Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1894-01-24
FRgpAY's DAILY.

FRypAY's DAILY.
 Miles Archibald is able to sit up some now.
 The troops at Whipple were paid oif yesterday.
 !. E. Bones will have his store lighted by electricity. Supervisor Roach came in yester- day from Turkey creek.
 The board of supervisors held a short session this afternoon.
 George Punteney's wife present ed him with a son January r..
 Aspirants for office are commenc- ing to throw out little feelers.
 Chas. Canall, of Flagstaff, came in yesterday, to put up the telephone line.
 The Medical Association of Arizona will meet in Prescott in May.
 William H. Denny, of Walnut creek, was in town to-day, on busi- ness.
 J. NJ. Aitken's store was lighted up last night with the new electric lights.
 W. O. Harrell returned on to- days train and is stopping at Hotel Winsor.
 Don't forget about "The Girl to Love" at the Nj. E.. church next Tuesday evening. It was John Clarke, of Lynx creek, and not W. X. Clark, that brought that big coyote in yesterday.
 The band at Whipple received an addition of two members to 1t by the recent recruits which arrived ! there.
 Uncle Jimmy Moore came in from ] Kirkland a day or two since and re- membered the JOURNAL-MINER in a substantial manner.
 Invitations are out for the old Clothes party, to be given January 26. The invitations, on account of the hard times, are printed on brown wrapping paper.
 The mayor and members of the city council visited the city reser- vOle this forenoon. It contained six feet and seven inches of water and was leaking very little.
 The Prescott electric light com pany has two first class men at work putting up their line and making connections. Tkey are Messrs. Broderick and Wynkoop.
 The JOURNAL MINER acknowl- edges the receipt from George W. Childs. of the Philadelphia Ledger, a copy of the Led ger Almanac. This almanac Is regular cyclope- dia of political and other valuable information.
 John Lawler has let a contract to :. E. Patton for the construction of twelve room house for 5000. Henry Goldwater has also let contract to him for the erection of a seven-room cottage. These, with Mayor Fishers, makes three houses that Mir, Patton has contracts for. He has gone to California to order lumber for them and it is under stood that he will also bring me chanics from there to do the work on them.
 A young man 2l years of age ap- piled at the probate judges office today for a marriage license to marry a glrl fifteen years old. He had all preparations made to comss mence house keeping at once, and was quite disappointed when in formed that he could not secure a license, although he was the pos sessor of the consent of the girls parents. It does not seem to be generally understood that men un- der IS years and girls under Is are not eligible to marriage under the territorial laws no matter how much consent they may obtain from their parents.
 George KincaId, arrested on sus- picion of having fired the three shots which so alarmed J. k. Holder and his bride on Tuesday was dis charged from custody yesterday. the evidence not being sufficient to hold him. Our contemporary says that the officer who arrested him was satisfied he was not the guilty party. His hals brother, Wm. Subers, also a young lad was ar rested yesterday, the tracks found fitting very nicely his boots, and the Winchester shells also fitting his rife He had his examination to-day before Justice Fleury and was held under $500 bonds to appear before the next grand jury.
 Mrs. John s. Jones, died some what suddenly .on Wednesday. While she has been in poor health for several months suffering from consumption brought on by an attack of la grippe, the end was not supposed to be St. near. Her hus- band brought her into Prescott from Aultman, where they reside, a few months since so that she might have better medical attendance and was not present at the time of her death. He arrived in town last night and the funeral will take place tomorrow at 10 o'clock a. III. De- ceased was 30 years of age and be- sides a husband and one child here leaves a father and mother two brothers and a sister in Texas to mourn her loss. Her father, Rev. l.. NJ. Grading. of Dublin, Texas, is a prominent minister of the South Methodist Church.