Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1890-10-15

Head sent in his resignation as cand
 date for the assembly, and at meetin ol the central committee last nigh
 W. A. freess wss selected to fill tn
 vacancy. Mir. Freeze is the only can didate on either ticket from Prescott
 hel ls oae of our most contemplating cit
 sens, and II elected will serve the peo
 faithfully.
 l Fhecity council was interru pied last
 evening by large centipede whicl
 came up on tne table aud began look.
 ms over the minutes of tho clerk, evi.
 deutiy waiting Tor the order os nex business, to make ssinging motion l The new order of business came sooner
 than he expected, and his segregated
 remains will be swept out by the lsni.
 tor this merning -Epitaph.
 The entire military comm and of
 troops from whipple will psss thsoush h
 Prescott tomorrow morning en route to the hills, where they will engage in skiimish practice. by order of Colonel Bartlett. the commanding officer at
 Whippie. Col. Bartlett belongs to
 that military school that believes in
 practical military instruction of the
 troops under him, and hs thinks that this eau be impsrted better in this way than on the parade ground.
 General AcCook, the commanding officer of ,Ais department, is expected to visit whipple soon. As it will be b's first visit here SC suggest tha. our oitisens arrange for an appropriate re- cepisou to him on his arrival. The most cordial feelings have always er- Isted between the people ot Prescott and officers stationed at whippie, and this act on the part Of our people would beyond doubt be appreciated by the lat ter, as in doing honor to their com mander. general feeling of good will would be manifested towards the gal gallant men generally who constitute our army. Prescott has always been noted for her hospitality, and this D. Portanity to show her appreciation of . brave and honorable officer should not be allowed to pass nnimproyed.
 The $300 champion belt, won by the Prescott hose team at Albuquerque, arrived last evening, and is on exhibi- tion at Aitken's cigar store window. It is of solid silver with gold facing. A design 1 hose cart. in gold, is on the front of it surnnountea by the words Champion Hose Foam" The follow ing is the record engraved on the bels: "Wnn by the Las Vegas Hose team No. l. October 3, 1sSe." "won by the Prescott, Hose team September IS, 1890" The trophy is beautiful one, and one ot which any hose team might be proud to have in its possession, if for only one year.
 Parties applying to enter or file on government land are now required nn- der the law of August 8. 1880. to sub- scribe to an affidavit, that with the tract so applied for they will not have acquired from the government to ex. ceed s2e acres. In all patents for lands hereafter taken up under sny of he land laws of the United States or on entries or claims validated by this act, west of the one hundredsh meridian, it X shall be expressed th.t there ;s reserved from the lands insaid patent described, a right of way thereon for ditches CT !. canals constructed by the authority of 1 tue United States.
 The Prescott Chaotauqua Reading Club will meet next Thursday at t~o o'clock, at the residence of Mrs. Dake. | There will he sn election of officers for | the ensuing year. wis, President, Vice l! President, Secretary and Treasurer. Mrs. o'Neill will read sn article from | he October Chautauqnan. on 'The English Constitution" Mrs. Dake will read an article on "visiting Cards" from the same magazine. Mrs. Otis | will read poem, and Mrs. Levy will | give sketch of the liieof John Charles Fremont, also from the Chsutsuqusn
 The following is the democratic ticket nominated in Cochise county sheriff, c. B. Kelton; assessor, Nat treasurer, E. A. Shattuck recorder. W. D. Monmonier; distinct attorney, A. R. English; probate udge, James Reilly; supervisors, Scott White and G. W. Bryant; council, W. K. Mesdei assembly, $. M. Burr. Thos. Dunbar, J. H Tevis, F. W. Heyne and c. S Clark.