Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1892-01-27
Fsox WEDNESDAYS DAILY, Weather continues cold. :. Ruv a ticket for the concert.

Buy ticket for the concert. Attend the concert on Friday even ing. :.... ..'.@ *
 Work is progressing finely on the Episcopal church.
 Revival services tonight at the Congregational church.
 .. Not single item was obtained from the court house today
 y;olinist Ferguson gave per formancs at Whipple last evening. man attempted to commit sui eide recently at the county hospital
 Friday evenings concert will be given by home talent and should be pairoaized.
 Rox sheet now open for the Wyck off Club concert, to be given on Friday evening.
 coconino county has collected s4s st5O.3O in taxes and there are Sl6, 70S delinquent.
 Editor Hughes, of Tucson, came out winner in the So00OO libel suit filed against him.
 Brother Jones, of the Fla staff Democrat. says that "the JOURNAL MINER is a good newspaper and out side of politics is right. except in a few instances" We are all right politically, Brother.
 Treasurer Oliver knocked 5000 slice of the bonded indebtedness of Yayapai county to-day by redeeming inc Black Hills and Verde wagon road bonds, ten iii number ol the value of $500 each. Interest and principal amounted to S,2576S. The bonds were held in Philadelphia.
 The tax roll of this county footed up to Si2l.G0o in round numbers. Of this amount about $90,00 has been pa d. leaving delinquent about S3I,O0o. Of the delinquent taxes a considerable amount is on mort gages, about the collection of which there are serious doubts.
 Col. c. s. Masten and Chief Fla gineer Hood returned from their Black Canyon reconnaissance last night. The engineer is we'll pleased with the route. It Is said that the M. P. railroad extension will favor a policy of wagon road improvement through the Bradshaws, via Frog Tanks, claimed to be the only key to that rich mineral region.-Phenix Gazette. .....:s-. - .-..~
 It is claimed that alfalfa was known to the Greeks and Romans a,300 years ago and was used as a forage plant before the Christian era. The Romans brought it from Media 40 years hefore Christ, thence its generic name. It was in troduced into Meairo at the time of the conquest, thence into South America and from Chile into Cali fornia in 1851. -.-.> The Arbor Day proclamation of the Executive appears in another column in to-day's issue. The planting of trees and the like on public grounds Is especially noticea- ble in the instrument, and acting on the suggestion of the Governor for such action, we learn from intimate ] friends of Sheriff Lowry, that the tdsy will be generously sud appro- priateiy observed by the Sheria's {office attaches in transforming the 1 plaza from Paradise Lost" into a Fla joy forever." The trees that hsve been allowed to wither and [tiie-"fail from the fouriShing vine 1 |pf life" as 1t were,--will be sup planted by others, while grass 1 Seed adapted to the soil will be 1 own; in short, the whole public | equare will have more of civilized | Appearance attached to its area this | pring and summer than was char hcteristic of it last year as verita- eie Sahara. Phenix is to have another impor- ant financial institution in "The | Arizona Trust Company" which has l ust been incorporated here. The | Eapital stock is xI,000,OO0. The bu- iness of the company will be that usual to the loaning business and Eill include land and irrigation in estments, orange raising, fruit can hing, telegraph and telephone busi- less, water storage, manufacturing. 8tc. The articles of incorporation fun for twenty-five years. The di- ectors for the year are 4. c. Shel- lon. B.W. Thompson, C. l.. Knight, }. C. .Simmonds, c. P. Silloway, c. F. Baker, M. J. Galpin, I. F. Howe, Frank E. Gray, and the officers are: w. Thompson, president; c. F. Baker, vice president; C. F. Siilo- bay, secretary, and B. ". Thomp- Don, treasurer. The corporation is Composed almost entirely of St. Paul ind Minneapolis capitalists. and hey will be . strong and energetic bstitutioa.-Phenix Herald. In its comments on the termina- fon of the Clay Kansas City mining Rse, iu which the supreme court eversed the decision of the district burt the Phenix Republican says hat Messrs. Herndon & Hawkins nd E. Nj. Sanford appeared for the uccessful mining company. With lut attempting to rob the above dis lnguished gentlemen of any the hurels due them on account of their Connection with the case, it is but ast and proper to add that Col. J. Wilson was also an attorney for he successful mining company and ook a very active part in achieving ,e success realized by them. Hay- 1g had the contract from the com Psny to do their printing for the npreme court the JoURNAL-MINEE is |ware of the fact that the brief pre- ared for the appeal was in the and writing of Col. Wilson and was otten up by him, while he also as-
 sted ia the trial of the case in the istrict court and argued i. in the npreme court. Ths victory son re- pets credit alike on all the counsel Employed in the case-Messrs. Hern- pn & Hawkins, Sanford and Wilson.
 Personal Mention.
 ". H. Billings is sick,