The weekly Arizona miner., 1881-12-09
MONDAY.
Congress convened to-day.

Congress convened to-day.
 Prescott i. filled with strangers. Churches were well attended last evening.
 BIT. Pine, of Lonesome valley, is in town to-day.
 Charley Wurth, of Chino Valley, is in town.
 Rutledge's teams departed for Phenix yesterday.
 Prescott received large amount of mail last week.
 4 large crowd of railroaders arrived in town last evening.
 Kirwagen X Sines are overhauling and renovating the Sazerac saloon.
 Several teams loaded for our merchants left Maricopa yesteaday morning. ! The bill of the sisters of St. Joseph, for the care of the indigent sick of this county for November, was s3l0. 1 J. W. Young has been appointed, by the ! Board of Supervisors, Justice of the Peace for Fort Maroni, Flagstaff precint. Tombstone must be good place for office seekers. Only seven have announced them selves as candidates for Chief of Police. Sheriff Joe Walker leaves for Yuma to- morrow with several prisoners. Joe may continue his journey on to San Francisco. The Tombstone Nugget isdissatsied with Justice Spicers decision in the Earps' case and wants the Grand Jury to investigate 1t.
 The case of the Territory vs Partin came up for trial this morning. A jury was easily obtained and testimony IS being heard this afternoon.
 The Feast of San Xavier was observed in Tucson on Saturday, by mass at the Mission Church in the morning and a procession and fandango in the evening. 1 Lute and Zed Wilson are in from the saw mill, Bill Williams Mountain. Lute tells us there Is nothing i'll the reported shooting scrape at kingman's camp few days ago.
 Joe Taylor came in from the Dos Oris, Cox < Craiges mine, on the Hassayampa, last evening. He says that its richness still holds out and that it IS the best prospect in the Territory.
 The Southern Pacific and Texas Pacific R. R. were connected at Sierra Banco Juno tion, Texas, on Wednesday, Dec. lst, there by completing another great trans-conti- mental railroad.
 The Black Canyon stage was so heavily laden to-day that 1t broke down short dis tance from town. The accident, however, did not delay the mail nor prevent the stage from arriving on time.
 Miss Marien Wilson leaves us, in few days, for Globe, where she will take up resi- dence with her sister. Miss Narien has host of admirers and friends in Prescott, who are 10th to sec her depart. Three persons, who have been adjudged insane by the Commissioners of Lunacy, de- part tomorrow for the asylum at Stockton, | Cal. in charge of deputy sheriff Davy l Harris IS among the number
 As will be seen by the letters of Hon. 4. l F.. Davis and Major Welton, of Mohave county, Gen. T. J. Butler is the favorite of ! that county for Governor, despite Mir. Cure ton and the Alta. A private letter from the | Park, received thIs morning, states that the last one of the three petitions. sent there for signatures for the appointment of NIT. | Butler. as Governor, was nearly filled with names and would be sent to Washington in few days.
 The people of Tucson are making grand preparations for winter entertainments, and III this connection we would ask our tal- ented artists, of whom we have large num- her. to get to gether, talk over the subject of entertainments and organize dramatic club. We have a building here called a theatre. and its scenery and stage effects far surrass those of many larger towns, but II surely does not deserve the name, unless It k used as such.
 Eight after night strangers in Prescott arr turned away from OUT various lodging houses for lack of room, and yet no one VIII take hold and build hotel. There Is Hot a town on the Pacific Coast of the sane size of Prescott that has not hotel. and 1t does not speak well for our citizens to have tt said abroad tkat We cannot afford accom- modations for the people Inw coming in. if We invite capitalists to come among Us and invcs: their money in our many mining pro,r.rties. We should at least appreciate then efforts by giving ti'cin shelter.