Weekly Phoenix herald., 1884-03-20

h The Bisbee murderers have just 5, week more to square up their ac : counts with the Clerk of Life ano f get ready to occupy their pew at the k big Illumination on the other side oi
 Jordan.
 Casa Grande is to have free tri-
 weekly paper, and J. w. Cuddy is
 to run the concern, so says the Ee~ tegprise. A free paper ought to yield consid erable free whisky and
 grub
 The Quijotoa peak, Ben Nevis, is
 said to have been SO named by $. A.
 Maulove, recently of the Citizen, in
 honor Of Alex. Mckay, who was one
 of the discoyerers ahd d Scotchman.
 The Citizen estimates the amount
 of land In the Territory under cul
 tlvation al 2,OOO. With the Arlzona
 canal in operation, the Salt River
 valley alone will have that much in
 clltlvati' n.
 The Pinal Drill, which had con-
 clhded to move to Phoenix, has re-
 considered tic matter, and will
 hereafter be published In Pinal as
 an English Spanish paper.
 Supervisor ALI Halbert and Mir
 4. Benton. of Tempe, are in town
 to>day getting tools 10 put the Tempe Canal in shape again. It
 was not seriously injured more than the dam being washed away and canal filled at the head with sand.
 According to the Citizens account Tucson was settled in 1860, ten years after the settlement of Santa Fe. This knocks history and the fable about St Augustine. Florida, being the oldest city in the United States into q cooked hat. Sl. Augustine takes tue third plsce among the ancients'
 Patti seems to have set San Frans ciscans crazy. Thirty dollars are paid for seat in the dress circle, and twelve dollars to g,t place to stand in line all night in order to be on hand for q ticket when the box office opeIed.
 The April mum Der Of The Manhdt, i tda will be q gallery of portraits of E Twin Booth, presenting him in two { scenes of Hamlet" in two scenes T of Rickelieu;" as Iago, Othell and 8 Lear, the last named beng engraved l for q picture hy Jervis McEutee. Tue frontispiece will he a half-legth oi Booth, engraved by Velton.
 The Travellers Ins. Co.,, of Hart- F 'old, Conn.,, has arranged with the I, official publish CTS of the Bartholdi :, ,tatue engraving 10 have the compa- ly's contribution to the fund take I, he shape of a special edition of this h for the press. This se- n 'ures for the American Committee he sllm of S1,ooO over the expenses r, f publishing the plate. The en- r, may be seen at this office. f,
 The Miner asserts that the illus W rated histories of California are tC wIn..les, and warns ihc public to ook out for them, The test of that natter would of course be an rxhibi- ion of the work don by the illus = rated history companies. One thing = s certain, that Arizona hus work n Hamilion's Illustrated Resources at is perfectly reliable in all re B poets.
 First Lieut. " D. Crosby, Assist - nt Surgeon U. $. Army, is relieved 4 rom temporary duty at Fort Hua- E huea, and will report 10 the Com handing Officer at Fort Mcdowell, A 2r duty at that post, relieving Act> ? lg Assistant Surgeon c. E. An revs, U. $ Army, who, upon being eliv, d, will report to the Commando 1g Officer Fort Huacluca for duty : | that post. The postoffice was busy scene ,r some three hours yesterday after < oon, on arrival of the delayed E lails. Postmaster Mow1y, with 9 B orce of three assistants, was wait e g for It, and tackled it at once on s arrival, and considering the D mount of matter to be handled, our L tizens were very promptly accom- so odated with their mail. A Just as we went to press last even- g Mir. N. c. Fassett kindly handed S' letter from gentleman at Mar opa announcing that through 2 aims to San Francisco began run> ng on Monday night and H i'll cons E nue without transfer or further day unless on account of more orm. This is indeed good news Id quite unexpected, as the report IS been calculated that the road k ould not be opened through to an Francisco for some time yet. O he railroad company is 10 be com ! ended for its Extraordinary exer> s, uns in again opening up the line II