Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1895-01-02
SATURDAYS Daily, December ss.

evening from his visit East.
 
 SATURDAYS Daily, December 2s.
 Beef tea at the Sszerac.
 Another good rain storm.
 Masonic lodge meets tonight.
 The egg nogg crop is good this
 year.
 City election occurs next wednes- day.
 Tine swearing of season IS close at hand.
 The public schools will open again next Monday.
 J. D. Shepp, of Santa Maria, has filed his stock brand for record.
 The chain gang is doing good work. There is plenty of work for them to do.
 BORS, in Prescott. December 29. 10 Mir. and Mrs. \. c. Curtis, ten pound daughter.
 ". H. Lake, councilman elect from Mohave county, Is seriously ill with pneumonia at bis home in Kingman.
 Jim Young, a former Prescott saloon keeper, was among the priS- oners who escaped from the Phenix jail recently.
 Moses Brannen. a formsr resident of Flagstaff, and brother of P. J. Bra0nen, of that place, died in St. Louis recently.
 Mrs. Beautrice Livingston. form erly of Prescott, was married at Winslow. on Christmas to John Pallar, foreman of the A. & F. machine shops at that place.
 An attempt was made last night to hold up a resident of West Prescott as he was on his way home at II o'clock. He drew a six shooter anu presenting 1t at the highway man was permitted to pass on un- molested.
 James O'Toole, a laborer with the track layers on the 5. F.. P. & P. railway, took too much Maricopa whisky aboard on Christmas, and 1t produced paralysis. While on his way to the hospital. at Prescott. he died on the train this side of Skull valley.
 The end of the railroad track is now within one mile of Vulture siding. On January , a new schedule will go into effect when the stage will connect with the train at he above point instead of at Wick snburg. The train will leave here loout S:30 a. m. arriving at Yulture about 7 p. m. and returning will cave there at 7:S0 arriving in Pres eott at 2. P. n.
 The principal of the Irving Insti- ute in San Francisco. reports that Hiss Mabel Meany, of Prescott, .tands at the very head of the chOOl in department and progress. Sbewill graduate from there at the dose of the present school year. Hiss Hattie Fisher, also of Prescott, vho is attending the same school, is eported at the head of her class. This Is certainly complimentary to ,ur Arizona young ladies, as there Ire upwards Of 20 students at the institute.
 An accident occurred this morn ng near Ramsgate station to the | Outh bound tram which left Pres .ott at 7:15. The train was passing i cut and the engine and all of the rain except two cars, oue of them he cabOose had passed safely when mass of rocks and dirt suddenly | ave way coming down with crash crowding the two ear cars from the track. The passengers were shaken up omewhat and considerably fright ned. but no one was seriously iu- ured. The cars were gotten on the rack, and the train proceeded on ts way.
 F. Herman has been missing cat le of late. They would disappear without leaving any trace behind. Ie finally concluded that they were ,eing killed by some one and he kept watch few days since. While de- nc so he claims that he discovered wo soldiers come from Whipple md shoot one down, He immedi- ,tely hastened to Prescott and re- urned to the place with Sheriff Lowry and to his astonishment ound two head dead. They had ,een shot and afterwards they had | lad their throsts cut. An empty ,hell of the pattern used only in the | army was also found and is now in i posse sion of the sheriff. Mir. Herman says that about sixteen or eighteen of his cattle are missing.
 It rained last night. The Episco- pal Sunday school had its Christ mas tree. Two weeks ago, the | Ladies o' +hc Episcopal Guild had | % leai It -ained. About two | months -1 it rained, an unusual lame for such an occurrence. An | enter 7iumeu Inder the auspices of | the Episcopal church was given c1ntempoiauaous with the storm. Il fac. of late. a storm comes with | religious punctuality whenever our , pis 'opa..an friends announce an antei,anmeny. Despite the inclem- ant weather last night, the church | was filed ith children and their friends, and very interesting exer- ,isas were neld, consisting of the singing of Christmas carols by the .I l-.- and fha Halfvar;no, of an