Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1894-05-16
SATURDAY, MAY F. lse4.

SATURDAY, MAY F, 1894. The Y. P. c. E. society held a very pleasant social last Friday evening at the residence of Mir. and Mrs. Jake Marks.
 The lack of rain in this section is commencing to make people have a kind of Coxey feeling in the use of language.
 The Epworth League will give a ] Mother Goose social this evening at the residence of MT. aud Mrs. l.. BashfOTd.
 E. W. French is in town today from the Red Buck, purchasing supplies for his mercantile house at that camp.
 Messrs Shirley and Weber re- turned yesterday from a mine-hunt- ing expedition to Walnut Grove. They leave again in few days for l the desert.
 W. T. Reed, was today adjudged insane by Judge Wilson and will take a ride tomorrow to the asylum at Phenix. He is weak on the Coxey question.
 Mrs. R. R. Blaine is an expert in trimming ladies hats. If you do not feel able to buy new one take your old one to her and she will make it look as good as new.
 Andy Herndon, clerk of the Dis trict Court, was located at a trout stream, near Willows, Cal, recently, and pronOunces California life as the best snap he has ever ran onto.
 T. B. Carter came mp from Wal nut Grove yesterday after another load of lumber for his new house. When completed he will have one of the finest homes in the county.
 Rev. c. NJ. Cady, formerly a mis- sionery in Japan, but recently residing in Southern California, is expected to supply the pulpit of the Congregational Church.
 Doe" Bowen seems to be a con- spicuous figure in the Boggs-Moore case now going on in Los Angeles. This will be surprising news to his many Prescott acquaintances.
 4 license to wed was issued O. day to Rosa 4. Miller of Prescott aud Sergeant Louis 4. R)seuthal of Whipple. The event will take place next Thursday so it is said.
 A quiet fire alarm was turned in to-day for b,aze at Martin Maier's ice works, and the services of the O. K. company were had. A fence and a manure pile became iguited, and the fire was put out before it reached the buildings.
 What might have been a costly fire from a cheap ci arette was to- day discoFere just in time, at Mul- venon's stables. Billy turned the little hose on and saved his company from getting the record.
 There has been such an increased demand for post office boxes by the large number of people coming here tn at Postmaster Horne has been compelled to order a lot of new boxes.
 4 picnic to Dixons in Skull Val ley will take place next Saturday, under the auspices of the Prescott Brass Band. The fare will be $l.00 for the round trip, children half price. The full band will be in at- tendance, and dancing, various games, music, etc. will be the days programme. The train will leave a 10 a. m. and return at 7 p. m.
 The Epworth League celebrated the fifth anniversary of the organi- zation of the society last eve ming at the M. E. church parlors. The exercises were of a very interesting nature. The church parlors which | were beautifully decorated for the occasion were filled with members of the League and its friends.
 Messrs. Akers, Aitken and Derwin, the Prescott bicyclists, reached | Maier's, 2S miles from town, on Saturday at 4:l5, covering the distance since 1 o'clock that day. Young Brown, of Whipple. accom- panied them to Big Bug and re- turned yesterday afternoon. The l trio were feeling we'll and enthu. siastic, except Mir. Akers, whose | corpulent proportions always got | the best of him on uphill work. | The party got an early start Satur- day morning. and made Rumble | Bee in two hours and fifteen mins utes.
 D. Flaherty, the champion heavy weight of Oregon, arrived in Pres colt from Phenix on Saturday, and came here with the intention Of meeting Mike Needham in a glove l contest, who left few days ago for the Congress mine, where he now is Mir. Flaherty recently defeated Billy | Smith, of Astralia, in big fight at 1 Fl Paso, Texas. in fl rounds, and is anxious to meet Needham in the | ring in this city, for any amount. l He is also willing to stop any man in Prescott for ten rounds, or else forfeit a $50 purse. Mir. Flaherty | comes we'll recommended by TheO. | Eggers, a former Prescottite, and | aside from his clever fstic abilities, is a genial sporting man otherwise.