Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1893-08-16

, THURSDAY's DAILY.
 There are fifteen ministers or the gospel in town. Truly, We are an iniqmtouS burg
 Mrs. Samuel Craps arrived from the east on last evenings train and ! will hereafter reside in this city.
 Seven enlisted men, expert rife shots, will leave Whipple Bks., to- morrow for Fort Bayard, \. Nj. W. W. Ross k registered at the Baldwin Hotel in San Francisco. and lS expected to return here in a ] few days.
 ! John Dcrr, the tailor of Flagstaff. will be in Prescott oa the l2. Save Nour orders as he k carrying the finest line m the country.
 NJ. A. Master. the postal inspector left on this mornings P. X A.C. train. What he will do or recom- mend in the mail service is not ! known.
 Water has ban turned on { generally by the city council. and those desiring to use this commodity can be accommodated by making application.
 Licutenants Weigel and Dentler. II Infantry. left on this mornings train for Fort Bayard, \. NJ. to participate in the annual rife com petition of the Department of ! Colorado.
 Lieut.. Emery. the efficient quar- termaster at Whipple Blk. leaves on Tuesday next on a we'll earned leave for two months. He intends i visiting the the Worlds Fair, several re unions as we'll as his home.
 Isaac Chandler and G. G. Hen derSon, of Lynx Greek, made this office sEpleasant coll to-day. These ! gentlemen are thorough and live miners, and like thousand~ of others are still hopeful that tke white metal will conquer.
 Mrs. Ferd Nellis. of Williams. re- gently entertained the Knights of Pythias there with a grand banquet, the occasion being only an eXpres- sion of good will towards this order. ! This lady Is spoken of as not only a charming hostess, but likewise an elegant entertainer on any occasion.
 Miss Alice Postle, an amiable young lady of this city, who has been attending school in Oakland. California, for a year past, returned on last evenings train. Daring her absence she graduated from a well known college in that city, and has been given charge of the Chino val ley school for the fall term.
 Dr. T. D. Christy, representing the Free Methodists, and Mrs. S. F. Taylcr. a well known lady cvauge- list, arrived yesterday from Chicago. To-day tent Is being erected on a vacant lot adjoining Shuli's stable, in which they propose to handle the sinners of Prescott in regular free coinage manner. Services will com mence tomorrow evening, and continue for a month.
 Gus Reimer and Jim May, two of the heaviest owners of sheep in the territory. will not have their GUS tomary shearlng this summer on the \. X P. and have postponed such until fall. They state that the present price of wool IS so low and the demand so light that uO further expense can be contracted by them in insurance and storage untIl there Is a radical change in the senti- ment of eastern manufacturers, who have informed them that until con Gdence Is restored and some security k given them m their future pur- chasas. wool Is q commercial drug on the market.
 Messrs. Wright and Mittendorf are examining several desirable To- calities on which to erect their electric light plant, deciding that nearer location to the business part of the city will give better service and enable them at the same time to make better rate than heretofore. On the arrival of new machinery and electrical apph- ances, a new rate will be made to ! consumers, and already nearly every business house on the plaza and several private dwellings have sig nlfied their willingness to ligh up their houses, and II Is due to the liberalitv of the new management that the appearance of the town will be relieved of that gloomy ap- pearance at night which has been | so frequently commented upon by visitors.