Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1894-02-21
FRIDAY'S DAILY.

a- son are visiting Prescott, the guests
 of Mrs. F. W. Blake.
 H The wind has veered around into
 the south again, with indications ,s good for another storm.
 Mrs. Geo. Tompkins, of Phenix,
 was committed to the territorial z insane assylum recently.
 The thermometer at Whipple , yesterday morning registered on zero and this morning IA degrees l. above.
 , Tonight, Children's Cantata at
 the Baptist church, at 7:30. Ad V mission: adults, p cents; children, o 10 cents.
 The resignation fever seems to be , epidemic in our city government. Three resignatious have occurred
 within ten days.
 Mrs McInernay yesterday took charge of the county hospital. She has located 1t in the Pritchett resi-
 dence in West Prescott.
 ' Frank O'Brien, the we'll known Denver mining man, left this morn
 ing for Peoples valley. He was ac-
 companied by his wife.
 It seems to be an easy matter for
 prisoners Co dig their way out of
 the Maricopa county jail. Another
 emente occurred few days since.
 Jake Marks has been the recipient
 of numerous congratulatOry tele- |
 grams on account of his appoint |
 ment as receiver of the Prescott l
 land office.
 E. F. Murphy announces himself |
 as candidate for mayor and city |
 councilman, and says, if urged to
 do so, will also include chief of
 police in the list.
 Phenix merchants have just de-
 cided on Sunday closing of their
 stores. With one or two exceptions
 Prescott stores have closed on Sun
 day for several years.
 Coles Bashford wrote few days since that he was snow bound with his cattle at La Junta, Colorado. He is probably through to his destination by this time though.
 Prescott will have two special elections now within less than one
 month. One is to decide whether a special school tax shall be levied to continue the schools, the other to elect a mayor and one council man.
 Ex-Governor \. O. Murphy arrived on last evenings train and will remain here for three or four days. The ex-governor's friends { in this section are legion and be is always sure of hearty welcome on his arrival here.
 Articles of incorporation of the ' Gold Belt Mining company were ' filed for record to-day. The incor porators are C. H. Dillingham;, C. c. Bean, and J. Nj. Goddard, of New York.
 pr. Butcher returned at noon ! from a visit to Agua Fria, to see the ' little daughter of Mir. and Mrs. 4 Robert DeLarge. He say the little | girl is getting along nicely, with c good prospects for recovery. r
 pr. Meyer, the optician, expects 1 to leave Prescott on Monday. Dur t ing his sojourn here, the doctor has made many friends socially, while V in his profession he has given emi- l nent satisfaction. There is no ques- 2 tion about his being an expert ou U the human eye. r
 The Southern Pacific is putting a electric search lights on its engines Il up north, and the two Hogg engines C running into Ashland, Ore, are/to O be equipped soon. These search | lights are very powerful and long J' distance peppers into darkness be- ' ing able to throw light for miles. U
 Melvin De Large, son of MT. and Mrs. Robert De Large, died yester- day afternoon at f o'clock, at the residence of his parents, at Agua Fria, of diptheria. Deceased was an unusually bright boy He was II years old being the oldest of the family of children.
 At last nights special meeting of the city council, Jake Marks rs signed as councilman, and the cleo tion of a councilman to fill the va cancy was ordered for March l3, the day that the election of mayor is called for. Chief of Police Miles Archibald also rendered his resigna- ton to the council.
 A Prescott correspondent writes to the Denver Mining Record that this town presents a good opening for first class machine shop. Such an institu ion, with expert me chanics, who could successfully - tackle any piece of machinery from sna n T steam engine to a sewing machine trr could be made to pay we'll. Ire The Lenten tea given by the adies of the Episcopal church yes am erday, at the residence of Mrs. H. sta B. Armitage was complete success. H It was a success from a social stand point, a success from physical stand eel point, so far as the refreshments were concerned, and success from ! financial stand point, as all of the ancy articles offered for sale were lei disposed of. O' There is no place on earth where mn can be so quickly cured IS in the climate of Arizona. Good lard exercise in the mountains will q, bring a cure, where city life will bring sure death. The testimonials )f hundreds of robust men who came Ce lere in the middle stage of that S' es Tread disease would be a valuable Ie. Advertisement for a one lung insti- a1 s,, ute.-Prospector. Gu s', A New York telegram of recent tel late says: Corporal James Tanner, ex K United States Pension Commis- ty ioner, who submitted to an opera pa ion last Tuesday in Seney Hospital att Brooklyn, when his legs were made do wo inches shorter, had sudden m,