Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1893-02-08

THURSDAY's DAILY.
 Hewett's Musettes are billed for Friday evening of this week.
 Mrs. Throne expects ;to leave for Napa, California, on Saturday.
 The San Francisco peaks look beautiful in their mantle of white.
 Work is progressing on the new vault for the Prescott National bank.
 The W. c. T. U. meet at 8 o'clock. Friday, February Sd, at the resi- denee of Mrs. Otis.
 Chas. A. Green, the never tiring insurance agent, returned yesterday from trip to the Hillside.
 The Santa Fe Company has just unesrthed an organized gang of robbers among its employees.
 John s. Jones, of Aultman, is in town with his daughter. The latter will remain here and attend school.
 Judge W. H. McGrew yesterday received telegram announcing the death of his wife, in San Francisco.
 Judge E. W. Wells was due to arrive in Boston yesterday to visit his daughter, who has been quite l ill.
 4 deed has been filed for record from Robert B. Cannon and wife to John s, Jones, for real estate on Beaver creek. for $500.
 In the pure clear crisp air this morning, shooting at Point of Rocks on the new railroad could be heard very distinctly again.
 J. s. Green, of c. A. X J. S. Green, left this morning for Phenix and southern Arizona, to hold down the Life" business for that firm in the south.
 President D. B. Robinson, Chief Engineer G. w. Vaughn and Secre- tary F. Nj. Murphy. of the $. F., P. & r. railroad, are expected in this evening.
 The new chief of police has not yet received his uniform. When it arrives, and is donned by its owner, Prescott will assume metropolitan airs at once.
 A street fakir opened up business on the street corner to-day with sort of gambling game, in which the player came out loser if he won on every turn.
 IT the present is sample of Prophet Fosters cold wave, which he predicted for this section between February lst and 18th, it is a harm less sort of affair.
 Joseph Roberts, of the OK meat market, has presented hi patrons with very neat calendar for 1893. It contains a diagram showing just where the choice cuts are Co be obtained.
 Mexico attracted the investor last ! year despite the war and rumors of l war that were thick in that country. Americans placed S9l, ,0O0652 in new enterprises down there, while En- glishmen invested about $ll.OO0,OOO
 Sub-Contractor J O'Connor was -iG town yesterday. He reports work progressing finely ou his con- tract. IT necessary to rush it he says he can finish his contract with in three weeks.
 The Mountain City drug store has quite unique advertisement for a headache powder in its window. It | consists of a monument made en- tirely of boxes of Headache pow ders and bears the inscription: "In | memory of departed headache.'
 The funeral of the late J. H. l Boyd was largely attended this morning. The Uniform Rank K. | of F. turned out in their uniforms | being their first appearance in pub lie and presented an exceedingly | fine appearance.
 As an evidence of the boom that l is now on m PhenIx, i. is reported | that Dr. l.. H. Goodrich recently l refused an offer of $25,00O for the | Goldman liquor store property on on the corner of Center and Adams | streets. The doctor paid Sl5,OO0 for this property only two weeks ago.
 The storm broke last evening and | a cold wave set in during the night causing quite perceptible fall in the temperature. The rain fall dur ing the three days that the storm lasted amounted to nearly two inches and as it came rather gently the entire amount was absorbed by the earth.
 Foreman Trainor, for B. Lantry x Sons, expects to fnishsthe work he is on at present on Saturday. Track laying is again in progress, and will be continued now without intermission until the road is com pleted to Prescott, unless there should be delays occasioned by fail ure to receive material.
 Mir. Gregory, in charge of B. Lan- try & Sons office in Prescott. went out to Whipple this morning to ob- tain permission of the commanding officer there to place a camp of graders on the reservation at the base ball grounds. Colonel De Russey very cheerfully granted the request and the camp will be placed there very soon.
 The cold wave which has been holding high carnival for the past month or more in the northwest, has passed of. It has been sue ceeded by a colder wave, sending the thermometer down to 4S below zero. The cold waves experienced in this section, where the mercury falls to from five to eight above zero, and which we consider terri bly, cold, are baby cold waves com pared with the eastern and north yresfarn affair