Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1895-10-23
THE CITY AND COUNTY. SsWT Items From Our 0Wl Town and
 Surrounding Country,

A. r a adeputy sheriff.
 Look at J. w. Wilson's stock of winter underwear.
 Ed. Wagoner, the Castle creek route stage man, Is in town.
 A dance will be givenin the opera house Friday night after the theater performance has closed.
 A deed has been filed for record 1 from G. w. Hull to Mrs. NJ. 4. Hall i for lot in Jerome.
 Julius Jacoby and William Un- gard have opened a barber shop | one door south of the Bellevue i Hotel.
 The socialo of the Epworth League | has been postponed and will not be i given this evening as formerly an nounced.
 It is Dr. Weeks who is a guest of | the Williams house instead of Dr. | Wells, as the types made it appear yesterday.
 NJ. Hoerner, representing the i Arkell Weekly company, publish | CTS of Leslie's Weekly and Judge, | Is in town.
 Those fond of good comedy and | a social dance should secure tickets | for The Arabian Nights" Friday | evening. Reserved seats 75 cents.
 "The Arabian Nights" at Patton's opera house Friday evening. A social hop after the performance. Reserved seats 75 cents including the dance.
 If you have the blues witness the Arabian Nights at Patton's Friday evening. This convulsing comedy had a run of 300 nights at Dalv's theater, New York, to crowded houses.
 F. G. Parker is engaged in moving the machinery of his blaming mill into his new bsilding near the depot. He will have have one of the most complete institutions of the kind in the territory.
 "The Arabian Nights" is an up-to- date comedy full of mirth and funny situations, a strong cast has been selected and it promises to excel any play ever given in Prescott. Pro- cure your seats early. Now on sale at the Corner Drug store.
 The first number of the Arizona Populist, published at Phenix, has been received at this office. It Is an eight page paper of five columns to the page and is ''chock" full of pop ulism and personalisms. The names of the publishers are J. .. White, $. $. Green and J. \. Gardner.
 The tour maa rngaEai a sel ing spect4cl,S havc been plI.ad a. work | in the cha.n gaa-. Cnial of Police Prince has the description )f some parties wanted in Denver for high way robbery, and says that it tallies with one oG jwO of thIs parts. He has teIegrapael for further par ticulsrs.
 4. s. Clough, who has lived in this section for great many years, has shown his faith in the town by the number of buildings he has erected. He has built twenty dwel- ling houses in the past few years, all of which are occupied by good tenants and he Is preparing to build another one now.
 It is not generally known but it is fact nevertheless that Arizona contains the largest unbroken forest area of any geographical division in the United States, says the Star, there being from eight to ten thous- and million feet of standing lumber. This is located i'll the northern part of the territory. There are now be- ing cut from this forest area 35,000,- 900 feet annually, most of which is marketed in California and New Mexico.
 E. s. Clark has made a gallant fight for his client, Gus Nudes paugh, who killed William Kloster- never at Chalendar some time since. KlOstermeyer was of a very quarrel some disposition and the evidence was largely in favor of the defend ant. Among the instructions given by he court in the case was one to the effect, so t is alleged, that a mau must retreat or try to get away before he is justified in defending himself. MT. Clark claims that the court erred in this and has sue ceeded in getting a certificate of probable ca Sc of appeal from Chief Justice Baker which entities his client to be admitted to bail pend ing the appeal.
 Ed. WagOner reports some singu- lar phenomena in connection with the recent storm and cloud burst which occurred along Castle creek. He says that at a point on the Agua Fria river, above Frog Tanks, where prior to the storm, there was a small stream of water, only a few inches deep flowing, ou top of the sand, there is now a beautiful stream of clear water, 100 feet wide and from eight to ten feet deep. The flood washed out the bed of the river and where 1t before percolated through the sand, it has now free course. Immense hail stones fell in many places along the track of the storm, which extended to the lower end of Walnut Grove. At another place along Castle creek, good sized lake was formed, which has remained filled with water ever since. Wales Arnold of Camp Verde has a very interesting relic of early days in Massachusetts in the shape of a cane. It is made from white oak wood, which once formed the shafs ] of water wheel used in the first iron works established in America These works were located at Brain tree, Massachusetts, near where Mir. Arnold was born. They were erected m l645, and after being run about ninety years were torn down and the shaft of the water wheel was washed down the stream where it became imbedded in the sand aud was GOV cred with water remaining there for |