Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1892-11-16
SATURDAYS DArrr.

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 SATURDAYS DArrY.
 Tim Casey, an old time Prescott
 ,te, IS visiting the town from Ash
 Fork.
 !. l.. Fisher had lively auction ! sale to-day of goods of the Best restaurant.
 James W. Akers, brother of Re corder Akers, left this afternoon for Yuma.
 The echo of giant powder will soon be heaid from the Point of Rocks railroad camps.
 The Chautauqua Circle will meet at tho residence of Mrs. T. ]. But Ter, Tuesday, Nov. l5, at 2 o'clock.
 Men and teams are wanted at the Point of Rocks to work on the grade of the :. F., F. X F. See ad else where.
 l Colonel A. O. Brodie, recorder elect, has gone to Walnut Grove to superintend assessment work on the two dams.
 l.. D. Scott, accountant of the Yarnell company, and P L. Weaver also Of the same company, are vis- iting Prescott today. We hear that Sheriff Lowry will m the early spring fix up the plaza grounds, and see that they arc beautified with nice trees and an elegant lawn.
 Johnny Roberts, of Kirkland val. Icy, has s bill of the State of Wisconsin, dated ls46. and unre- deemed to date. This is all Roberts won on the recent landslide.
 The board of supervisors are moving their office effects to the northeast room of the court house. The vacated quarters will be oc- cupied by the probate judge.
 The city well is down TO feet. 1 and the machine is stuck. IL has probably struck an offensive par tisan" strata, of a high protective 1 nature. Put it on the free list.
 The work of the committee hay | in hand the secu ing of right of | way for the $. F., r. & F. through | Prescott, is progressing satisfacto- i rily. Dirt will soon be flying at lively speed inside the corporate limits.
 The Good Templars O! Prescott are requested to meet at the Bap- | tist church next Tuesday evening at : o'clock sharp. Members of the order in good standing are cordially requested to be present.
 The Prescott Gun club held its first shoot of the season yesterday and the following scores were made: Marks, Is; Morin, l5; Porter, l4; Lee "A. K.), l4; Waite. lS; Aiken, l3; Stewart, 9; H. Goldwafer, ,; B. NJ. Goldwater ,.
 The Palace barber shop changed hands this afternoon by Charles Bidenger purchasing the interest O! his partner, Fred Reif The new proprietor intends to remodel and overhaul the place and run 1t on third party principles hereafter.
 Contracts will soon be let by the Military for several hundred thou sand feet of lumber, to be used at Whipple in building new sidewalks and bridges. Heretofore California prices have prevailed over Prescott rates, and consequently hundreds of dollars legitimately due this sec tion have been allowed to leave in the face of home improvement.
 John Rhoadamer. contractor of the 5. F., F. & P, has moved camp from north of Bangharts to the Me Crum ranch at Point of Rocks. He will establish a permanent station and work this way grading. An engineer corps of the road is also busily engaged in laying out the work at this point. This will be one of the most active railway camps on the line, the work being very heavy in grade and requiring much blast ing in order to get through.
 D. c. Thorne has gone to his Santa Maria camp, while Mir. AbeS droth, the mining man of New York, has returned to the east. The latter gentleman expressed himself as highly gratitied with this section as mining region, and intimated that he would soon become heavily interested here.
 Mrs. NJ. J. Borden, superintend- ent of the w. C. T. U., in New Mexico. is in town, and will give an address on thdsubject of temperance tomorrow night, at s o'clock, in the Baptist church. Mrs. Borden comes to us highly recommended, and all should avail themselves of the opportunity to hear her.
 City politics are being unused over quietly, and party lines are be- ing talked of The idea of national democracy being so successful seems to have an echo in Prescott's municipal affairs. Let's have straight board of water aldermen.
 The Southern press speak of Senator Burke as the owner o1 do- tel Burke in this city. They should also have mentioned Mike Hickey as being also interested. for the lat ter has as much of a "pull' on the above sachem as he did recently on the voters in placing his partner into legislative honors.
 It is given out on good authority that work on the two Walnut Grove dams will commence early next January. For the purpose of doing the annual assessment work on these properties force of men have left Prescott already, number ing nearly fifty, and will be stead ily engaged in such work for at least month. Colonel Brodie, the superintendent, leaves in few days for New York, and on his re- turn will be accompanied by H. 5. Van Buren, the president of the company, who will reside here per manently. After the completion of assessment work, force of men will be retained in clearing away the