Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1891-11-11
FRoM TuEsDAY's DAILY

NUN OESDkt D DAkLN
 Further improvements are bein,
 made in the channel of Granit'
 creek.
 The frame work of Geo. s. Porter
 new building on the east side of tn
 plaza is up.
 The Wyckoff club will meet to
 night at the residence of MT. ant
 Mrs. K. Fl. Burmister.
 A deed was filed for record to-da,
 from J. w. Kerr to R. J. Schultz fo
 l60 acres of land and all of his stocl
 for $2,50O.
 Geo. H. Curry has had his show
 window altered and improved b,
 placing mirrors in the sides of i
 which gives 1t very beautiful effect
 at night.
 The JouRSAL-MINER's medal fol
 the Prescott gun club has arrived
 and Is on exhibition at Geo. H Curry's. It is very neat in appear ance.
 X six-mule team and ten pack ami. mals are en route to Whipple from San Carlos to transport the effects of the Apache Indian company to Fort Huachuca.
 Edward II. Wilton, the we'll known civil engineer, died at the county hospital yesterday. Mr. Wilton has been sick for two or three years. De ceased was a native of Ireland, about fifty years of age, and it is said was formerly lieutenant in the British army.
 Weak and weary" describes the condition of many people debilita- ted by the warm weather, by disease or overwork. Hoods Sarsaparilla is just the medicine needed to build up and strengthen the body, purify and quicken the sluggish blood, and restore the lost appetite.
 Supervisor 4. A. Moore and Road Overseer K. Barrett have number of men at work on the Castle Creek road near the old smelter. They propose to put the road in first class so that stages can run through from Prescott to Phenix via this route.
 Fritz Jessen has requested the to express for him his sincere thanks to his many friends and to the citizens of Prescott for their kindness and expressions of sympathy for himself and children during the recent afiliction and be- which they have experi- Dnced.
 At this mornings session of court Chas. Bidinger was excused for the term as trial juror and the work of jury in the case of the territory vs. George and Edwin Cor .lon was commenced. The venire being exhausted a new venire was returnable this afternoon. X Hawkins were also en- tered as of counsel for defendants in he case.
 Charles Stein was sentenced yes terday afternoon to two years in Yuma. He was engaged in driving stage between Prescott and Jerome, and had some money entrusted to him and he could not resist the to appropriate it to his own use. He will now have a two years opportunity to meditate on the old proyerb that, "Honesty is the best policy"
 Captain McClernand, of the Uni ted States army, has been or 1ered by the Secretary of War to inspect the Arizona militia. Since the order issued by the Colonel of the regiment disbanding Company \, of Prescott, has gone into effect, Captain McClernand will find his luties rather light in Prescott. The only ones to report for inspection lere will be the colonel, major and .wo adjutants.
 Notice was received at the Pres ,ott land office, to-day, from the general land office at Washington hat q patent had been issued to he Atlantic and Pacific railroad | company for list number one of its | made April Is, 1885, for | and within the primary limits of its l rant, embracing 373,039.3S acres of 1 and. This is the first patent issued | O the company in this territory for ands embraced in its grant, al- hough selections have been made y it coverin, nearly all the land in ts grant.