The weekly Arizona miner., 1873-12-26
Hmm Mon,iay,. Daily.l

D. Norelund and c. A. Hammond (' Dud" !" and Sandy ") got to town Saturday night from Bradshaw District. They report plenty Of water running in al tue streams in the country ana about four feet of ssow op She divide. They brought in and presented 10 E. J. Cook wild turkey weigh ing 30 lbs Nr Mofeland while indugng In little "bar" hnnt had Dis feet badly frostoltten They had been down on Castle creek, south oi Bradshaw, hunting and prospecting, and found some very large quartz veins. They state that the country is so wet make travelling ID the hills very difficult, Evidently more water fell In that section than around Prescott.
 Captain Price and Mr Hugu. gave us pleasant call iast week. The Captain says that the whole telegraph line in Arizona Is built on good ground aud not likely to give much trout'ie, but between Yuma and San Francisco on the Colorado Desert, 1t is Is built for long distance on and which In windy weather blows away from artnnu the Poles 60 that they fall down 1t is there t st the several stoppages occurred after communica, ion was nrst established.
 Contractors for Q. NJ supplies at tbe various military posts and for transportation m nst oegin 10 figure thereon. The contracts will be aC yertlsed January lst-bids to be opened March itn, lS'4' FoRr WHIPPLE ITgMs--Csptain James burns 9th Cavalry with his Company, c, 9th Cav airy returned 10 Fort Wbpple to day, after an ardtious scout of 36 days, during which they marched vci zoo miles, through very rough and barren cou n, try. The capture Of the notorious Apache chi. Chimahueya Sal, effected, and the captive Is now at Fort whppe, in guard house. Six indians were killed on the trip.
 Grants buck board, with mails and passengers from the south and west, arrived here early this morning. It also brought large express list.
 letter of the 10th inst from Mir F. L. Brill, of Bill Smiths quartz mill near Wickenberg, informs that the institution was running and paying
 Walnut Grove is about to lose two of it's old citizens-L. R. Stephenson and '. Richardson- who are preparing to leave for Oregon.
 At the auction rooms of J. L. Fisher, on Gurlsy street, Mir F. sold large stock of assorted mer- .chandise last Saturday
 Since the postoiiice at Date Creek has been abandO Oued the mail has been carried through An telope Valley, and the inhabitants of Kirkland Valley claim that their post office has been ig nored by the mail contractor, and they are leii out in the asld, and depend on travellers from Skull and Antelope postofiices for their mail.
 Messrs Hall. Rodgers and others from Chinc Valley, came in Saturday with various kinds o produce.
 Sol and Al Jackson and party are expected to arrive in town Tuesday night or Wednesday, witt wagon load Of ducks, geese, quail and hsh, iron the Verde, all good food for Christmas.
 P. MeA.eer brought in a load Of turkeys or Sunday, which went of like hot cakes
 Messrs. Flanders 4 Penelon. photographers D arrived in town Sunday evening via Mohaye They propose making stay of some weeks II Prescott and will give the public an opportunit! 60 sst good pictures of themselves.
 In,rayelliDg through the country they are takiul photosraphs of all noteworthy points and land scaPes Cor She purpose of supplying the outsld world wsh series of stereoscopc views or Ar ssaA, an el4erprise which can hardly fail to be r' mHneratlye.
 Tbose In ned of new outfit of any kind c goods for the holidays or to begin new yea with, shoaid exampe the splendid stock just oI oRed at ths store ofC. r. Head & Co.