Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1895-08-07

Repairs have been completed to the Santa Fe road east. and trains were reported on time this morning.
 B. Sherry has bought out his part ner in Congress, and is now sole proprietor. of the Xchange saloon there, popular resort.
 Clay Meador is lying very i'll at his home. His brother, Frank, who is now in New York, has been tele- graphed for.-Phenix Republican.
 J. B. Rogers has had the good | fortune to strike an abundant flow i of excellent water at a depth of fir teen feet on his lot in the Murphy addition.
 Powers and Doran yesterday sold two fine lots in the Murphy addition to Mrs. s. Wells who will commence the erection of fine residence im- mediately.
 Judge H. N. Alexander, of Phenix, died very suddenly at his home yes terday afternoon, aged 62 years. His remains will be taken to Los Angeles for burial.
 Mrs. Cora Beach, as exeeutrix of the estate of the late Mrs. J. w. Kelsey has just leased the cattle belonging to the estate to Jacob Ritter for the term of one year.
 H. R.Wood and Dr. A. Allderdlce struck a strong vein of water at thirty-three feet in the we'll on their Murphy addition lots The water comes in through the granite rock and is of excellent quality.
 The pastoffice department at Washington has notified Postmaster Thomas of Phenix, that the mail service between Phenix and Prescott over the Castle Creek route will, on the 12th inst. be increased to three deliveries each week instead of two as at present.
 "Red" Nelson, the aeronaut, who recently made a successful balloon ascension in Prescott, met with a serious, and probably fatal, accident at Phenix last night. He made an ascension after dark, and in coming down struck on the roof of build ing, rolling of about forty feet to the ground. He was picked uP in- sensible. and the physicians pro nounced his injuries fatal.
 Moeller addition, in North Pres colt, has been placed in the hands of Powers < Doran for sale. Gov ernor Powers is now engaged in running the lines, and resetting the stakes, preparatory to offering them for sale. The prices of the lots have i been placed at very reasonable hg ! ures. This part of the town is very desirable for residences.
 Mrs. J. L. Fisher will chaperone a party of young students to Califor- mia on Sunday. IL will consist of I her two daughters, Misses Hattie and Ollie, Miss Geriie Hale and Miss Helen Meaney all of whom go | to the Irving Institute, San Fran cisco; Miss Gail Allen of Jerome, who goes to Mills college Oakland, and Le Roy Brown, of Whipple and Howard Burmister, who go to St. Mathews Hall, San Mateo.
 PERSONAL MENTION.
 AK. Lee is in iron Chaparral.
 F. NJ. Murphy left for Chicago | this morning.
 R. R. Coleman is up from the Agua Fria company's dam.
 Gus. Williams has returned from ! a trip to California and Nevada. He 1 reports having experienced a pleas ant time.
 Miss Lizzie Wildman, charming young lady from Tempe, daughter of Hon. Perry Wlldman. is visiting her friend, Miss Helen Wells.
 Post Quartermaster Koffenburg, of Whipple, leaves on Monday for six months visit among relatives and friends in the east, and will probably be stationed at some At iantic military post. The sergeant is one of the agreeable military at taches of the government and m hls departure leaves many friends in this city to wish him we'll. He has also served at Whipple in continu lus service longer than any other mill tary man.