The weekly Arizona miner., 1882-08-25
SATURDAY.

NIT. N. P. Pierce leaves for Mohave County tomorrow.
 Hon. E. ". Wells and family left this morning for Chino Valley.
 MT. Burge will snon visit Williamson Valley with his sciopticcn entertainment.
 A dozen or more freight teams are loading at Flagstaff with freight for Prescott and vicinity.
 After the regular military drill at-the armory last night the Rifles indulged in an impromptu dance.
 The tax levy this year of Maricopa coun- ty is So 90 on the hundred, and the sheriff gets per cent. for collecting the same. Pretty good commission.
 rive we will have to draw on the Scriptures for matter to fill up with. Passages from that book would no doubt be news to a great many Arizonans.
 A compositor is wanted on the Mineral Park paper. Cureton, in order to fulfill his pledge to the Democratic convention, which nominated him for the office of District Att torney, has to put in all his time studying law.
 messrs. Clark Churchill, John Raible and c. W. Beach left this morning for Phenix, to attend the Republican Territorial Con- vention. Some of the delegates took their departure yesterday aud the balance will leave ia the morning.
 W. N Kelly, who so long and ably filled the position Of Register of the Prescott Land Office, gives notice that he will attend to any business connected with the Land Office.
 Dake's shelter, or Lynx Creek, is ex- pected to start up inside of two weeks The delay is caused by a lack of coal, but as a number of charcoal burners are at work now, it is expected that an abundant sup ply will be ready by the time stated.
 Mir. D. Levy, one of our popular mer- chants, leaves tomorrow for San Fran cisco. MT. L. expects to be absent three or four weeks, and visits the Bay for the purpose of laying in stock of winter goods and visiting relatives and friends. The editor of the MINER has gone to Phe- nix to be in attendance at the Republican Territorial Convention, which convenes Tn that city on Monday next. He expects to be absent several days, and in the meantime the readers of the paper will have to bear with us patiently.
 c. R. Williams, agent of the A. T. 5. F. railroad. arrived in Prescott last evening per A. S P. stage line. MT. Williams IS noted as A shrewd land speculator, and his visit 10 this section may no doubt be for the purpose of looking into the condition of the Prescott real estate market.
 There is a general howl going up all over the Territory because of the slowness of voters in putting their names on the great register. Voters should remember that an entire new registration has ts be made this year, and that all names must be on the list at least twenty days before the election.
 Seventeen persons occupy apartments in the county cross-bar hotel, charged with various offenses It is only about two months since one solitary individual lan- guished behind the bars of this institution. We suppose the Tucson Star man will say that these persons chose lodgings in the bas- tile in order to escape being too much crowded
 The judiciary of the Territory has been formed anew, and Chief Justice French is the only member left of our old Bench He is the subject of compli- mentary allrsions, not only by the press and people of Arizona, but by the papers of the East, for his clear and sound de- cisions- Phenix Gazette.
 Messrs. Throne & Ingwerson, suoces- sors to Fred. G. Brecht, have new lad" in to-day's paper. The firm have the most extensive establishment of the kind in Arizona, and are prepared to execute all work at lowest prices. They are also agents for Adams self-regula- ting wind mill
 The excavation being made for John Rabies large ice house is nearly completed, and work will be commenced on the build ing next week. Mir. Rogers also has a large force of men at work on his new build ing, and 1t IS his intention to put up be- tween 300 and 400 tons of congealed agua this winter We hear of several other parties getting ready to lay in larger sup plies of ice the next season, all of which goes to show that competition in the ice business next year is likely to force that commodity down to a reasonable figure