The weekly Arizona miner., 1870-01-15

pocketed great deal of money. We were not present, consequently cannot give details. We have learned, however that it was close contest and that those who run the Wells horse wanted 10 run the race over again, thinking their "ani- mile " capable of running cheap faster" than he had.
 for s2, 900, between the "Postle colt and a ger. tain white nag, belonging to some professional gentry, Is shortly to take place.
 NOTARY PuBLIc.-our Postmaster, Geo. W. Barnard has received his commission as Notary, and is now prepared to take acknowledgements. Office at the PostoGice.
 NEW HousE-s E. Blair has commenced work on new house for Theodore Otto, adjoining Mir. Oto's comfortable shaving saloon and bath-house. The new building Is designed for private resi-. dence
 WAGON FOR SALE.--Persons desIrous of pur- chasing a good wagon referred to an adver. tisement in to-day's MINER.
 HOOPER, WHITING, & Co, of Arizona City. caution the public against having anything to do with certain voucher Sec their advertisement, for particulars.
 No DUCKS FOR THKN--Eary ths week, Capt. F. D Baker and E. J. Cook, two No. spoTismon, took trip down Granite Creek, with the view of rlddng the lower portion of the creek of wild ducks. No sooner had they started than the rain commenced to pour down, but, down they went, and after vain search for the game, which had evidently smclt mice and flown to other parts, they turned their faces homeward, and arrived | Hor. 4.,,t ft. sNf. Cook says he feels compensated for bis sufierings by the view he got of Granite Creek Valley, with its thousands Of acres of rich, arabic land.
 DEAD PoRKERs--Of lste our ranchmen have been dealing death to full grown hogs and bring. Ing their clean carcasses 10 town for sale, We saw, recently, a; Vim. \. Keey's meat market, on Granite street, several huge corn-fed porkers, from which every grunt had gone out They were raised, butchcred and brought to market by Ellit S Thomas, two enterprslng ranchmeu Of Wool sey Valley. Bowers S Bro. had lot Of hogs butchered recently, a, their Agua Trio ranch al- most every one Of which, we are told, weighed, when dressed, 500 pounds each. Hogs are in- creasing in the county. and it will not be long until we can say 10 California that ~e want no more Of her hog meat.
 BLACK CASroS.-A party Of miners went down to Black Canyon short time ago, and are, we | presume by thIs time, hard at work digging for gold They will get IL, too, for there Is lots of ii there.
 | A SHORT time ago, party of prosPeciors from walnal Grove, took a trip around Bradshaw Mountains, and found both gold and Indians. The Indians showed thcmsclves on the tops Of the | peaks, aud ssag out that they were Apache Ge- hayes, and good" If devils arc good, 60 are the viliainous Indians why style themselves Apache ! Mohayes.
 BnlCF oF AccInKSTs occurred not long since, on the ranch of l.. A Stevens, at Point oi Rocks. to two men in his employ. First, one of ! the men accidentally wounded himself with gun, | which went of 10 a premature and unlocked for manner The second was the "hooklng" of another man by vicious COW. Both men nos nearly all right
 UTTER HAssAYAAPA-we received call, one day this week, from Charley Taylor, who, with others. has for some time past been engaged tn building wheel and arastras on the upper waters of the Massayampa. Charley didn't bring down any "dnst,'' but says he is prepared 10 grind ou' i,..1s .. !. =- God fayors hitn with sufiie lcat water 10 run his wheel While out hunting
 recently, he discovered, near the he'd of Vol Creek numerous Indian tracks, and, concluding that there were lots of Johnnies close by, made
 tracks for home. He thinks there Is rancheri'
 of the sayages in that vicinity.
 WILLIAMSON yALLEr.--since the establishment
 of military post at the Toll-Gate, on the Pres
 colt and Mohavc wagon.rond, Williamson Valley
 which is 23 miles west from Prescott and l7 nile
 east of Camp Toll-Gate, has become place O considerable ncte. C. C. Bean, an entcrPrislnI
 citizen Of Prescott, has lately made several fin
 improvements in The Valley, and intends Co cult
 vate great deal Of land, the coming season.
 J. R. Slack. c. ". Stanley, aud others, got baes i from ;hs Valley Sunday night last, after bavini erected several substantial building for Mir. Bean They report the settlers in inc spirits. NEW GooDs.-The train Of Gray tS Co.,, whlcl arrived here recently from La Paz. brought nan useful articles of merchandise for Gray < Go Levi Bashiord, and Campbell & Buffum. It sls brought quite an assortment of drugs, medicines cosmetics, etc, for Dr. Geo. D. Kendall propreto - of the Pioneer Drug Score. establishment , which, by the way. will compare havorably wit ! the majority of drug stores In large cities. n GovERSnENr SAW MILL.- This institution which is located in the plney woods south of Pre- q cott, is running and turning out lots of lumber
 Jos. Young, worthy citizen, has charge of tn
 mill. Daily, the teams of Uncle Samuel pass ou office, heavily laden with lumber, which, we b. i, lieve, is unloaded at Fort whpple. e DR. KENDALL requests us to inform the publi , that he has amanaes for 1870 10 give away, at h