Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1891-11-18
FROM WEDNESDAYS DAILY.

FROM WEDNESDAY DAILY.
 BE. Blackburn has sold his Pine
 Spring claim to H. c. Bowdre, for
 $500.
 J. J. Buckman has sold 100 fine cows and loo calves to F. J. White
 for S70o.
 The Beebe- Barbour company will play a weeks engagement in Pres colt commencing next Monday even ing.
 W. H. Williscraft is now sole pro- prietor of the City meat market, having purchased Frank Cavanaugh's interest,
 The owner of small, fat brass key, of peculiar shape, can obtain it by calling at this office and paving for this notice,
 Phenix papers announce that the new undertaking firm of A. G. Ran dal < Co. will open for business in Phenix, November p.
 The report comes from Jerome this afternoon that man had been run over at that place and seriously if not fatally injured. No particu lars could be learned.
 The trial of George Rood, in Tue son, for the murder of James Far rell at Nogales, resulted in vepiict of manslaughter. The jury decided that Rood was too old to hang.
 The trial of George and Eiwin Gordon, charged with obliterating a stock brand and of unlawfully branding stock, has occupied the entire time of the court today.
 Dentist Warnekross, of Tomb stone, has been released on S7,000 bonds. He is charged with man slaughter in administering an over dose of cocaine to Howard Herring.
 James Simmons, the refrigerator man, after building two of his ma chimes in Prescott, loft the town without previously having had a satisfactory interview with his cred itors- He was intercepted at Flag | staff, and liquidated the account, and was permitted to go on his way rejoicing.
 The ladies of the Wyckoff club | surprised their musical director, Prof. Thomas, at their meeting last | night at Mir. and Mrs. A. c. Bur 1 mister's. It was the professors | birthday and the members of the dab prepared a very elaborate colla- ton which was served after the close of the evenings regular practice. Miss Wells, Mrs. Swan and Rev. Evi son each rendered solo during the evening which elicited the applause of those present. The affair proved a very happy one.
 Reports from various sections of | this county indicate that stock men will suffer heavy losses of cattle dur ing the winter. The present season has been the dryest one experienced | for years, but while water Is not | particularly scarce on the ranges | grass Is very short. Charles Behm reports singular condition of affairs along Ash creek, Sycamore creek and vicinity. He says that the above streams, which in ordinary seasons are dry, this, the dryest year of all, shave running water in them. Springs also which in previous years have been dry have flow of water this year.
 The Mohave Miner thinks that the waters of the Colorado river will be the great irrigator of Ari- zona. It says: "A dam. in the Grand Canyon would raise the waters of that mighty stream high enough to be earned into every val ley in the territory. Millions of acres of land now desert waste. could be reclaimed and made the most productive of any in the Great West. The amount necessary to construct dam across this immense chasm is a mere bagatelle in com parison to the increase in the values of lands to be b ought under culti- vation by tho aid ofthis great water way"