Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1895-08-21
TUESDAYS Daily. August 20.

Chas. w. Pugh has decided to move his southwestern Stockman from WillcoX to Phenix.
 s. P. Behan estimates that there will be 5000 head of fat steers ship ped from Del Rio station this fall.
 Read the advertisement in Ghis issue of St. Michael's College, Santa Fe, New Mexico, established in 1859.
 The Women's Club met yesterday | and discussed the constitution and by laws, and adjourned until to-day without adopting them.
 O. H. Jackson, an experienced railroad machinist, has been ap- pointed master mechanic of the $. F., P. x P. railroad.
 T. B. Carter brought in some fine specimens of peaches yesterday from l his Walnut Grove ranch. Some of them measured ten inches in circum- ference.
 Thursdays excursion to the coast will close the series for the season. These excursions over the s. F., P. & P. and Santa Fe have proven very popular this season.
 The rainfall at Whipple this after noon, from l o'clock to 2:30, amount ed to 73-l00 of an inch. The greater portion of it fell within twenty minutes.
 The Fargo hand sewed shoes for men are beauties, at Ed. Blocks. 2t
 George c. Ruffner has appointed George l.. Merritt a deputy sheriff. He will be stationed at Jerome to take the position formerly occupied by James Roberts.
 Judge Peery, the Missouri capital ist, is negotiating for the lot and two story building occupied by W. C. Norton, on the corner of Cortez and Willis streets. The price is said to be 5000.
 The board of control has pur- chased twenty-five head of steers which will be placed on the alfalfa pasture at the insane asylum and fattened for beef for the inmates of that institution.
 Jerry Barton has purchased . lot at Congress, and has sent out a car load of lumber to put up a build ing 10 open up place of business in. Charles Morgan has been se- lected as the architect and builder of the building.
 A deed has been filed for record from $. NJ. Waterman to Nancy O. Moore for eighty acres of land in Walnut Grove. Another similar in strument from A. A. Moore and wife to Geo. W. Neat, transfers to the latter the title to 1Ss acres of land in the same locality.
 The Prescott Electric Company has eighty-four instruments in per ationnow, and have several more on the road. They will be compelled to get another switch board soon, as the present one only accommo- dates 100 instruments.
 B. F. Murphy has just received a deed to lot l2, block 3, from his son, F. NJ. Murphy. Mir. Murphy an- nounces that he will immediately commence the erection of a resi- dence on it, and those who are most intimately acquainted with the gay gentleman say that he will not oc- cupy it alone.
 Whipple and the section east and north of Prescott was treated to quite a copious rain shower about l one o'clock to-day. The storm ex- tended as far as the eastern part of l town, forming quite a creek in the arroya in the school house yard. | From the Congregational Church | west, as we'll as in the southern part 1 of town but little rain fell, however.
 L. s. McEntee, a bridge carpen- ter, formerly in the employ of the | s. F., F. & P. railroad, was brought | into Ash Fork dead yesterday morn ing. It was stated that he fell off moving train 30 miles west of Ash Fork, and had his neck broken. McEntee was the man who com mitted the murderous assault on Conductor McGrath, iD Skull valley, last winter.
 PERSONAL MENTION.
 A. A, Moore of Walnut Grove, is in town.