Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1892-05-18
FRox MoSpAY's DAILY.
Auction tomorrow.

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 , Miss A. Harvey-letter at .pos,
 office for you.
 s c. NJ. Clark came in today from
 the Silver Belt.
 a Tucson is to have public drink.
 ing fountain soon. Il Harris Baldwin returned from
 Phenix last evening. s For bargains in furniture, attend
 the auction tomorrow. Col. A. O. Brodie will go down to
 Walnut Grove tomorrow. ,I Aterm of United States court will
 be held in Prescott next month.
 J. D, Helm and ]. W. Coover re-
 turned to-day from visit to Big
 Bug.
 J. G. Van Houtum has returned
 from surveying trip in the Verde
 valley.
 Mir. and Mrs. c. H. Akers return ed yesterday from visit to friends
 at Camp Verde.
 1 Adjutant General E. s. Gill has returned from California to head quarters at Phenix.
 Fl. Mulyenon came in Saturday from Prescott Junction, returning again on this mornings train. l J. l.. Fisher celebrated his birth day yesterday by giving a dinner party to a number of his friends. 1 Contractor F. G. Parker will put men at work tomorrow building the engine house of the city water works MT. Bowman, of Los Angeles, rep resenting the New York Life insur- ance company, is visiting Prescott.
 J. W. Dougherty returned yester- day from his visit to Yuma. His family has gone to California on visit.
 F. G. Brecht and K. N. Fredsr- icks left this morning for Castle Creek hot springs to spend ten days recuperating their health. Senator J. s. Barbour, of Virginia, who died in Washington last Friday night, was president of the Virginia Gold Mining company, owners of the Yarnen mine.
 There Is a rumor of a change of time on the Santa Fe and A. F. l roads, to take effect May 22, which | will result in change of time of l the P. < A. C. also. Cook & Lee. the jewellers, have kdecided to confine themselves strict | | ly to the jewelry business. Hence | they will sell all the other odds and | and ends now on hand at prices i away below cost.
 c. w. Culver has gone to Tomb stone to secure freighting outfit to | put on the Jerome road. He has taken the contract to commence on or before June 1st.
 F. NJ. Murphy telegraphed ycster- day to have his team sent to Chino Valley. to meet him this morning, and he will arrive this evening on his return trip from. Denver.
 W. o. O'Neill, chairman of the territorial Worlds fair commission of this territory, will leave to-mor- row for Chicago, to arrange for space, etc., for an exhibit from this territory.
 We have just learned that few days since Mrs. T. W. Johnston re- ceived the distressing intelligence of her fathers death. It occurred at Columbus, Mississippi.
 General Thos. F. Wilson has been appointed United States district at torney for this territory. General Wilson has been filling the position ever since the death of District At torney Jeffords, over year ago.
 Mrs. D. I. Sullivan returned on to-day's train from her visit to rela- tives in Chicago, in which she com bined business with pleasure by purchasing large stock of goods for the store.
 A deed has been filed for record from Mary z. Morgan to Ida II. Stebbins for lot 20 and north half of lot 22, block 10 Prescott, the con sideration named being Sl00. The property is located on Marina street and is occupied by Mir. and Mrs. Charles Morgan as a residence.
 The professional beggar, who was working the town to-day, to raise money to purchase wooden legs with, needed an extra limb or two this afternoon to carry his load of whisky purchased with money given him by charitable people. Money given to such beggars is charity misapplied.
 A dance was given, at Copper Ba- sin on Saturday evening. Several ladies and gentlemen from Prescott were in attendance, among the mum Der being quartet of ladies wh drove out with very spirited team without any escort, although there were double that number of young. men who were more than willing to accept the position of driver.
 Prescott is taking on metropoli- tan airs very rapidly. In addition to the nickle-a-throw-knife scheme, a professional beg ar is doing the town, working on the sympathies of the charitable. Prescott has the reputation of being liberal in the matter of her charities, in taking care of those in distress, but it is neither charity nor good policy to give encouragement to professional beggars.
 The following is the program for , the meeting of the Chautauqua club { to be held tomorrow, May 17, at the residence of Mrs. E. w. French: Quotations, "Mark Twain.p Biogra- phy, "Twain," Mrs. Wright. Read ing, Gifts from Doubtful Sources" Mrs. O'Neill. Reading, "The Perils of American Humor," Mrs. Wright. Selection from Twain" Miss 0. Blake. Reading, "The Southern Confectionery" Mrs. w. T. Brown. Questions g to 40 Initial Studies of American Letters" (April). Cues tions l to 13"Classic German Course in English (May).
 The new comet is now visible to the naked eye of a man who will { get up about 3 o'clock in the morn