Arizona miner., 1868-05-23
LOCAL JEWS.


 v.rxEN-Tuesday last, the citizens of Pres .,, vere somewhat excited over the news said ~. he .prcsd by a Mexican who arrived here on .t. afternoon of that day from Walnut Grove Tn. California mail has, since Mir. Grant has been ,,-rrinr it. arrived in Prescott about noon every r,e.day and as it was behind its regular time ..,,o color of truth seemed to cling to the re. ,ott of the Mexican, which report was to the ,g,ct that. in the vicinity of Copper creek about ,., miles from town. in the mountains, he saw .,1 conycrsed with four Indians who informed him that great many more Indians were in that -.i,itv. He also said that he left the mail rider ..eep at Walnut Grove. that he intended to get o, and start for Prescott soon after he Uhe Mex ;..,A left and as the mail did not arrive during .be afternoon, of course. everybody believed it ,,s"takcn in." About dusk party of our citi- ,.ns consisting of Messrs. Monihon, Cory, Pierce and McWilliams, with three soldiers, started oBt 10 learn the true state of affairs, and found everything quiet on Copper creek, at which place ,bey campcd. During the night. mail, mail rider, escort and Mr. Cook, came along right side up with care. but little tired and worn out from the fatigue of the trip. and, on seeing the fire. thought it was made by Indians, but after pros pecting a little while, they concluded they had struck a white lead, and advanced. The mail came on to Prescott, the hunters stopped til mornings dawn shed enough light upon the hills and valleys co enable them to see footprints of To- when they salied forth for that purpose. but could not find any evidence of the biped in that vicinity upon which they became disgus,ed, spoke profancly of Mexicans and Indians, took observation through the bottoms of their bottles, and put out for Prescott. where they arrived in good order. but little riled in temper early next morning Sequel Mexicans, like contra bands. will sometimes say things they cannot prove, and it will not do, always, to bet your bottom dollar on them.
 SCyDlr last. we took n walk to Banning & Be- gole. ranch about one mile and a half south of Prescott and found some thirty acres planted in corn and vegetables. The corn was npped by he late frost. but ncw leaves had started out. sal i was looking we'll The soil was in good condition We were surprised at beh0lding the grea, amount Of labor done by these gentlemen the a,t .ear. < good. substantial rail fence has been built every rail for which, was made by themselves mostly from trees which grew on the land they are now farming Stnmps innumer- able. had Co be grubbed ont, and what with the other work necessary to be done in making a farm ont of wild pine bottom land, we must con f'ss that Banning ,s Bcgolc have done well, Should Inc season prove good one, they will raise enough vegetables to supply several hun drcd people.
 KILLED BY INDnNs.-It is with feelings of re- rret that we. this week, announce the death at the hands of brutal, murderous, ,thieving Indians, of another pioneer and good citizen, John c. Ba- ker, brother of James Baker, of this town. Mir. Baker was killed on Table mountain, east of the Rio Verde about one hundred miles from Pres- colt, while returning from General Dcvins com mand to Camp Lincoln. for supplies. The cir cumstances are as follows: He, with two or three soldiers, started ahead Of the main party-some twelve or thirteen in number, to pick ont trail and the red scoundrels fired al them from place of concealmcnt The rear party hurried up to bim. tried to alleviate his suGerings made a litter and brought him to Camp Lincoln. He died in iwenty-four hours after being shot Mir. Baker was a native of Dade county, Missouri, aged 26 years. and formerly lived in Oregon. May an ayenging God scourge these fends for their mau- fold crmes
 CuDREx's PARrY.--Saturday last, Mrs. J. C. Campbell entertained some twenty or thirty ehil- dren a, her place of residence on Montezuma street The little ones, we are told, enjoyed themselves hugely, and Mrs (. was happy to see them do SO.
 NR GlBsoy, who carries the mail between Wckenburg and Prescott, Is the right man in the right place He can ride great many miles without rest, sleep or anything else. Monday last he started from Wiekenburg about noon, and arrived here sometime during the night. Mir F.. J. Cook. one of our merchants, came up with Gibson, and from his appearance next day, we are of the opinion that very few trips of tbat kind would satisfy him, hut then it must he borne in mind that he is unaccustomed to riding, and that he was worn out by the trip from Los Angeles here. The distance from Wickcuburg to Prescott Uia Walnut Grove, is at least sixty miles, and the trail Is not the smootbest one in the world
 RUXAwAY.-Saturday last Montezuma street Sas the scene of spirited runaway Mr. Reed thief Clerk a, Fort Whipple, was the happy occupant Of tbe buggy, and very fortunately i''i none of his gushing beauties and manly limbs by the affair; but we had better describe matters little: The horses became frightened tis horses sometimes will) started to run into schroeder s bakery, and on finding they could not