The weekly Arizona miner., 1870-05-14

learning oi ls uuefnncei were IL not lhll we knew its author to be a carpet-bagger In the Territory, and entirely ignorant of lts resourccs--saye those In the immediate vicinity Of Tucson
 F as s-.. ,,s.2 :sc<tkksts, F'2pe our rcadcrS vii, parnoD p- I0r 70 aOlTig. Such being the clse, we will return to our main subject" Prospects" which we think are encouraging. These pros poets are that the three quartz mills now running and paying in lavapai county, will continue Co run and pay, and that not many months will eapse until more stamps will be set up and run ming. Then, we have the promise that roads will be opened 10 the military posts east and south of us; also. tO productive valleys ot lower Salt River, from which, in dry seasons, we can always draw supplies of grain. We have also, the promise of more troops, and heavy immigration, ria the Both parallel rOnte. The immigrants are coming from Texas, and they are bringing with them thousands of cattle, the greater part of whom and which will remain with us, and our chances for railroad real good if t be true, as stated, that the Senate Committee on Pacific Railroads favor the Both parallel route, and have rejected Fremonts offers to build a road along the boun. darics Of Mexico.
 CKoAKING.--The bulfrogs have ceased croak- ing, but croaklng is still kept up by faint-hearted citizens who fear that we are going Co have no rain, and that Of course, "tarnation will be 70 pay Easy, boys don't fret yourselves to death.
 Exuu,RATINu srUFY.-Tuesday last, after the arrival of ihe Wickeuburg stage, the driver, " Doe" Tompkins, coaxed us into sarnplng a demj john of liquor which he had just received, as present, from his friend, Tom. Gates, of Los Angeles, and our Judgment was that the liquor
 was worthy place In the interior of the Illus trious Ulysses the l, of the District Of Columbia
 BIG FIRES have been raging in the mountains to the south and southeast of Prescott for more than week past, and are still burning. They
 must, by this time, have consumed a great deal Of timber Fires have also been started in the lower
 foothills, close 10 ranches. and have been requested, by many farmers, Co ask people Co cease firing the grass and woods. It is danger
 Ous at this season o the year, when everything is go dry. Please don't start any more fires, good folk
 FRErGHr TRAINs.--Dr. Jones train started for
 the Colorado saturday last. IL took lumber , shingles, etc.
 A train ofuinc wagons, belonging io Tuning & i Brother of Albuquerque, New Mexico arrived
 from ihai place several days aEo. with l5 tens of | -four, quantities ol tobacco. bacon and vine ] Frank Tuning came in with thc train. The hOur ' wns purchased by Levi B4shi0sd, thc tobacco and ] bacon, hy D. '. Foster. The wine is stored at 1 Fosters. It is or New Mexican manufacture 1 The train came ria the a5th Parallel route lt s uoW employed in hauling graiu for BoWcss and . Bean
 David Bcardslcc goi in several days ago, from fk MNAlN AsNs aNaN4AH HAIANANs aaAlNiliAs NltA A iot Of wagons loaded with bacon, sic., which lc
 is now ceiling, cheap, a, Henderson & Bro.'s old store.
 A private letter from vunurc City. informs us
 that our old friend and brother typo, Charles
 Beach. had cold his freight irain Co Aessrs- Ran
 dall & Bryant, for tho sutn of si4No and ihat Inc
 puruhasers bad received Che contract for supply
 ing tho Nuliurc mill with quartz
 RECENT kRRrvALs-Lasi stage, from Callfor
 nia, brought the following nafacd persons 70 th, Territory. T. Rodrigo. D C Tisornc aud C. F
 Smith, came to Prescott C Stanton. R Bar
 ton and c Romo, anchored at wiekcnburg NJ
 Thorne's Friends welcomed him back from hi
 "trip into tho State of Mairmony
 IT gave us considerable pleasure. Tuesday lat
 to shake ,bc "paw of Wm IT, Hardy, of Hardy
 vile who is ono of Arizuna's most ancient ana
 energetic citizens. hc bad just arrived from th'
 river, 1sd was booking well He came up here e fx his toll-roa1 and see his friends Sald wais and grass were plenty on thc route Prescott and
 Mohayc- and that thc country Nus alive wil 1 cattle, which were recently driven up here frou Southern Arizona Tbe boys tell how the ol, fnan mpt a Waliapai Indian soineweerc on tit road. who came down on him with gun, an' threatened bis life for having accused ,hc Malia
 pals of stealing some cattle from hiln. II siogtl
 denied having Eaid so said he blamed thc Flute iuT tnr iiirfi his ssfis7i7d ih1 Wait -sso sect , hts gun from its threatening position, md aske' | II for a few caps. H. had none Co give; hts pts { tol, which he then drew, and pointed st the iu b dian was a sclf-actiug weapon, and would Ac right speedily li Mr. I.o didnf nake himsel D scarce right speedily To got, aud SO did Nj
 II. We do not voach for the truth Of this story ' but the boys do.
 . KENDALL's drug store Is now one Of lhe uca - esi, coolest places in Prescott and l. well sui 2 piled vlth al sorts of stuff for fhe repair Of bl 1. man constitutions We dropped In the other da Y to have few distracted teeth extracted, and yer = ! made perfectly al home tsy ihe old Doc and h \ l young and tender assistant Oh, what nice pc' l pie these doctors and druggists are. They vi '. do almost anything,fOr persoB, for stamps, nor for i0vc, hui never fOr Joseph For Csi;=, 2 d believe, they called The young tongs with whie V they extracted our dcsuiphurIzed molars. II HENDERSON X BRo's new brick building vi c soon be completed When finished, we will a II tempt description.
 {, BARLEY and wheat, on the Agua Trio, are doiI IS remarkably we'll So we learned from ,. $. Thon Is as, who came 10 town day or two ago. :. RopDiok 6 sAoER, of Kirkland Valley elai or to have So or DO acres Of the best wheat in t m county.
 'S C. sHRopER thinks of travelling west Durli his absence, Levi Bashford win attend to busine IT for him He has rented his house on Montezur 'u street.
 e. A RuNoR is in circulation to the effect that " Mccormick was about Co succeed in getting 'a title from Government. to the town site Of Pr S' cott. selfntercst prompts him in this matter. 'e Or late, we have heard several mlne-own' 1e talk seriously of applying for patents to favor m. mlnes and We believe that Deputy-surveyor c ap Her and assistant are now out "dlagraming