Los Angeles daily herald., 1876-01-26
Arizona Items.
ilFrom the Miner.l


Two large families from Washingt IN
Territory, one having eight and the
other six children, arrived here recent
ly with a view to making Yavapal
county their permanent home. Calvin
Keyes and MIR. Wood are the heads
of these families, and we learn that
they are intelligent and enterprising
men, and have very interesting fami-
lies. They will form quite an addi-
ton and ornament to society here.
Mrs. Keyes is sisterto Mrs. George
Banghart, OF Chino Valley, and Ed.
Peck, ESQ.,, of the Peck mine.
jeff Davis, who visited the Peck
mine on Wednesday, brings word that
they have struck deposit of native
silver in one of the shafts. This is the
first indication of free metal that has
shown itself in that fabnlously rich
mine.
Uncle Billy Pointer told US the other
day how several creeks near here took
their names. When the Walker par.
ty came to Lynx Greek 1t had no name
until Sam Miller shot a lynx and
failed to Kill it, but afterwards kicked
1t to death. They then went over the
ridge on to another creek where Sam
killed seven turkeys, and they con-
eluded to call it Turkey Creek. ~ The
next stream they, prospected was fill
of big water bugs, the kind that car
ries Its eggs on itso back, and which
Harry Edwards says belongs to the
genus Belostoma. OF those Jake Mil
Ter found several in every pan he
washed, and they concluded to call the
creek Big Bug, and OH Wolf Creek
they killed wolf.
Jim Bones left on Wednesday MORN
ing for San Bernardino with four pas
sengers, viz, the aunt of Mrs. Allen,
whose name We have forgotten; III, G.
Hart, young gentleman from st.
Louis who has been here some months
for the benefit of his health, but find
ing the winter too severe has been ad-
vised by DR.. Maernder to seek q lower
and warmer climate--he goes to San
Bernardino. Geo. Linsay, the gard
ener, makes trip to friends in Illinois
and will visit Philadelphia during the
Centennial Exhibition. Jimmy Ra-
quette, who has been employed in the
store of ]. G. Campbell, goes to San
Francisco. al.l y a4 ban lgljs
Capt. w. II. Hardy was in town on
Tuesday and Wednesday with five
fine Angora bucks. O.. Allen, of G. #.
Rodgers & Co., bought one for which
he paid $50. The others being older
and finer, he asked 800 each for.
They sell according to grade, full
bloods being in some instances as high
as $500 gold in California. Capt.
hardy has several hundred of these
goats at his ranch in Mojave county,
aud informs us that three establish
ments have already been started in
the East for working the fleeces into
fine fabrics. There is probably no
country on the earth so well suited for
the raising of Angoras as the noun
tains of Arizona and We see no reason
why it shall not at no distant day be-
come ons of our leading Industries. In
addition to their wool or hair products
they are excellent mutton, and when
Gro ,sed upon the common goat the
ewes can be saved for breeding pur-
poses aud the weathers fattened for
mutton. The principal advantage,
and the one that makes this class of
mutton SO desirable Is, that the Ango-
ra, like the common goat, is free from
diseases to which sheep are liable, and
on that account the mutton is eaten
with far more confidence than If the
consumers were i'm constant fear of
scab or rot ,.,.s... ~. .=