The weekly Arizona miner., 1885-06-26

criminal lusiness during the term, and I'll the county of ssveeal naluR subjeeta- :
 Colonsl Judss Mns.A Masssesoa is |
 Sas Francisco, and has bssa intsrvisues
 by . Chronicle elortss upon the lndiss question. What oar frisna Nurat dossn'
 know about Indiana woeld make hrs' sised bod.
 It VII b rsasmbsssa that . tslsSram,
 just ts. days ego from wilson < Hanilton
 ssatsa that on the 18th they would hav' ten milss oi tho rod gzadsd Thres dsy' sinos they had . quarter of . mile shos'
 6nishsd, leaving sine oilss and three quas
 tess to bs completed in about three dsya
 They are. of course, men of sheir word, and
 the ten nilea will be completed tomorrow. 1 Mir. Argo, xho vas taken sick in Skull Valley about three months since and ssi cared for by Dn- AcCAndlsss and Robin son, recovered 70 ss to rssume light work; bus from over s1ertion has had relapse, and xas sent to his friends in the States. l Ceylou has z33 varieties of timber, satin wood and mahogany being among the most valuable. Que species ot the Csylon tim ber decays in one month after being cut down. The iale also produces shrub which grove to the hsighth of % feet and pro ducss white flower very fragrant.
 Esst.rn experts. just from college. who neyes saw orc before coming to Arisons, that have had the Conssr mill in ehsrgs on the Verde, have closed the concern down and concluded to go back and enter college sgain before attempting to work quarts mill on Arizy,aA ores.
 The Rio Grande has been higher this sea- con than for many yssss, while the Colo r.do of the West h.s been extremely iow This is striking coincidence, when it u taken into consideration that both rivers take their source near the aams place in the mountains north. Why n this the casei A lively one round scsappins match be- tween t~o of our local sports iast evening in Cob Web Hll. drew . large crowd of authorities on the ring, and also the night ~atchman, when the participants vent to their respective eorners. sevsn-up and . dispute aA to how tbs .'Jack" got on top. Potatoes have commenced to come in at rate which will soon cut gilt edge prices so that the ordinary potato admirsr can get within, at least gun shot range Os the smell oi Murphy. They have been selling at eight cents pound, while the best brand half cents per pouud
 THE MINER thinks of treating itself to
 new dress and making other nseessary improvements. A new office ,s one of the possibilities. Send in your subscriptions, orders for job work and sdvertisins, gen- tlemen. Don't forget that the MINER is over al years of age and full Asdged sub ject.
 Copper matte is now worth from ten and one half to eleven and three fourth cts. It is gradually coming up, but should Arizona start her copper mines . change would soon follow. Last year when Arizona was pro- ducing largely, the price went down to something cenr. When other co. per countries play out Arizona will come to the front with her copper wealth. --
 Erom Attorney General Churchill we learn that wonderful improvements have been made in the Salt River Valley since the completion of the Grand Canal A large area of desert land, susceptible ct raising all kinds of grain. vegetables and fruit, has been reclaimed, and . great many homes established are now being improved.
 General Crook has said it-snd we verily believe it-that every mother son-of.a-gua who left the reservation with Mr. Geronimo Lobato, the great Chirieahua Chief, shall be hunted down and killed. So ws say let the General do the business in his sure, quiet way, unattended by flashing procla- nations. the beating of drums, blowing of t,umpets, or waving of flags. Crook and his soldiers are sufficient for the emergency.
 A citizen of Prescott whs is enth usiastic over the prospects of r.ilroad has pledged to buy the first ticket over the branch road from this city to the A. & P. and pay &l00 for the same, provided the road is compile ted in 1885. In addition to this he propo- ses to purchase for each Prescott. editor . $50 suit of clothes, in appreciation of the services rendered by the press in advoca- ting the long leoked-for and much needed thoroughfare.
 The coffin of the late Daniel McCauley, whose body was laid in the cold grave to- d.y, was decorated with . profusion of wrsaths, crosses, and bouquets, placed there by the hands of ladies who wished 10 be- stow this last mark of respect, in the ab sence of mother, sister or other rslatives, who are far away in distant lands His funeral was largely attended by friends, acquaintances and strangers.
 0. J. Woodward shippcd, on Saturday from Ash Fork, l6 car loads of. beef cattle to Kansas City, from the herd of Msssrs. Campbell & Baker. These beeves werr frcm three to five years old, and the 1s cars consisted of 325 head. While loading them much tro able and inconvenience was expenenced from the fact that near the pens and shoot for forwarding, there are many tents in which people are living, be- sides dogs and many things to scare cattle. At the latter end the cattle became % ex- cited that . few went on the wsr-path, re-