Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1894-08-22
Fridays Daily. Augu.t Is:


 Fridays Daily. August IT:
 Waltz soiree this evening at the city hall.
 O-be-Joyfuls vs. Railroaders at the base ball park next Sunday.
 Contractor Patton is putting the roof on the club house.
 The funeral of the late J. A. May, of Phenix, took place this morning
 There are some people in town who are just ungenerouS enough to pray for rain to let up.
 Jerome is growing rapidly. The building of the railroad there has given the place a small boom.
 City taxes will be due Spp;ember 1. Tax Collector Fredericks gives official notice of this fact in to-day's issue.
 4 telegram was received from Williams this morning saying that the Prescott party had just returned from the Grand Canyon.
 The masonry of the city jail has been completed, and it only awaits the floors and cells to he ready for occupancy. The latter have been delayed in transit.
 The Chinese are detirmined to keep Susie Sing in Prescott. An attachment suit was to-day filed against her, which will be the means of compelling this almond eyed beauty to remain here indefin- itely.
 The new Swiss chalet residence being erected by Robert Prior, in South Prescott, is due to the excel lent returns recently received from a ten ton lot of ore from his mine. He says the more the mIne pays, the grander will his home be.
 w W. Vanderbilt, the energetic mining man, yesterday shipped over three thousand pounds of supplies to the Del PaSco property, in tho | Brsdshaws. He still maintains the usual force in developing this mine, and says the big tuuuNi being ran to tap the main ledge is gradually nearing the end, and when com pleted will make a good showing in the value of this old time mine.
 If it is so, as Treasurer Oliver says, that the government is going to sell Si50 blankets for S250 on account of the democr tic tariff, this price must be considered as even extortionate at that rate, when one will remember a few years ago, in this city, wagon load of these necessaries could easily be purchased for a dollar apiece under republican tariff workings. Boots, hats, over coats and other goods were likewise in proportion, in the good old days, and We challenge the democratic free trade to do better. Selahl
 PERSONAL MENTION.
 P. A. Crngue is in from his mining camp.
 pr. G. W. Vickers went out to the Congress on this mornings train.
 A. Redewill returned yesterday from his trip to Jerome. He says that Jerome Is a great camp.
 Frank Emmal, Of the Go ner Drug Store, accompanied the Grand Can yon party in the capacity of surgeon.
 Mrs. NJ. A. Lawler and her two boys arrived to-day from San Diego to take up their future residence in this city.
 Miss D. ". Trainor was among the outgoing passengers on to-day's train, bound for San Francisco on a short visit.
 Miss Annie Schuerman, one of Prescott's most fascinating young ladies, left yesterday for Richmond, Indiana. She will enter a well known seminary there to complete her studies, and expects to be absent for two years.
 Ira Moore loit for the east to-day for brief visit He will be married about September l. at Harrisonville, Missouri, to Miss Anna Martin, a charming young lady, who formerly resided in this section, and who was very popular. Mir. Moore has nice new residence already completed to care for his bride in.
 The editor of this paper left this morning, on invitation of w. w. Bass, to take a look at the greatest of all natures wonders. the Grand Canyon. Mir. Bass will take the party to the Supai villages also, to give them an opportunity of seing some of the Indian dances, which take place at this season of the