Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1888-07-18
FOCAL NOTES.

WEDNESDAY. JULY IS, 1888
 LOCAL NOTES. FROM THURSDAYS DAILY
 NO. Murphy is on the sick list.
 Latest copper quotation is $16.9O lead, $40.
 Mrs D. Archib aid left for Boston yesterday.
 A. Wollenberg & Co. are selling goods very cheap.
 CM. Clark, the Bradshaw mining man, is in town.
 Frank Williams is in from his Will liamson valley ranch.
 H.J. Miller is in town again, to at tend to court business.
 Mrs. c. E. Spear left for Conneaut, Ohio, on yesterdays train.
 The rainy season commenced with sight showers yesterday.
 Fresh candies and Tahiti oranges just received at Al. Aitken's-
 Heavy rains are reported from diff ,erent portions of the county.
 Mir. and Mrs. A. A. Moore are uF from their Walnut Grove ranch.
 Col. Bevans went out to-day to in- vestigate an alleged case of land fraud.
 Col. Chavez and Judge Warren, oi New Mexico, came in on yesterdays train.
 A ;ury was impaneled to-day to try the case of c. w. Beach vs Fred. Gaines.
 w. H. Harlan returned to Prescott to-day from the east, accompanied by his brother.
 Twenty passengers and three cal loads of freight were brought in by to- days train.
 Among all the purchases made by J. l. Fisher, during his visit east, was large stock of wall paper.
 CR. Martindell has put out a new
  in front of his insurance office.
 Nancy J Auftmarte asgiven a deed to James $. Pratt ct al. for l6O acres of land in the Verde valley, for $7OO.
 Rev. J. M. Green commenced a term of school at Lynx creek on Monday, with good attendance of pupils.
 Rev. l.. Phil Smithey returned to-day from d visit to Flagstaff, delighted with the hospitality of our mountain neigh tor.
 Old ArizOnans, irrespective of poll tics, condemn the administration m it's removal of Postmaster Mowry of Phe- nix.
 Our mining friends wO uld Oblige us, as we'll as benefit themselves, by send ing in the news from their camp for publication.
 II. NJ. Whiteley, special insurance agent, came in to-day to adjust the losses of Mir. Porter and Mrs. Moeller m the recent fires.
 Judge Wright, yesterday, sentenced joseph Daly to pay fine of $l5O. which was promptly paid this morning, and Daiy released from cust ,dy.
 f, il. Witherell WAS in town to-day, in search of blacksmith. He has two employed at present, but finds more work than they can get away with.
 X deed from Mrs Frances BashfOrd to Mrs. l.. Hughes, for lot % and the north half of lot g, block 10, Prescott, has been filed for record, the considers ton being $75O.
 Phil. Mcdonnell gave bonds this morning in the sum of $2,OcO, with Joseph Dougherty, Vim. Stewart and Thomas Flournoy, as bOndsmen, and was released from custody, and left for h Is home, in Williamson valley, this afternoon.
 After wrestling nearly all night with inc testimony in the case of Mrs. Stem mer vs Daggs, the jury brought in a verdict for $50 in favor of plaintiff. The amount sued for was s, 300.
 The county jail is a lonesome place just now, and Jailor Hickey has a mournful look. The release of Mc- Donnell and Daly this morning left one sole occupant for the place.
 We congratulate our young friend, Chas. C. Goven, of the A 1 Cattle at Flagstaff, on his marriage to Miss Cora Marshall, beautiful and excellent young lady of that town.
 MT. and Mrs. J. W. McGowan went out to-day to the Senator mine, where they will reside during the summer. Mr. McGowan reports good progress being made in the work of opening up She Seator mine again.
 Conductor Pomeroy is very popular with the travelling public whose busi- ness or pleasure calls them over the Prescott & Arizona Central railroad. He Is courteous, obliging and gentle manly in his position.
 IL Is with pleasure that We learn that the health of Mrs. w. E. Hall has greatly improved by her visit to Las Vegas. and she will return to Prescott to morrow. Mir. Hall went out to the Junction to-day to meet her.
 T. w. Otis Is arranging to commence, \ ugust list, to burn a lot of brick with which to erect building on the lot formerly occupied by his store. He will burn the brick, on Granite creek, south of town.
 The board of supervisors have been engaged as hoard of equalization, con'raring hooks, etc \ few parties nave been cited to appear before them. They have decided on striking off the sessment of the burnt district on the r ast side of the plaza.
 \ new school dist rict has been form cd by the county superintendent, near Flagstaff. with twenty pupils in it. The are As follows: Commence ng at point two miles south of the head of Oak creek, running north t O Gardner Spring, thence east to San ' rancisco wash. thence south to Nor non mountain. thence west to the ,lsce of beginning.
 We are in receipt of Chelsea, Massa- chusetts papers announcing the death