Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1893-08-02
MONDAx's DAILY.
 Collection day tomorrow.

Collection day tomorrow.
 There was more rain yesterday.
 Horace Merrill is quite sick with scarlet fever.
 Mails were received up to date last evening.
 Tho city assessment roll foots up Sl,032, ,9SS.95.
 A. l.. Kerr, the Stanton mining man, Is in town.
 J, Boughton has returned from two months visit east.
 Thomas Wing returned last even ing from his visit east.
 Excursion tickets to the sea side tomorrow al reduced rates.
 Dr. Dutcher returned yesterday with his family from the east.
 John Brown, the well known Agua Fria rancher, IS in town.
 M. II. Gould has taken a posi- ton ss salesman with Wm. Dulin.
 Mrs. Matile and her daughter, of Whipple, left this morning for Washington.
 Sam Gray who killed ]. W. Fry at he Black Canyon recently, has gone to PheniE.
 A non-suit was granted Saturday afternoon m the case of John Duke ys j. k. Lowry.
 Norman Oliver. son of Mir. and Mrs 4. C. Oliver, is recovering from an attack of scarlet fever.
 Sub Contractor X. !. Hughes left for the east this morning. He eX- psogs to bc absent about a mon,h h.
 Rev C. ]. Chase preached very eloquent sermon last evening on the subject of Religion u the Home"
 Workmen commenced to-day to put the second story on tho Fash ion saloon. When completed it will be used as hotel
 Arthur Woods. formerly station agent at Sehgman. but at present in charge of the office at Blake. California, arrived on Saturdays train.
 Contractor r. c. Pa,ker has twenty-eight men employed iu the construction of new buildings in Prescott. He has five or six under way now.
 Mrs William Dewitt. accom- panied by her daughter Miss Ettie. and Miss Agnes Conlon, leave to- morrow for San Francisco. intending Co be absent two months.
 The Williams House furnishes splendid recommendations for families. Mrs McGowan has been renoyating it thoroughly and it IS now better than ever before.
 The following delegation arrived last night from Winslow .o serve their country as United Sta.eS trial jurors: r.. \. Sawyer. Lew Miuser, T. B. Plus and Miles Durfec.
 J. J. Fisher has recently com plsted the survey of fou- mining claims for the Virginia Gold Mining Company at Yarnell, which they propose To secure patents for.
 Recorder Brodie has adopted new system tn his office whereby mining notices can be returned to their owners within very short time after being filed.
 Thomas J. Nolan, a former resi- dent of Prescott, came in on yester- days train. Mir Nolan is connected with army headquarters and is en route from Los Angeles to Denver and stopped of here to look after his mining interests.
 The <. F., r. X P. railway com pany IS gathering information rel ative to tho traffic Of the Big Bug distuct, and the camps tributary to it, and if it Is found that sufficient business can be developed in that section to warrant it, they will build a branch line Co Big Bug, with spurs to such of the mining camps in that neighborhood as is practicable. All persons familiar with the resources of that district are requested 10 communicate with c. W. Vaughn. vice president of the company. at Prescott, giving estimates of the probable traffic of the camps oE Big Bug and of the country tributary thereto.
 \ force of men arc employed in Crook Canyon putting tho wagon road there in thorough repair Two new, substantial bridges have been built, at as many places across the the bed of the stream, and the road Is being changed in several places from the bed of the stream to the to be out of danger of all floods. As far as the work has pro- gressed the road is in splendid con ditiOn. Mike Ryan Is also at work n-the road, leading from the divide near Spence's to Turkey Creek, and will have that portion of the Peck | road in good condition in a short | time. This road has been impas- sable for over two years and the | are to be commended l for again putting 1t in condition for travel.
 A. W. Callen, alias "Old Grizzly" has written a letter to his friend James Howey in which he states that he is at present experimenting an onyx factory at the Worlds Fair, and expects to remain there for two )r three months yet, when he will return to Arizona and resume work again on his mines at Placeritas. He further says that he had a company and the money in tho Columbia bank to erect works on his mine when tle bank hopelessly 'ailed, and since that time it has been impossible to secure money Or any enterprise.
 The following autographs have been placed on the Hotel Burke reg ster since our issue of Saturday: F. L Perkins, Gal; w A StaleY, Pres ,ott June; J s Douglas, Senator; B Colfman, Tombstone; J w Mahter Albuquerque; w C MortenseD, l. Los Lunas; E A Sawyer Frank Merrill, Williams; J Nolan, W $ Morgan, Los Ange- es; F Burke, F A Meadows, King | Rrfnrr,r er,nsf nf A RaH- |