Arizona miner., 1868-06-13
LOCAL NEWS.

virkland Valley last WceK. ana gObbled mp Tour ,.-.e. belonging to Vim Gilkson two of Moses ,,,,ey's. and one belonging to another man rtsS were pursued by detachment of noun ,.l Infantry from Camp McPherson, and over ,.,cr somewhere near Bells Canon. IL seems ,,,t inc rascals after stealing the horses, went ,,o,b considerable distance, and then turned ,,.> towards the valley. In travelling along on ,l. rail- and when near some big rocks, the ,,op, were fired into by Indians when two an- ,,l. were killed. The Indians then, we believe. ,,1 og and were pursued by the troops, who, ,o,e more, came upon them while they were casting one of the stolen horses. The Indians. m seeing the troops, got up and travelled tow ads this town, and were tracked to Miliers ,i,ley. about one mile from Prescott. The troops ..,rted Tuesday morning on ten days scou, s0e- thc Indians.
 Frov Mcssrs. Bobett and Thcde. who came in ,..,n the Toll Gate. on the Prescott and Hardy rlle road. last week. and who returned again Monday last, we learn that the settlers ont there. ri.b 10 make a change in the road between Will f,m,on Valley and that place. They say three miles can be cut off and better road made hy Gw days work. The Indians have not trou- bel hem of late Since the mail was taken of ,ht, road, the people complain greatly about nail facilities, and they think inc people of the county should petition the DepaFimen; for week E mail service.
 SroP Ir.-Some few of our citizens arc in the habit of going a few rods from town and chop ping down beautiful pine anl oak trees, and we have been requested to call their attention to he fact that such proceeding is not pleasing io large majority of the people. Stop it. gen ,emeu [. Let the old oaks stand " in all their majesty and touch not the towering pines They afford shade and shelter to bipeds and quadru- p,l' aud are aa ornament to the town.
 STILL THalArExlsG.-We found the following ca our table Monday last, and give it for what it psJnh;
 PREscorr, June sth 1868. E1 NrUH Having heard one Uf tue parties who were defeated at the late election on the lamen;el Peoples ticket declare that be would now make ]; bis business to iojur. his opponents in bu,,aessn ] weuld respectfully suggest Co the citizen. of Prescott. through the medium of your c0lums that they keep sharp look cat on their clothes lines and heu roosts. for any person ltfbDrng such intentions as those expressed above cannot possibly have any higher motives.
 1AYAPAL
 TIE California mail which arrived here st i2 o'clock on the night cf the 5th inst, was brought through in a hurry. It left La Paz the Wednes- Jay night previous. and had it not been that the rider vSs detained about four hours, by Indians ,ss tried 10 capture him, .he mail ~oald have chaH Dx. .a.,, ,sr q i- 1lce travelled over was lS0 miles, and the actual ne of making is was A hours, incl adiRg stop pages at Wickenbarg and Walust Grove. Nj Gibson who carries the mail from Wickenburg to Prescott. alWags makes good time m. and ia ale rays ready to return nsxt morning no matter what hour of the night he may arrive here. We nave heard some complaints about papers and letters being left behind on the road, but we be- lege all the fault lies with the contractors on the other side of the Colorado, in California, who. we think, will hereafter do better as they have recently placed fresh stock upon the road. Tug weather during the past two months has as everybody here knows, been changcable. so much SO tha, VIC had almost settled down to the conviction that Summer had seeded. Yet this section has fared no worse thaa other portions oi the coast Our exchanges come 10 us filled wih murmurings of disconieni. aud growls al ,he Clerk of the weather. A French astronomei | has been taking peep al the sun, and has dis covered that the old fellows face is all covered with spots and diuted with holes, which fact may account for his inability to "warm us up.n KILLED BY ISDIANs.-More white blood ha' been shed by our Indian foes, the trail betweer Prescott, and Skull Valley As yet the name O the man is unknown here. The following not from J. T. Howell. of Skull Valley, may be ih' neaas of discovering the name of the unfortu nate man:
 SKULL VALLEY. June B. 1868.
 ED, MINER On Friday night last, three Mex leans camped with us and started for Prescoi he following morning. They returned at nooI he same day. and reported that they had ionn' dead man on the trail Four of us started on immediately and proceeded on the trail crosse' he divide. went down the slope little ways an' iolad the body close to the trail. The murdere' nln was about , feet inches in height, sion out and apparently young. with light brow aalT' lie was stripped of all his cloIhing eXeep lA shoes and stockings. The shoes were ne" No. E. We saw the tracks of two men o0min rom the direction of Prescott. and one reiurne .a 'ae same direction. No person this side O
 he mountain knows who the men were. ID ooly was found abaut one-half mile from th oii burnt cabin on Copper creek, on the souu s'ae Of the basin.
 Since putting the above ia type. rumor wa current in town that another dead body had bee
 ,'und close to the first, but, as yet, we are un'
 0'e to trace it to any reliable source.
 Cot- WOOIsEY arrived here on Tuesday lbs