Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1891-08-12
FRoM TuEspAY's DAILY
Militia meeting tonight. A full attendance is requested.

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 Militia meeting tonight. A full attendance is requested.
 Just received, a choice lot of fresh butter at Bashford & Burmister's.all
 The Y. P. S. C. F.. gives a social tonight at the residence of Mir. and Mrs. R. H. Burmister.
 Quite a large storm passed to the north and west of town last evening, and another passed east. Prescott received slight benefits from them.
 Dr. Livingstone informs the JoURNAL-M MINER that an employe of Campbell X Baker had one of his legs broken, recently, by having his horse fall on him.
 Frank J. Peck, clerk of the Mari copa board of supervisors, and Miss Bessie B. Brannen were married in Phenix recently. They went on a bridal tour to Minnehaha, in this county, where they will spend their honeymoon.
 Sam Flint's dancing class will meet tomorrow Wednesday, even- ing, and a closing ball will be given on Thursday evening, which prom ises to be the best of the season. As it will be the close of his engage ment here, he will not close the ball at midnight, as heretofore.
 The confidence of people who have tried Hoods Sarsaparilla, in this preparation, is remarkable. It has cured many who have failed to derive any good whatever from other articles. For diseases caused by impure blood or low state of the system it is unsurpassed.
 A. Redewell and family, of Phenix, arrived in Prescott yesterday. They will probably remain here some time. Mr. Redewell is agent for sev- eral piano companies and will solicit orders here. He is a professional piano tuner, and comes we'll recon mended by the press of southern Arizona. jyllwl
 Hotel Burke arriyals:-W. B. Shoot, Virginia; E. Burgess, Ariz.; P. s. Wilder, Camp Wood; w. NJ. Lawler, Hillside; Mrs. Pagan, Chino; Harry McCool, Silver City, N. NJ; Herbert Stewart, Silver City, N. M; John Castellc, Hillside; John Ajax tery, Hillside; J. D. Helm, Tiger mine; Joseph Miller, City; E. E. Kirkland, Kirkland Valley; W. Hall, Chino.
 In addressing the court a few days since, United States Attorney Wilson took occasion to state that E. NJ. Sanford, deputy United States attorney, has had nothing whatever to do in the prosecution of cases under the Edmunds act, during the present term of court. MT. Sanford absolutely refused to accept the ap- pointment until it was understood and agreed that he would have nothing to do with such cases.
 Adolph Baerman was brought be- fore Probate Judge French this morning for examination as to his sanity, and was adjudged insane. He is the man who was quite se- riously shot sometime ago in Gran ite street house, and is alleged to have made two attempts to commit suicide recently. He also drew knife on his wife yesterday morning. He was quite abusive while being taken from the probate judges office to the jail. He was taken to the asylum this afternoon by pivate conveyance.
 During a heavy thunder storm this afternoon, the residence of T. w. Otis, in East Prescott, was struck by lightning and damaged to the extent of $aCo or $3OO. Mrs. w. C. Flint, who, with her husband, has apartments in the house, had just left the room and was in an adjoining room when the house was struck, and was considerably stunned by the force of the shock. The clustering on the front room up stairs was knocked of, a portion of the roof and part of the rustic in front was torn of. It was at first thought that the building was on fire and an alarm was sounded, the department responding promptly, pulling their machines up through the drenching rain, but fortunately their services were not needed.
 Charles B. Gray has come up from Phenix, to spend the summer with us-probably, that is if he should not decide to go to Yuma. He was escorted here by a deputy sheriff. No sooner had he reached Prescott, yesterday evening, than was prominence thrust upon him. The territory had sent for him, to answer charges of violation of its laws, but upon his arrival it trans pired chat the great government of the United States had its business eye on the lookout for Mir. Gray, too, and wanted to lay it's hands upon him. On the occasion of MT. Gray's first visit to Prescott, to "spend the summer" he took apart ments at one of the hotels with lady companion, registering as man and wife. It appearing to the satisfaction of the United States grand jury, then in session, that no marriage certificate had ever been issued to him, and such action be- ing against the Edmunds act, an in dictment was found against him for its violation. For this, the us. marshal wanted to introduce MT. Gray to the judge and trial jury of the United States court, and suc- ceed in carrying his point this morn ing. Gray's female companion was also taken into custody to-day,