The weekly Arizona miner., 1884-08-15
THURSDAY.

NAcy. oCcupaco the hlHe OA AOsSlstoE Wing in the Land office to-day.
 Bustles are the bother of the better half of human nature this summer, the sure method of keeping them in place not hay ing yet been discovered.
 A number of miners are successfully working several placer claims in the gulcheS near Copper Basin, 50 we learn from recent arrivals from that locality.
 ". K. Morgan, of Pine Spring., and J. \. Roberts and H. N. Elliott, of Oakland, Cal, are registered at the Williams House.
 Captain J. c. Bourke, Third Cavalry, will take charge temporarily and perform the duties of Acting Inspector General of the Department.
 The boys at Whipple were made hap l py by the advent of the Pay-mastsr, who distributed many ahsksls among them yesterday.
 It is said thxt a certain woman in this city wept SO much because her husband re- fused her . new bonnet that her briny tears pickled her cheeks and gave them the per- fume of salt nackersl This is q case of more fuss than feathers.
 Lawlsr Bros. have quite force of men at work on their copper property in the Santa Maria dihtrict. Much has been said about this mine, but recent developments disclose body of ore that, in quality and quantity, far exceeds anything ever before 1 dreamed of it.
 John Tinmann with his pack train of 20 mules is being outftted to-day with pro- visions and miners supplies at Dawes store. He leaves this evening fer Bend < Haynes mine, in Bradshaw district, and will con- mence to pack ore on arrival to the Basln mill, which is now ready to start up Quite number of prOspectors are sx- ploring the country around Rudys in Skull Valley, mineral indications in that section being of such . nature as to war rant them in making . close examination. Look out for another mammoth copper dis covsry.
 A pleasant dancing party participated in by over forty jolly couple, took plscs few nights ago at Mir. Buckman's in Thompson valley. To Msssrs. Shipp and Harris is due all praise for the grandest event of the kind ever before witnessed in that locality. Types sometimes take very ludicrous shape, and it generally happens just at the wrong time, as in our issue of last evening calling attention to the announcement of Mr. Fl. Brooks ss candidate for Probate Judge; but ss it was only an idiosyncrntic freak of the types, is @worthy of more extended notice.
 The Globe Silver Belt this week changed its tune from the dangers of threatened Indian outbreak st San Csrlos, and adopted something . little more in its line to harp OH, hereafter, in the shape of the Chinese question.
 Complaints from stocknen in Kirkland valley reach us of many cattle being found on the ranges there that had been shot. Mr. Woodward is among the sufferers, and steps will DC taken, if this fendish work continues, to ferrett out the psrpentratora and see that they are summsrily dealt with before our courts.
 Wallapai John, with his staff, is in our midst, and will, we understand, have a con- sultation with General Crook. 10 see if something cannot be done to better the condition of the tribe of Indians he repre- sents. He says his subjects are starving and live only On the scsnty allowance of wild game which the settled condition of their portion of the country affords and herbs they dig out of the ground. These Indians are now and have been for years the allies of the whites, and some action for their immediate relief should be taken.
 The total valuation of Mar;copa County taxable property for 1884 foots up g., 2,087,- 147.
 Attorney General Churchill leaves us to morrow morning, on flying business l trip to New York and Boston.
 H. NJ. Hughes, while en route to Flagstaff yesterday had the misfortune to hsve his Ehouldsr-b blade badly broken, by being thrown from his horse, near Fert Whipple. He was brought to town and is now resting quite easy. The miner whom we mentioned few days ago as being seriously injured by an accident in the Gold Ring mine, Cherry Greek district, died yesterday in great agony. His companion recovered al though moro or less bruised up.
 Mayor Hall received dispatch from Geo. 3. Inman. this morning, in New York stat