The weekly Arizona miner., 1878-02-01
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
SATURDAY.

The Colorado River is said to be lowe than at any period for many years.
 A. Frank, of Ehrenberg, is the same eas, 3oyial gentleman as of old Long may h1 wave,
 A handy man snd fine gentleman is Mr Anderson, Assistant Secretary of tie Terri tory.
 Intersst on seven thousand five hundred dollars at 2lf per cent per month amount, te only Sl67, 50 each month. This answers a question we heard asked down town.
 Mr. Van Epp's new store cn Mccormick street, West Prescott, is in full blaSt, and the owner informs us that business opens up brisk, and he is much pleased with his prospects.
 The Enterprise is still using Government type, although tine General commanding has ordered his unruly Adjutani-Gcn to have the same returned to Headquarters.
 A letter from Camp Apache tells of heavy sNowbaiiks in the SiepG BbGnc0 Mountains, ali of which is cheering news to the good people who are settling up the extensive valley of the Little Colorado.
 Mr. William Clark. man of literary pursuits. and good miner, has gone to the Black Hills, 8 miles north of Prescott, where he has made some valuable discover ies of mineral lodcs.
 A large freight team belonging to c. T. Hayden, of Tempe, Salt River, arrived in town, yesterday, loaded with four for va- rious persons of Prescott. Messrs. Kelley & Stephens received per same team, large box of nice looking oranges.
 A Mexican, hailing from the Sunny South, somewhere in Sonora, arrived in town yesterday, with some 1900 pounds of sweet oranges, raised in the sandal factory State where reside Mexicans, Yaquies, 0pi- fas and Apaches. each tribe imagining he is us good as the other, if not little better
 It's little bad about those Independent ofice-holders and demsgogues. We never knew but one demagogue who held office in this County, and that was certain Yayapai County Treasurer.
 vERoE.-The Valley of the Verde, which is one of great worth, is fast settling up with industrious farmers who are turning the wild nooks of bottom lands into beautiful homes, where are being planted orchards and vine- yards that will make their adopted homes pleasant and valuable at no distant day.
 Our climate is said to be, taking the year around. the best in the United States. Mr. Bennett of West Prescott who has lived in seventeen States, five Territories, and three Provinces declares this climate preferable to anything he has ever seen.
 The past four days howedindications of storm which would undoubtedly have taken place had it not been for the unthought- fulness of Abe Prather, who yesterday slip ped his coat on which had the effect of dri- wing clouds and storm up North.
 We have taken some pains to inquire into the politics of our brother mormons, who reside on the Little Colorado, and ind out that they are Independent in their ,nlltical views, which shows we'll for them, and win assist good Northern Independent to walk into the halls of Congress at the coming November election.
 We learn that n number of large stock raisers from New Mexico, are selecting stock ranges along the eastern slope of the Mogcllon range of Mountains, with view to placing their large herds of sheep and cattle thereon, and the indications are that yavapai will, the coming year have more stock within her borders than all the re- mainder of Arizona.
 Thomas K. Thompson, of Thompson Val lev. has sold his interest in the valuable ranch of which he was part owner, to hls old partners. Messrs Bidwell and Gird. Mr.. Thompson IS known as an industrious gen. tleman and upright in all his dealings. He intends to leave Arizona and take up resi- dcnce in California. We are sorry to part with our old pioneers and good men. In our loss California gains. Bidwell < Gird, will carry on the business of the firm, and are known to every person in Yavapai County.
 A REouEsT.-Te respectfully ask the Press of New Mexico, where the Editor of the MINER lived for 3 term of ten years, to give our history during the time we had fhe honor of living in that fair country. Th.s we ask for the benefit of one John II. Marion. and if anything derogatory to. our .untarnished name comes from our old home, where every man, woman and child were our frien,is, we propose to make the slanderer. who rules ever the dirticst sheet esor published, present of the MINER Office.
 Ono BoSrro BoNDEo.- Messrs. R. Cram and John Dolan have bonded the Orc Bonito mine. in Bradshaw District, to a gentleman from San Francisco, by the name of Camp bell. for the sum of $I5,000. The mine is quite thoroughly prospected, aud although the time for the expiration of the bond is set year ahead. Mr. Cram has verbal assurances that the trade will be consum- mated in much shorter time. and it is ex- pected that machinery to work the mine win be shipped very soon.
 ESoot-RAcIsa.--slr. T. c. Bray is in re- ceipf of telegram from ] C. Stubbs, gene ral freight agent of the Central Pacific, stating that his 40 eases of boots which were shipped from Boston. Nov. sth. had arrived at Ogden, having circulated all around Colorado and adjoining territories. These goods should have been in Prescott long since had the managers of freight ship ments attended little more closely to their business.
 Tnou sASr,r.-H Hon. Johnathsn <. Loean, formerly Senator from Colusa and Tehama Counties, Cal, came up from the Sandy | Country on Thursday, where he has some mining interests. as well as good ranch. He reports everything in 8 healthy 6nancial condition in that region, The Sig l naf Go. has been working son,e inferior rock with indifferent success, but have I ,k.~.~~3 fsoo4 and oone to work on their