Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1893-03-01

rHURSDAY's DAILY.
 The Granite creek bridge remains unharmed by high water up to date,
 The Chinese opium smoking cases will come up in the police court Saturday.
 Boyle & Carroll have already re- ceived several orders for their wash ing machines.
 George F. Thornton, of Williams, an ex-member of the territorial leg islature, came in from Phenix to- day.
 James Hit had his preliminary examination at Ash Fork few days since on a charge of murder The result has not yet been learned.
 Henry Bentley, formerly of this territory, has been held, without bail, to answer a charge of murder in Los Angeles. He is charged with poisoning his wife,
 John King put in his second ap- pearance before Judge Ling this morning on aeharge of being drunk, and as he did not possess Sl5 in money was given fifteen days.
 Included in the exhibit of County Commissioner Clark for the Worlds Fair, is a whole sack full of smoky topazes gathered in the Verde Val ley. He will ship his exhibit next week.
 J. w. Benham, of Coconino coun- ty, and J. H. Bowman, of Apache county, came in on yesterdays stage from the south en route to their homes from attending a meeting of the live stock sanitary commission at Phenix.
 Sandy Donahue, of Coeonino county, arrested Pullman porter at Williams on Tuesday, who is charged with stealing $lS4 from a passenger. The money was found concealed in the smoker of the Pull man.
 w. o. O'Neill returned last night from a visit along the line of the A. & P. Railroad. When shown the article in the Phenix Gazette saying that he had joined the populist party, Mir. O'Neiu pleaded guilty to the charge, and said that he no lon- ger claimed allegiance to the repub- hcan party.
 Rev. c. J. Chase will deliver a comic lecture nex; wednesday even ing, March lst, in the Nj. k. church, on the subject of "Bric-a- brac" for the benefit of the Rutherford B. Hayes Lyceum League of America. This league, which is a national or gaaization, is intended to educate the young people in the particular line of patriotism. The one in Prescott has good membership. Admission to the above lecture only twenty-five cents.
 B. NJ. Goldwater will leave for the east tomorrow to purchase stock of spring and summer goods for M. X Bro. He will be absent several weeks, as he proposes 10 use the greatest care in the selection of this stock. Being possessed of ex- cellent taste and good judgment, and intending, as he does, to make a examination of the latest designs and styles to be found in everything in their line, it can be readily. seen that the spring and goods of the above firm will surpass anything heretofore found in Prescott.
 :. j C. Howard was before Justice Andrews this forenoon for prelimi- nary examination on a charge of ob- taining money under false pretenses. 1t will be remembered that he was foreman of bridges on the $. F., F. S F. railroad antl about February ist visited Prescott and indulged in a brief career of reckless gambling. He had few hundred dollars in bank, it is alleged, when he came in but this soon exhausted and he is charged with having issued checks to'the amount of $500 or $500 after his funds had been depleted. Ow- ing to some technical points being raised by Towards attorney, Justice Andrews took the question under advisement after the testimony was closed.
 The Phenix Gazette gives one of our Yavapai members of the legis- lature the following deserved men, tion: Dennis Burke, of Yavapai, is one of the brightest men in the legislature and will look carefully after the interests of our northern neighbors. A good joke was per petrated at the expense ot Mir. Burke just after election last fall winch has never yet been put 'n print, and which is too good to keep. A group of men were con gregated in front of Joe Wilson's store discussing the possibilities of election of the various candidates, the returns not having been received fully enough yet to determine the result in all cases. Mir. Burke drop ped in with the crowd and joined in the conversation, when one of the party remarked to him, Well YOUR name is Dennis '.l'll just bet you twenty it isn't" he replied. The party went into Wilson's store, where the money was put up in MT. Wilson's hands, and the first speaker insisted that MT. Wilson should decide tho wager at once. MT. Burke insisted that it could not be done until the returns were all ia, when the stake holder told him that the returns had nothing to do with it. The question was simply whether Mir. Burke was going under an assumed name or whether he
 had been christened Dennis. As
 Mir. Burke saw the point of the joke
 he joined as heartily as any one m
 the laugh that followed, and
 was given back his twenty dollar
 piece on. condition that he sset
 them up" for the boys, which he
 cheerfully did.