Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1894-12-05
paIIy. peeember !.

Only two weeks till Christmas.
 Barrett Post G. A. R. meets this evening.
 The frame of W. W. Ross new residence is up.
 Pay your taxes now before they b. come delinquent.
 The city council met last night and audited Eonthly bills.
 The new depot at Jerome June ton has been completed.
 Subscribers who are owing us wood on subscription are requested to bring 1t along.
 Admission to the Christmas mar ket and musicale tomorrow even ing only 25 cents.
 The water case of c. A. Behm vs. A. J. Burlnister came up for trial to-day in the district court.
 The quarterly conference of the M. E. church will be held in the church psrlor this evening.
 G. 4. Aiusworth brought his thirteen year old boy to Prescott for medical treatment for typhoid fever.
 Work was commenced to-day on a telephone line between Jerome aud Jerome Junction. It may be changed later to telegraph line.
 Our columns are somewhat crowded with advertising to-day, but will be partially relieved with the expiration of a column legal notice in this issue.
 The fe lows who are willing to start papers, in various places, provided some other fellow will put up the coin for him, is quite numer- ous in this section just now.
 The quiet little old village of Wickenburg was aroused from it's lethargy yesterday evening by the shriek of the locomotive whistle, the track having reached that place.
 The testimony in tho mining case of Watts at al. vs. McKinnon at al. was closed this morning. The case was tried before the court without a jury, and will be submitted here after on briefs.
 Work on the new hotel at Ash Fork was commenced yesterday, 1t is being built by the $. F. F. & P. railroad and is located between the A. & P. and s. F. P. & P. tracks just east of the depot. It will be fine large two story structure.
 Sport Boyle had narrow escape yesterday from losing all of his earthly possessions by fire. A de- fective stove pipe running through the roofignited the roof of his house, but it was fortunately discovered in time to extiuguish 1t before any serious damage was done.
 s. S. Ackers, of Flagstaff, has been convicted in q justices court for neglecting to pay the fees for the inspection of cattle as required by law. Ackers runs a butcher shop and the law requires all cattle. to be inspected, and provides for paying a fee to the inspector. Aekers defed the law and has appealed the case to the district court,
 
 PERSONAL MENTION.
 Res. c. F. Bovard arrived last night from Williams,
 Jake Marks will leave for San Francisco on business to- morrow.
 Charley Chambers has moved to Walnut Grove where he has taken a lease on the ranch of Mrs. Steve Condron.
 MT. and Mrs. T. J. Eaman arrived on last nights train, forla visit to the latter's parents Mir. and Mrs. NJ. Fl. Gould.
 Miss Flora Williams arrived in Prescott 8 few days since, having been called home on account of the illness of her sister,
 E. H. Beckler, chief engineer of the Urited Verde and Pacific rail road, having completed the road has severed his connections with it and left yesterday for the east.
 Major Dewitt, superintendent of water service of the $. F., P. x. F. railroad left for the south this morning to look after the water supply st various points along the line.