Arizona weekly citizen., 1886-11-13

tbo. Bayard, Secretary of e yelPs-
 hon' J bsS--.s-A "a of fos...EI Rll e--rl- zona, has received letter from Wash Ington informing him that postoffice has been established at Prescott Iunc- tIoD, on the A. r. and P. < A. c. roads, with Jas. Daly as postmaster. This is good news for all our people. We hope our democratic administration will now secure a postoffice for Kirkland valley an increased service for the people of Tonto Basin, Williamson valley and Walnut creek.-Courier.
 Mir. NJ. Engel, advance manager of MRrshalps Japanese tourists, arrived this morning and billed the city for that most excellent entertainment, which will appear st Reid's Opern House on Mon day and Tuesday evenings. There IS no better or more entertaining troupe on tEe boards than these Japs, and as this IS their first appearance before a Tucson audience, every body will have special curiosity to attend theIr wonderful and unique performances. Mir. EuCel. by the way, IS an old time acquaintance of the writer, from Los Angeles in its old time days of glory, and his connection with the company IS sufficient guaranty of its excellence,
 The Mammoth mIll is running its thirty stamps night and day with satis- factory results. The Mammoth ledge is one of the largest n the territory. At one place, where R crOsscut has been made, the ore body is sixty feet wide. and only one wall has shown up, At present there IS enough ore in the mine ready for hoistIDg 10 run the mill for two years Superintendent J. W. John ston says that 1t IS probable that the ca- pscity of the mill will be increased by the addition of niaety stamps, which would make 1t the largest mill in the territory. The mill IS lighted by cleo trlclty. In various capacities this com pany gives employment 10 .fiftyi people. and lIttie town has sprung up about the mill. 4 public school has been opened with Mrs. ClifTord,as teacher. at which twelve children attend.-Florence Enterprise.
 The Oro Mill and Mining company's mill at Harrisburg, is m successful opera ton. The mill has five stamps and it is expected that five additional stamps will put Tn shortly. By the beginning of Decemoer The ten stamp mill of the liar rissMll and Mining company will be competed aud crushing of ore coLl-| meDced. The camp at Harrisburg gives promise of being one of tbe Iiveliest in the Territory. A large number of men are employed by the two companies in. terested, taking out ore, and quite a number are busily employed developing their own properties.-YumsS Sentinel.
 An item was published in the Coast Notes" recently concerning the amount of lumber iD q stick SIS at one cad, 25 | feet long, and tapering to 4I4 at the op | posite extremity. A correspondent writes that a mistake was made in the | calculation, and that the correct solu- | ton ot the problem Is v 7-9 feet. The | rule IS given as follows: Any piece of lumber measuring twice the amount of | lncaes at one erd than at the other-no i adherence how long it may be-wIll con tam seven pyramids. of which the base VIII have the amount of inches con- tslned ut the smaller end. The rule to nnd the amount contained ip a pyramid IS 10 multiply the base by one third of its length and divide by I2 By carry ing ont this rule the formula will be. 7 by 1 by by Sll5. divided by l2. which equals v 7-e.-Chronicle.