The weekly Arizona miner., 1882-02-17

Judge Tucker expected to return here ir January. Still he lingersth in the shades of the brown fronts along Broadway, N. Y
 Only five per cent of the inhabitants ot India know how to read. In the United States eighty DOT cent of its inhabitants are educated
 Hall & Poe keep their sausage and bo loyne machine in full blast, and are manu- facturilg said articles in quantities quite astonishing.
 Several Verdsites are in town today. Farming, we learn by them, is all the rage just now, Large fields of wheat and barley have been sown this year.
 The days are stretching out and soon old Sol will bs with us l-ng enough to make fire wood unnecessary, thus an expensive luxury will be dispensed with.
 Mcdonald had assumed the name of P. J. Martin, and was working away happily, etc., in Colorado, when his wife sent the officers of the law after him.
 The product of tea in Japan reaches upwards of ninety million pounds annu- ally, the production having largely in- creased within the last six years.
 Father Deraches, who has been out to sec Mrs. Barney Martin, reported to be dangerously i'll, returned to-day, and in- forms us that the lady is on the mend.
 M1L1TARY.-Upon the recommendation of the post commander the bread ration at Whipple Borracks has been increased to 22 ounces until June l, 1882.
 Lieutenant Colonel George W. Scho- field is to proceed to Fort Apache and take station thereat, relieving Major Jas. Riddle from command at that place.
 The Tuscumbia mine and mill are in oper ation. Ore is being taken from the mine, which makes silver bars at the mill numer- ous. Glad to knew that Mir. Nee is making . success out of his enterprise.
 Tho new hospital built by the Sisters If St. ., seph is a structure which does credit to our town, and reminds us very frcibly of how hard these good women must have vnrked to gather the "scads, with which to build it.
 A letter from that jolly good fellow Phil Kearney, lightning manipulator at Ogden, informs us of his good health and also of desire to be remembered to his many friends in and around Pres colt.
 Ackers O., meat merchants, have just purchased l20 fine large fat beeves, the very best in the county, consequently boardiug house proprietors may expect something extra.
 Jacoby k Co.,, manufacturers of first class lager, shipped, per Balderson, to- day, several barrels of keg and many cases of beer to railroad customers. Their orders are far in excess of freight facili- ties.
 An assay made by Mir. Ralph, of ordi- nary ore from the Dosoris mine, went s2,056. Mir. Crrigue let us look at $l0, 900 orc, and estimated that it was sec ond class, compared to some of the ore coming out of the mine.
 Hon Arron A. Sargent was born in Boston in 1926, consequently is now 56, just in the prime of life. MT. Sargent will soon be Secretary of the Interior, and will De the first Cabinet officer from the Pacific coast.
 4 joint circular is issued by the s. Loui and San Francisco Railroad and the Atchi- son, Tspeka and Santa Fs Railroad, calling attention to the opening of tho new route via Halsted to Western Kapass, Colorado, New Mexico and California, and requesting ether reads to represent the new line in their coupon ticket service.