The weekly Arizona miner., 1870-06-25
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Local intelligence.
PREscorr, June %, 1870.

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 .aor,Iy killed by Indians, between Kirk m'a h rolley and Camp Date Creek, in this county, '' ,rom Truro. Noyo Scotia where his parents .os reside As yet, we have not learned any ,s,g regarding the family and former home or u,,,soo who was murdered at the same time and place
 ,,,pry of Apaches visited Lynx Creek, one ,,v ,,.t week, and levied upon horse belonging ,o {. roor white man. "Pity the sorrows" etc. ,.,,,,py escort with mail matter from Camp rau co,e Fort Rawlins, and Williamson Valley,
 ,.,ired here Monday last, and departed again on ,.a toliovinr afternoon. The escort brought no news of importance.
 prrptEs v.LLEY.--John Norwood, and other
 ,rau.,rious citizens of this fine valley, which is
 1.,,o, from Prescott about fifty miles, and from
 v,o.erbere about twenty-five, visited Prescott s,,urday last. From them we learned that Indi-
 an. were pretty plenty there when they len. One
 nigbt previous to their leaving, two Apaches crawled up within fifteen steps of where two
 rbite men were sleeping, and succeeded in steal inc horse. The men were aroused shortly af. for inc tbefl had been committed, by the barking of dog got up, missed the horse, and started ,ner him. The moon was shining brightly, and
 they were enabled to follow the trail of the thieves .ome distance; but all to no purpose, as they did not catch up with them. The crops Tn the valley were growing finely. Fred Henry and others had commenced building masiras, in which to work inc rich gold.besrlng quartz of Walnut Grove district The people of the valley are greatly in need of mail facilities, and small squad Of sol diers and are going to petition for both. By-and-
 y when corn etc, begins to ripen, they will have to stand guard over their fields, of nights, to keep the lazy sayages from going through them
 and then, soldiers would be of great benefit to
 CAPTAIN E. D. BAKER and wife were in New York City, recently, on tbelr way to this coast. t Is rumored here that the Captain will agaiu fll his old position of Quarte rmaster at Fort Whipple 4 recent private letter, .recciycd at Whipple, says that General sherman had pro nounced the charges against Captain Baker 'friv- olous and founded in malice"
 Bio FIRE.--0ne day last week, some careless white man, or destructive savage, fired the woods
 to the southeast of town, and last Saturday even ing when our attention was directed to 1t, the whole mountain side was enveioped In flames. which shot up high above the tops of the tallest pines, and iiumcd the irnament for miles \ around
 WALKERS DfsrEiCT.-some miners who have been working in the Accidental lode, came to town this week, and say that there is now in the iunuel large, hne-looking vein of rich ore Uncle Billy Pointer and c. Y shelton were work ing away on their iodcs.-Tom Bodkiln, an old Reese River miner, speaks highly of the pointer
 lodc-Mr. Curtis, of Philadelphia, who is now
 here, is favorably impressed with the Accidental
 lode, and may purchase It.
 TrRKEY CREEK DisrarcT.-Jaekson McCrackin
 and others are at present prospecting a silver
 nine in this district, and we earnestly hope that they win "strike 1t rich" Our cnterprising cit lien, C. C. Bean Is having the work done. k NAST thousand head of stock are now being driven from Texas to this Territory, Most of 'hem over the Ssh parallel route, which being
 we'll supplied with water and grass, Is the favor is route, with drovers and others X ATEAMsTER, whose name we have been unable tolearn accidentally shot and wounded himself
 
 Fort whippie Hospital, and, is being treated by Dr Middleton. We learn that he win soon be right. Hope he will not soon again attempt 'he dangerous act of pulling loaded gun out Of I'd aWagon, by the muzzle, It Is almays best to @sszle gun by the other end. JOHN BENNINGTON. who formerly resided al rfeseou and Camp Mcdowell, Is on his way to 'ne Territory from Texaa, with stock and vehi as Hope the Apaches will let him pass with oai collecting l6ll
 I'M ALEXANDER and one or two other gen uenen took hunt, last week, and killed several fat deer
 p' HENDERSON, ST., and his son Abraham 'Hf'ed TOT San Francisco Saturday last. 'hASr's STAGE, with mail and passengers, ar ,'ed here Tuesday last. l. R. Friuk and c. Wag "vrl came up 1t. The other passengers stopped :" "eAenoarg and Camp Date Creek.
 FROM WALsUr GRoyE DIsTRIoT.-Messrs ana Henry have recently worked In an aras s "alhnt Grove, two tons of orc from tn, "Anoow lode, which paid them one hundred ant 91wo dollars, and six tons from the Nep tune which yielded three hundred and six dollars ""sed by this immense yield, they hay,
 eaeod running a tunnel in the Rainbow
 v'n Ou''uing an arastra of their own, in Peoples
 VI "nich place Is nearer to their mines thai
 uroVe settlement Although their rocl
 ,npa 'u out splendidly, we must not forget {,
 our readers that considerable free gol,
 ,oa," " In grinding and cleaning up, beside tha
 eu ih the sulphurets. We got the abov | ,sr,,, Vm MT Henry, and knowing hin to be
 ''e man. can safely say that 1t Is true l
 o,, AI or FREIGHT TRAIss.-A train of nlp
 wagons arrived here this week from Ana