Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1895-01-02
MONDAY's DaIIy. December sl.

This section of Arizona has had an unusual number of cloudy days
 recently.
 Williams has had two eases of
 scarlet fever recently. One of than
 proved fatal.
 Jim Grey has taken freight run
 on the 4. < F., between Williams
 and Peach Springs.
 J. K. Mackenzie, treasurer of
 Mohave county, has become insane.
 and has been placed in the asylum.
 John Weston and Miss Belle Willis. both of Prescott, were married recently at Tempe where the latter was attending school.
 Positively no ladies in masks will be admitted at the i. O. U. w. ball this evening who have not procured admission tickets.
 l P. J. King has retired from the editorial management of the PheuiK Saturday Review, aud has been suc- eeeded by J. K. Devine.
 J. O. Floyd. of Turkey creek, was brought to the county hospital on Saturday, suffering with dropsy. ks Is in critical condition.
 Union gospel meetings will be held at the Congregational church every night this week, except Satur- day. Every body invited.
 4 motion to dissolve the iniunc- ton in the case of Losks vs. Me Nary was argued before Judge Hawkins at chambers to-day.
 About fifty notices of exemption, four location notices and one agreement in regard to mines were filed for record today. The work of the office will be up to date tonight. A. J. Knoblock, an contemplating and popular young business man, will have charge ol J. F. Dillon's business during the latter's incum- bency Of the office of under sheriff.
 The JOURSAL-MISER will observe New Years to. morrow, and no paper will be issued from this office. It wishes it's readers, patrons, friends, and even its enemies, 4 HAPPY NEw YEAR.
 The masquerade to be given this evening by the A. O. U. W. Lodge promises tO be very enjoyable 1 affair. A number of masks have ! been received for the occasion from 1 San Francisco.
 Louis Thomas, father of William | Thomas, fell on Saturday last at i Stacks mill at Chaparral and sus- tained injuries to his side aad ribs from which he died the same evening | at 8 o'clock. His remains were brought to town and buried this afternoon. Deceased was 66 years of age.
 If you fail tO attend Putnam's lectures you will always regret it. Such treats of reasoning of elo- quence of Encyclopedia knowledge, don't comeOur way every day. You cannot afford to miss these lectures. Watch the papers for date apd place. Remember that the lectures are free to all, and criticism is invited.
 Five Chinamen were before Judge Ling today charged with smoking opium. Four of them were fined $l0 each and the fifth, upon whom was found big knife was fined go. Two ~yags" were given ten days each on the chain gang, a third one having his case continued until to- morrow.
 Judge Hawkins will convene the district court on Wednesday to arrange the calendar for the ad- journed term to be held in February by Chief Justice 4. c. Baker. The time for holding tho adjourned term has not yet been decided, but will probably be about the middle of the above month.
 Roy. c. J. Chase preached two very eloquent sermons yesterday, both being appropriate to the com ing New Year. the sermon in the morning being particularly interest ing. The text chosen was "Brethren, 4 count not myself to have appre- hended; but this one thing l do, forgetting those things which are , behind and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I pnSh toward the mark for the prize ( of the high calling of God in Christ | Jesus" The choir, under the direc- tion of II. D. Aitken. rendered some excellent music, also appropriate to the season.
 Tn the days that are past the courts of Arizona United States Courts) were engaged largely in trying civil and criminal suits against citizens of the territory for depredations upon the public tim Der or in other words for cutting and disposing of timber from Gov ernment land. Some of the suits are still pending. It is not generally known that there is a method of getting around this supposed in- fraction of the law. Congress in 1891 passed a law, so we are informed by R. J. Hartman attorney, vesting the honorable secretary of the interior with authority to grant permits of lumbermen and others to cut timber upon any unocupied, unappropriated public lands. These permits can be obtained by any one upon making the proper application aud in conforming to the rules of the interior department. This law should be of benefit to Arizonans if they want to take advantage of the privileges extended them by con- gress.
 PERSONAL MENTION.
 NJ. J. Cunningham is in town from Jerome.