Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1891-07-01
FRos MONDAYS DAILY.

FaoM MoNDAY's DAILY.
 The crop of cherries in Arizona is said to be unusually small on ac- count of there being no trees.
 The Ninth infantry band dis co,irsed excellent music last evening on the plaza.
 The rape case of the Territory vs. Carleton was dismissed to-day in the district court.
 Yesterdays game of ball was a Waterloo to tine Prescott nine, by a score of l7 to a. Comment is un- necessary.
 Since the islander cloud broke on Walnut creek, Prescott's atmosphere likewise is alive with the germs of gossip and scandal.
 A bill of sale from Frank Harmon to Frank Krell for one-half interest of the o. K. meat market for S75O was filed for record to-day.
 Some sixty head of the fleet footed mustang burros that have for years ranged around Date creek have been brought up and pastured Tn Fergu- son valley.
 The exercises under the leadership of T. w. Otis held last evening at the Congregational church were thoroughly enjoyed by d large beyy of spectators.
 The warm spell of the past forty eight hours has caused somewhat of a demand for more beverages. some of which have not agreed with some of the individuals indulging.
 "Cyclone Jack" the man recently shot at the Boggs mine, was brought to Prescott yesterday, for medical treatment of his wounds. He is at the Whipple hospital, and IS dan gerously wounded.
 From all sections of the Territory come flattering reports of the inter est taken in our militia affairs. Nine companies. aggregsting in strength 5f;O men, are reported to headquar- ters of the lst regiment.
 The time of the district court to- day was taken up in considering the case of the Territory vs. T. C. Moran. alias T. Gallagher, for the killing of Constable Pumpkins at Jerome on the 18th of last April.
 Hotel Burke arrivals.-I T Stod- dard. B F Strickland, Stoddard, A T; 4 w Lewis, Cincinnati; J. acob Reifel, Jerome; J H Boyd, Big Bug. Frank Davis. John linus, Mohave county; c C Hall. Albuquerque; G H Mosher, St Joe, Mo; Hon NJ Bradley, Joe Wilson's ranch.
 \ bet of $50 was made yesterday on another foot race, between an O. K. and a Dude, for f00-yard race. at noon of the ith. Manager Akers names Grant Cartier, and ! If. b. Aitken selects William Bay liss. Both are good sprinters.
 The court house corral" and the cancelled timber claim, age two sub jects this community are justly kicking over, affecting the appear ance of the plaza. The former on account of permitting horses to romp over and tear up the soil, and the latter from a lack of interest shown in caring for trees that are the only ornament to the town.
 The foot race advertised for this evening between Marshal Andrews, on the part of the O. Ks, in which the gentleman undertook to do up Messrs. J. M. Aitken, Gil Ferguson and Billy Bayliss, of the Dudes, took place yesterday on the ball grounds. Andrews was the last of the quartette to finish, while Bayliss was the first. Time of the latter, loo yards, III seconds.
 The Chautauqua Circle met on Tuesday, June 23rd. at the residence of Mrs. Otis. Programme as arranged carried out. Programme for next week arranged as follows: Quota tions from Coleridge. Reading, life in modern England, April number, Mrs. O'Neill. Poem, Mus. Dake. Reading, story, Mrs. Blake. Read ing. Josephine, Miss c. Blake. Quo tations, Queens English, VII, April number, answers in May. Meet at the residence of Mrs. O'Neill on Tuesday, June 3Oth, at 2p. Tn. Quite lively scene was enacted around the Hotel Burke Saturday night when EXC Chief Justice Wright, threatened to kill Adjutant Gene ral Gill. As Gill started to walk back to the rear of the room to sit down, Wright attempted to draw his revolver, but was prevented by a bystander. Finally, Sheriff Lowry disarmed the judge, but ie contin- ued his abusive language until he was arrested and taken to jail, where he remained all that night. This morning he was arraigned before Justice Andrews on the char ge of carrying concealed weapons, and the trial set for 6 o'clock his even ing.