Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1892-02-24
FRon TUEsDAY's s DAIrr.

J. W. wilson mas commenced l.
 get in his new spring goods. | The Wyckoff club meets to-nigh
 at the residence of Judge Wells.
 Chicken pie supper at the Elit
 restaurant Thursday evening from to s o'clock.
 c. W. Culver has been awarded tn,
 freighting contract from Verde sta
 ton to Jerome.
 Executive committee of the Re
 publican league club will meet to
 morrow evening.
 A beautiful gilt cross has beer
 placed on the north end of ths
 Episcopal church.
 \ very pleasant and successful
 leap year party was given at the
 Senator camp last evening. The coming spring and summer
 will witness a building boom of con
 siderable proportion in Prescott.
 A concert will be given, for the
 benefit of the Episcopal church, at
 Masonic hall next Friday evening.
 The Methodists expect to com mence holding services in their new church on the second Sunday in March.
 There will be . meeting of the Merchants Mutual Protective asso- citation tonight in the court house st $50 o'clock.
 Gen. J. A. Williamson, the we'll known land commissioner of the A. & P. railroad company, has been elected president of the California X Nevada railway company.
 Wilson alias Hunter is reported to have an estate in England valued at $2.500, and he is said to have em- ployed Baldwin & Johnston aad Judge Wright to defend him.
 A petition is being circulated and generally signed to-day asking for the appointment of Dr. D. J. Bran aen, of Flagstaff, as Worlds Fair commissioner vice Wm. Zeckendorf.
 The city smelling committee is re- quested to take a whiff from the pile of rubbish in the alley back of the JoURSAL-MINER office and just few feet east of the office. If there is not disease breeding mass of stuff there we do not know one when We see it.
 Geo. Young has been confined in the county jail for over year under of the murder of Chas. W. Beach, awaiting sentence. He was taken into court this afternoon and sentenced by Judge Wells to term of three years and two months in the penitentiary.
 The St. Johns Herald takes this paper to task for stating that Wins low was the only place in Apache where church services other than Mormon were held, The item should have read protestant services as the JoURNAL-MINER was aware that Catholic church services are held in various parts of the county.
 All that was mortal of the late Mrs. NJ. k. Horne was laid away at rest to-day. The funeral services were held at the Catholic church 't 10 .. m. The most profound sor- row was manifested by the commu- ,ity on the death of this noble and the relatives have the sincere sympathy of our people in heir bereavement.
 Prescott Chautauqua Club held Is regular meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 16th, at the residence of Mrs. Butler. Program as arranged was carried out. Program for next arranged as follows: Quo ations, Whittier; biography of Whittier, Miss C. Blake; reading, 1s Oratory a Lost Arti" Mrs. A. l Brown; poem, from Whittier, Miss | II. Wright; reading, "Sea Women" drs. O'Neill. Adjournedto to meet at | he residence of Mrs. Baldwin, this | fternoon, February 23d, at 2:3O.
 John McHenry stole a bridle bit a lay or two since from John Bianconi | n Lynx creek. He concluded to ealize on it to-day and brought it nto town and sold it. While nego- iating for it's sale a warrant was be- ng issued for his arrest by Justice andrews and he had scarcely pock- ted the N.50 which he received for he bit until Sheriff Lowry swooped own on him and taking him before ustice Andrews he pleaded guilty nd was sentenced to twenty days in he county jail and was on his way ack to jail all inside of fifteen min tes from the time the justice issued he warrant. This Is what might appropriately Do termed railrosding man to jail.