to set up housekceping,etc, to remember this sale.
 Mr. C. R Martiudeil, wel-known in Phs- nix and Prescott, and formerly with Bowen, Knowles & Co, has opened an insurance office in inc santa Fe stage office, in front of which are displayed two very handsome signs, the Phenix, of Brooklyn, \. Y., and the Star, with his pams on as agent Per sons who wish to have their property in- surcd would do well to call on MT. Martin dell, as he is the right man in the right place.
 The following n0min atlons of Census Supervisors on thIs!coast, were confirmed by ihc Senate in executive session on The 1lth inst: T. Gas Carpenter, Colorado; II. q. Langley. Isi Dist, California; Jas. R. liar. dcnLurg. 2d Dist. California: Alex nder Dunn. 3d Dist. California; Chss. ". Dana. 4th Dlst, CalifnrDia; Henry F. Lndisdorif, Oregon; C. r. Dake, Arizona; Aicxarder Hughes. Dakota; Clinton II. More, Idaho; Hugh McC!0ud, Montana.