Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1892-05-11

1 + ROM THURSDAY DAILY.
 Eastern Star Chapter meets to night.
 Harris Baldwin has gone tc Phenix.
 A brass band was organized last evening.
 .'Deestrick Skule"-rehesrssl Fri day evening.
 Memorial day will be appropri- ately observed in Prescott.
 c. E. Mills, superintendent of the Blackberry mine, Is i'll town.
 Read the bi-chloride of gold cure advertisement in this paper.
 Geo. E. Brown returned from his trip south on yesterdays stage.
 F. NJ. Aver, the cattle buyer, left for the Verde valley this morning.
 W. l.. Gray, deputy |. :. marshal, has returned from his visit south.
 Who has lost a couple of horses. See notice in this issue of estrays-
 Call at F. Barrett's Pacific saloon and investigate his gold watch proposition.
 President Douglas, of the Com mercial Mining company, came in on yesterdays train.
 Headquarters and band of the 1lth infantry are expected to arrive at Whipple tomorrow.
 All pupils.of the "Deestrick Skule" are requested to he present to-mor- row evening at rehearsal.
 G. T. Shaw has returned from a three weeks sojourn at Castle creek hot springs looking quite rugged.
 MT. Valdrini, who was injured in a mine recently, has been brought to Prescott for medical treatment.
 The W. c. T. U. will meet in the Methodist church tomorrow after noon at o'clock. All are cordially invited.
 Stephen Davie has been held un- der $500 bonds to appear before the grand jury and answer a charge of 
 The entertainment announced for tomorrow night has been postponed on account of the inclemency of the 
 Mir. and Mrs. T. W. Johnston and their daughter, Miss Juanita, re- turned yesterday from their visit to California.
 The first rehearsal of the Deestrict Skule will take place tonight at the NJ. E. church. All participants are to attend.
 John Sorg, a retired business man of this place, celebrated his sixtieth birthday today. He looks fully ten years younger than this.
 The Atlantic x Pacific railroad company has paid $500 into the county treasury, being the amount of its taxes on its land in this county.
 Those parties who arc making ground out of the northern part of town will get into trouble if they do not discontinue the business.
 Los Angeles papers state that Prof. Donald Downie left a number of unpaid bills in that town. While he has views that are unsurpassed he does not seem to make financial success of his illustrated lectures.
 X full and complete stock of General Merchandise now in the store and warehouses. Which we invite you to call and examine. and get prices, at The Bashford-Bur- mister Company's. If
 It being a violation of law to send a newspaper through the mails con taining a lottery or raffie announce ment, prevents our inserting an ad- yertisement of this kind for P. Bar rett. of the Pacific saloon. Call and see him and he will tell you all about it.
 You have heard probably two dozen citizens say during the last day or two that Tuesdays storm was was without precedent here, bu. it was not. About fifteen or sixteen years ago there was quite heavy fall on May I7th. While snow storms in May are rare, they have occur rred before.
 Information comes from Denver that over sixty thousand Knights Templar and their families have already had their quarters assigned them in Denver for the conclave in August. Arizona proposes to fur nish three car loads to the triennial conclave. One will go from Prescott and northern Arizona, oae from Phenix and one from Tucson.
 c. W. Miller. of the Tempe News, has gone back to Perry county, Pennsylvania, to visit his old home with his family, after an absence of ten years. From this it appears that at least three men engaged in news paper business in this territory are from that grand old state. They are l., c. Hughes, of the Star; Curt Miller, of the News, and the editor of theJoURNAL-M MINER.
 Judge Sloan has decided that the Tucson and Globe narrow guage railroad bonds were illegal on the ground that the organic act creat- ing the territorial government of Arizona prohibited the legislature from granting any special franchise, This act was mandatory, requiring the county to exchange with those of narrow guage railroads, which the county did to the amount oi Sl.I50,0O0. The interest due is SiO.Oo0. The bonds are held in England and the bondholderf brought suit to recover.
 Col. Chas. D. Poston yesterday sent a large box of flowers to For, Whippie for his daughter, who is the wife of the post surgeon there The flowers will be used in decorat. ing the quarters for the reception of the new detachment of troops which will arrive there on Thurs