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WEEKLY ARIZONA MINER S U P P Ij E TM 3E IV rJT . PRESCOTT. ARIZONA. FRIDAY EVENING. SEPT. 28. 1877. VOL. XIV NO. 4 The -Stukfd 1'taln The plains extend eastward from tho Pe cos Uivcr in New Mexico and constitute, n laryo portion of western Texas. The l'cco. ?eenii to have cut its way through the west ern bonier of this tableland. The hills mm abruptly from the river until the surface of the plain is gained. That is tlni high l point, and the surface idoucs gently to tar east, No tributaries flow into tuts I'ecos from the cast. The water which falls ou the plains flows eastward, and forms the many rivers in Texas. It is an unKnown laud. boundlesi and endless. connected with the same. There is n legem! It is said that John V. Youno's Matrimonial. Titoc M.KS. John W. Young, first counselor to and third son of the lute Prophet, Cartel from Salt Lake for St. George, on tho Kith for the purposi of taking ns his polygamous wife Mis Luella Cobb, stepdaughter of the defunct Hrigham. This girl isagrund-daugh-ter of .Mr?. Auguta i.. Cobb, tlie deceived Pr)phet,s eoncubine, uho is known in Mor mon tii.-tory as the woman who desired to be " N'ab'd" u Jtu Chri-t. Mary Van Colt. Hrigham V la.t wife except Ann Eliza, is the mother of MN Cobb, and ith moth er, ills-, ol one child bv the Prophet. That .I"llll W. Vnllny ttllK .liirn-'f-ll lit till. P.ilkli in tho early settlement of Mexico, a party of U:ri became known tohi 'wife Libbvthedav mi.ieni discoverel extensive silver mines j following the Prophet's funeral A big row in ioung's family immediately ensuetl. John W.'s mother took part and re primanded the wife for oppoMtig a servant of the Lord in liHhigamus desires. A di vision of the children was made, and on Thursday last Mrs. Young deserted herhus l..inl and re'urned to the l.nino of her fa I her, Mr. Canfleld, an o d railroad eagiueer. in Philadelphia. Miss Cobb is only lfl yearsof agi bur j,he i- a full grown and voluptuous looking vr.uiii; woman. She and her mother started tor St. George Temple on Inst Wed- neMtrty. John . ilelayed until yesterday, a t avoid .-eandal. The young Mor mons who havo Wen paying addresse to the ulrl feel very much put out of joint by this bigamous marriage, which will be consum mated about the -2.1 roximo. YUMA COUNTY. fonifr Maim J first Sit., Ylma. Akixoa. kiim.nhek... IBM Califvrnta Xtrrtt, San Kka.scim.0 CaU AkUUSA. MISCELLANEOrs. on the eastern bonier of Jic plains, and ir onler to tiiul their way buck they drove tukej at intervals along the mute, hence the Llano E Ucado, or Staked Plain. Hut little is known of this region, although many have traversed it, particualy Mexicans, for the purposes of hunting huflalo, or trading with the Indians. The gentle depressions in the plains on the eastern bonier, increase into more pronounced valleys as the travler pur sues his journey eastward, until the waters have cut their way thntugh the strata of rocks and flows in deep and rugged canyons, from the bottom and sides of which innum erable springs of sparkling water burst forth. Thce spriugs form the permanent head waters of Texas. They are often strongly impregnated with salt, fnuu the neks and sulnhuric acid from the vat bedsofgypum underlying the surface. The plains break down the eastern bonier in perjK'iidicular descent of from -103 to 1,000 feet. The out liuu U most irregular. The riiinfall on these plains must be great, as all the impor tant rivers are generally heavy tiinlnred and otldr shelter fir the Indians and tor game. The surface is covered with flourish ing grasses, and lakes and streams of fre.h -.a ter abound. Tlie.-e plains will be the groat lienling-gnutnds of the future.' T'ley willexceed thepampasof Huenos Aycrsin the production of catile. There the "powerful and numerous trihes of Comanche Indians dwelt. Thoir power is now hnken. They warred with the frontier-men of Texas until they became weak, ami tho Government liunally drove them to their reservation in Indian Territory. Nothing now disturbs the solitudes of these plains but the herds of buffalo, antelope and wild mustangs. It is a country to le occupied. The tntntenlltros (mustang hunters) of New Mexico make semi-annual trip-, to the staketl plains and generally succeed in capturing, with lasso, large liamU of wild horses which are casilv tamed andcanuotleexcell ed in hanlincss in any country. It is on these plains that such men in uregon-i llerroni and Juan Sanches of New Mexico, have sent tne last torty wars, lollowing up the vari ous bands of wild horses and occasionally bring into the settlements numbers of the most valuable ones, which sell readily and command high prices. On these plaiiu are 111 j a - a . smaii nanus 01 uorscs caiieu tne mons or roans that are the tine-it scciuien-tnf horses, by tar that have ever been found among the i a . . numerous nenis. inevare Heet anu it is witu great diflieul.y thoy are captured, the hunters generally watching them aw.ty from the watering places for three and four days, tlten dump Jinn a shirt distance, these horses are allowed to come in and drink their thirst away when they are no full that they arc unable to run but a sh ut distance at Irrlsittlnn nT f lie Colnrntlo Ilrncrt. theso time-i vattnlUms pounce down ujm.i them, riding their racer? when they succeed in lassoing the wild beauties. Twkkd a Tkstimont. New York, Sept. loin, i weed testttied bclote the Alderman s Committee to-day that Connolly, Smith and witness and various tradesmen furnished money for briliing the Legislature of 1870. Among this tradesmen Uarvcy, Ingersoll, ICeyscr, E. A. Woodward, James Watson, E I. It yle, E M irvin, and most cverylHxly who had doalings with in. Henry Smith, Police Commisioncr, contributed; also the Eric Hallway through Jay Gould. When ha Mid Gould he mcnt Fisk, and vice versa, for they M)ke and acted as "one man. The money for the Assembly went through Ed. Ikrlwur. Jle gave Harliour $000,000 for thatpurpocr undjic himself jcrsinallv ruid the'SAwtorts. ..UatriCoanoIly had himself had an unlcrtaiuling,ljen they made the Hoard of Audit that tho parties doing du llness with the city were tnSglvl?toin 15 per cent. Tweed then gave some" further testi mony in regard to the division of rpoiU. The rcjorl of Lieutenant Wheeler's sur vey for the year ending June HO, LSTii, con tains the results of the examination made to ascertain whether that mrtion of the Col orado Desert below the level of the sea can be irrigated from the river. The general fact that no canal fr such irrigation c.-iu be made within the limits ot our State, was published in lt7., ami Lieutenant Wheeler was not authorized to make any surveys in Lower California. That Mich a canal is practicable is implied by the flowing of ttie water into tlie desert in time ot thxMl, running a long distance in Mexican terr tory. Our government should solicit leave of Mexico to make the surveys, and to take the land needed for the canal if the report should be favinible. The iter republic would lose nothing by the enterprise. The amount of water passing Yuma in March is 7,(100 feet ev rv second, enough to j irrigate l.WO.OOO aens, or about 22,000 square miles, while the depressed area- we suppose this means the area below the level of the sea is only 1,000 spiare miles. At la. A Hoanl of Oflicers to consist of Captain C. M. Hailey. Eighth Infantry, First Lieut. J. W. Powell, Eighth Infantry. First Lieut. G. E. Overton, Sixth Cavalrv, is apiioiiitcd to meet at Camp Thma-, A. T., at 10 o'clock, a. M., tin Wednesday, the !ld day of October next, or as soon thcreattcr as pnic ticable, for the purpo-o of making a thor ough investigation ami report resjiecting tlie claim ot . II. Clanton, to certain lands. .vc, alleged to Ihj embraced within the military reservation at Camp Thomas, A. T. The H.mnI will confer with the claimant and receive such testimony as he may have to otfer in support of his clam, and ascertain what rij;ht and title he may have to the lands in question-assess the value of the improvements ..u the lands and the amount of damage (if any) suflercd by the claimant. The Hoanl will ascertain and report par ticularly the circumstances of location by the claimant with reference to the home- t stead law. Mouk Humous Amout McCokmick. New York. Sept. III. A Graphic Washington spec- ialsays: It a rumored here that Assistant Treasurer McCormick is to be apointed Sec retary of the Interior in placeot Schurz,who is to bo apHiintetl Minister to Herlin. Gen. Howanl protests ajrainnt Wing rid iculed for his failure to catch Chief Joseph. it u not truetnat tic halts Ins column to hold funeral crvices over every Indian killed by his troops. On the Carr & llaggin ranch, near Canfleld. in Kern county, an artesian well, 2P. feet in dept. has been bored, which discharges at the rate of four thousand gallons icr hour. Tlie water rises four feet above the surface, j JAM liS 3d. BAUNI5Y, Suecror to lb lata firm uf . 1. HOOPER & CO., C"Ollnu lh ntulne in ARIZONA AND CALIFORNIA, IS AX Importer Jfc AVliolosnle ivrerchant, ssi II I P P I iV G AND COMMISSION MERCHANT, Will carr- a full primr (tort ni Provision, tlrocerie, Dry (iooils. Clothing, Hoots, Shoes, Ilardwnrc, Drugs, SADDLERY, & MINING MATERIALS 5lfrtrU to iclly ull Merchants, Ranchers, Station Keepers, Freighters, and Miners of Arizona and Mexico, Solicit order fur C",I. ami Intnrr MtUbrtiun ; KOH U'AHU.S frvtirUt ami inrn lianli to tor rt of tin WrM, Inmrinir. If drslml . Uuy. ur makr aJranrm on ail Arttunaaua Alrxiran prulur. The Sale of Ores and Minerals a Specialty Hays dJ Kxf hanrt GOLD & SILVER BULLION, Gold Dust, Legal Tenders, U.S. Treasury Draits. SOLDIERS' WARRANTS AND VOUC ERS And Good Commercial Bills n niiRiNn Mill mm w a a mm mm EAST PHCKNIX, A. T. I Tbiwll ko-w uud i-tMilar Klourini- 5H1N will itart uit iiud cum ui ucf nutliu iliat trum tb crvj. uiaaiUK No. I Family Flour, AllOtf T MAY 13TH. Aaa.l ltl .... t " I I .a. V. - ".iiim vtwuup m ii v a riitiui , lit iuaullirs (U lull A LIHK11AL DISCOUNT TRADE. C?" OrJr ulicitni. Ch Prices as Low in l . -' mm j r ir vv-TT n I.. Orlrr may Iw Irft with C 1 Hrad A Ca. wfi, I titil. I'ltwuit, Ubtl nlll rrri prutut Htlrut" u alCl-KU m rKClALORIiKIU MILL IIK ATTSM)EI MT TUK SAN FRANCISCO BRANCH HOUSE, With promptitude and Gdclity AH Ortlrrt anil Cominlulon iliM r aJdmtnt to JAMES M. BARNEY, February i. lfTC Yuma. Ariioua. Yimin, IiMitr Store. georgeTiautiiv, Wai)tal and Hvtall UKUGGIST, Mnin Street, V unm, Arizona, II Id turn a lull llo ol lihpeiiHinj JMelicines. 1 ATE XT MED1CIXES, DUU;S, PEItFUAIKltU PAINTS, - OILS.- Toilet Soap, Tooth Brushes And All Other Artldei VntXlj Xept la Dreg Store i IV rrrrritl4iai pnt ot wlta roal ar. Onlf r frum th cvaatry ollritl, with thi auaraoo Ut (irloM, Jko onod atlfartnrr OKtlKUK MAUT1N. LEGAL BLANKS, 0 Every Cltus and Kind. Alway oa hani and f.r al. at th MlXKR offl. at pnOMocb a an lawvr. Inatto f tK. n... . tw.. WfM rMunnablj Cnd faalt with. V llll'.Vl' a J. A. Jk. 1IT TIENDA LARAl'A. On the A rt Md? of the 1'laiu. I'llfKiv. tnivnv. A Gnrral Aurtmat m t . I M a.aF.Il... f 1 II f. . n m mm IIL I llllllll.. I 11 I II f.tllf. Hoots mid Shoes. Etc., For Sale Chrap. SPKCIALTV. H. MORGAN & CO., I. T AT A l IIUVUIA, if fill ILUflil CUllIll 3Ior,;aiis Station. tJila lUver. Imixirtrr And I)rI-r in (TV r mm. -f mm w mm mm DHY GOODS, LIQUORS, At Prices tj Suit the Tane. l'burnlx, Arizona, July 21, lt77. 3m - i. ill i. . i :i i 14 i: it i rtPIUnnM!. ill n HI HHHIII uuifuiuiu luuiiuniiiiiii WILLIAMSON VALLEY, A. T. aIMCM I 111 I11P H mm W puce of the Country. R. E. FARRINGT01T, riirwjiriniitr ,v. i -niiiiiiiKKiu EHRENBERC. ARIZON r Ke oo bind a Urjrr tupply ol Agenffor S. C. Miller & Bro. R.E P. R.RFARR1XGT0S. E. A. FARGO Sc CO., iMroxTEH!. Axn jonnxKA op aaar aw aaa bbbm bv. asr avaar aaaa av. bwf aa aaaa aaiaai iinnviaw nin a. v nnw No. 318 Front atrMt corner of Comaerelai, SAS FRANCISCO, CAI. fb.0m3 f