Arizona weekly journal-miner. [volume] (Prescott, Ariz.) 1885-1903, 1886-11-24
FROM MoMpAY's DAILY.

showed under.
Toboeganning clubs are in order now.
S. C. Miller prophesies another snow
storm.
Snow shovels and overshoes are in de-
mand to-day.
,Ex-Mayor N. Goldwater has returned
from California.
Early SHOWS indicate good year for
placer miners.
Only two days until Thanksgiving
and nary turkey in sight.
The storm has Frustrated the telegraph
wires to Maricopa.
A large invoice Of glassware just re-
ceived at J. L. Fishers.
j. w. Colgan says the storm will de-
lay railroad work only . day.
Owners Of mining claims are busy do
ing their assessment work.
The Phenix stage due At 6 O'Clock last
evening has not yet arrived
Jailor Hickey had his boarders out for
exercise-sawing wood to-day.
The snow storm has temporarily in
terrupted work on the railroad.
Our city meat markets have a mag
niicent display of choice meats ON
hand.
The new locomotive for the p & A. c.
railroad named F. A. Tritle Is en- route
| TO Prescott Junction.
Martin Maier, of the Exchange saloon,
is running . refreshment tent near the
railroad camp below town.
although not much talked about, the
postage stamp Is ON everybody's
tongue" n. B. This il . new joke.
Professor Thomas has his time pretty
well occupied with giving instructions
in music to his many pupils.
All kinds of job printing done at this
Office. A lot of new job type of the
latest styles just received.
The Star says it sdmires Secretary
Bayard's grit. We also admire his grit
but how about his Judgment.
There is an appropriation Of about
$4,000 available for the purchase Of
cavalry horses in this territory.
The devout were compelled to perform
their devotions yesterday in the privacy
of their homes, owing TO the storm.
The orchestra Of the 9th Infantry
band announces An interesting pro
gramme of music for the Thanksgiving
ball
Hugh McCrum, San Francisco mer-
chant who is interested in real estate
and hive stock in this county, is paying
periodical visit to our town.
Col. ID. s. White, the able associate
editor of Hoof and Horn, 10 one of the
best posted stock editors in the south
west. He does not permit anything Of
interest to stock growers to escape his
notice
Many . cotton tail, quail, duck and
snipe owe their existence to-day TO yes
terdays storm. Secretary Bayard and
Frank Meador had murderous designs
on numerous Of them, and we're only
prevented by the storm from carrying
them out.
Judge J. c. Shields has written let
ter TO an attorney here announcing his
intention of returning to Prescott. We
hope to see him confirmed ~ chief jus
tice Of the territory, on the re- Resembling
Of congress and believe that such sill be
the Gaze.
Captain Robertson, Of the 9Th Infan-
try, has kindly furnished the loan Of
some tents to Mr.. Colgan for the COM
fort of the railroad employees The
military authorities have always been
found very courteous and obliging.
J. l.. Fisher has Just received from
Chicago fine large street lamp. Of the
the metropolitan kind, which be intends
to erect at the corner Of Montezuma
and Goodwin streets, and illuminate
that portion Of our city.
George Sines and Thomas Urquhart
returned ON Saturday evening from . ]
hunting and fishing expedition. Dur
ing the trip they bagged . fine lot Of |
ducks and quail. They aggravated the |
appetite of n,apy An epicure. too. with |
As tempting q string Of fish - ever was |
caught in the Verde river. |
As the thawing Of the snow is likely |
to cause q rise in Granite creek, We copy
the following: People who have presence
of mind enough when in danger Of
to lock the hands behind the |
back, fully initiate the lungs and close
the mouth, may thus keep themselves
afloat for some time.
Joe Long had . narrow escape from
death the other day.
While engaged at work on Bashford's /
new opera house heavy plank became
looeened from its moorings over his
head. He discovered its approach TO
him too late to get out Of the way, but
with remarkable presence Of mind turned
his cheek to it and received its full force
on that portion Of his anatomy. The
plank was shivered to atoms, andv
furrow plowed through bis cheek which
lie now covered with plaster, but Joe
says that nothing but his presence Of
mind and cheek saved his
Sheriff Mulvenon returned from Wea-
yer on Saturday evening without OBJ
tanning any clue to the murderers of C.
p. Stanton. Before the burial of the
dead Mexican he had about forty or fifty
Mexican residents of that vicinity view
the body, none of whom were able TO
it or would admit of having
known the deceased. He also brought