Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1895-02-27
TUESDAYS Daily, Feb. 26.
 Notice.
 All concerned please take notice; On and after March l5, 1895, no more watch tickets will be issued. fl9td Nj. GoLDwATER x BRos.

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 Alfalfa hay is laid down in Pres colt now for SIP per ton.
 Scrapers are at work excavsting for the new store on Cortez street
 Joe Dillon is romodeling his store, and intends to keep up with the the improvement procession.
 A test was given a fire extiuguisher today near the depot, which put out quite blaze during a gale.
 Captain John McCasey, well known in Prescott as a mining man, died in Phenix last Saturday.
 Don't wait until the last moment to secure your seats and then kick when you find you are too late to get anything except the benches.
 The Ladies Aid Society of the M E. church will give one of their de lightfuI socials, Friday evening at the home of Mir. and Mrs. Levi Bashlord.
 4 bicycle organization will soon be perfected in this city and an endeavor made to bring up Phenix wheelman. The new race track will be selected as inc place of racy events.
 At the meeting of the Ladies Aid Society of the M. E.. Church yester- day Mrs. M. A. Bowen was elected president, Mrs Levi Bashford, lst vice president; Mrs Coles Sashfor l, secretary and treasurer.
 Remember this is no ordinary al. traction where a person can get seats on evening of the opening. Agents are out canvassing the city and selling every seat for both the opening aud the second night. A. c. Burmister will give a public exhibition on the plaza tomorrow night at o'clock of a new and i'm proved fire extinguisher which he i is the agent of, and which also, IS said to be first class machine. A boom has struck the plaza and 4. c. Burmister, tomorrow com. mences the erection of a small house there, which he is going to set fire to tomorrow evening and then put 1t out by means of his new fire extin- guisher. The public are invited to be present.
 Dr. Cotton stepped into the Cor ner Drug store last night at about 10 o'clock and no sooner had he entered than some hobo stepped 10 his carriage and stole his fine robe and medicine chest. He says he was not absent a minute, aud feels elated that he didn't lose the whole shooting match
 The special agents canvassing for | the Calhoun opera season report there has never been such demand i for seats and that the first night is nearly sold and over half of the second night. Special orders for 1 Theatre parties if given at once will be attended 10 by Mir. Cole at | the electric light office.
 A combination of the drunken tough element last night tore down signs. broke window glass in stores and made themselves generally dis agreeable by bulldozing and threat ening people. They appeared st the Corner drug store and smashed windows at o'clock, but soon de- parted when the firm of Emmal X Pentland came in sight with their anti-toxine weapons.
 A very important case recently considered and settled by the supreme court is that of the ques. | ton of taxing ores on the dumps Of mines. A test case covering this question, wherein the United Verde Copper company figured as the defendant and and Yavapai county as the plaintiff, was decided in the district court here fayoring, that principle of taxation and taken up later to the supreme court, which ] latter body nov says that aii otes can. be legally assessed like other property.
 PERSONAL MENTION.
 Price Behan left this morning for Phenix on railroad affairs.
 Len Hale is wrestling with hs periodical attack of rheumatism. Miss Charlotte Wheeler, ol Chicago, who has been visiting heI sister Mrs. Fl. D. Ross, in this city leaves tc-morrow for Los Angeles.
 Major Chalmers and wife ol Washington, D. C., are staying al the Burke. He is examining var ious government offices in Arizona and will proceed to the south in a | n