Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1892-01-27
| !FRoa THURSDAYS DAILY.

pie yesterday.
 Building is still the order of tn,
 day in Prescott.
 Secure ticket early for the con
 cert of the Wyekoff club.
 1 Everybody is invited to attend the concert tomorrow evening.
 Dr. G. ". Fickers has filed hi. oath and bond as notary public.
 JcsspiI Dougherty has furnished
 house to lot. Read his advertise.
 ment.
 General admission to the concert on Friday evening will be 75 centsi children 30 cents.
 Wm. Dulin stored away ear load of fine ice to-day which he has just received from Williams.
 l X portion of tho delinquent tax list is the hand of the printer. It will appear on the first Monday in February.
 A new cross walk was laid to-day between the Bank and Wells, Fargo X Co.'S office, much needed i'm proyement.
 The remains of the late J. J. ! Williams were taken to San Fran cisco where they were buried yes terday in the family burying plat beside his parents.
 No. z Prowell, of Phenix, has re- turned from his brief trip to San Francisco and publishes statement 1 of his financial transactions with his wife, in which he brings the lat ] fer oat in his debt $22.2. X band of fiftecn anteiapes were sighted near tho railroad track, on ] Tuesday, as the train was approach ing, whea Miles Archibald opened l fire on them with . Winchester rifle, killing four of them.
 'The arbor day proclamation from Governor Irwin can be seen in the republican papers. ."-C1nrier. As the republican papers get no eom- pensation for publishing said proc lamation, democratic papers have the privelegc of doing likewise. The thing is not copyrighted.
 Catar rh is caused by scFofuious taint in the blood, and is cured by Hoods Sarsapariila, which puri6es and enriches the blood and gives the whole system health and strength. Try this peculiar medicine" 1t is prepared by c. l. Hood x Co.,, Low ell, Mass 
 A man under the influence of whisky, yesterday, took gun from behind iho. counter al CoanelFs saloon aud fired inSo >la ceiling He was arrested and plaeoj under $25 bonds, which ba forfeited this morning. whea !he s;2ss was .,.iia.t before Recorder Foster.
 During the absence oi the editor ! of this paper recently au item ap- peared in it stating tn A. Merz, 1 chief musician of the 9th Infantry l band. had been reduced 10 the l ranks. Mir. Merz writes to tho JOURNAL MINER to say that the infor- nation on which the publication of the item was based wasto.afiy false, as he has had no trouble whatever, much less of the nature indicated in the item. He has been sixteen years m the service and expects to remain for several years longer. During the time he was stationed at Whip pie, MT. Merz made many friends, who will be glad to learn that the rumor of his trouble was untrue.
 X passenger who came in on yes terday's train reports that six car loads of serapers and other tools were side-tracked at Ash Fork yes teriay for use in grading the s. F. r. &. F. railroad. The animals were taken of the cars at Albuquerque to rest for a day or two, and will atrive at Ash Fork tomorrow. MT. Murphy was asked to-day if he had anything new to impart in regard to the situation, ard he replied that he had not, that work was. going ahead on the road, notwithstanding that some people were still skepti- cal in regard to it, but the disbelief of these people would not interfere with its construction.
 The law passed by the Sixteenth Legislature ito encourage volunteer firemen," and which provides that they shall be exempt from jury duty and from the payment of poll taxes and road taxes, to the number of sixty in each city or village of not | less than 1000 population, provides, also, that sin order to obtain the | benefits of this act, it shall be neces- sary for the chief of such fire de- partment or some person author ized by such fire department anpq- ally to file with the clerk of the board of supervisors of his county a list containing the names of such sixty or less numbero of actual volun- teer firemen as shall be selected by such fire department, to obtain the benefits of said act.
 I.P. Lusk. general agent of the Diamond Jo line of steamers, on the Mississippi river, with headquarters at St, Louis. returned on yesterdays stage from his visit to Phenix, coming via Congress mine. MT. L,Isk Is en- gagged in securing statistics and data in regard to the probable amount of traffic in sight and which will be de- veloped for the $. F. P. x F. rail road, He expresses himself as sur prised and highly pleased with what he saw of the Salt river valley, and thinks great future is in store for it. He is making very exhaust i've investigation of the resources of the country, and says he knows of no country where the conditions are so favorable for the construction of a railroad as he finds them here. Speaking of the building of the railroad, he stated that the enter prise had long since passed the point of probability aud no fear whatever need be felt that the road will be speedily built. The com pany is not working with view of ohstructing or interfering with any other enterprise, real or prospect i've, but finding a favorable field for building and operating a railroad, have determined to occupy the field. Mr. Lusk is not only pleased with | the business outlook of this portion of the territory, but is charmed