Arizona miner., 1868-03-21

'"e il"oh Ranch on the Agua Frio. on Soturdav l's'' and feasicd his eyes on the beapties and wonders of this metropolis" He became snr. e'1u n Wler moderate stay. and took the trail oli,, Ss rahcn where we hope, he arrived in good condition, right side mp with ca.e.
 JOHN houNrREE is farming like blazes in Skull Naiiey' He came to town this week to attend to to some business, fixed it up. and left avan for back. '" se' HIS rhoney
 FROM WALNUT GRovE.-L. z. Stephenson. (who. on account of the bigness of his heart. ia mi. Versally known as Big Steve.') Charles Wash. 6urne, and a son of Mr Jackson. came nm from the urOve lately. Steve told Us that inc Indians ,d nad not paid the settlement visit in long time ne gave 1t as his opinion that three times tbe amount or land tiled last year would he cnlti. vated lhis year Charley Washburno purcbased ' lot oi apple cuttings here, and will set them out upon ms place. Steye's hcnery has filled up so rapidly Of late, he says that unless his friends call upon him and help to eat them up. he will De under the necessity of sending to California Tor a gang Of HongkOng Sce-Yup Chinamcn who will steal and eat them.
 MR GEORGE II. VlcKRoY started from Prescott on Monday last, for California, after liqudatinp several debts of the Walnut Grove Mining Co It Is his intention to return here soon again. Mir. | Brooks, Bill Dennson. and Mr Hearinan. who have rsked their lives by stopping upon and taking care of this company's property for a long time past, are now in town and another ! party has taken their place at the mill Bill ! Dennison has lived long enough in the Territory to become an Apache fifteen years-but we notice that he still runs with the whites. and leads an henest- peaceable life.
 | PmscOTT supports two good bakeries those of William Felt and C. Schroeder. Mr. Schro,.. | der has one of the neatest and most comfortable ! places in town Felt is having large brick | oven built. and, as soon as he can get lumber | he will set carpenters to work on a front addi. ton to his shop.
 ! GoLD Dusr, we perceive. is, at present plenty in Prescott Every merchant livery man, saloon keeper, lawyer, doctor, preacher barber car penter. butcher, hummer. politician. (and we were about Co add, printer. but facts won't bear us out in that assertionl has pile Of gold dust | Our placer mines never yielded better or m0rt ! freely, and with the gold dust ground out of ihs aTastras. makes the gold yield of tbe past winter very respectable
 ! Greeubacks, too. are numerous St Patrick, ! Day started several of them on a bender and ' they are still travelling from pocket Co pocket Our merchants are well satisfied with the busi ] ness they are doing. Mechanics gct plenty o 1 work and remunerativc wages. iaborvrs srt ! scarce and ask and receive good pay for their ! services. We have seen several men travelling 1 the sireetc in search of laborcrs and. morc thar once, have beard them say tbcy couli not ge persons tO do their work for ioVr nOf money ! Our two livery stables are doing a good business ! Our shocmakers cannot do half tho work that | | given them. The saloons concentrate all then force behind their bars ia order to pass out th, fluids fast their thirsty customers pass then ] lpvVn fht.ir thrnatu Tata, A uho x.fs
 exception of our establishment and the arp;
 store of Mcssrs. Darling & Kendall. every con cern in Prescott Is enjoying flush times" VI hope our friends of the " drngyery" will be ahl
 10 grin and heaI dull times for awhile. Ever, | dog has his day" friends the e,eelion eampaigi is opening day and he summer time i | coming. and you know that valley folks sn boand to shake-then your day will come
 ws. \. KELLY is having a fence tuilt aroun, his house and lot. on Granite street. He is als, making several otker improvements. which whri completed, will rSsder bis place one Of the co | siCst in town. Kelly has recently put on matFi rnoniai harness, and of course, is fN,ure her, ! for life
 lNDIAS DEPgEpAT,oNs.-Ou Apache brethren ! have awaked from their winter slusHbeFs, ant are now crawling around, ia search of human ! blood and four-lcgged critters They ar,
 hoggingn things as usual. Recently. they stol,
 every animal belonging Co poor farmer name,
 Bnckmaa, from his place. couple of miles iron Prescott. They also drove away a steer belong ing 10 NIT. T. M Alexander Previous io this
 the redskins stole from Dave King miner ol
 the Hassayampa, the only animal possessed b
 him. They then went to tho Sterling mill, durn
 Bill Coles absence. cut the leather from of th
 bellows boards iaak ]. and es crything else the
 could find that suited their fancy or their wani'
 packed them upon the horse, and put ou, in ih
 direction of Skull Valley, as was afterward
 learned by party of Elea from the Chase mil
 who pursued them. Verify. the reds are on ]
 and we must look out for them.
 correspondent, writing upon this subiec
 says: Within the past fifteen months, tiitec
 white men have been killed by the Indians i
 M0have county. and about 250 head or stOc
 stolen. In lavapai county. the loss has bee
 much greater not less than forty white citizen have been killed during this time, and not le'
 than 600 head of stock and 200 tons of cor stolen and carried ofi to the mountains. So th'
 the loss of life in the two counties may be foOte
 up at fifty five, and the loss of property at pre-
 ent value, would reach nearly S200,O Is ther
 any other Territory in the United States wher
 settlers would hold on with such tenacity as l Arizona Our settlers know the value of ul country, and are determined to fight il out 0
 this line.'
 FRoN THE RIo VERDE.- Beach's train arrive from Camp Lincoln one day this week. with cor for George W, Bowers, which was delivered [
 Camp Whipple. While at the river Charley d'
 livered at Camp Lincoln forty tons of corn, fc E. Darling. But little farming will be. done Q the Verde this season as. owing to sickness. cit the settlers are all leaving and coming up her Jake Ramstein and Henry Weaver came up q ! other day Jos. Melvin will soon come up. Jot
 Long and one or two others will remain aud pl
 in crop.