The weekly Arizona miner., 1878-06-07
N. B. Bowers, from Agua Fria, is i


 hand, will probably arrive on Thursday. Mrs. Stemmer, who keeps good station at Ash Creek, is visiting friends in Prescott George W. Curtis is shipping large quanti. l ties of superior lumber from his mill daIly County Treas Ter Cook has notice in to- days Miner concerning the payment of cer- tain county warrants.
 Dr. I. H. PiersoD, Secretary of the C. < A. Stage Co, arrived per coach this morn ing from his home at Wickenburg.
 M-. Crows train left this morning foI Gillett and Phenix. The load consisted chiefly of merchandise for c. P. Head & Go
 The hay crop of Williamson Valley is said to be light. and MT. Flourney thinks less hayswill be harvested this, than that ol last season.
 Capt. Porter of Verde, has gone to San Carlos with the renegade Indians, captured at Smiths Hill, near Wickenburg ten days since.
 co. Beans windmill is working to a charm. and from present indications the we'll will produce water sufficient to supply the town.
 The increase to the Mormon population is said to be about 10000 annually, of which 10000 are from Europe, and the balance from births, etc.
 Dr. W. E. Day performed this afternoon on A. Williams, an employee of Supervisor Curtis, an operation for the removal of a palypus from his right ear.
 Operator Bert and wife have gone to Camp Verde. Mr. Bert will open the tele- graph office at~that place which will be quite convenience to Nerdeites.
 The best prospects for corn crop that we have seen about this section, is that of Will low Creek, where the ground is still moist and where the frost did but little harm.
 Four teams, belonging to J. NJ. Bryan, who is now in town, accompanied by Mrs. B., are expected in Prescott sometime du- ring tine next three or four days
 J. Ii. Lee recently turned in ten tons of alfalfa hay at Whipple. which he purchased and freighted from Salt River. The price 1 paid by the Government was $70 per ton. Phil. Mcdonald and Tom Burke, of Will Hanson Valley, are among the prominent faces on the streets of Prescott. G. W. Hull, of Verde, IS also giving the Capital an interviewing.
 The United States Grand Jury wa; em- panuelled and sworn in this morning, and immediately, proceeded on its duty of iu- ouiring into certain felonies, etc., that have been committed against the peace and dignity of the |. s.
 A new advertisement of L. Bashford X Co. will be noticed to-day. They, in order to reduce their mammoth stock, are determined to sell away down underprice.
 A new mail route has been established by the Possoffice Department, from Wicken- burg to Signal city in Mojave county. Heretofore the mail has been carried by w. 1 A. Howard on private terms with the people of Signal.
 Brown Bros. have a ton of castings at their foundry, to be sent to Gillett for tine Tiptop mill. They consist of two large plates. the largest castings ever made in Arizona, and also some smaller articles. The plates weigh about 1,500 pounds.
 Special Agent of the P. O. Department, l Chas. Adams, has recently discovered that a Mrs {3entz. Assistant Postmaster at San An,onio. inc first postofiice north of For, t;raiy. New Mexico, has been abstracnng yaluables from the mails, and has caused her arrest.
 CHANGE OF SrATIoNs.--Col. Chss. A. Reynolds, Chief Quartermaster of the De partment of Arizona, has been ordered to change stations with Col. Geo. II. Weeks of Vancouver. Oregon. Colonel Reynolds w ill leave in a few days for his new Station in Oregon.
 A aSolitary horseman" made raid on the mail coach near Cooks Canyon, cast ot Silver City. New Mexico, on the 18th ult., and got away with the plunder. The k,igh. of the road is described as heavy built, ] foot 10 inches in night, and answers the de- scription of the man who took in the stage near Wickenburg last fall.
 X private letter from an Army officer, dalen at Camp Verde, on the 3d. gives cheerine news as regards the farming in- ,erests of tiiat section. Crops of all kinds are far advanced, and the farmers are san puine that biz yield at harvest time will be their reward for time and labor expend- cd in planting.
 George Monroe, who was brought here on a charge of robbing the stage, near hicken- burg, waived examination before the com hitting magistrate, and let his case go to the Grand Jury, now in session. MT. Mon roe gave bond, and is at large awaiting ,he action of jury. Mr. Monroe IS indig. nanta ar the damaging charges made agains' old citizens.
 Henry Wickenburg. the pioneer or tht town that bears his name, arrived this morn ing from his home with 1, co pounds of new potatoes, the first in the market this season Mr. Herzog purchased the whole lot and Ii now selling them in quantities to suit pnr chasers at 12Il cents per pound Mr. rritL bill. also of Wickenburg, is CD route wltt new potatoes and may be expected fm' l evening.
 The case of tine Peck Mining Go. ys. c. C l Bean ct al, for forcible entry and detaIner by taking possession of the Aztlan mill whici came up before Justice Cartier to-day, wal 1 on motion of Fitch, counsel for defendant | dismissed, there appearing to the Judge not sufficient testimony to prove that forc' was used in taking or retaining possession The case will be appealed to the Distric Court.
 Ne understand that the new mail con tractors have perfected negotiations witt Stewar. ant, Pierson, of the C. & A. stage line. to carry the mails on the new con tract, commencing July lst, and that buck boards will take the place of the now com fo.table coaches Ail on account of sh' low price for which the serrlce was pro ptsed to be done for. by men anxious t 6>.~ > ~o.$~..< xrhr, Enotv nofbinu cf fhs