Arizona weekly miner., 1874-05-01
lProm rhursday's DaiIy.I

DEMOCRATIC MEETfSG.-The Democratic mass meeting, of favapai county, met on the 25th day of April, 1874, pursuant to call published in the MINER. The meeting was organized by the election of E. J Cook chair man, and John N. BcLsD secretary, and thea adjourned until Wednesday, the 29th inst
 April 20.-Meeting met, pursuant to d. journment and elected the following named persons as delegates 10 the Territorial Con- .ent!on, to be held at Phoenix, on the 4ta day of May next: A. IT. Peoples, c. P. Head, c. W. Curtis, D. F. Foster, J. H. Marioi, John Fraser and John II. Behan.
 The meeting. thereafter, proceeded to fii vacancies in the county central committes, and elected J. W. Simmons and W. V. Iutchison cice Robert Bell, deceased, and L R. Stephenson, removed from the Territory The delegates elected to the Territori Convention were, by vote of the meetiIg instructed to endorse Hiram $. Stevens fsr delegate to Cangress.
 Col .. F. Head and Ed ". Wells arriyd yesterday afternoon from Phoenix. The ol says at that place the season is at least tyo months in advance Of Prescott, and tells f strawberries and other vegetable iuxuries, f which Prescott is liable to know bBt htte for mopths to come. He was also astoliss- ed at the appearance of the grain crops, ad assures us that, while a much less number f acres were planted this year, the yield VII | fall but little short of last season. .Mr Wells gives an interesting account f mining matters along the road; how tut rustling, go-ahead fellow, Bill Smith, is pounding gold ont of the yultare lode, ad of his new-fangled furnace recently erectd for working the the taiiings from the miIs ! and how, at Antelope, party of men are d ing exceedingly well, work ng orc from u'frs in that locality. in arrastras, etc. l3
 Grants mail wagon cane in time shi. u,u. ming, bringing Dr Sealor, U. s. A., passensr, and a tolerably heavy mail We notice dat by the changes in time of starting, on this or some other route, we receive San Francnco dates two or three days later tban hereioiose this mail having brought US news as late as
 the e2d iust.-ouly seven days.
 1 Hon Hiram s. Stevens, independent cApii- dste for delegate to Congress, and Mir H.
 Hewitt reached Prescott yesterday p. m-
 from Tucson. Mr Stevens hss, in Prescott
 as In every other part of the Territory, $
 host of friends, and we bespeak for hin |
 pleasant and satisfactory visit. Mr Hexife-
 everybody knows Habk--is hail fellow, wei
 met, with all Prescotters.
 May tho Lord prosper Charley Bach
 Appreciating the difficulties of a shorthand
 ed news office, he has often dropped into oui
 office--the sapcturs or the composing room -
 and spying out the department that Deeies : helping hand, put himself to work and lift
 cd us out of the extremity with an ease ana
 good nature which has so forcibly impressed
 itself upon us that when Gabriel blasts hi final trumpet we shail--seek this same Char ley Beach 10 help us into Heaven. Messrs Fine, Martin, Smith and seyera other miners, started to-Aay for the Brad
 shaw region with burko train, where theJ i, purpose prosecuting work on their varou
 locations in that district.
 Messrs Elliott Bros. are cruising ore in tAei ! arrastra, from the Cofnueopia mine, with sst isfactory results. These gentlemen are erect ing two stamps which they propose to fu with their present. stean, power, aad there
 no doubt but success will attend their enter prise.
 Sheriff Herbert returned to-day from chiD } and Williamson valleys. +itef an extende'
 official visit.
 Windy and cloudy today.