The weekly Arizona miner., 1872-01-13


 witness a degree of prosperity for our Tern tory such as was never before known 'i '' history.
 Governor Safford and party returned from about the the Calaliasas mining section on Thursday evening. The news thereirom Is highly encouraging.
 FURTHER oF THE BAKER FAMILY MASSACRE
 This still forms the all absorbing theme oi discussion among our people The murderers arc still at large, and have ere this safely made their way into Sonora, or elsewhere in Mexico.
 The members of the Jury of Inquest, in examining the positions in which the four dead bodies lay, found that Mr. Baker was about eight feet from the kitchen door, and while in the act of delivering some provis- ions, with his scales in hand to one of the Mexicans, was shot by two other from be- hind wall about eight feet distant, and he fell where he stood.
 Mrs. Baker was putting supper on the ta- blc, and, hearing noise, ran out of the door with her babe in her arms, and was confront ed by the ass:lssns with the dOuble-barreled shotgun belonging to the station. She seized the muzzle of the gun in her left hand, and while holding to it, it was discharged, one shot passing through her left hand between the thumb and foreiingcr, the powder burn ing her arm and setting her sleeve on fire six shots taking effect in her breast She had dropped the child about six feet from her husband, and fallen about two feet from it.
 Their little boy had run out at the time, and, in the act of running back, was shot in the back by pistol hall. He lived some minutes, his little boots being full of blood and the wall being bloody in several places, where he had leaned against it.
 The Mexicans then broke open two trunks, searching the house generally for money, but took away but little, if any, clothing, and, it is believed, but very little money. Two of them mounted the two horses and the others, (there seems to have been four Mcxicans), followed behind
 Mir Charles O. Brown, of Tucson, learns the names of the murdcrers to he as follows: Frannisco, - Serbantes and Jose AIonsez. Ths {, latter reside at Fl Rial de Guda- loupe, and all in Sonora.
 The fleeing assassins arrived at Peter Kitchens place on the Potrero, ten or twelve miles from the Sonora line, on Sunday, the 2ith ult., and went on the next day, having IL .I.. c, l'. party, while near the Sonora line, on the 2ith ult., picked up the two horses, which had come there to drink, and brought them to town. The guilty wrctches doubtless sup posed they were being followed. Some Mex jeans coming this way with carts, report hay ing passed, on Monday last, the murderers some distance over in Sonora.
 ANTEcEDENTs or THE DECEASED. From all that your correspondent can learn, the antecedents of poor Baker and his con sort were emincntly honorable. He was a native of New London, Iowa, aged about 3l years She was from the same place, aged about 90 years. He served in the Union army during the late civil war formerly, he drove a stage hence to Blue Water Station. and was on several occasions shot by the In- dians, but he escaped with his life only. after all, to be sacrificed by party of rascaly Mexican bandits. Mrs. Baker had a certifi- cate attesting that, up to the time she left tor Arizona, she was member in good stand ing of thr Methodist Episcopal Church at New London. The family purposed soon to remove to farm in the Gila settlements. Alas! "Man purposes, but God disposes" Governor SaiIorI is justly indignant at this most outrageous and dabolcal murder. and now that the fugitives have cscaped into Mexico, he 'nt'mates pretty strongly that he would prefer rumpus with that Govern ment "rathcr than have this state of afrairs'
 ARIZoSA's RESOURCES. Every person who is interested in the present prospects and future success of this Territory, cannot fail to peruse with great r. satisfaction, that part of the recent Repo,, of the United States Commissioner of N;,.. which refers particularly to Arizona II ore- sume the MINER is in receipt of the work "The agricultural resources of Ar;zona," says the report, shave been un1crrated" It says of the Prescott section: "As grazin., coun. try this region cannot be surpassed. A thick growth of grama and bunch grass covers the whole country, not alone the valleys and plains, but the very tops of all the mountains, giving to the pine woods of this region the aspect of beautiful Eatural parks" "NOt one-thirl of the area of the Tcrritofy isprospcc'od tor minerals and hardly yisii cd by the whites. All industries are ei,her prevented, rctardci or bEOkca. .ufshy the say ages; but even now the miuing districts ad- i.oent to the COlara'la rivcrf oif.r excellent chances for investment of capital"
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 ! ind published in New Mexico paper. the Message of Governor Gidain-S ,o the Legislature. Reference is made io .le Indian situation, and General. Crook and ,;ran-cr
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