Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1891-02-25

Reports from all parts of the county say that water in the streams during the recent storm was higher than ever before known.
 Chief of Police Andrews has adopted P O as the Prescott city brand. He vents all cattle impounded by the city and sold, with this brand.
 The Williams House will De opened on Monday as a first-class hotel with all that the term implies-resding room, dining room, office, and first class rooms and accommodations. A relative of Mary Coombs, or Mary Ryan, died recently in the east, leaving her some money. Information is wanted of her whereabouts. See notice in this issue.
 The Bellevue announces that an extra good dinner will be served to- morrow, and a general invitation Is gwen to all to come and partake of Il without extra charge.
 Memorial services and parade, in honor of General Sherman, were held
 at Whipple this morning at 10 o'clock Guns were also fired every::half hour be. tween sunrise and sunset.
 Companies A and F, Ninth Infantry, en route from Fort Wingste to Whip pie, under command of Major Comba
 were compelled to go into camp near winslow, on account of railroad wash
 outs.
 A telegram was received this morn
 ing from H. H. Luccock, brother ol
 B. T. Luccock, from Kansas City, sta
 ting that he would leave for Prescott to. day. expecting to arrive here on Mon. day, to look after his brother.
 Charles O'Malley thinks of locating in Prescott again, for the coming sum mer at least. His wife's health has not
 been good in California for some time, and he thinks the change of climate
 will be beneficial t o her.
 J. J. Stewart took crew of railroad
 men out to Chino valley yesterday. They found that the Verde bridge was swept out completely. not vestage of it being left. It will be fully week before trains can get over the road. Mir. Stewart telegraphed to officials of the Atlantic and Pacific asking them to send an engine to run between Pres colt Junction aud the Verde river.
 Elsewhere in this issue will be found a new advertisement of the Williams House, Henry Spauiding proprietor. Mir. Spaulding will take charge of the place on Monday, and will run it ss a first class hotel with special accommo- dstions for families. The culinary de- partment will be under the special SUI. pervision of Mrs. Spaulding, which is sufficient guarantee that everything will be first class.
 Bob Brow's pet coon got loose the other evening and took a trip out to Whipple, where he had picnic with the canines of that place. A soldier brought him back to town and turned him loose, when he wandered over to West Prescott and interviewed a watch dog tied up n yard. The dog ob- jected so violently to his coonship's presence on the premises that the head of the family was aroused, aud think ing that burglar was in the vicinity he gathered up his double-barreled shotgun and went forth in the dark ness to investigate. On slipping quiet ly out of the house he left the door ajsr, when the coon changed the base of his operations from the yard to the inside of the house and, peering through half open bedroom door, created the greatest consternation among the occupants of the room. The head of the family hearing the commo. tion on the inside of the house, hastened there and, striking light, found the coon reposing under the sofa, api aren't ly enjoying the situation. The first was to discharge the con- tents of one barrel ot the shotgun into him, but the little animal had such an innocent look that he did not have the heart to do it. Further particulars of