Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1893-10-04

THURsDAY's DAILY.
 Dr. Pentland has returned to Prescott.
 w. D. B. Motter's condition ha.
 improved slightly.
 J. V. Dickson and Sam Jones have
 filed their stock brand for record.
 A high wind prevailed all day yes
 terday resulting in slight rain
 shower last night.
 A blacksmith known only by the
 name of Gus" died at Jerome a few
 days since. He was about 8 years
 of age.
 Mrs. Wilbur, mother of W. F.
 Wilbur of the Verde valley is seriously Ill and is not expected to live. She Is over 50 years old.
 The ten days allowed to E. w. French, to file new official bond expired at II o'clock this morning. The board of Supervisors will meet tomorrow to take action on it.
 Messrs Pillsbury and Campbell. of Williams have taken a years lease on the Prescott steam laun- dry with the privilege of purchas- ing the same. They will take pos session Of it next Monday.
 H. z Zuck, district attorney of Coconino county. came in last even ing with his sister, Miss Myrtle Zuck, and returned again on this mornings train to Flagstaff.
 Dimond and Harris, the horse thieves and robbers killed by Sheriff Donohue and posse, formerly lived in the vicinity of Flagstaff. Harris, 1t IS stated, was formerly a cowboy of this county.
 k. w., better known as "Baldy" Tucker, was before Justice Andrews to-day on charge of petty larceny and was fined so with the alterna- tive of twenty days in jail.
 Geo. H. Curry has tiied a suit in the district court against his part ners in the mining business, G. l.. Townsend and Hugo Richards, ask ing for a dissolution of copartner ship and an accounting ofthe same and that the property owned hy them be sold.
 Miss Myrtle Buck a charming young lady of Holbrook, Arizona. daughter of Holbrook's we'll known citizens, MT. and Mrs. F. NJ. Zuck, arrived in Prescott last evening to take charge of a class in Spanish. l Parties desiring instruction in this language should join her class, as she IS said to be an excellent teacher.
 The examination of F. J. White | took place before Justice Andrews | and resulted m his being | held to appear before the grand | ury under bonds of $l,500. A let CT written by White to his wife, af CT she came to Prescott. was in- reduced in evidence. The letter vas couched in the most vulgar anguage and not fit for publication. When Mrs. White took the witness tand the defendant thrust his hand nto his pocket and took out a pocket knife which he opened. While he made no effort to use it, he deputy sheriff in charge of him, oOk it away from him. He has not uoceeded in furnishing the re- Iuired bond yet.
 There is a youth confined in the ounty jail, charged with selling whisky to Indians, at Kingman, rho goes by the euphonious name f the "hard boiled kid" among his ellow prisoners. He comes from Jew York and recently he wrote a cry affectionate letter to "his old nan" at home, telling him that Thile he was en route to California. e secured job in an office, with a nan named Lowry, in Prescott, Irizona, and that he expected to re- lain here for some time. He was elected to preside over the Kan aroo" court a few days since and q sentencing the prisoner he de- vered very touching and impres- i've speech to him. Like many thers who bring up behind prison ars, he is possessed of sufficient Intelligence and ability to make an onest living in any country.
 Prisoners in the county Jail still old Kangaroo" court. Their ltest session was yesterday after oon when one of their number was ravely charged with splitting on he floor and of having kicked his around. After hearing all he evidence in the case the defend mt was adjudged by the court, uilty as charged and sentenced to eceive twenty lashes across that art of his anatomy where it would e most effective. The instrument sed for carrying the sentence into xecution was a peice of rubber ose. He was made to lean over T