The Weekly Arizonian., 1869-06-05

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 seS pu Thursday last.
 hiaI PrasoyAL:-Mr. H Goldburg, brother of Mr. & Holdburg of this city, arrived here on Sunday
 from California. He has a large stock Of merr cbandise now en route for Tucson 6s. Ma. HINES of Camp Goodwin has taken the
 freight contract from Tucson to the several
 military posts dependent, at the rate ot 65cts. n eOin) per lOOibs per Toe miles,
 h. KILLED A farmer at the San Pedro ens Crossing. while working in his field, on Monday
 Mast. vas fired upon by party of Indians and ue G instantly killed. The Indians then rushed to 10 ithe spot, took possession of the team and sue pceeded m escaping to the mountains. ' 's sWeeDs HOUSEHOLD ADvoCArE:"--This , paper published in Newbursh, N. r., is one of I the very best family journals in the United .lg States. Its object is ito promote knowledge, ' virtue and temperance" and should therefore 'N find its way into every household.
 ARRIVAL Hon. J. B. Allen arrived from
 Los Angeles on the lst inst Mr. Allen, while 2 at Los Angeles, purchased some ten or twelve u the best milch COWS to be obtained in that q locality These, as well as three hives of bees 7o Hkew ise procured at Los Angeles, are now en
 route for Tucson.
 sl FROx YUMA :-The weather here is becoming opuressively warm on the 18th ult the ther- ," znometer stood at 930 in the shade. Nor is the
 excessive heat the only annoyance to which G the people at Yuma are subjected, for within the c past week the mosquitoes have become fairly Ia aroused and are now pursuing their career ot l blood with characteristic ferOcity. v FAsr TIME The fastest time ever made by D, water from Arizona City to La Paz was that recently made by the steamer "COcopah,' 3 Capt stephen Thorn. He left Arizona city at
 1 clock on the morning of the 18th ult., pro- g ceeded to La Paz and unloaded 75 tons ot freight, brought back 9 tons of ore and arrived at Arizona City at 6 o'clock on the evening ot , tue 2gth ut. The distance from Arizona city
 to La Paz is upwards of 40 miles.
 MAILs:-For about the first time in the
 known his,oy of lnai's in Arizona, the cons
 tractors seem inclined to do their full duty and
 are giving general satisfaction. Our Tucson I mails arrive as regularly as do the days upon
 which they are due-uness, indeed, when the
 Apache captures mail between this place and
 Camp B vie; this occurs about once every two
 months and with such regularity that We are beginning to regard it as stipulation,
 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT We were pleased upon
 reading the invitation by our friends of the San
 Diego Union to call at their city and ''take
 fish But we learn from the Union that
 party who recently "went down to the sea" to r
 look for fish and sea-gulrs eggs lost their
 spirsts and returned without even shell. Now
 1t the gods have decreed that such be the fate
 ot fishing parties from San Diego the induce, V ment "call and take fish" is slender indeed
 HARvEsTTNG:-For the past two weeks the tarmeFs in this (the Santa Cruz) valley have bseu employed gathering in their crops of bar c ley, some of which already thrashed out, is now m market About two weeks hence crops of corn will be planted in the grounds from which th's barley has been gathered This second T crop VIII be matured about the latter part of October. Thus the land which, until recently. was spoken of at the east as "barren desert" IS capable Of yielding two abundant crops Fl within 2 year, ST
 succEsSFUL SCOUTING The scouting ex. " pedlilOn from Camp Graut-mentioned in onr last week iSsue-commanded by Col Dunkle- E burger and with raliOns for sixteen days, re, 'ornsd at the end of seven days after bavinp 'io shs Territory of an additional four of ;ts $. .s''as nOuntaineers.. Late expeditions from ' Samp Grant being in almost every instance l.'se of less successful have led some to believe 'uas z E not after all, very great exploit to m sessrS'ne Apache even in his native wiIds so 11s ',''ss 'n's Is mistaken idea the following n.,.,.s - explaining the means by which Col Dl
 ~'ss1fgef succeeded in stealing himself ce PsI 'ns enemy will fully prove The CoIoseI ar rl o1 sae exercise of very great caution succeeded "