Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-07-09
Prescott Paragraphs,
Miner


 The Territorial library contains ovei 5000 volums.
 Mir. Riordon, the mining expert, has brought his family here and intends staying with us.
 Mayor Kelly turned over to Captain Ingalls,, of the Prescott Rifles. to-day, forty stands of arms and 2000 rounds of ammunition. Look out, Nr. Ingin.
 Messrs. Murphy and Taggert were deputized day or two since to go out on the Black Canyon route and arrest four or five men accused of robbing fellow comrade of about $500.
 Jesus, who came in with James Stewards stage line from the north, tells us that Chino Valley was inundated yesterday by a heavy rain. He was ! detained two and half hours unable to move, on account Of the water, which was running in the road. [Courier.l
 Our county assessment roll for 1882, foots up S2,45O,OO0.
 Heavy rains in the mountains south of Prescott delayed the Bradshaw mail.
 It is said that the Democratic" Con vention came of at Mineral Park, Mo have county, Saturday last, with the fol- lowing result: Delegates to the Phenix Territorial Convention, Sam. Hamilton and W. H. Cureton; Legislature, E. F. Thompson and "Dr." W. E. Day; Sheriff, H. B. Cox; County Recorder, John F. Krider; District attorney, W. H. Cure ton; Probate Judge, Anson Fl. Smith; Board of Supervisors Wm. F. Ridenout.
 lDemocsat.
 Prof. M. H. Sherman, the present Su- perintendent of Public Instruction, at the expiration of his term of office, will devote his whole attention to stock rais- ing.
 The contract of Hugh White, for car rylng the mail between Prescott and Mineral Park, expires on the 1st, and up to the present time neither the new con- tractor or his agent has put in an appear ance. Looks very much as If the people of Mohave county were to be cut of from mail communication with the world.
 favapai county will be represented at the great Denver Exposition.
 The last stage and mail on the con- tract of Kerens X Griffith, left Prescott to-day.
 A large assortment of copper ore, for the Denver exposition, arrived this morning and is now on exhibition at the office of Egbert & Behm. It comes from five mines owned by Roberts and l Buchanan. The bullion lately run out from fifty l ton lot of ore from Cherry Creek assayed | eighty-two ounces, equivalent to S1,450 | Good enough for the mill, the dis trict and Bob Grigsby, the efficient mill | man. John Burns, Lafayette Miller, J. P. | Dinan and two MeXicsns were brought | to town this morning by Deputy Sheriffs | Murphy and Taggert, for having on Monday night, "held up" and robbed | Sam Haren, near the slaughter house, above the post. The men. after com hitting the robbery. escaped and made | their way to Gillette, where they were followed and captured, brought to town, and charged with highway robbery. On being searched money and checks to the amount of nearly s2O0 was found upon them.
 Summer rains and warm sun make Arizona the greenest, most beautiful country ever seen in summer.
 Rev. c. H. Adams arrived here yester- day from the South. He reports recent heavy rams in the southern part of the Territory.
 Captain Charles P. Eagan, chief of the commissary of Arizona, arrived at Whipple Barracks Saturday last from an extended visit to the East and Cal ifornia.
 We do not know if Wm. $. Head would run for Congress, but if he will to do SO, our Republican fellow citizens might go farther and fare worse.