The weekly Arizona miner., 1878-04-19
WEDNESDAY,.

"Said" snow is 'silvery," but wAite At the time of going to press no stage ol telegraphic news. We infer the storm ha. been general all over the Territory. fS8
 The snow on the divide between Maple Gulch and East Hassayampa, yesterday measured eighteen inches in depth.
 Two feet of snow was reported on ths ground in the vicinity of the old Thunder bolt quartz mill, on Lynx creek, this morn ing.
 Gen Wilcox on his recent trip to South ern Arizona, was the recipient of grand party given him by the Tucsonites-Gener- al Kauz' old enemies.
 A report comes from San Francisco thai there is an entirely new deal in the Direct ory of the Tiptop Company, with Wm. NJ Lent at the head of affairs. For three years, owing to drought, the grama grass has borne no seed. This April snow storm, it is thought, will change all that and give q crop that will reset ths bar ren places where the roots have died out.
 Among other benefits conferred by the snow storm the encouragement and spirit it infuses into the people to plant grain, open
  porous season, will be of great advantage to the country.
 The sun got the better of the snow to- day, and ran the greater portion of the amount that covered the earth hereabouts into Granite Creek, though it is hoped that the mountains will retain enough to con tinue to supply the streams until near the time for the Summer rains.
 We learn through a private letter from Signal city that the young gentleman who contemplated starting paper at that or some other point in Mohave county, have abandoned the project and thus the field is left open for some enterprising party.
 The train of Henry Connolly loaded with salt for the Tiptop Company is snow and mud bound on Mogollon range, making only about one mile per day. The roads are represented by parties who have just come across the range as being in very bad condition.
 The GiIlett Boarding House, kept by Mrs. ]. E. Brown, is an institution at Humbug, which is no ''humbug" by any means. She provides everything of the very best and secs to it personally that it is gotten up Tn the very best manner. Her advertisement in another column tells it just as it is.
 The late snow and rain will give new life to the farming community, who have fought against drought for the past eigh- teen months. Grass will spring up. crops will be planted and bountiful harvest is almost certain to be reaped. Hay wil come forth as in years past and ''everything will be lovely and the goose hang high"
 Three Post offices should be established between Prescott and Phenix, on the Black Canyon route, one at Cottonwood, one at Antelope and another at Gillctt. appear to us as proper places for the same. A peti- ton to the P. o. Department from the people living along the route recommending the same IS all that is necessary to insure action on the part of the government.
 NIT. Ross, our next door neighbor is build ing an addition to his elegant residence and otherwise beautifying his premises. NIT. R., has been with us but a short time, still it has been sufficient to cause him to become very much attached to the country and make many very valuable and wise in vestments.
 Parties, recently on a visit to the Verde represent Dan Marr and George w. Hance, with their newly acquired spouses, about the happiest people in Arizona or in any other country under the sun. George, as he rides about among his focks and herds, en- tertains himself by singing, Happy day. happy dsy,r etc, with which it is suspected he links in his mind the date, April 2d, 1878.
 The Crook mill has finished the Johnson and Sheltenbrand ore, and is now pounding away on the Taylor Bros dump. The pros poets are that thera will be water in the creek to enable the mill to work up all the ore there is mined in ali that region round about. Had the miners known that the snow was coming to give them water they would have had out much more, an addit- ional proof of tho wisdom of the proverb sin time of poace prepare for wal"
 GIDEON BRooKE.-Chairman of the Board of Supervisors, who has been on trip to Phenjx and elsewhere in Maricnpa County with view of benefiting his health, which too close application to business had some what impaired, returned last evening during the snow storm, and although he found the weather of Salt River valley aiittletoo warm for him and the water unpalasable, yet. up on the whole. he appears refreshed, and the trip has no doubt done him good. He says the Prescott air hrcathes easier. and the water is colder and tastes better than that of any place he found while he was gone. He returned by the same route he went downs viz. Gillett Black Canyon. Agua Fria etc, and reports tbpt Geo. E. Webbsr, the new Superintendent of the Tpfop had arrived at Gilieft. Thesalt, for which they were wastings had got there, and Mr. Webber ls making ar rangements to start the mil on Monday mornfbg, when 1t is hoped. there will be 10 more stsppare for long time to come.
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