Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1895-07-17
Free lecture this evening at K. of

Free lecture this evening at K, of P. hall.
 Cortez street, between Gurley street and the depot, is becoming quite an active business thorough fare.
 The survey of the extension of the $. F. ?. X ?. railroad has reached a point now about midway between Florence and Tucson.
 A new house is going up on the corner of Pleasant Avenue and Will lis streets. Another one is also near ly completed on Alarcon street. just south of Dr. Cotton's residence.
 Rev. C. J. Chase will preach to- morrow evening at the Methodist church on what he saw Fourth of July week.
 The Prescott and Whipple clubs will play a game of ball tomorrow at the driving park. The Prescotts will play their imported professional battery.
 There were so many passengers on yesterdays train over the S. F., P. X F., bat the Pullman. Capri, running between Ash Fork and Phenix, was switched on to the <. & r. and taken through Co Los Angeles
 Kit Carson" the half-breed In dian. who two years ago shot an eye out of Capt 1iu Burgess, of Tucson. has joine l tho Great Majority and wants a pardon. He was seat up for twen years. Kit" resided in Prescott for several years.
 "Benuett" the Fourth of July foot racer, who nearly broke his leg in holding back tn the foot race with B ,dwcii. Is entered in the great American foot races to take place in September near Boston, for worlds hOnors. His true name is McCloud. Mir. Morris name also appears in the list of runners.
 The north and south road has been extremely fortunate in obtain ing the services of courteous and obliging officers, and among them Agent Smith may be numbered. Of a genial disposition. he makes friends by the score, as well as business for his road.-Phenix Gazette.
 The Maricopa X Phenix Railroad Company announces that excursion tickets will be on sale from Phenix to the City of Mexico and return at a rate of S63.50 for the round trip. Tickets wilt be good for sixty days, with the privilege of stopping over at any point, going or coming, with in the final limit of the ticket. Par ties desiring to visit Mexico can cer- talnly have an opportunity of doing so very cheap under this arrange ment.
 At a meeting of the First Con gregationsl church last Thursday evening, it was voted that Mir. Me Leans plan to take his regular vacation by uniting the two Sabbath preaching services in the regular Sunday morning service, be adopted. Instead of closing the doors of the church for one month, this plan will be followed during July and August. so that there will be no preaching services m the evening until the first Sunday in September. Friends are urged t gise their hearty support to the SUa lay morn- ing worship All other appointments as usual.
 Orick Jackson, commissioner of immigration for Yavapai county, has just published a report on the min ing resources Of his county, which is calculated to do much good in bringing the attention of capitalists aud others to the rich gold, silver and copper mines of old Yavapai. It Is a complete write-up, and not only reflects much credit on Mir. Jackson, but also on the board of supervisors, vino authorized the re- port. A county can never build it. self up on jaw-bone.-Florence Fri bune.
 PERSONAL MENTION.
 s. M. Franklin, the Tucson attor- ney, left for home yesterday.
 ". J. Chamberlain and I. N. Large of Denver, arrived on yester- days train.
 Chief Engineer ". A. Drake returned last night from a visit to his family at Pueblo.
 Woodbury Howe, of the engineer corps Of the s, F. P x P. railroad came in last evening from a trip east.
 NIT. Braidwood, the representative of Clark aud Sisty, IS still at Hotel Burke, where he will remain until Mir. Clark arrives from Colorado.
 MT. and Mrs. W. A. Freeze were among the Phenix excursionists who passed through Prescott yes terday. They were en route to Alaska on a six weeks vacation.
 A. NJ. Franklin, of the firm of Lewis & Franklin of Phenix, general agents of the New Yor6 Life h. surance company for Arizona, came in yesterday morning for business visit to Prescott. It is his first visit here and he is very favorably i'm pressed with the place. TUESDAYS Daily, July 16.
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