The weekly Arizona miner., 1868-09-05

Wtcck' and a thls writing, the building Is as far advanced as when it met its downfall Consider. | able lumber was damaged, and the whole loss Is ! probably thousand dollars koADs.-The citizens of Walnut Grove. arc , anxious to have wagon road Co Prescott. and we nope our citizens will assist them in constructing lt. l. R Stephenson called upon us the other day. and informed Us that good wagon road can be made r'a Board camp, Quartz Mountain and Mil. ler's ranch, to this place, with very little labor short time ago, A. C. swain, Jake Q Brien. W. J Collier, C. Washburn, l.. R. Stephenson and two other men went out to find a road to Pine Flat Mir swain informs us, jy letter, that they found very good route for wagon road, and they will make it unless the citizens of Prescott help them to bnild road Co our timber and town, as the distance to Pine Flat is shorter. Our merchants should dosomcthing tokecp tkc cincrcasng trade of | the Grove, else it may be diverted to some other point. AS matters now stand it takes . farmer a full week to make trip to this town and back
 with wagon, when if a road was cut direct over the range, the round trip could be made in three days. Let us have a road Co this large and thriy-
 ing settlement
 ! R. F. D. BRooKs, who came here from Walnut ! Grove, quite sick. Is recovering. His brother, T
 W. went down 10 the Grove last week, and brought
 him up.
 CHAPrAIS BLAKE. preached to a large audience
 in the Court House, Sunday last, He will leave
 soon for his post of duty, Camp Mcdowell Since
 his arrival here be has vaccinated some of our
 citizens
 To. DicKAsoS brought lot of barley from
 his ranch, to town last week and sold It for cts
 per 10.
 FROM WIcEVxUUR0-Unde date Of Wicken-
 burg August 3Ist, our correspondent furnishes
 us with the following:
 "Yesterday, the Indians attacked two teams be-
 longing ,o F. NJ. Chapman, while they were com.
 ing from the miu,, killed one Of the drivers,
 Oscar Ec!!y and took a! ;bc iaulcs, t;wcu;y h
 numbcr) We want and must have some help
 from Government The mail stage coming from
 Tucson, was attacked by Indians on She 18th int,
 nine miles this side of Tucson, they shot one man
 named Ad Linn, in the back 1t was supposed he
 would die. F. O'Neill died last Thursday night. oi
 Epepsy His funeral took place on Friday, and
 was well attended. Vim. J. Berry read the
 funeral service J W Swil!!Bg cane here from
 Phuuix with some ether gentlemen lie says
 everything locks well on salt River. Maj Mont gomcry has rented the Arizona Hotel, and intend.
 Co mal. it tirst class House. Oar principal mer | chant, A. Barnett. received very large assort | meut Of all kinds or goods, and sells cheape
 than eyer goods were sold In this part of the Ter rtory"
 WEATHER. ETc.-Early Sunday morning las, the bright lace of old Sol might have heen seen a he slowly rais-d himself ont of the Chop-stci e Empire to take peep ot his white and 'co'oTei e children on the then upper crus of Nanny Eafti We gazcd ai the old fellow saw that hs countennnc was not 'altogc,her lovely" and felt Ike tcllin D the man ai tho wheel Co look out for squalls ' Well, the day wore on. we put on every stitch O our best cauvass, crossed the creek, ate the Oul ( wa,ermellon in F. j. Cooks garden, prepared ( return home and read Inc Examiner Alta, Daiietit b Sacramento Caiot, etc. and go to church, whei D the thunder peaied and the rain descended | ! llr-c drops. The programme vas soon changed , and we witnessed free Of cost, enc of the pretu
 est, briskest hall storms we have seen 10 many - day Tho creek rose, and as We were ''uyer o e tine other shore" and could moi cross, ws nisse' e hearing Chaplain Bakc's sermon md one or ,w' other good things.
 FAgMER's MEEuSG.--At a meeting of farmers . held In the Court House In Prescott, Sept. lsl
 1cGS it was moved and carried that, op accom-
 Of the noncompliance of a number of the farm ' CTS Co sign the agreement entered Into ai 'tbci ', last meeting. sald agreement bc made null an Y, void. Feeling that it was necessary to take som
 action in order Co protect themselves, h wi moved and carried that the county be laid Of inl V farming districts each district 60 send one del H gate io @ convention to bc holden at Prescott, Sc toinbcr n, at o'clock D. m Said delegates s' have full power to act for the farmers of the E. distrlcts Drlc,yaies from the different distrlc Of are expected 10 bc informed in regard io q st amount Of corn and other grain that may he d their districts. lt Is hoped that prompt action " d be taken in this matter by those having grain be sell. as without action they will surely sufI IT, The districts are as follows 1st Lower GrnI ,b Greek; ed, Upper Granite and Willow Greek ,ll Sd, Prescott including Milers and Lees rancho ,u 4ih, Chino Valley; 5,h, Skull and Kirkland V ct les 9th. Agua Trio and vicinity; 7ih, Waln ,r, Grove. C. r, BLAKE Sec. pro te'a. w GENERAL TuoMAs C. DEyIN, who has been '' command of the District of Prescott for nc'
 iy year past, lef, this place on the morning ,,o the goth ult, for Tucson. A soon as the Ge .v eral arrives at headquarters he will assume col f. mand of the District of Arizona relieving G' @ eral Critienden, who has been ordered to rep' m at San Francisco. During General Deyin's st ,1.. in Prescott he won the esteem of our eitizer o, and the love of his soldiers, by his plain, gent =, manly manners and his earnest desire and labC .d to put an end to Indian troubles.
 m- Crr VAccINArrp-We advise our citizei