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Em 0inbp0itje fpifapti - s VOIr. I1I.-N0. 41. TOMBSTONE. COCHtSE COUNTY, ARIZONA, APRIL 17, 1882. FIVE DOLLARS A YEAR. WEEKLY EPITAPH. Six-Page Edition. TOMBSTONE, ARIZONA. AritII.17, IS8.J. This Pago is from the Daily of Saturday, April 15. CIIUCD ODE-Afino'l'ec'mcnof Tombstone ulLlLII UflL allvtr ore sent by niall pottpald on teccTil or $4 lor one ycr' aubacrlpilon to tbn Tvmbutone Epitaph. Addrcof Kpltapb Printing ana raDiioDiog vo., ToniDsione, Arizona. WEEKLY MINING REPORT. Rich Developments in the Old Guard. JUaat Cham re In Tnrquols Turnlue; Out A llonanza. "Were people as easily satisfied with profits in silver us they are in gold ruining then we might hope for Tombstone district to eventually become the scat of the largest mining industry on the continent. About ten years ago English companies bought the Sierra Buttcs mine, in Sierra county California, and the Eureka mine, in Plumas county, paying an even million of dollars for the latter. They have been -working them with the most satisfactory re sults, to themselves, ever since. The returns have been very low on the investment for .mining property probably not averaging uver ten per cent per annum, one year with another, and jet, with this the owners are content. The produc tion of the Sierra Uuttes for February last was 24,373, and the total work- ing expenses were 17,0U3, leaving a -surplus of $0,440. At this rate of working Hhe gross profits will not exceed $80,000 or 8 per cent on a capital of one milliou. Tlirau, Eureka, gavo a total yield of $20,. 'WSftytotal cost of ?18,310, leaving a surplus' $7,752. This same raet continued for the year would give between ninety and one hundred thousand dollars or about 10 per cent on one million capital. Now it is safe to say that there are dozens of mines in Tombstone district that, were :they opened and worked with anything 'dike the Bjstera and with the appliances that contribute to mako the Sierra Buttcs and Eureka mines paying investments, that could be made to do even better than those mines are doing. Untortunately people who invest in silver mines are not so easily satisfied with a low rate ol divi dends as they are in gold mines. Why thit should be so we arc not able, to under. Hand. Take the history of gold quartz mining and it has never shown anything lifct.jo-goo.d a rrf5jd as 6llver mining, ane yet people will content themselves with ;a much smaller return upon their investments. Contention. The Flora .Morrison shaft is down 32 ltet below the C00 level ; are making good progress. The winze from the 329 foot level is down about 100 feet, showing a high, grade ore on the bottom. The stopes on toe 220 and 329 oot levels are looking well. The rjre shipped to the mill contin i ua to show the same high grade as that worked for thejast month, and tho output for April 'will bo as good as for March. Dividend No. 3 has been declared of 25 cents per share, aggregating $02,500, maK : ing a total" for the new incorporation of 1187,500. Tombstone 31. & M. Co. ' Tho machinery afthe new incline Coin- ' blnation shaft will be in place and running on Monday next. The shaft is down 120 ' feet, the last 40 feet being all the way in ore. Tlie'various mines of the company are looking and yielding as well as here tofore. The East Side lias a 3 foot vein of ore, but not of u notably high grade. The .prospects are very good for this to develop into a good mine. They shipped on tho 13th instant, 7 bars of bullion, weighing i451 pounds, Valued at $17,220. Urand Central. The crosscut from tho COO loot level, new baft, is making ' slow progress, owing to the hardness of the rock, it now being in about 80 feet. The 300 foot level, old works, continues to develop rich and Wrong bodies of ore in the west lateral. The winze sinking on the lateral ore body is down 28 feet In good ore. Usual amount of ore being raised and sent forward to the mill. Banker' Hill tio4 Samaritan Lode Still sinking tho main shaft, at the sumc time drifting south on the ledge on the 180 foot level, with 'improvements in both piacfs. Copper Queen Tllxbee. Everything in and about tho mines and smelters, working ulong as usual. The producer March was 691,181 pounds of copper, which at the present market price is equivalent to 120,G88, out of which the regular dividend of $25,000 will bo paid. Output of copper for first two days of April was 53,000 pounds. liBnaight-.IIulc Mountains. From Mr. Berry, who returned from there a few days ago, it has been learned that the Ounsight continues to improve with depth; that tho pay vein is steadily widening, and the grade of the ore contin ues quite as rich. It is reported that an offer has been made by the Blue Stone works to reduce the ore, giving tho owners the full value of the gold and silver, they 'taking the copper .for their pay for work--irg the ore. This will put the mine on a dividend basis at once, as the assay valuo of the gold and silver is from $200 to $400 per ton. Last Chance Turquol. The mine waB looking better yesterday than at any former lime. The works were all in rich ore. Mr. Hearst was out to sco it oa Thursday lat, and It is reported that he ered $7,500 lor one quarter of the mine, the owner, Mr. J. D. Power, asked Whether the sale will bo made Lean not be said at this time. Old Guard. Tho developments in this mine for tho last week have been most remarkable They are sinking u winze on tho 150 level, north drift, in which at 10 feot down they have 4 feet of solid ore that averages over $100 per ton. In tho south drift, 150 foot level, aio raising up, being now up about 0 feet, having a 3 foot vein of carbonate that assays (bucket samples), silver $80.42, gold $15.07; total $101.49. On the 90 loot level they are drifting in good ore, the vein being nearly or quite the full width of the diift. Tlie main shaft is being usnk down for another level as rapidly as possible. The prospects lor this mine arc first-class, and we shall not be surprised if it turn out better than the Iugersoll, or equal to any thing in the district. liiECrsoll. The mine is looking tine, and the former high grade oro continues to be raited to thosuifacc. Have shipped about 400 tons to tho mill, of which about 800 tons havo been worked, with . satisfactory results to tho owners. We expect lojcbronicle at the cud of tho month the largest cleanup ever mado in the district from so Jarge air amount of oro. This is saying a good deal. Vlziiia, South drift 400 foot level is now in 53 feet. Tho country rock has changed to n most promising nature, it being porphyry, lime and quarts, with some black spar, which in the other levels and other parts of tho miue havo been sure precursors of ore. North drift same level in 22 feet. West drift 100 Toot level is in 71 feet. North drift from intermediate drift is in 33 feet. Drift at the Yrrka is now in 11 feet. Winchester District. Reports from this district continue to come in favorable. The shaft on tho Grand View mine is down 55 feet, having passed through two veins of ore, which were pitching to the east. The veins wcic each about 5 feet thick. The bottom of the shaft is now in another ore body. Another shaft now down 10 feet is all in ore. On tho Antelope and Mammoth good ore is being raised, and the Philadelphia, Crazy Jane, Parnell, Saginaw and Ophir all have good prospects. Messrs. Hearst and Solo, mon will start for Winchester to-morrow if nothing happens to prevent. Nerved Hlru Itlslit. On the 13th inst. (yesterday) Deputy ShcrifT J. B. Ludwig, of Contention, ar rested Jacob Fisher, alias " Big Jake," for being drunk and disorderly, and took him before the justice where ho was convicted and sentenced to thirty days in tho county jail. Mr. Ludwig. delivered him safely at the county hotel this forenoon and turned him over to mine host, Mr. Soule. The circumstances are briefly these. For a long time, now, this fellow has been ac customed to getting drunk and flourish ing his pistol around promiscuously to the great danger ol tho lives of respectable people. The deputy sheriff has Upon sev eral occasions disarmed him to prevent danger. Yesterday he heard a child screaming in great frtght, and went out and saw Big Jako holding up one about six or seven years old, flourishing n big knife threatening to cut oil tho child's car. He arrested tho fellow with the after results above related. Mr. Ludwig is to be com. mended as a faithful officer for bringing this fellow to n just and deserved punish ment. A FEARFUL ACCIDENT. Gcorsro E. AVhitchor Hurled to tho liottom of u Shaft. On the Jtussell 3Ime and Probably Fatally Injured. Last night about 12 o'oclock, Mr. C. J. Barber arrived in town with the sud news that Mr. George E. Whitcber had met with a serious if not fatal accident at the Russell mine, near Dragoon Summit. Before leaving lie sent a telegram to Mr. G W. Buford sayiug: "Tell Whitcher his brother is hurt and not expected to live; come to Dragoon Summit at once." Unfortunately the dispatch wts not re ceived until 8:30 last evening and was not delivered until this morning, then Mr. Buford had to go down to the Silver Eagle mine, about two and a half miles below town, to tlnd Mr. John Whitcher, tho brother of the wounded man. This fore noon Mr. Bufoid took Dr. Greer into his buggy and started for the mine and soon alter John Whitcher took a team and ap pliances to bring his brother into town if possible to moc him. The accident happened as follows: They had jnst got tho hoisting works completed at the Russell mine, with the exception of a proper splice on tho wire cable which was to run tho cage. In order to test the running capacity of the cage, etc., the en gineer imulo a temporary hitch of the cablo to tho cage, which ho sent down the incline once, after which he had the car put upon tho cage to sec if it would go down aud clear the timbers. There were several standing aiound watching the trials, and among tho number, Mr. Whitcher, who, w itli tho carpenter, stepped upon tho cigc in front of the car just as the engineer made an effort to lower it. The engine had stopped on the center, and it dut not start as expected, but when it did go it went with a jerk, which, with the added weight of the two men, caused the fastening of the cable to give way, letting the cur pluuge madly down the" incline, which has an angle of about 50 degrees. The carpenter fell off at tho second set of timbers and escaped with a few biuises, but the less fortunato man went along down about half the length of the incline, when the cage jumped the track and pitched him head foremost to the bottom, where he was found in an inbeuslblu con dition, tho only wonder being that he was not dead, and mashed into a jelly. As it was his head was fearfully cut, but whether his skull was fractured they could not tell. Mr. Barber says that they could not discover that any of his limbj were broken. The car knocked the timbers out of the tunnel, and the whole concern, cage, car and timbers tell in a confused mass, entirely closing the incline. Those seeing the accident went down a shaft that connected with the bottom workings of tho mine, and took the unfoitunate suf ferer up that way. Mr. Barber gives no encouragement to hope for his recovery. The unfortunate man has many warm friends in Tombstone, and a father, mother and sisters in Oakland, California, who w ill be nearly heartbroken at tho sad oc currence. DEAD. Since writing the above, word has been received that George Whitcher is dead. KXTKA JUDICIAL.. Mhcrlrr Law Superceding Judicial haw in Arizona. 'Crowners" law is a nevcreriding sub- ject for mirth on the part of those who understand the first rudiments of judicial law, and at the rato the sheriff of CocliisoJ county is going on shenll lawwill soon be, as great a subject of ridicule. 'Since the important event of a warrant for the ar rest of tho Earp party having been placed in his hands by. Sheriff Paul, of Pima county, and the walking away of the par tics from under tho very nose of tho shcrill he imagines that every man who is not a personal enemy of the Earps, who happens to leave town in a direction towards where they were last seen, is going to their succor and support, and ho at once exerts himself to intercept the person who is so unfortunate as to in cur his suspicion. Yesterday afternoon Louis Cooley left town on tho Contention stage, on business for Wells, Fargo & Co., going to Benson, where he met J . J. Val entine, Esq., general superintendent of the company, who forwarded him in their own car to Wilfcox, where he was to complete his business. Much to Mr. Cooley's sur prise, upon arriving at Willcox, he was met by Sheriff Behun in person, who de manded his unconditional surrender. Mr Cooley asked to sec the warrant for his arrest, but the sheriff failed to produce one. There was no resistance no array of Winchester or revolvers pointed at the executive officer of the county by Lou so he was sadly turned over to the ctstody of the Willcox deputy, with instructions not to allow him to hold intercourse with any one until he was safely landed in Tomb stone. Upon arrival in Tombstone Mr- Cooly employed Hon. Win. Herring as counsel, and went before Justice Wells Spicer and demanded a hearing. Here, upon the demand of Mr. Herring, the war- rant wai first produced, which was as fol- lows: Territory ef Arizona, ) County ol uocnisc, j To the sheriff, constable, marshal, or po liccman in this territory. Complaint upon oath having been this day made before me. a justice of the peace in and for the above county, by John II. Behan, that tho offense of aiding and abetting the Earps and party has been committed, aud accusing Louis Cooley thereof. Yt u are therefore com munded by the Territory of Arizona forth with to arrest tho above named Louis Cooley and bring him before tho nearest and most accessible magistrate within this county. Given under my hand this 14ih day of April. A. D. 1882. A. E. Fat, Justice of tho Peace for said County. The warrant was a great source of sur prise not to say mcrrimct, to all the par ties concerned tho court, attorney nnd prisoner. It will bo seen that the charge is most formidable, no less in fact than "aiding and abetting tho Earps and party" of what? That's the question tho court had to wrestle with. Judge Spicer, after mature consideration came to the conclusion that tho chaigc did not come within his jurisd'etion, therefore, dis charged the prisoner. Any man with a grain of common sense will see that the an est nnd detention of American citizens upon such fuvolous charges puts every man at the mercy of an officer who has any animosity or ill-will towards him. In order to set a wholesome example to the public officers a suit for damages will be forthwith brought against the sheriff, and it will be prosecuted to the end of the law that such an example may be set that peaceable and lawabiding citizens will not henceforth be arrested and detained when on their own or Othe peoples legiti mate business. Honoru X'cwH. From Mr, C. W. Pinkham, who re turned from Las Deliclaa and Arispc, Souora, this morning, with his semi monthly 6tage, It is learned that the Thorn dike paily were at Las Delicias last Mon day, all well, for which event their friends are duly grateful. The St. Helena com pany made an important strike last Satur day, cutting a body of oro that shows free gold throughout. The superintendent, Mr. E. E. Olcott, has started a three com partment shaft, which will be sunk from 400 to 500 feet deep, as rapidly as possible. He met Mr. P. W. Smith at Arizpe, on his way to Las Delicias. Captain Ogden and Mr. Woinblc were met about twenty miles this side of Bacuuchi, on their way to Bus ochuca. Yesterday Mr. Pinkham met about thirty meri on their way into Sonora. He brought up only two passen gers on this trip. The mines along the Sonora river are all reported in a prosper, ous way, with no special developments since his lust trip up. . The distinguished Colonel A. G. P. George was arrested jesterday on com. plaint of C. II. Brickwedell for using pro fane and indecent language. On being arraigned before Judge Wallace, the de. leudaut, after considerable flllibustering demanded a jury trial, whcicupori the court required a bond in the sum of $50 until tho jury wcru summoned, and tho Colonel, not having the cash, was com pelled to take a scat behind the bars. After due trial the jury returned a verdict of guilty, and tho court imposed a lino ot $15 and costs or fifteen days in the county jail I'roceeillns of the Common Council. The bpecial session of the city council was convened at 7 o'clock last evening. All members present with Mr. Carr in the chair, and B. C. Quiglcy-clcrk. This meeting being for the purpose of considering tho title to city lots and the patent granted to Jas. S. Clark and others, the mayor said ho trusted the council would take some action that would have a tendency to settle tho much agitated ques tion. Messrs. Clark) Berry and Dibble being presscnt, it was suggested that the tuwnsito patent might be shown and explained to the council. Judge Berry entcicd into a lengthy law argument to demonstrate tho legality of the town companj's right in the premises. II. C. Dibble followed with a speech in the same strain. lltoolved, That the mayor be requested a picsent a copy of 'the townsite patent to 'the city attorney for his examination, and that lie bo directed to picsent to tho coun cil at its next meeting an opinion us to the advisability of instituting suit ' test tho .rights of the city against the, Townsite company, or as UJabandonlng tho.contest; also, that the mayor appoint a committee of three to confer with the city attorney, whose duty it will bd also to ascertain how the necessary means can bo raised by the city or citizens, or both, to conduct and carry on litigation through the courts, and employ eminent counsel, that the matter may be carried to a final issue. The following resolution was offered by Mr. Thomas: "Kesolvod, That whereas, J. D. House, Clark and others have commenced an ac tion against John P. Glum, as mayor of Tombstone, seeking to perpetually enjoin him from conveying to any person certain lots in the City of Tombstone, and said John P. Clum has answered in said action and the same is now pending, now, there fore, John Carr as mayor ot this city and successor in office of said John P. Clum, and the trustees of said lots, is hereby re quested, auteorzed and empowered, to in tervene in said action in such manner as to protect tho rights ot the city and its in habitants against the claims of the plain tiffs in said action ; and it is further Resolved, That the city of Tombstone will also intervene in said action as guar dians of tho trust of said lots in further ance of such protection. The council, however, refused to adopt the resolution and then adjoined. LOCAL HrHNTKRH. The school board ot this district have decided to levy an assessment of $10,000 for the benefit ol the public schools. Messrs. George Hearst and II. Solomon will leave in the morning to inspect their bonanza in the Winchester district. Tho amount of freight which has ar rived in town during the past few days has been immense. Last night the stages came in crowded, too. TriE bullion shipment for the Tombstone M. & M. Co., by Wells, Fargo & Co.'s ex. press, was three bars weighing 590 pounds and valued at $3,050, and for the Girard M. & M. Co , two bars weighing 300 pounds having a total valuation of ?!,. 291.1G. Mn. A. Swaiitz has opened a first-class shocmaking and repairing estabiisment on Fourth 6treet, next the New Orleans Res tautant. The gentleman Is a stranger haying just arrived from San Francisco, but being an accomplished workman ho ffill certainlyfjccure a liberal share of the public patronage. Messrs Joseph II. Beare and M. II. Smith returned from Winchester district yester day. Mr. Beare is the fortunate owner of one-half interest in the Parntll and Crazy Jane mines, which are'showing up equal to any in the district. He has had an of. fer of a large advance on what he paid for his interest in tho mines, but leels too san guine of having a bonanza to sell at any such figures. As jet the tax collector has sold but sev enteen dog tags, hence theie must be a good many miserable curs running about town that ought to be caught up. A com. mitlce was last night appointed by tho council to provido a pound at an expense not to exceed $100. This is the third time they have been all ready. It will take only about once morcjto fail. It will be seen by the resolution passed at the meeting of the council last night, that body propose to inquire into the va lidity of Clark's patent to the townsite an-! the city's right to the land. If they find he has no substantial claim to the same the council will proceed to exact their own property if it can be done with, out incurring loo great an expense. In accordance with the resolution adop ted at tho republican mass convention, that the chairman of that meeting should appoint, within one week, a committee of five to select a committee of fifteen from the citizens of Tombstone who shall represent this city in the republican convention. Mr. Carr has named the following five gentlemen: First waul, L. U. Winans; second ward, A. L. Grow; third ward, T. A. Atchison; fourth ward, Robert Hatch, and at large, A. II. Stebbins. The great banking house of this city and Tucson, known as Saffbrd, Hudson & Co. has seen fit since the retirement of ex Governor Safford from the firm to change their business title to Hudson & Co. Mr. Saflbid withdrew from the business some time ngn, on account of other occupations which demanded his attention. Mr.Jamcs II. Toole and Charles Hudson, Esq., aio tho heads of the house, and will continuo their b'ltiking business upon the same honorable basis as has heretofore charac terized their dealings. Nothing that can be said will add to the great confidence already placed in this house. The higli esteem in which they are held among the business men of this city is indeed envia ble. Mr. M. B. Clapp has been connected with the bank in Tombstone as cashier aiucc the establishment of a branch house here, and lias won a marked popularity us a courteous gentleman of real worth. Their lau-dness w ill be as eminently successful In the future m it has been in the past. LATEST TELEGRAMS.- Special DUpatchca to the Epitaph. Superintendent ot the Man Francisco Mint. Washington, April 13. The Na tional Republican to-day makes com plimentary editorial mention of the nomination of Edward F. Burton as superintendent of tho San Francisco mint. After reforring to the fact that he was, in the early days of Cali fornia, a state senator from Nevada county, and that he held a prominent position in the New York custom house during General Arthur's ad ministration as collector, it says ho is a man of first-class qualifications, a strong republican, and an able and honest man. The appointment, as will be inferred from the foregoing paragraph, was made by President Arthur upon grounds of old-time friendship andpersonal'fecling. Suspiciously Intimate With Ills Wife. NArA, Cal., April .15. Last night W. S. Lock wood, a stable keeper, was shot and instantly killed by ox Sheriff John F. Zollner. Zollner was walking up Main street with J. McGee, and on recognizing Look wood he said, "Here is the man I am, looking for," leveled a navy revolver and nred. The ball went clean through his head. Zollner gave him self up. Lockwood has been suspi ciously intimate with the wife of Zollner. The President at Fortress Monro. Fortress Monroe, Va., April 13. The president and party arrived to-day and inspected tho soldiers' home and Hampton Normal & Agri cultural school for Indians. An in formal reception was hold at the hotel, and at 5 o'clock the party left for Washington. Absentee Itepublleans. New York, April 13. Washing ton specials say tho republican cau cus of the house to-morrow is for the purpose of serving notice for the presonce of the thirty republican members now absent, as the demo crats are able to dictate the course of the house on the tariff and Chinese bills and contested election cases. Connecticut Liquor Law. Hartford, Conn., April 14. Both branches of the legislature have passed a bill restraining tho traffic in liquors, and that the present local option system shall be retained. t Perhaps Mo. Wasuington, April 15. The mystery of Captain Howgate's escape is not revealed by the police, but it is believed that it will not be for the reason that there are certain powerful influences in town inter ested in his escape. Chlneaa Minister Parnell. New York, April 14. Tho Chi nose minister visited Gen. Hancock at Governor Island yesterday. He was received with the honors of a salute, etc. The Herald's Paris special says the police fail to find Parnell. If ho is in that city he keeps close. Grand Commandery Meeting;. San Francisco, April 13. This afternoon the Grand Commandery of Knights Templars of California met here, all the officers being pres ent at tho opening conclave. They will bo in session several days. (recline Chester. Chicago, April 13. The Chicago Presbytery passed resolutions thank ing President Arthur for vetoing the Chinese bill, because it would pre vent the conversion of the Chinese to Christianity, and because it was contrary to national institutions. Liberal Ulft. Cleveland, April 15. Mrs. Alfa Boynton, the only sister of Grandma Garfield, died to-day at Hiram, aged 75 years. President Hayes sends $250 to the Garfield monument fund. cAim AiiMoxiHifnrr Following is the action taken by the war department on the .charges preferred by General Willcox against Colonel Carr, concerning the late Indian war, so-called. The whole proceeding will, we think, strike the reader as very paradoxical. No expense should bo considered too great when the question of insubor dination in the rai'ks of the army is concerned. Subordination must be maintained at all costs, if we expect efficiency of tho military in times of war. Colonel Carr was either guilty of disrespect and insubordination to his commanding officer or he was not, and inasmuch as his superior officer preferred charges against him he ought to have been granted a speedy and impartial court-martial, and if found guilty, punished, and if innocent exculpated, and not branded with such an infernal dose as ho gets from Adjutant-General Dunn. Wo consider that Colonel Carr has been improperly dealt with in this matter from Willcox to Dunn, and that he has good cause, now, for "disrespect" to the whole outfit. Following is tho official disposition of the case: The communication of Brevet Major General O. B. Willcox, com- raflnding the department of Arizona, of January 0, 1 882, enclosing charges and specifications against Colonel E. A. Law, of the Sixth Cavalry, for warded with your endorsement, Jan uary 11, 1881, was duly received, and by the General laid before the Secretary of War for action by tho President of tho United States, and under the 72d articlo of war, papers have been returned endorsed as fol lows: War Department, Feb. 11, 1882. Respectfully returned to the gene ral of the army. The within men tioned charges having been submitted to the president, and having been duly considered by him, he is of the opinion that public interests do not require that they should be tried by court martial as such trials would cause expense greater than would be justified by any results likely to fol low. The president, however, is not satisfied with the condition of affairs in the department of Arizona, as ex hibited by the matter set forth in these charges, especially the letter of Colonel- Carrs, bearing thr the 20th of September, lu -m which it is apparent that Carr, during the late Indian troubles m Arizona, was affected by feelings of disrespect and insubordination towards his com manding officer which were detri mental to the service and wero espe cially unbecoming an officer of his rank and experience. The president believes that admonition will sub serve public interest in this case, and he, therefore, directs that the general of the army slfUll properly admonish Colonel Carr, and that no further proceedings be had under these charges. Robt. T. Lincoln, Secretary War Dept. The president directed the general to properly admonish Colonel Carr. He can only do so by informing him through his immediate commanding officer that he regards tho conduct of Carr at Cibicu and Apache during the last days of August, 1881, as set forth in the three specifications of the charge as unsatisfactory, and that the whole of his letter of December 8th, 1881, addressed to the division headquarters through the department headquartors, is fault finding, and in subordinates improper, and altogether such a letter as no colonel in the army should write, and which no commanding officer should receive without immediate notice; and he can only do so by preferring charges. The action of the president puts an end to the subject, and Carr must be released from arrest and restored to his command. Very respectfully, your obedient servant. R. C. Drum, Adjutant General. Suit. Burbridgc estimates that the value of the ore already in sight in the four mines owned by the Old Dominion Mining company is at least $30,000,000. The slight alter ations which it was found necessary to mak in the smelting furnaces of the company, after starting up seve ral weeks agoe, have at last been com pleted, and the smelters are now read-, to start up with a capacity for treating 60 tons of ore daily. Additional furnaces are being con tracted for, this being warranted by the superintendent's estimate of ore in sight, carrying an average of about 25 per cent copper. New York Daily Stockholder, April 8. Will Superintendent Burbridgc never lJlet up" with his estimates and put those furnaces to running and turning out copper? Thirty mil lions in sight and not one dellar of returns! If Arizona can maintain its present high standing in mining circles and at the same time carry such an incubus as tho Old Do minion. She certainly has wonder ful vitality and resources. The Ventura Signal, we are sorry to see, is misusing the time given to its editor for prepration for another and better world, in malevolently disparaging the town of Santa Bar bara. Now, San Buenaventura, it is conceded, is a very nice town; but, as truly remarked by the editor of tho Santa Barbara Press, "Santa Barbara is no slouch." The Signal's statements about the vernal iceberg indigenious to that place, the sempi ternal snowstorm and the encroach ing glacier are obvious exaggerations the sportive output of a fertile fancy, banta Barbara is really not a very cold place; tho mercury in the inhabitants hardly ever gets down lower than ten derees above the ankle joint. It is true the consumptives who go thero for their health gener ally put on overcoats as soon as the climate gets its work in on them, but consumptives aro generally deli cate anyhow. O no, Santa Barbara isn't half bad in point of climate; and when roused by a San Buena ventura insult is really torrid enough to blister tho back of a Mexican dog. An interesting experiment is said to have boen made with a hibernating hedgehog, in which tho brains of the sleeping animal were removed, then the entire spinal cord, but for two hours hardly any change was percep tible in the notion of the heart; and a day afterward that organ contracted when touched by tho operator. Professor Boyd Dawkins, in de picting the appearance of the world before man, recently described Am erica in tho eocene and miocene periods as being connected with Eu rope by a heavily wooded barrier of land, stretching past the Faroe Isl ands; while the alligators and fishes of Enropo were indistinguishable from those of this continent. Sloppy Swearing;. From the Colorado Miner. A mining country is pre-eminently a country of affidavits. From the discovery of mineral to the issue of a government patent, the miner is subject to an unbroken series of oaths or affirmations; affidavits of an nual labor, of citizenship, posses sion, improvements, posting, publi cation and so on, like Pitt's oppo nent in parliament, from the begin ning to tho end of the story. One would suppose so common a cere mony would be observed with at least common propriety. And, yet, probably, no act is so loosely and illegally performed as this same act of making affidavit. The hat is often not removed, and the depo nent frequently requests the offi cer to "cuss him," without other statement. We have oven heard of a firm in our midst who procure no tarial jurats in blank, and fill in the witnesses' names and signatures as necessity requires, without any ap pearance of the person purporting to swear before the offier r'ove;-. The New York Court of Appeals has recently decided, in a case re ported at length in the January Criminal Law Magazine, that such deposition is utterly void. The judge says: "To make a valid oath, for the falsity of which perjury will lie, there must be some form, in the presence of an officer authorized to administer it, an unequivocal and present act by which the affiant con sciously takes upon himself the obli gation of an oath." The Colorado statute provides that "tho person swearing shall, with his or her up lifted hand, swear "By the everiliv ing God.' " or, if conscientiously scrupulous against taking an oath, shall "solemnly, sincerely and truly declare and affirm." The consequences of loose swear ing are more serious than one would at first blush suppose. For thereby the rights of innocent parties may be endangered or lost, by a pretend ed deposition, which afterwards is shown to be false, and yet the al leged deponent cannot be held for perjury, because he has not in law taken an oath. Where so many val uable interests depend upon affidavit it is highly important that the affiant should be legally sworn, so that if he lies, lis may be punished accordingly. Verbum notary is satis esset. 4 ITEMS AT liAKCK. From the Arizona Miner, April 11. Grass for stock in the immediate vicinity of Prescott is short. A pine tree fell upon a horse, in West Prescott, yesterday, breaking one of the horse's legs ' About half of Maricopa came up in the wind, on Sunday and-Monday,., with three-fourths of Pima, and " probably nine-tenths ot Sonora. Purdy, wo hear, has been impor tuned by Fremont, Jessie, Gosper and one or two others to sell them an interest in the Free Press. -They want to gag it. Sam is too wide awake lor them, and says he will see them in that place which rhymes with cell or bell, first. Information is wanted of Thomas Evans. The last heard of him ho was, with others, bringing a drove of cattle from California to Arizona. He, or anyone knowing his where, abouts will confer a favor on his eastern friends by- informing T. J. Butler, at Prescott, by letter or otherwise. There will be several nice little towns on the line of the Atlantic Jf Pacific railroad. A large country will be settled up, and towns are convenient as well as necessary. Flagstaff and Williams are both des tined to become important places. So, we advise all those who have a ' foot-hold to hang on. From the Phcnlx tiazttte. Mr. Van. Annan, the new secretary of the territory, accompanied by his wife, arrived in town this morning. They are the guests of Judge Porter. Sheriff Ormer returned from Yuma this morning having safely turned over Alfredo Brown and the other convicts from this county to the pris on authorities. From tho El Taio Ilciald. The track of the Southern Pacific railroad in Texas has been laid about 278 miles from tho. bridge across tho Rio Grande near El Paso. The work is going foaward slowly but is greatly impeded by a lack of .the necessary material and the great distance from which supplies are ob tained. Thero still remain 127 miles of track on this section to be con structed before meeting with the con struction gangs working this way. " . A treasonable Time. Trom the Bodtc Free Trwe. Discussing the Chinese question correspondent asks us, "What is reasonable space of time?" This a lull grown conundrum and rather hard to answer. In the lira1 itation of Chinese, twenty years is a very reasonable period of time, not withstanding tho opinion of our most gracious and well-developed President. But to bo locked up in jail for horse stealing that time would seem an age. When a tooth is being pulled fourteen seconds is a loner time.while half an hour devnta-1 to holding your girl o -m seems but a moment. when it is not mo A. new ml adopted in aoutn waiei ment for the ther aii elnudvJ 90SF