Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1894-10-03
THG CITY AND COUNTY!
TsVSy Items From Our Own Town and
 Surrounding Country.

Hank Briot is one of the delegate
 t,om McCabe's to the republican
 convention.
 Placerita republicans have elected r A. Hogue as a delegate to tn,
 county convention.
 4 deed has been recorded from
 N :. Johnson to Samuel Franklin
 tor mines in Black Rock district.
 The new Burke is receiving many
 compliments on its neat and metro
 politan appearance from strangers
 Grizzly Callen and John McNary
 w;ll handle the republicans ribbons
 from Walnut Grove in the conven-
 ion next week.
 The delegates chosen from Jones
 mill. in Chaparral, to the republican
 county convention are: John &
 Jones. Frank Blandy and G. W
 Hubbard.
 t is said that Col. Wilson will
 harness himself in Herndon's team
 mn the political track. And every body is anxious to know what the colonel expects in consequence.
 Col. Tom Fitch, he of the silver tongue, will be heard in the Yavapsi campaign. He is residing on the Santa Maria, and will be in Prescott some time next month on a lengthy visit.
 The republican primaries held
 throughout this county last Satur-
 asy are said to have been very int er-
 esting, and good men have been selected in every instance as far as heard from.
 Ben Rybon, who is in town to-day from his Red Rock mine, in Big Bug, says he Is preparing to treat 100 tons of ore from that mine at Stacks mill. He has four miners at work, and speaks well of the prop erty.
 A letter is said to have been received in Prescott, imploring Bueky O'Neill to go to Goldfelds and address the meeting there. From the anti-populst tone of the above name, We do not see how the pOpulist leader can consistently con sent to stump that camp.
 John c. Herndon left yesterday for St. Johns, where he will fire his 22-esiibre into the free wool element in the opening gun of bis campaign. Colonel Wilson Is travelling in the same trait wagon with Herndon. and being a very forcible speaker, with very commanding figure to back it up, will do the democratic loading act, and handle the grenades that are expected to exterminate republieaniSm.
 4 report Is received from Jerome that a desperate encounter took place there yesterday between Deputy Sheriff Jim Roberts and man named Hand. in which the latter resisted arrest and inflicted several ugly cuts with knife on the forehead of Roberts. The wounds are not fatal, but are ugly and pain ful.
 Much praise over the lack of savless acts in this city of late, are heard on every hand, and many very favorable expressions are advanced for the benefit it is to the city. This of affairs is due, to a gieat extent, to the vigilance of our two officers Messrs. Burton and Prince. Rho seem to be ever on the alert in their duty, and fearless also m executing it. On the completion of the city jail, these officers intend to make a clean Up on the hobo amalgamatoT, and use the calaboose without fear or favor to anyone.
 Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Laberteu and Miss Ruth Hill left this morning for Phenix, their future home. Bert has been a familiar figure in Prescott for nearly a quarter of a -centur following printing as Livelihood, and in leaving his favor ite town at so late q day, expresses deep regret at doing so, and only makes the change in the hope that it may prove relief to his asthmatic afllictions. May he "piek up" a big tate of solid matter" in future health.
 A number of clothing drummers have lately visited Prescott. and meeting with poor success Tn feec- ing men cut of orders. have left with of a dUsgust over the prosperity l) of the town. This is just as it should be. We have two good taiiors in town who are located permanently - Messrs. Derr and FoigtIander, and it Is nothing more than right that they should be pat roniZed aud permitted to live just as we'll as others who are located here in business. No man should send a suited to the outside under these eircumstsucAs. and we are glad to see that their efforts are being and hope they will continue to receive macy orders.
 Charleg Donaldson, who has been running. the steam pump at Stanton, is in town. He visited the new strike on the Hassayampa, and says never before has he beheld such a sight in mining. Looking into four foot huie in the ground, pieces -ot tho yellow metal as large as ones hand were plainly visible clinging -tO the quartz. while rock that was sbr0ken into, showed i; t0 he literally a.Ire with small nuggets The loose dirt was also very rich and paniuls that were washed out. carried much coarse gold also. The new strike is located about mile below the lower dam on the eastern side of the river, aad about q mile from It on the side of a mountain. Mir. Donaldson says that the locators have big fortune in sight.
 PERSONAL MENTION.
 Frank Genung is in town to-day from Peoples valley.
 H. E. Armitage has gone to St. Joseph, Mo, on mining business.
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