Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1889-01-09
LOCAL NOTES.

LOCAL NOTES. FROM THURSDAYS DAILY.
 w.. s. Head is visiting Yuma.
 The population continues en the in crease.
 Ice dealers are rejoicing at the cold nights.
 Rev. Horace w. Hoalding is quite seriously ill.
 Business opens up very brick in the recorders office.
 Col. s. B. BeYans has returned from an official visit to Apache county.
 Captain A. T. Brann and R. H. Rowe, of Turkey creek, aae in town.
 Hon. Hugo Richards has returned from a protracted visit tO California.
 J. W. Wentworth, young attorney and contemplating citizen of rayson, is visiting Prescott.
 J. L. Fisher ssld the household effects of Colonel Brayton, at Whipple, to-day at auction.
 The recorders fees for December were $272 9, and for the year 1888 they were &, s,3so.s5.
 We arc pleased ts zee, Rev. l.. Phil Smithey on the streets again fully re- covered from his recent spell of sick ness.
 J. w. Ellison, of Tonto Basin, came in yesterday, to be present ct the meet ing of the board of supervisors next Monday.
 D. c. Thorne has been having quite a severe tussle with inflsmmatory rheH- matism, hut with the aid of a pair ef crutches is beginning to wear it out.
 Attention is called to the law card in this issue of Ross and Van Horn. II D. Ross, the senior member of the firm, is the district attorney of this county, while w. L. Van Horn is an attorney of Flagstaff.
 The subscription list for stOck in the Prescott Electric Light Go. has been left with H D. Aitken. If the citizens of Prescott desire the light and wish to control it, they should ssubecribe at once, so they can elect their own off, cers.
 Just received at George Washington Ford's, the cigar man, a Little Beauty and Queen," combined. This, however, does not refer to the favorite brands of cigars advertised by him, but to a beautiful daughter presented to him last evening by Mrs. Ford.
 The contest at the election, Tuesday, for pound master was very exciting, and Doane Merrill came within s few votes of getting the position. Doane says he never knew before how popular he was in Prescott, and only awaits sn opportunity now to run fer county office FROM FRIDAy's DAILY.
 Mercury has reached point as low as IA degrees above zero this winter.
 Sheriff 0Nein has appointed Jim Black as deputy sheriff at Flagstaff.
 Jailor Hickey commenced the new ye with eight prisoners in his custody. Forty four location notices have been filed for record up to noon to day, since January lst.
 The new neon put in an appearance on Wednesday night. Wonder where the weather prophets aref
 Col. II. A Bigelow is in town and reports from fourteen to sixteen inches of snow yet in Maple Gulch.
 We are in receipt of beautiful calsn- dar frem the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific railroad for the year 1889.
 LA. Tobin, who has been confined to his room for two weeks wi bilious fever, is able to be on the streets again.
 F. w. Mitchell, the we'll known mining man of Turkey creek, has gone 1 to Mohave county, to engage m mining temporarily. F. M. Murphy, who left for the Con- gress mine yesterday, writes from Skull valley tpat the roads between Prescott and the above plint are now in excel lent condition. The year 1889 has opened auspi- ciously for the JoURNAL-NMER, the oldest paper in Arizona, as 1t has re- ceiyed large number of new ssb- scribers, both to its daily and weekly list during the first four days of the year.
 William Beard, formerly a resident of Prescott, has caused the arrest, in New York, of Mayor John J. Safely, of Lodi, Indiana, for the alleged defrauding him of $25,0OO, on an Ari- zona mining deal.
 Ben Buffers Chop House, one of the most popular eating houses in town, will be re-opened tomorrow, hy Charley Wan and Charles Gray, two of the hest caterers in Prescott. Lovers of good eating will do we'll to make note of this iiem and give the above place a call.
 J. L. Fisher received . letter this morning from his daughter, Miss Hattie, stating that Mrs. Fisher's health was worse, and that she had been unable to be out of bed for . week.
 The Pope Manufacturing company, manufacturers of the Columbia bicycles, has favored this office with one of their very unique calendars for 1889. In addition to the calendar it contains a blank for memoranda is furnished for every day in the year.
 Mrs. Houghtaling, widow of the late Mr. Hershtaling, died last night, after a very brief illness. She has been an untiring worker, and on Christmas Jay fall tn the Aoor frono axha ustion