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Arizona weekly miner., 1876-12-22

It is positive fact that even tri-wcekly mails are not sufficient for the business cen tres of middle Arizona Prescott, Wicken- burg and Phoenix ought to be supplied with mail matter every day from the end of the railroad. Then, there is Mohave County with no mail facilities to speak of: Again, the settlements north of Prescott,-Chno Valley, Upper Verde, the San Francisco and Bill Williams Mountains, as we'll as the big mining camps to the south and east of us,-such as Lynx Creek, Agua Fria, Black Canyon. Turkey Creek, the Senator, Crook and many others, without even weekly mail. We hope NIT. Hardy will rattle up these matters as soon as possible after his arrival at Washington. To use Jim Bulls language, we want him to "wake up the President before day"
Arizona weekly miner., 1876-12-22

The telegraph office at Fort Whipple is now closed, but will be running again in a short time. Reasons for closing it: Miss Hattie Skinkle, operator of the Prescott of- fee, has been unwen for some time past and Is still unable to do the business of the office. Mir. E. s. Penwell, of the MINER office, at- tended to the matter for her until this morn ing, when MT. ochus, the efficient operator ct Whipple, came to the MINER office and took charge of the clicking instrument, at the same time informing us that he had been sent down by Gen. Kautz and Col. Martin, who, upon hearing of Miss Skinkle's sickness >and the double duty which MT. Penwell was performing, very kindly ordered the change, for which our citizens cannot fail to thank hem.
Arizona weekly miner., 1876-12-22

road-had the shameless audacity to beg the people of Yuma and Final Counties to stand in" with them in their fight against Yavapai, They even went so far as to endeavor to create disssension between the people of Yavapai, Mohave and Maricopa Counties, whose interests are identical But we have said sufficient upon this sub- feet, at this time, and shall reserve the re- cital of our knowledge of the mean acts of perfdious men of Pima County nntii another day.
Arizona weekly miner., 1876-12-22

Last Mondays stage from San Diego brought Col. James M Barney and wife, on their return trip from prolonged visit to the Centennial and nearly every other place in the United States. The Colonel looks remarkably we'll, and seems as rugged and hearty as a mountaineer. Welcome home, and see if you can't stay awhile this time
 The same stage brought B. W. Reagen, Esq, of Florence, who has been for some time in San Francisco, and Capt c. W. C. Rowell, of San Bernardino, Cal, who came to attend the District Court.-Yuma Senti- nel, Dec. 9th.
Arizona weekly miner., 1876-12-22
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U. &. LAND OFFICE,

L.. LAND OFFICE.
 PREscOTT. A. T. December l, 1876. To THE ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC RAILROAD CoNPANT. Greeting
 Ia the Matter of Exemption Cash Entry, No. @, in the name of Daniel OLesTy. Covering SN Section 2i township ls, North of Range of Giis and sa River Meridian.
 The above tract is within he limits of the Grsst - tAs Atlantic and Pseise Railroad Company which took eses March IF, 1879, Daniel OLeary having settled piog t withdrawal his Entry has been approved by the Hos J. A. Williamson, Commissioner General Land O0es. subject to any appeal within sixty days from the dsa hereof w.N. KELLY, Resistef decfdeO
Arizona weekly miner., 1876-12-22
PAUL'S DRY PROCESS.

Having perfected this process am now prepared b furnish mills of any desired capacity and assert ny abhy to prove my machinery now up. and open to tss Puoc inspection and by the practical testing of s mss it's that can increase the yield of gold mills working wet baiferes and copper plates m 50 to 100 per cent and on silver ore much larger per ceutsge than by pns method of working quartz well and from gold oree can extract more silver extra whShe gold which s rcw t thau all the expense of milling and miping and sn cheaPness and Persctios. challenge the skill of the dsy to suryass.
 Ihaye recently got up. especially for Arizona Prospsc Tn every particular is perfect my largest nis Thn mill IS light for transportation cheap in construction snd one man can operate it. They fail 10 give entire t isfacton, and introduced pto Arizona will make sc i've every mining ocaIity-as the miner will his high est hopes realized For pamphlets explaining process. and further particulars, address or apply to
 ALMARIN B. PAUL, Room 20. Safe Deposit Building. San Franoito9, Cal declm3.
Arizona weekly miner., 1876-12-22

The Utah Missionaries started south yes terday. They preached in the court room Thursday evening, called at this office yes terdsy and requested us to thank Sheriff Bowers, Deputy Sheriff Standefer and our citizens, generally, for the kind and court eous treatment they received. They will spend couple of months in Salt River val ley, before starting TOT their destination, Mexico.
Arizona weekly miner., 1876-12-22

MT. Seed, Agent for tine c. < A. Stage Company, is doing everything possible for the comfort of the woman who was injured, recently, by the upsetting of coach, this side of Antelope station. He has employed Dr. Lincoln to attend to her and he, no doubt will soon have her all right again. It was, at first, reported that she was not much hurt but Mir. Seed tells us that she received painful, though not dangerous, injuries
Arizona weekly miner., 1876-12-22
LEGAL.
Application for Patent to th.
 Oriental Mine.
U. 3. LAND OFFICE,


 PRESCOTT, A. IT, Octohe, n ,s,. Notice is hereby given that August v Kapt, -a postonice address s Prescott. A. IT, has fhs q, application for patent for fifteen hundred n s1m m - feet of the Oriental mine vein bearing siv,, y,S face ground three hvsdred and Eve (3S) f,.. , s situate, lying and being in Peek Mining Dissrict ,.f Yavapai and Territory of AYizosa and M designated by the field and official pls, ~ s, this office as Lot Nc. 37. The same being on p,s - lands. The exterior boundaries of said Lot No s7 M ss follows, to wit.
 Variation l4o la east beginning at sh, e,,,,. ., Ledge the southwest line of the claim thepes N 5io ss w five (D feet to s. W. corner ot m. .ss and Monument No l. Prom this corner . vhi,scsh = l2 inches in diameter bcars 5. 35o S F. Tve.,v,S (s) fee, distant. From same q red oak 7;,.ss diameter bears 5o 55 w. thirty six cS, .. ..l. Thence N 35o 3s' east. fifteen hundred QspN s.s = Monument No. 2 at the w. corner of esjr, r this a rucky ledge opdyke Butts u.sA.s .T on side. situated due 4s0 feet fon NJ, r.S Gulch. bears N. l3o s E.. 3 feet incl dissant F corner, white oak tree, p inches in di.-.s. blazed and marked east side bezry N eeo ey --s' l32 feet distant Thence S. 5io 2S F. three hu,a,.s - five (305) feet to Monument No at the co~r.. - the claim frm this corner rocky ledge ., Or-sxs~ Butte bears N 4so 4 w. three hundred and sn,s 3, s feet Monument No. four (i). the S. E c,rrs, ss claim Thence N. 5o p w. 300 feet to pois, of hrs.ns. Containing l0.502 acres The g. W. cpru>r ss ca.S bears oa East line of Tornado clsim the sd po~,s . tension of Psck lode, owned by I. NJ. Al. xander.
 The location of this mine 10 duly recorded in A.ss ''E" } of the Mining Records of Yavapai County n pages 35s 359 and 360. Any and all persons claiming adversely any pors;o. ss said Oriental mine or said mining ground herenbsSs, described are required their adverse claim. -, Arizona Territory during the sixty days rersd of puA ratiou hereof they will be barred by yrtue vf thA provisions sf the statute.
 sc2o WILLIAM N. KELLY. Register
Arizona weekly miner., 1876-12-22
N 0 T lC F. .

To Peter B. Braunen and C. II. Veil in the Gsy
 Eagle lode original location in Tiger Mining District
 favspa County, Arizona:
 You are hereby notified that if you do appear within O days from the date hereof and pay to T. J. Butler your proportion o the expense incurred the of wok done on said lode during the years 1875 and 1876 quired by law, fe undersigned will claim foretuss of your interests in said lode in accordrncs with mining laws now in force PHILIP RICHARDSON.
 Prescott, A. T., December l, lsT5i
Arizona weekly miner., 1876-12-22

MT. F. P. Foster, who came to this part of the Territory, last summer, from California, bringing with him a fine flock of sheep, was in town yesterday and stated that he will winter his flock on the Upper Verde. He expressed himself we'll pleased with the range down there and is not bit sorry for having come to Arizona. His wool-raising neigh bors, Mir. Bixby and Mir. Page, are, he said, satisfied with the Verde. All their sheep are doing we'll.
Arizona weekly miner., 1876-12-22

Gal. Reyes, who came here last winter from Washington Territory, and who, with his family, is now settled at Walnut Grove, 30 miles from Prescott, is well pleased with his location and says that he wouldn't give one-half of Yavapai County for all of Wash ington Territory. He raised good crop of corn and vegetables; is isbuilding good frame house and has just purchased Is head of good dairy royUs
Arizona weekly miner., 1876-12-22
Captain Joseph R. Walker.

Some weeks since the MINER con- tained a notice of the death Of this noble old pioneer, taken from the Contra Costa, (Califor- nia), Gazette, together with a brief sketch of the party that accompanied him to this country in 1862, among whom were the Miller Bros., Joseph R. Wal ker, nephew of the great path finder, John Dixon and others, still influential citizens of Pres colt and vicinity.
 We now find in the same pa- per two interesting sketches cop jed from the Napa Reporter and Santa Rosa Democrat, edited re- spectively by Captain George W. Gift and Thomas J. Thompson, Esq, than whom no two men are better qualified to do impartial justice to the memory of one to whom, though emphatically a Californian, Arizona owes much. In another place, we copy the re- marks of the papers alluded to and commend them especially to the pioneers of Arizona. Since writing the foregoing, we have conversed with the nephew of the great Captain and gained from him the following interest ing facts:
 Uncle Joe" as his old com- panions here used to call him, first came to what Is now Arizona in 1887, from the head of Green River, with party of 5l men. He and the party which he led, crossed the Little Colorado River above the falls, travelled all through the San Francisco mountain country, Chino valley, down Bill Williams fork of the Colorado to its mouth; down to the mouth of the Gila, up that stream to the mouth of a stream which they called Black River; thence across the White mountains to the vil- lages of the Zuni and Moquis h. dians, from which places they turned their faces northward. His second visit to our Territory was made in 1851. He remained until 1852. His third trip was made in 1861, from California, with party of Is men. He crossed the Colorado at the mouth of the Virgen, travelled across the Territory, into New Mexico, where he wintered. His nephew, J. R. Walker, of Pres colt, was with him in this trip. | From New Mexico, the party | went to Colorado Territory, but did not remain there long. The old man believed in the great mineral wealth of this section, and again started back in 1862, | via New Mexico. He followed | the Rio Grande to Messilla, from which place he travelled west, by old forts McClean and West, to the Francisco river country, | thence to Tucson, and on to this immediate section. Himselfa and party reached Walnut Grove, about B miles southeast of Prescott, on the lst day of May, 1863, ascended the mountains and discovered the rich placer mines of Hassayampa, Lynx Creek, Big Bug and others. The last time the writer of this met the great mountaineer was in the fall of 1865, soon after his re- turn from California. He was then in pretty fair health and spirits and expressed determi- nation to visit us again, but old age, with its accompanying in- firmities shortly after possessed and controlled him until death came and took him away.
Arizona weekly miner., 1876-12-22

Mir. Buffum, owner of the crook mill, in Hassayampa District, told us, yesterday, that said mill is now at work, crushing ore be- longing to the discovery claim on the Crook lode, which is one of the richest gold veins here or elsewhere.
Arizona weekly miner., 1876-12-22

Our old friend, Chaplain Gilmore, U. S. A., and Mir. Bond, of Fort Whipple, called on us the other day. The Chaplain has been stationed at whipple great many years and is favorite with our people-ciyil and military
Arizona weekly miner., 1876-12-22

MT. Louis WollenOerg, of the firm of Ash 'er and Wollenberg, requests us to state that he has in his possession an ex-soldier's dis charge papers, which the owner can have by calling for them at the store, southeast cor kper of Montezuma and Goodwin streets.
Arizona weekly miner., 1876-12-22

J. R. Daroche recently deeded $50 it. in the Summer lode, to Col. Bigelow, and $50 it. in same lode to Thomas Cordis. Firmin Me jia has olso deedsd 300 it. of Sumner to Mr. Daroche. This, we believe, equaTizes tri- partite interests in the Summer.
 J.R. Walker has disposed of a mining property in Black Canyon district, to Mir Banta
Arizona weekly miner., 1876-12-22

RELIGIous.-We have been requested to state that Mir. Monk, minister who is here, en-route to Tucson, will preach, tomorrow Sunday in the new Methodist church, west side of Granite creek.
Arizona weekly miner., 1876-12-22

v G. w. Barnard has 8 saddler shop in full operation at his feed stable, on south Mon tezuma street. We well recollect the time, s or 10 years age when George first started the pioneer shop of this kind fin Prescott.
Arizona weekly miner., 1876-12-22
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q. S. LAND OFFICE
 PRESCOTT, A. T., October l3 1876. To THOMAS W. KETTLEsoS and DANIEL CoSpRoS- Greeting
 You arc hereby notified to appear st this oice Sat urday, Dec l6, 1876, at l o'clock 10 show cause, if any why John M Bennitt sheuld be allowed 10. make final proof and payment e. lots s,d and |. of N W. |, Section ?, township l0 North Ra.gs hrss () w. of Gila and Salt River Meridian.
 WILLIAM N. KELLY. Register GEORGE LOUNT Receiver. ocI3wl0
Arizona weekly miner., 1876-12-22

J. L. Fisher, auctioneer, disposed of restaurant furniture, canned goods, Christ mas turkies, etc, yesterday, to very good advantage. Tarkies went low-Sl 75, each.
Arizona weekly miner., 1876-12-22

SILvER.-Messrs. Bowers & Richards received, to-day, s3,500 worth of silver from the Aztlan mill,-the product of few tons of Peck ore.
Arizona weekly miner., 1876-12-22
MINES AND MINING.

of the Peck and other rlch mines in this part of Arizona, has rendered the Territory and country great service. He was not, indeed, the first man to find such mines here, but 1t must be said that he found ''the first poor mans silver mine," and gave the cue to others who have, since, found almost as good mines as the Peck. We have not the figures, but can safely say that his discovery has been the means of adding about half a million dollars, in silver, to the hard, white metal cur rency of the world. This being the case, we sincerely hope that he will fare better than did that other noted discoverer, Con- stock. MT. Peck's partners in the bonanzas whose fame is now almost worldwide, are, like himself, representative Arizon- ans, who have accomplished much good for usall. Although the mine is rich beyond measure and although its owners have done their level best to make it a benefit to themselves and oth- CTS; they could not have done so much as they have, had it not have been for pecuniary and other assistance rendered them by Messrs. Hugo Richards and G. w. Bowers, citizens of this place, who advanced means, pur- chased and run a mill, and by so doing, enabled, not alone the owners of the Peck, but owners of many other silver and gold mines around Prescott to ''put money in their purses" and learn, truly, the value of their several mines.
 Another gentleman who has faced fate" and won, is s. o. Frederick, of the Senator gold mine. He 1t was who made the first real success of gold mining in this immediate neighborhood and kept alive the hopes of those who believed that, sooner or la ter, the region of country around Prescott would, in time, produce more bullion than Nevada or any other mining state or territory of the Union. His reward has now come, in the shape of a splendid mine, which is so we'll developed that even noted hy- percritical Nevada and CalifOr- mia miners who have examined it have expressed astonishment that, in this country, so far away from railroads, navigable rivers and densely populated cities, so great a mining work should exist.
 Messrs. Rice and Elliott, of Lynx Creek, are, also, entitled to rank among such men as Peck and Frederick, for their success full efforts in opening their mine and making it pay.
 It would not be doing jus tice to a merchant of Prescott, c. P. Head, were we to conceal the fact that his aid to Messrs. Frederick, Rice X Elliott and other miners of whom we may hereafter speak, was extended at the proper time and is highly by these gentlemen, as we'll as all who have any idea of the sacrifices he has made to help the developers of our me- tallic wealth.
 B. H. Weaver informs us that | J. H. Simpson, who owns a gold mine named the Park, on Groom Creek, about seven miles from Prescott, has had 9 tons of the ore worked at the Aztlan mill, | which paid him at the rate of S27 l per ton. Mir. Simpson has a 70 foot shaft in his mine, at which depth there are two feet of good |
Arizona weekly miner., 1876-12-22

Although Hathaway's meat market, on .Montezuma street is now in possession of C. T. Rogers & O., who have leased it, the place looks about the same as before, with Joe Walker behind the "bar."
Arizona weekly miner., 1876-12-22

A big lot of lumber, for the improvement of John Reese's farm house, corrals, etc., in Upper Agus Fria Valley, was hauled away from Prescott yesterday.
Arizona weekly miner., 1876-12-22

RECENT TRANsFERs.-H. A. Bigelow to George Opdyke-Lot No. l2, in block g.; also lots Nos. ls and If, in block Ss, town of Prescott.
Arizona weekly miner., 1876-12-22

Our old friend, Col Edward Caney, has returned from San Francisco, in rather poor health.
Arizona weekly miner., 1876-12-22

Frank Murray (the present incumbent) dJohn Brickwood. are the only candidates, so far, for the village marshalship.
Arizona weekly miner., 1876-12-22

Judge Chas. T. Hayden, of Maricopa coun- ty, arrived here to-day.
Arizona weekly miner., 1876-12-22

Jim Oneal started for home, Wednesday. to look after his fine flock of sheep.
Arizona weekly miner., 1876-12-22

J. M. Bryan, the freighter, arrived here this morning, by stage, from Ehrenberg,
Arizona weekly miner., 1876-12-22

= MAGNOLIA WATER. FLORIDA wAfE8 " and the best WEIGHTS COLOGNE, Fresh ssd oss 0D uine, DR- KENDALL'S Pioneer Drug s'oEe
Arizona weekly miner., 1876-12-22

The rapid increase in houses and popula- ton during the past few years admonish us to look around for a larger supply of water |; and it may soon be the duty of Village off, cers to supcrintend the carrying of the waters of Groom Creek, by tunnel, which will have to be bored through the narrow divide be- yond Curtis saw mill, to Prescott.
Arizona weekly miner., 1876-12-22

The Arizona MINER has changed hands, Messrs. Beach and Marion, having purchased it from Gen. Butler. The MINER has always been live paper; as the purchasers are men of we'll known ability, we bespeak for it brilliant future. We are under many obligations to Gen, Butler, for favors rem dered, and he will please accept our thanks for the same. The Gen. has a host of friends, who wish him prosperity wherever he may go.- Whipple News.
Arizona weekly miner., 1876-12-22
L. NEWS OF THE WEEK

utter is worth SLIGO pound in this mar
The New York herald., 1876-12-26
AN IMAGINARY CITY.

ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND LOTS IN PHANTOM
CITY SOLD BY BOGUS TEXAS COMPANY.
[From the benson lTexasl News, Dec 10
few weeks since Postmaster Webster. OF tins city,
called the attention OF hc Chief OF Police OF Cncin-
natl 10 the Ohio, Kentucky ana Texas Land Company,
doing business in that city, which company claim TO
large number of lots In Mineral City, Grayson
county. Texas, and informed said official that the
Mineral City part was a fraud. there being no such
place. The Chief, II appears, has acted upon this in
formation the result OF which that this land COM
papy furnished him with printed copy Ola certificate
from G. A. Dckcrman, Clerk Of this county, stating
the plat OF nera City and the title deeds thereto
arc filed In the Recorders office Tor the coulty,
which certificate he forwarded to Mr. Webster Cap
Dickerman and asked IL that the certificate he
made. Mr.. Dickcrman replied as ioows:-
SHERMAN. Texas Dec. IA
fa,s the Ohio L.sa
only BY me T q plat and deeds
There Plat SInsr. Si;y siss j. this oaee
R.d%s" to ohio Kenicky and
Lsna GDay for & pI % 1 /. 81 .as, ,s
,ss !. BAD record in this oes
trouble that Htss has ne ;hs
s :ss
every % iscs C Connected nee with known that The land
River high that point by many miles.
there has been railroad survey made
cght miles OF the socalied city yet the
pany that their title goodths e No.
that the city has been surveyed and saked off,
lie No ~ that u is being built upic No. III that 1t
Red kverle No 4 that the river Is navigable to that
ponte No. 81 that IL is the western branch of the
pany has tar advertise that election
would be held for city officers without house the
ground a living In the city socAlied The whole
thing humbug beginning end and the company
persistcnty by all mis-
led any people to their hurt.
You liberty such Of this you
proper. Respectfully your friend
II will be by the above that this Ohio Kentucky
and Texas Land Company have TILE 10 any land
corded In this county.
We are in possession Of letter from stephen Young.
Of Mechancsville Iowa, who Is desirous Of locating
here with his family. He says he has purchased sew
eral lots In Mineral city OF tho Ohio, Kentucky and
Texas Land Company, and wants to know II IL would
be advisable to houses them this coming
spring. and II Mineral City IS larger place than Dem
ison. Mr. Young, like thousands OF Others have been
victimixed. Mineral City has existence only IN
the fertile Of rogues who have grown rich the
credullty Of its victims. his shameful swinde has
been exposed time and again and notice II is still
being extensively advertised in Eastern cities and wc
presume the rogucs yet reaping rich harvest
They advertise their headquarters as being in CncE-
natl, but understand the parties engaged 10 the
swnde live In Kenuky. Ii Is estimated that they have
disposed OF 100 600 lots in tho mythical city OF
Mineral
The New York herald., 1876-12-26
A NORTH CAROLINA TRAGEDY.
From the Raleigh IN. o.) News, Dec. 2s.l

From the Raleigh IN. C.)News, Dec 2sl
Robert Ham kept little grocery Al Bests sta
tion on the Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad, SIX
miles Of Goldsboro He had no family, and his
meals wore cooked and brought to him by colored
woman who lived near by. Yesterday morning, a
passe niger by the North Carolina tfan relates the col
ored woman carried Hams breakfast to him at the
usual hour, but trying the back door, through which
she usually entered, and nung II locked, went away.
supposng that Ham had not yet walked up, and return
ing = little later IN the morning perceived that the
door was sti locked She was surprised u being con-
siderably after tho mans usual rising hour, and
neighbor appearing about this time she remarked upon
she singular circumstance. The neianbor, upon walk
ing around the store discovered crack In the 'front.'
door, and the door being pulled open the body OF Ham
was discovered lying in tho middle Of the floor,
drenched IN his own gore. An examination revealed
that pistol shot had passed through tho mans head
entering tue forehead and coming at back OF
the head The store not examined for the purpose
OF ascertaining whether or no anything missing,
but the doors closed until Coroner Kirk, who
Immediately sent Tor could arrive from Goldsboro.
THIS the situation ard these tho facts had
developed when our informant, who arrived here at
bafpast twelve yesterday passed Bests station In the
morning. Suspicion rests upon no one thus far. The
Coroner's inquest may elicit something or II may