The weekly Arizona miner., 1878-05-24

The rains which fell on the mountain yesterday have caused Granite creek to rais' several inches.
 TRToP BULLIoS--Th Gillett stage brough 4,059 80 ounces of Tiptop bullion to-day worth s4,s53.26.
 Passengers by Caldwell & Lc Valley stage from Gillet to-day: W. II. Rice, Jim Miller and Al. Bernard
 Mr. Horst, of Camp Verde, and seyera other gentlemen who live in the Verde val lev, departed homeward this forenoon.
 Beanett's opposition stage from Giilet arrived atant II o'clock a. m, bringing two pSssengers-W. W. Weed and MT Powell.
 J. T. Faulkner has sold to II. G. Howe certain mining interest in the Big Missouri Grape Shot and other mines situated in Pine Grove Mining District, for $200.
 Milligan & Co. were the lowest bldd CT, for furnishing the Commissary department at Fort Whipple with beef and mutton fol the coming year commencing July list, 1878
 Ed Schcley from Walnut Creek is in town, and intends leaving on the next coach for California, in the hope that change of climate will be beneficial to his health.
 wASrs FIxISG.-The road between here and Agus Fria, at point near the Salvador mine, needs fixing. It IS so sidling that several wagons have capsised, and it is al- most impossible to drive over it.
 Mr. Brink, who owns a valuable vegetable ranch in the canyon below Kirkland Valley, came up yesterday with two thousand pounds of all kinds of vegetables, which he readily sold at 20 cents per pound.
 Dr. Thibodo, village physician, informed us this afternoon that Bancroft, the small pox patient, is nearly we'll and will be ready to leave the pest house about Saturday of this week. If so the pest house will be left tenantless.
 The examination of the parties accused of robbing the U. S. Mail, etc, on the 18th of April, came up for trial before Judge Cart ter, this morning, and upon request of com plainant the case was continued until Thurs day next.
 W. w. Weed, the stenographic reporter, got back to-day from his tour through the southern part of the Territory. The Dis trict Court convenes on the Sd proximo, and MT. Weed will no doubt be kept busy during the session.
 L. $. District Attorney, E. B. Pomroy, has tc,egraphed Murat Masterson, Esq, ask ing him to prosecute the parties now under arrest for stage robbery; also the soldiers confined in the guard house at Camp Verde, charged with murder.
 Major Brayton, of Camp Verde, arrived last evening and will for the present remain at Whipple, having been selected by Gen. Wilcox to act as Assistant Adjutant Gene ral of this Department There are but few better men in the Army than Major Brayton
 Geo. Hesser has just finished planting the old Putney place near Point of Rocks, and tells us that the ground has never, within his time of farming experience, been in bet ter shape than at present. Mir. H., is good farmer and knows whereof he speaks.
 Two loads of lumber from Curtis mill, consisting of battery blocks, battery frame 1 timbers, building lumber, etc, passed | through town thls morning on the way to the Golden Star mine at Cave creek. Clin- ton has the contract for delivering it at its | destination and is doing it with OK teams. Another load also went to John McDermott, at Tiptop.
 The latest news we have from the Indian | scare at Wickenburg seem to wear sem blasce that we are not going to have an h. uidn war Just yet luc troops Wcre uusI- tered near wickenburg yesterday, Dut in tended moving out to day and try to capture the renegades reported to be prowling around that vicinity.
 Mr. Gordon and family, who have been living at Signal City and vicinity for the last two years, have left that salubrious cline and gone to the San Pedro Country, where they intend locating and entering in fo the farming business. They cdme by Santa Maria, Date Creek, and thence around by Prescott, calling on their old frisnd, equity Sheriff Pierce.
 C. E. Hitchcock is in from the Big Bug, ard thinks he will be able to leave for the States in two weeks MT. II. will be ac on his trip East by his intelli gent family. MT. Hitchcock is quite ex- fensively interested in mining industries in the Big Bug district and may extend his trip to London, for the purpose of negotia- ting sale.