The weekly Arizona miner., 1882-02-03
Yuma is to have literary club.

Considerable property IS changing hands in and around Prescott. .....,.....-.~s
 The Canyon Diablo bridge will cost when comple5ed about S750,00
 The Mack Morris mine since its incor- pOration has shipped s40O,ooO in bullion.
 Several travelling salesmen of California and Eastern mercantile houses are in town
 An amateur dramatic troupe has been organized in Tucson. East Lynne IS being rehearsed. ...'-
 Col. F. A. Tritle has taken up permanent residence in Tucson. So state the papers of that burg.
 Shen6eld, the contractor, has removed his headquarters from Flagstaff to near Blackberry. ''Ft
 &. " McMasters, one of the Earp posse, was arrested in Tombstone on Monday and charged with horse stealing.
 A large number of the subscribers to the Prescott branch of the A. & P. R. R. paid their first installment to-day. .- .,- .,. ,.
 The tunnel on the 4. & F. R. R. is over half completed, and Insidethe coming month of March will be fnished.< ss>s~~,
 Lieut. F. A. Smith will perform the duties n. V. absence in. California and the East.
 The Contention He cad Center mining suit, which has beer on trial in Tombstone for two weeks, has been decided in fayor:of the Contention company.
 Secretary Gosper left Tucson yesterday for Prescott His presence in Tombstone. struck terror to the hearts of tAe COW boys, and they are once more quiet.
 NIT. Chas. FredericLs, one of our best merchants, and also in business at Tomb stoae, departed to-day for that place. His visit here has been pleasant one.
 The roads between Flagstaff and the Little Colorado are said to be almost i'm passable on account Of snow, which in many places is three feet deep.
 The new butcher shop Of Hall 6 Poe, which is being built on Gurley street, IS now almost ready to receive the sash, doors, etc., which are coming from California.
 The quartz mill for the Chicago mine 1 on Green cresk arrived in town Saturday. It vii oS tasssa to the creek, put to- Cesber and set to work immediately -
 Hon. w. NJ. Buffum, after the ad- l journment of the Prison Commissioners, | will continue his journey to California where his family are spending the winter.
 J. s. McAulG, of Turkey Creek, has put | force of men at work on the Big Chief and Quick Rslief mines in-that district, and IS taking out large quantities of good paying ore. .rs |
 We see by the papers that Poppy John son has returned to T ,mbstone from pros pecting trip in Northern Arizona His fa- Iniliar face hasn't been seen in this section or many months.
 Messrs F. M Carpenter, ". ". McNair and John Martin, of Chicago, int crested with the mining interests of Mohave county, departed for Cerbat this morning by nugh Ii Whites stage line. .... ll T. J. Simms has secured the services of A. J. Law, practical engineer, to put up and run his steam drill, which, 1t is thought, will do the work Of d score or more of first class drill and hammer men. -i..'
 The Copper Queen Mining Company has declared their regular monthly dividend of ten cents, aggregating twenty-five thousand dollars, payable on the 1st proximo. Total of eight dividends, S22o, 1000. General Wilcox has stated that he will, if the Government fail to prosecute, turn : the, ldians who killed Turner aud Moody in I ento Basin last summer, over the au- tho,ities of Yavapai county for trial. 2 { meeting of the Fire Company is called fer tb-mcrrow night. Let full attendance C be 0n hand and some measures adopted ' to reo-ganize the company and make it a E credit, Instead of 3 disgrace, to our city. If A South End man advertised for the V mesnest dog in the city, His idea was that f people are so fond of their own dogs that they wouldn't bring a single animal to him.: But he lost his bet Thousands, called, each s bringing his neighbours dog. '-''' f The Tuscumbia mill at Melville is run E nirg steadily on good ore under the super intendency of James Nee, one of the F proprietors. Quite number of men are f, employed at the mine and mill s...- O. Shs Prison Commissioners meet to-mor- rse' tt Yuma, and it is to be hoped that an T -igation of the release of Crum is had. B -r7thng further concerning the death of rIa las been heard, but the Yuma Free T Press still maintains that Crum IS alive ps fa Philadelphia Times Almanac has been C. received at this office It is full of useful
  and contains many valuable a s-at.- cs. Persons desiring a copy can ob- of .a.a on application to the Times office, c -esJnlt and Sth streets, Philadelphia. It costs ] cents.
 The contract of Gospcr & Duke. for carrying the mail between Brigham city ca and Prescott, expires to-day, and unless J; I Postmaster Otis makes some arrangement nl with the contractors to continue on, the vi selvice will be cutoff. m NEW PUBLIcATIoNs.-We have received Tn the first number of the Dos .abazas Gold a, N tc aud El Joven. The Gold Note is pub :, IisIed ny J. o. Dunbar X Co, and ably 'l edited by A. E. Fay Fl Joven is published by Hodges aud Melendrez, at Yuma, two ti amateur writers. l. is printed both iu Span n, sh and English. ., A complaint, charging John H. Behau, dt Sh sriiF of Cochise county, with perjury, was h; ile i on Monday at Tombstone, in having presented false accounts to the Board of Stu ui Deryisors for settlement After an inyesti R yatlon of the facts he w..s discharged by the ca l.zc-.