Arizona miner., 1868-07-11
LOCAL NEWS.

.,l supper on the evening of the third both of ,s.cb. the supper and the dance we have heard .,,ken Of very highly The members of this club have fine hall, and their social hops are con. l,,,ed in proper and gay manner. The club me Of the institutions of this place, and we .t.rs good one. Success to it.
 OTHER DANcE. "-On the Evening of inc r,irh. a large number of ladies and gentlemen ,..embled in Elysan Hall and "tripped the fght fantastic until balfpast eleven. when they ..,dsdd,ed for their homes, wearied with two ,ybs dancing, and retired to slunber. Our folk. are some on dancing" and we venture to ,,.er that their eye-lids closed soon after rctr- rf ,o bed Saturday night
 Orr brother Pelican. 7" Joe Lennon, came up from his ranch on the Rio Verde to celebrate the gjnrth Joseph was in good health and spirits. and talked of seeing tbe Mississippi soon His corn crop. he thinks will see him through L4Paz Avp PREscorr Roan.-On the last trip .. ..Wrrninger and Jones trains from La Paz to Prescott they stopped at several points on the road between this place and Date Creek. when all hands turned out and worked upon thc road. Vr Weruinger informed us thatmosi of the labor performed was done in Bell Canyon and on the g--a th. side of Camp McPherson. both of
 which places had become almost impossible In
 atd.dJn to the work performed by the met in inc
 employ of Jones and Werninger. these two gen
 il,ncn. have subscribed liberally for the pur-
 pose of having the road shortened and repaired
 Oher freighicrs have done likewise and we are
 .od that the merchants of this town are acting
 ia the natter Yuma County has. we are infrom-
 cd had a Road Superintendent. some men and
 team employed for some time past in repairing
 bad spot. of the road lying within her bounda-
 rr. and 1t has been suggested that Yavapai
 might do something similar. With the exPendi-
 gre ai very litlle money, the present route could
 be shortened considerably, and better route
 obtained Hope our people and the County
 vI move iu the matter the ieamsters it ap-
 pe.. 70 us, are doing their best to Tighten our
 buris-' for they have reduced the price Of
 freisl' rom La Paz to this place from to 6
 cents psr pound. and say they are prepared to
 reduce il sill lower as soon as possible Our
 true policy t tO meet them half way and aid
 them all We can. Co accomplish this necessary
 and desirable end. We want A cheap freight tariG and cheap goods.
 ED " WELLS, IT,. Clcrl. Of the DistFic, Court. has changed his residence from Montezuma to Granite street When not in his office in the Court House, be will be found at his residence. on the east side of Granite street. opposite the blacksmith shop.
 MuLERs RsscH.-Sunday last we took walk l n Mill"r's Ranch, and found everything ). K We ! ealled on our friend John Buckley who runs the | shop and found him at work. He | 'ays he is overrun with work and still # comes ] Toe valley looked beautiful. Jake was fixing up ! bis train of wagons for a trip to La Paz. and d. . pgelher the place presented busy appearance .
 THE freight trains Of Jones and werniuger sarted for La Psz on the evening of the Fourth.
 BEAcu's train has gone to the Rio Verde
 GoNG TO BLACK CtNYox.-We learn that Nr. | Bradshaw, who is now in this town. talks some Of raising party for the purpose of proceeding io Black Canyon Creek and working the pla- 1 cers. Mr. Bradshaw, is brother of the man who ! hr.; led party of whites to these diggiugs. and Ihe gulch mines known as the Bradshaw Big ! ging, were found by him and named after him 1 Nearly all these gulches have since been worked 1 oy Hexieaas, who. We know made fair wages out of them. but there are others in the immed- ! ate vicinity that will pay, and now. that the rainy season has commenced, Is the time to try them. If pay cannot be got ont of the gulches, ] ! ii- dead sure thing that fair wsges can be l made out Of the bed and bars Of the Creek. l Black Canyon is distant about 46 miles south ! east from Prescott
 Dickson, who have been residing in California 1 ior over a year past arrived at their homes in | Prescott Thursday evening last Their Father, | Joseph Ehle, and their husbands, who went out | on tbe road to meet them, came in with them. l They are pioneers of Arizona, and we welcome 1 them back.
 D. <. LoUSr formerly member of the Third | and Fourth Legislatures, and who has, of late, | been living on the Lower Agaa Eric, has re- | turned to Prescott Mir. Lount, Is an honest man. | sound Democrat, and never :" bolts"
 Tine Fourth of July did not pass away i N''houi our citizens enjoying the luxury of n'ise race n fact we were treated to several of | @e scrub order We the Ed. paid our money and l toae down below Fort Whipple to see them, as 1l grea: many more people of both sexes Hse' and conditions in life. Some money was 1 's' and large amount Of jawbone changed lo- | ''aoh' but it did not appear to affect the weather " 'Ae price of feet materially. A bay and