The weekly Arizona miner., 1873-12-19

Inst, and lasted just week Since It has cleared of, parties have dropped in on US from all points oi the compass, and wc learn from them that the fall of moisture was quite evenly distributed. In Prescott, the amount of water that fell was about three inches, mostly rain, while, strange to say west oi us, m Skull, Kirkland and Williamson valleys, at Camp IIaulpa, and on the Juniper range, the fall was mostly snow,
 From the Hassoyampa late arrival reports three feet of snow on the divide, which Is ,J00 feet higher than Prescott At the saw-luill, six miles south of town, q. W. Curtis claims II inches or snow on the level
 Thursday and Friday nights of last week the mercury in our thermometers retreated towards the bulb In a manner which caused the boys who have been sleeping on the music stand to hunt for shelter and a fire.
 No such storm has visited tour shores" since U5 and '66. Then snow on the Turkey creek divide was IA feet deep; at GroOms creek, G feet, and on Prescott plaza, feet. The mercury stood at lG- below zero for week whisky froze in n soldiers stomach between Prescott and Fort Whlpple one night, and he was found dead in the morning. When the spring time came, gentle Annie and the bull frogs were warbling through the vale, in 1866, the heart Of the placer miner swelled in his bosom; gold dust was plenty in town the gay gambolers and the cheap Johns were alike joy ful. Mrs Burlington says comparisons are odor- ous, and we do not wish to have H understood that we think one swallow makes a summer, or that the last storm makes a winter only to ex- press our gratefulness for what we have got and x
 Military Mcn and Things-Fort whipple and Headquarters furnish the following items of in tcTest:
 Captain A. F. Rockwell, chief quartermaster of the department, arrived at headquarters last night. He is the guest of Gen. Small.
 General Crook, Surgeon Magruder and Captain GoOdalc, wiIh a small party, started on a hunt this morning at day-break. They go to the yl- cinlty of San Francisco mo olntain, and will be absent about seven days,
 Lieuts Cowles, Eaton, Bishop and Dodge let for Camp Verde at noon to-day. There small and informal social party at Fort Whipple last evening.
 We understand that General Scboheld has d. rected that the troops at Camp Apache be paid by | | paymaster from this department. | Papers and magazines which came by last mail, bagged out pretty wet, which fact gave the reeip | contractor, through his emplOyes, might have | covered the mail Dags with something that would have kept theIn dry.
 l Grants blackboard, carrying large mall and | two ptssengers-Mr Hugo Richards and Miss NJ | HeWett-staTted west this morning. Mir Richards Is bound for San Francisco on business, and ex pected to be absent from Prescott six or seven weeks.
 Mir Geo. Brewer came to town yesterday, from | the Verde river, and told Us that it was very wei ! and slushy down that way. Also, that party o | men who had just returned from tue MOgoIloI l Mountains said the snow was threc feet deep iI the vicinity of Stoneman's Lake, and four feet 0t the summit. This being the case, Air HiIehcoeL and family may have some difficulty iD getting through from New Mexico.
 Mir Scott and other miners arrived in town yes terday, from Kirkland creek, with several lunp' ] Of gold, the proceeds Of a recent run of FesuvIu, ore, which, We learn, paid. tbem ut the rate O. sl20 per ton. A very good yield indeed.
 Military Orders.-A general court martial Is or dered to assetnbr at Camp Verde Dec lS. Cap tsins J. ]. Coppinger, J. W. Mason aud R. r
 Wilson Second Lieutenants C. D. Cowles, G. O.
 Eaton and H. $. Bishop, constitute tue court, wlll | Lieut. J. r. Trout as Judge Advocate
 A. A. Surgeon G. Campbell is ordered 10 repOr at headquarters department of California, hts ser
 vices being no longer required in this department C. F. Head & Co. have just received, by express A fine lot of silk dress goods for ladies wear.
 Muddy are the roads leading Into the noun
 tains, c. W. Curtis teams are hauling lumber anC
 shingles from his mill to Fort Wbipple.
 Brooke X Linn, our enterprising livery stable
 men, are Improving their place. They have, II
 the past lew weeks, built large gTanary ant constructed fine new set of stalls, ia the cor
 raI adjoining their stable proper