Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1893-02-08
FRrDAr's DArrr.


 Sd. Living prices, 20, 30 and 75c.
 The public schools had vacation to-day on account of its being arbol day.
 It is pleasure to learn that Father Quetu Is able to be around again.
 The performance at the opera house tonight promises to be quite interesting.
 Mrs. Akers, who has been suffering from tonsilitis for some time, is now convalescing.
 James O'Hara left this morning on a prospecting tour southwest oi the Congress mine.
 Opera house, Friday, Feb. 3. Gc aud see the funny comedian, Theo Price, now with Hewett Musettes.
 The Los Angeles Times says that the new Santa Fe depot at Los An geles is rapidly approaching com pletion.
 The sun has been struggling to peep through the clouds to-day. Another storm seems to be on the tapis.
 A. Fl. Carnage and W. G. Rogers, Denver mining men, are reported to be en route to Prescott in the in- terest of Denver capitalists.
 A deed has been filed for record from l.. J. Webber and James Shir- ley to Charles H. Lee for their in- terest in the Bellevue hotel for $500.
 Hartman & Prahl, Prewcott's ar tistic house and sign painters, have moved their studio, and are now located in Cortez street, the first door south of the City Feed Yard.
 "Zetta," the mind reader, who has created such a sensation in the east ern cities is with the Hewett Musettes at opera house Friday, Feb. 3. Ad- mission, 25, 90 and 75c.
 Since Editor Hughes showed his foot though the skyelight in J. RI. Martins trousers all mail for the ArizonaKicker sent to the Tucson office is thrown into the Star box. -Nogales Herald.
 The Arroyo Grande (Cal,) Herald advertises as follows: ~'The editor of this paper wants a girl to cook. v The horrid manl Just as though the girls were not sweet enough to eat without being cooked.
 An important article. entitled, "How to Resise the Tariff" has been written for the February num- ber of the North American Review by Hon. W. NJ. Springer, whose position as chairman of the Ways and Means committee of the House of Representatives gives him the right to speak authoritatitely.
 The spear wheel of fortune seems to have an abundance of patrons and its owner is raking in the two bit pieces by the wholesale. As he pays a city licence of $l5 per month and a county licence of $25 per month besides having pain fine of Sl0 recently, those who attempt to beat his game can understand how futile their efforts are.
 H. T. Burket. private of troop E, ISt Cavalry, accidentally shot and killed himself at l o'clock yesterday morning, about a mile from San Carlos. He was under Lieut. Adams | with detachment of soldiers who | were after the Indian who killed l the squaw and buck on Friday last. Globe Silver Belt.
 A. G. Oliver contributes very | lenghthy article to our contempo- rary this week, which will have the | run of that paper for three weeks. | It is entitled sThe Delinquent Tax | List" While the name would indi- l cate that it would prove rather dry reading, aperusal of it reveals much information that is not generally known to the public.
 A petition was circulated this week and generally signed by tax payers, requesting our representa- tiYes in the legislature to advocate a bill exempting new railroads from taxation for a number of years, the object being to encourage the build ing of the Bowie and Globe road Globe Silver Belt.
 The wheel of fortune man finds it difficult to do business. He started in by paying a peddler's license at s per quarter, which he was com pelled to exchange for a gamblers license at $l5.00 per month, To-day he was notified by district aator- ney that he would be requested to put up $25 per month for a county license in order to do business.
 Fl PAsO is making a determined effort to secure pure water for do- nestle purposes. The taxpayers of l the town are willing and anxious to be taxed for the construction of l works to supply them with pure water from the mountains. The | present water supply of Fl Paso is nOtoriously bad, and this fact has initiated greatly against the growth of the place. There can be no bet ter advertisement for any town than an abundance of pure water for do- nestle pucposes.-Ex.
 H. T. Blake, until recently in charge of large hotel at Maniton, Colorado, was 8 welcome visitor at this office to-pay accompanied by his young son. Mir. Blake is visiting Prescott with view of locating here and engaging in hotel business. He thinks that there is an opening here for another good hotel, one that with our matchless climate would attract tourists and sight seers here.
 The Albuquerque Citizen gets of the following at the expense oE Prescott: "The mean men are fast coming to the front. A man in Pres colt died of asyhYxiation caused by his allowing the gas to be turned on in his room in a hotel, and now the proprietor has added the cost of the escaping gas to the bill he has ren- dered to the deceased relatives" The Citizen was unfortunate in locating tho above circumstance in Prescott inasmuch as our city does not have such a thing as gas fnF illunnin afsOu