Arizona miner., 1868-03-07
LOCAL NEWS

and
 r..te,rd. Mr Bashford received several kegs of
 J buttcr, which was badly needed here. as J .,,-chanis were entirely out of the article
 r,s il will not be long before our farmers will
 t. enough butter tO supply the home demand MI ~s.y can do it if they but try, and we believe I .,aId have done it long ago were it not for the
 .,l1.'ry displayed by the Apaches in con6scat. iaz cows
 Rtua & ELLIOTT started Tuesday morning. for
 r,,.-. X Giles ranch, on Granite creek for fine
 .--,,.e of erecting a dwelling house and out
 t.,as A great deal of lumber has been taken
 I.gr tberc Bowers and Giles will plant some
 gr or 600 acres of corn.
 Tng carpenters lately employed at Camp
 U7.pple have all been discharged on account
 ,,sbrcye of there being no lumber on hand at
 .ts Camp or at the saw mill. Curtis & Noyes.
 .,a owners of the saw mill. have found it impos- l .al, 90 keep supply Of logs on hand this win
 f- owing Co the muddy condition of the roads
 .,.eJ by the immense quantities of rain and
 .;w hat have fallen in this vicinity They let
 f..a'rac' early in tbe winter for the hauling of
 ,..logs but the contractors have been unable
 Co l.tcr tLen.
 AG. NSN, who owns a ranch on the out-skirts
 a' onn planted, in December last, few acres
 af wheat for the purpose of seeing how itwould
 r on high land and he assured us the other
 .ty. Aatit k now several inches above the ground
 i1i look. beautiful and thrifty. He has broken
 ap about twenty acres and intends breaking
 about ten acrcs more. all oi which be will plant e.h corn and Hungarian grass seed. Mir. Dunn l s., about sixty head of cows and horses now on place. and the Apaches come around occa- ! .a4y 10 see what their chances are for stealing l ta-u. They have tried Co get ihe cattle out nf 1 le corral repeatedly but five savage dogs which be se.r. to watch them have de,erred them. SO h- from trying their luck.
 Po.rusrrR MAGICIAN is extending his domain oa hc bin side on Cortez street; back of the pos, af5ce. and is building a substantial fence around
 lll thc lots pourhed by him. Last year. he raised aa excellent crop of corn and vegetables upon part oi this land. and be will no doubt do bet
 Ger ,h- year. FIVE wagons. loaded wiih hay aFFi, ed in town | from Ni.IIamsou's valley. during the week !. Thry were out in tbc snow-siorm of Saturday and sunday last, and had rather a rough time of !. it
 BHI Coz .' monarch of all be survey. out at the Sterling, waiting for some "damphooln Co . come along and try his luck in the sulphuret business Bill {, as patient as a Sonora donkey. ana as iull of hope as a Swcet-waier maniac ii1cessta may i4il. quartz operators may cave anu hil creeks and guches wlth quicksilvsr. but Diii 'uIi holds to the faith that l. in him. and 'seais by tue beard Of the prophet that some Ang must turn up soon.n Ne think so. too Will lm.
 ". II. NicERoY arrived in Prescott Monday 'rHing last, from san Francisco which place left on the 18th ult, thus making the trip in a]ut twelve days. We are indebted to him for .oPy of the Daily Ala Caiiforsia, of February D. which. We believe, is the latest san Fran scO paper received here. Since Mir Nickroy fi herc. several months ago be has made a trip ihe Eastern states, over which be travelled 1 a'iderabie. He is as energetic as George 1 francis Train. and travels as fast as horss -iesb ll steam can carry him. His business here at , -' time IS. as near as we can learn ta straightcn
 ' 'he affairs 0l the Wainut Grove Mining Conn , msg lf he succeeds in his undertaking nis '-e than likely that their 20 stamp mill on Tur- ay creek. in this county. (which owing t. =esHe agreement among the members of the com who reside in Philadelphia has been lying , le since its erection nearly year ago-will l 'yJa be set to work crushing ore.
 KIRKLAND VAIKY.A delegation from this valley on the Prescott aud La Paz wagon road Ta' in town this week. They spoke encourag- !, lgy of farming prospects the coming season. , and one oi their number promised to furnish us one Items ot interest to our readers soon. h. , dan sign Vas -..a hy s9;ae 0f ;hc citizens who SeTg odt Auht1y m the vicinity of the valley, srcceHty.
 DtITIr -SHEEIFP BEHAN has returned to town rom professional trip to Camp Willows On the a iiiidyvilie road.
 tEoA CAMP NcPHEHsoy.-Cap,ain Davis and { Lieutenant Purdy came up from Camp McPher- c .on early n the Eeek They returned again on ' lauTsiay or Friday. Capt Weir who formerly ! Ia 1 'AHoned ou the Reservation at La Paz ACiyALRY force Rnder the command of Lieu eaan! carrek, has recently made a scout from T app NhippIe towards the head of Williams n '''A' No Indians were found. 'Hf NEArHER, for week past has not been n altogether lovely. Early Saturday morning last ,nmehced showing vigorously and contin- d .'4 70 do go until nearly noon Of sunday, when z pended operations. The sun then shone DiIlantly, for a day or two, causing the snow v
 .slppear about as fast as it came and making II ..l''e that budding spring was close at hand. < -, 1e were once more mistaken- fooled sold, I N lAe man who runs the weather machine " 'nsed his base and commenced an attack upon O
 pNl Of Mother Earth with rain. sleet and M The wind, too. was used as an auxiliary
 s I,l- and ihe way 1t h0wied defiance at things = I-'.l U could not blow over upset and dcmol- H gIo'ed It to be spunky. to say the least for a r,,,D Du' as Ii has now partially ceased, and as Sl abOye look sort of quiet. we are remin- r, o' ihe old saying that when March 'comes in m m non' 1t goes ont like lamb.n and this v ,,. we nope 1t won't go back on it's ancient " f'Rramme Is 'L call the attention of wealthy individuals to .rdn. notice given by the Assessor of Internal . 'enue' In another column th A. l.. MoPt pm ,.l. -. | l Id