Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1894-08-01
3HB CITYAND COUNTY!
t,xJ Items From Our Own Town and
 Surrounding Country.
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xs.apssdsy's Daily. July sS;
 Concert at Whipple this evening.
 . F. Patton has already made
 ana engagement for his new opera
 house,
 Maximum temperature yesterday,
 al. minimum this morning, 60; rain
 ta 07 of an inch.
 ". Elliott and wife have sold
 l4s [ and 9, block 10, Prescott, to
 Fthel NJ. Daniels for S4OO.
 (;eorge Heisler has the lumber on
 ,be ground for the construction of
 ,nasIdenee in South Prescott.
 Howard Burmister and Delos
 Gonld. two young nimrods, returned
 Iast evening from two days hunt
 iu Chino valley.
 The mayor has placed two extra
 r.tchmen on duty at nights as a
 nrecsution against fire during the
 Veriol of scarce water.
 Hsisley X Harvey have finished
 marketing their ice crop. Many of
 ihsir customers are now getting
 ie from w. J. Mulyenon.
 The city water has failed. and the vater committee has been compelled 10 shut it oG from all consumers, accept hotels and bath houses.
 Hotel Winsor arrivals: R NJ Cook New York; P l. Mccormick, Chi eago: 4 P Kearney, Aspen, Col; C Delworth, H H Downs, Winslow.
 Dr. W. B. Cotton has purchased thne lots, on the hill south of
 Superintendent R. k. Coleman's psidence, and will build fine resi- dance on them.
 BH. Bowen, the champion water melon raiser of Yavapai county. was in town today. He says the out look this year is not very fattering for 8 good melon crop.
 4 train load of steel ralls was shipped yesterday from Pittsburg for the s. F.. P. X F. railway. Im- mediately on their arrival, track laying will be resumed again.
 John Clarke, who was indicted for interfering with a water ditch on Lynx creek, was acquitted to-day by a jury on the order of the court at the close of the testimony for the prosecution.
 Hotel Burke arrivals: Max. s. Tresdwell, St. Louis; D. s. White, Las Vegas; E. F. Mormon, Winslow; |. Moor, J. F. Wahns, Gallup; ]. Cunningham, Mulan, Idaho.
 Private advices Were received last evening that the government, hay ug cut down Apache supplies at San Carlos. those meek and long suffering red pets of eastern philan- tropists wilt shortly go upon the warpath.- Gazette.
 Have not heard of single aspir- ant for . county office on the demo- cratic side of the house" Courier. Wonder if our contemporary is get ting hard of hearingl The noise. made by democratic aSpirSnts for office, has certainly been loud enough to be heard.
 Ed. c. Montgomery, the we'll known government scout and guide, lrrived at Whipple few days since bonn the San Carlos agency and is yae guest of Lieut.. Emery. Mir. Montgomery has been in the employ of the government for over a guar Ter of a century anI his personal ex- Periences would make a book more thrilling in its narrative than any eYer written of border life. He has had many hairbreadth escapes from being killed by Indians, and in turn has killed many of the redskins He understands the Apache language and has mach influence wi:h them. Only recently hs suc- eseded in getting Soan Daysiu. and surley Apache who han been away from the agency for more than year with l. band of bucks threateningthe settlers on the west side of the reservation, to re- turn to the agency and promise not to molest white ci izens and to pre- vent his band from committing any Expectations. Mir. Montgomery called at the JOURNAL MINER t.iiice to day. Despite the hardships and prvstions experienced by him on the frontier, he is still as erect and as 1.-the and active as a man not hall bis age. In stature, he is below the medium, and has a thick growth af hair which be permits to grow long, and which hangs in wayf curls around his shoulders. He has a keen, sharp eye, and can draw as kRe bead with a rife as ever.