Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1892-06-22
FRox THuRsDAY's DAILY.

& noA AhOhSDAN OAlL1.
 Wm. Lawler is in from the Hill
 side.
 The Phenix fruit cannery is 1T operation.
 The great register contains AS: names at present.
 S. P. Behan returned from th, south last evening.
 Miss Christine Johnson has re turned from visit to San Fran cisco.
 Republican league club will meet Saturday evening at its rooms over Otis store.
 J. F. Blandy has returned from a trip through the southern part of the territory.
 Medical Director Smith, of the U. $. A., arrived at Whipple yester- day, on a tour of inspection.
 John Martin, foreman of the Crowned King miue, will return to that ilourishing mining camp to- morrow.
 The w. c. T. U. meet at 8 o'clock Friday, 17th inst, in the NJ. E. church. All members are requested to be present.
 A fine four-mule team and several vehicles arrived yesterday at Whip pie from Huachuca, for use of the officers of the latter post.
 R. l.. Long, ex-territorial super intendent of public instruction of this territory, came in on last even- ing's stage from Phenix.
 G. w. Beecher, of Mohave county. and H. B. Lighthizer of Phenix, members of the railroad commis- sion, came in on yesterdays train. and session of the board was held to-day.
 Jack Green, an attachee of the Santa Fe company. knows more about bagging snipes than those who kept him out all night holding bag are aware.
 John Redwood, who will be re- membered by many Prescottites, is a resident of Nogales at present and is out for the office of school trus- tee in that pueblo.
 Several ladies of Prescott will at tend the celebration at Williams on the 4th, and Supt. Jones says he ex- poets to fill three passenger cars with excursionists on that day.
 Gila Bend is enjoying quite a little boom these days. A good many people are going in there from all points to take up land un- der the new canal.
 Forty-eight boxes containing the remains of soldiers recently disin- tered at Camp Verde, were ship ped by express to San Francisco this morning. The boxes varied in weight from ten to los pounds.
 Yuma is the only county in Ari- zona that has no school house. The building in which school was held went down in the flood of 1891, and since then the Sisters building has been used.-Ex.
 Division Engineer C. NJ. Duncan and his party of the s. F., P. X P. railroad came in from Ash Fork to do some work in and around Prescott. Engineer Duncan has charge of the bridge work on the railroad.
 Williams House arrivals: P. G. Cow, B. Kirby, R. D. Dunbson, Denver, Col; F. T. Blandy, Pres colt; $. l.. Gardner, Pittsburg, Pa.; J. Green, S. F. P. & P. k. R. O.; Chas. McCarney, San Jacinto, Col; Wm. Ennis, Copper Basin; o. B. Anderson, Bayard, Ariz.
 The occupants of the Methodist parsonage are profoundly thankful for the royal donation given on last evening. There are many feelings that cannot find adequate expres- sion in words and the sincere feel ing of gratitude is one of them.
 The Prescott band was the recipi- ent of many compliments last even ing for the beautiful music rendered by them and the correct manner m which 1t was done. The boys show remarkable proficiency for the time that they have been organized.
 4 branch of the Merchants Mer- cautilc Agency of Chicago has been established in Prescott, with the following officers: president, Samuel Hill; vice president, ]. l. Gardner; secretary, R. x. Fredericks; treas urer, j. G. Campbell; executive board, J. W. Wilson, ]. l. Gardner aud Samuel Hill. The objects of the organization are similar to that of the one previously organized in Prescott.
 The boys belonging to one of the engineering parties played the "snipe hunting scheme successfully on one of taeir members recently at Limestone canyon. The youth was taken about mile and half from camp and was given tue traditional sack to hold while his companions went out in the hills to hunt the birds and drive them. It was 9 o'clock when the sack was turned over to him, aud it was 2:30 o'clock when he reached camp, to find the other hunters sleeping soundly in heir cots. Even then it did not oe- cur to the sack holder that he had been the victim of joke, as he stated that after waiting for some time he had fallen asleep, and sup posing that his companions had been unable to arouse him, on swaking be proceeded to camp with his empty sack.
 Advice to Mothers.
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