Salt River herald., 1878-08-10

bell would scorn to offer money to newspaper for supporting his pre- tensions to the office of Delegate to Congress. But if the Enterprise" sticks closely to J. c. C.. that job office ought to be Marion's by the time election is over. It must cost nearly s3,OOO by the timeit reaches Prescott.
 Immediately upon the receipt of the intelligence of the threatened outbreak of the San Carlos Indians, says the Prescott Enterprise, Gen. eral Wilcox directed the issue, by the subsistence department, of 14,- 900 pounds of flour to Agent Hart, which was transferred to him by tel egraph. The General did this on his own responsibility, and was un- doubtedly the means of averting trouble at the reserve.
 The McCrackin mill is still at work, turning out bullion, but the Signal is shut down. Tom Ewing, Superintendent of the Signal, had returned from San Francisco and paid of al! the men at the mill and mine. What further steps were to be taken by the Company they do not know, but the talk was that they would pay up and go on with the work.
 Yuma Sentinel says the first shipment of concentrations from the new "7e" quartz mill is one of lO,. 900 pounds, by Barnett's train, which left Picket Post on the goth. The same train also brings 10000 pounds of concentration from the Silver King, of which the Superin- tendent says they are a splendid lot and very rich.
 A late Miner contains the follow ing: Hon. Jonh G. Campbell has gone down to prospect Salt River and make himself acquainted with its adaptability to navigation. In November he will take passage up the same and pay big price for tue privilege. It is curious how some men have a hankering after salt water,
 The old Peak placers IunM County have been galvanized into uew spurt of activity. The late rains completely soaked the coun- try, filled the tanks, aud produced running water in several places. This induced working the old ground over again. Some claims are pay ing s4 or S5 day to the hand.
 Messrs. Stewart and Pierson of the c. & A. Stage Company, have disposed of their interest in the bus mess to Messrs. Gilmer X Salisbury. The route has been strengthened to run direct from Prescott, via Kirk land valley, Cuttings station, and Tyson's Wells. The time has been reduced to sixty hours.
 c. c. Bean, of Prescott, has or dered about three thousand pounds of castings from the foundry, which are to be used in placing the Azatlan Mill in running order. The mill it is now thought will be at work pro- ducing bullion within the coming thirty days.
 The examination at Yuma of Swilling and Kerby for robbing the United States mail near Wlcken- burg some months since was con- cluded on Saturday, July 27, The accused were held to appear before the grand jury with bail at S3OOO.
 The stage that left Tucson W ed nesday, July 31 at ? PM, was robbed at Point of Mountain, Is miles northwest of that place the same afternoon by one man. He obtained S37 from the three passer- ge;s that were on the coach.
 The San Francisco Bulletin gives the following as the yield of five of Arizona's prominent mines for the month of June: Blackberry, S35,- 900; McCrackin Consolidated, S42,- FPS; McMillen, 10000; Silver King, s15, 800; Tiptop, s9,27O.
 The Star says Woolsey is not known in Tucson, and the Miner gives as reason that the people of that town could not purchase his vote on the capital question during the last Legislature.
 dispatch from. Yuma dated July 30, states that the mail from Au- bcry to Ehrenberg was robbed by the rider who cut open the pouch
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