The weekly Arizona miner., 1869-08-07
Chr e~ Miner.
Local Intelligence.
PREscorT, August ', 1869.


 .h,cb ia considered quick trip. ltwas m ,.r,o ,f Alfred Johnson. It brought S5.OOO ~. ', ,,.,xh. of which the U. s. Government s,.,lipV niniag Company, Gray Co., and LeVi p,.hford received each, share. The train .,,r,ea back Tuesday morning
 r.. sx,ru We have been told that Jim Smith, -Lo aha, and killed Jas. Nelson, at Pb9nir, on ,h. qa inst vas seen at Walnut Grove, recently 1T Smith is still in the eeunty or Territory, be ought to be arrested.
 P.rUr Ur-John Buckley, hard working black .,,i,h sf this place. wants thOse indebted to him .o call at his place of business, an Granite street and settle their indebtedness, previous to ocio- he, lat as. by that time he intends to start for California to purchase new material.
 Ispr.ss made bold break at Kirkland Val lev recently Mr White had two horses pieketted near the house.; the red seamps stole up to the ho,.e. got hold of them, and were leading them of when Mr. White saw them. He gave chase and was fired at, four times. by the Indians, who In the excitement, let go their hold upon one of ,s. horses. which wns recaptured by Weite The Indians got away with the other horse.
 HssrY II. BucxxaE, who served here in the srmg. was discharged, left and went 10 White Pine. several months ago, arrived here, in com many with some other men, on the evening Of inc 3O,h ult, from Hike, Nevada MT. Buckman ,ay. he has seen enough of the Nevada elephant and doesn't propose to again wander from this section. He visited White Pine. and says that famous locality has been overrated.
 wlTERMhEoxs.-nr segar. of Kirkland Val lev. brought Co town, Thursday last the first load of water melons Of the season. They sold readily for from s25o to $500 piece. In IT, tie while, melons xill be drug in the market. Mr. S. has our 'thanksfor "meloning" ,his insii- tation.
 ARuvaLo OF InngaGSrs.-Stranger from the Eastern States Colorado. New Mexico. Idsho. White Pine, California, etc. have been arriving among us pretty steadily, of late, and the cry is. still they rome. Hope all will settle down go to work, and help Us out of our difficulties.
 INDIANS AT WALNUT GEovE-In letter Of Ju- ly 23d, A. c. Swain, of Walnut Grove, informs that on the day previous. Indians stole his horse, which was picket,ed close to the house. Mir Swain was sick and in bed a, the time. In hss droll way, Gus" says; They (the Indians) come around frequently, examine the corn fields of l.. <. Stephenson aud ny=eif. with tue view of seeing when they can have a roasting-ear pie nic. wish they would invite smaii party of us Walnuigrorers; t would look neighborly. and as we'old bach's don't often get invited to parties, Ithink all would attend Lo party" FRoa WeOIsEY YATLEY.-Thursday last, we received a call from our old friend N. Lerty. of Woolsey Valley. Upper Agua Frio, and learned from him that inc crops in the valley were exceedingly fine. Roasting ears were plenty three weeks ago, as were also. new potatoes. Wasermelons as big ss horses head, were just rspening The settlers recently held q meeting a. the house of ar. Leriy, and, in accordance ~i'a our sdsge-tioa, resolved to cali their beau uIu and productive valley after Col King s. "oolsey, therefore, the valley, from its com nencement at Lerty's ranch to the head Of the canyon of the Agsa Eric. will hereafter be known as "woolsey Valley"
 Ltsr or LETTERS, ia the Post 0fice, for the month ending July 2lst 1869: Binning Joseph. solware Levy, Brust Cristion. Clunn Samuel 5. Carney H., Clutter Dr. J. E. 2, Clarke Joseph. Dunn William. Dayre John. Foley William, Gil. ie''e Milton G., Hoigg James 6. Healy Thomas l. Hardin '. T., Kelley Capt John, MeFolsy Will nam Nichols Henry, Peason J., or Gas. vii. Hanson, Rutherford c. P. {, Ruppel John. Reilly James, Stone N. P. Sullivan Jeremiah, Schaefer rnll' Vance Thomas 2. Wood John.
 The following is list of letters held for post age August lst; Col. Horace Capron, Commls- noner Of Agriculture, Washington D. C. 2; Hon. .. spinner Treasurer of the United States, washington, D. C.; Mir. Asa S. Metcalf, Albany, Lee F. O., Athens Co.,, Ohio.
 LABOR MARKEr.-This market is we'll supplied "''e al present, owing to the fac, that quite an '"ui'gtauon Of laborcrs has been pouring in up- oa u' Tor month or two past Last week. a. ae s'erling Nine. several workmen becoming uIsa'lsned with the fare. or something else were p.'a oH and their places immediately alled. We sHo II were possible to give employment to all
 strapped men that come here, ha: as is is aON 'oey should do as others have done here be. 'O's 'hetn, go into the creeks, guches and Iedges, u mne Tor living. By-andby. VIC think, '0sre will be work for all.
 '~' o' LENNON. pioneer Arizonian, took bis ''are rom among ns Sunday morning last, ~ "st 10 his old home, Algiers, Louisiana. na Lennon was one of the owners in the ster- n'ne and by the recent sale of his interes, a, became possessed of sufficient means to
 ny pm back to old Lonisiana tn see ihe .nlh