Arizona miner., 1868-02-22

..o, of Campbell X BufIums store. on Monte. street. has been torn up, and in its place. ... brick sidewalk has been laid down Great 's i. due this firm for the valuable and sub p'"t,l improvements made by them in Prescott Tt@i, large hrc.prOOf stone store, with brick t,,, i. the finest building in town, and Is infe- ,.,r 10 no building this side of Los Angeles III LEE. of the American Ranch, Round Val ,., was in town the other day and as is usual -b lim called into the MINER office. and gave . ob of printing upon 800 envelopes his -,re and address Lee understands his business. ,t.. pleasure in helping to support his local ra2,r. and knows how tc keep hotel ALFRED SHrPP, Jake Linn, and other Walker n.,rict miners, took a hunt, recently. in the tthlls between Big Bug and Wolf Greek. rseg saw no sign of Indians. The party killed few deer.
 Gs,SIrE STREET BUTcuER SmoP-NEw An F,yoyGyr-J. E. C. Mitchell, or Mitch" us ,se brr. cali him. having become possessed of ,-,e band of beef cattle. has associated himself .tb Guilfard Hathaway. in the butchering busi. s-s st the old stand on Granite Creek In the Il company advertisement, which we print in ano- her column, they give prices Of different quail r. of beef We hope they may make money
 
 Him WATER Owing to the melting of the aaw in t~e mountains on Tuesday last. Granite Creek during the night of that day. roared and banned lise young Mississippi. The mad waters. hasrver did not do much damage to tbe water op on the west side of Granite street. as the
 oEners and dwellers thereon had constructed bllkAeads Co protect their houses and lots from
 ihe vatery element
 SAr-MuI. RrNNING.-Noyes < Cur,is's saw
 mill is again running, and turning out lots of
 good pine lumber. Should the weather continue
 good. that logs can be hauled to the mil. ,ye
 apprchend there will be H0 scarcity of iumbcl
 the cemng spring for building purposes.
 PETE H,RvEY, who, for some time past has
 resided at Wickenburg. in the employ of the
 Welfare Mining Company, as engineer, has taken .up his residence in Prescott.
 WEArHEE AND RoADs.-Thc weather during
 the pasiveek bas been all that could be desired. Fine sun .hone ont brilliantly. and with conside- rable Tarsk. Tuesday last, the thermometer at .ti~ Prescott Drug Store. at l2 s marked 70 de grces The roads are now in good condition for ieiming over them.
 PoFrRT.- We have received a Yery fair roe, cal contribution, with a request to publish. but oa account Of the name of the author not ae-
 0Rpanying it. and as ii contains one or two lo-
 cd Aits that might, possibly disturb the equa- isiiy Of some individuals residing in this vi
 nilv we decline publishing it. unless the uthor s,' 6t to send his or her name.
 LErrtSG OF CoxrRAcrs, The contract for fur. i,iing Government with one hundred tons of t-n. al Camp Whipple, Prescott was. on Thurs .ay last. awarded to George w. Bowers. at sI snts per pound. Edwin Darling received the contract for furnishing the ffly tons of corn E Camp Lincoln al cents per pound. But few ed. were pat in for these contracts Messrs b3Vers and Darling. we are informed. have saough corn on hand to dll these contracts. and Vl deliver it right away.
 DE,rH oY 4 !S0somR-We are informed that. recently at Camp Merherson. soldier Of ,he fosrteeuth Infantry died from the effects of an overdose of tanglc-leg. We are told that with 0ui ever drawing breath. be drank quart-cup.
 sl of the poison. siter which, he immediately
 lay down and shuiicd of this mortal coil.
 BElcu's TRAIN arrived in town. on Wednesday. frou Dickasoa's Ranch on the Agua Trio. with corn for Wornser & Co. This is the last Of Dick sson's las, years crop. On Thursday, the train left town for the Hassayampa, for tbe purpose of removing Moves < Curtis s's ien-stamp quartz mill up the creek to ibe Chase" lode. where it will be errc'ct and used 10 grind and work rock from ihis ledge
 uSEHL AND BE,rTuuL PREsENT.-Mr. James iAfish, of tte firm Of A. T. Parish & Co.,. San Francisco. has presented us with a nicely bound volume oi Poeiical Quotations" !" for which he VIII piease accept our thanks.
 CoWIISENrARY DfNNER-Mr Ed. Wells. Jr, On sunday last. opened wide the portals Of his great heart. iavited several of his bachelor Trends. and treated them to Q hrstraie dinner. a' hs residence opposite the MINER office. We Eere one of the distinguished guests" as a Thoroughbred local reporter would say. and we s'a assure our readers that a years subscription
 3' the MINER would not cover the cost of the .'o4 articles hidden away by us on that occa- t0n,
 ACTING upon the advice given in a previous ranber of the MINER by our correspondent, 1 F 'Agricola,' some of our farmers and gardeners ! are now engaged in hauling manure from the | livery stables to their ranches and gardens | Postmaster Ncacham is having it spread thickly 1 over bis garden.
 .. DICKSON, an intelligent. hard-working i aud successful farmer, of Leonora Valley on the | Agla Frio, and who, we are told has one of the | pFeiurst and best ranches in the country, will. in snort time. have one hundred acres Of barley. | sheat, and corn planted. Last December, he oFed fifteen acres of wheat, which is now six inches above the ground. shortly after putting ll hls wheat, he planted thirty acres of barley. | ana now he has nearly sixty aeres of good land inioken and ready to plant with corn. It is his mention to attend to the cultivation of all this and himself, until the crops are ready for har ! sung: when, of course. he will have tn employ le'P He expects to have his wheat and barley | ,asSed along in July, ready for market The ODer farmers on the creek are plOughing and ssMhg the ground ready for planting. It has GD' C showed any this winter the creek bottoms. considerable rain has, however. fallen.