Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1895-09-04
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 ABSOLUTELY PURE
ABSOLUTELY PURE

Two newspaper men became in. volved to day in words, which latter led to blows. Alas the pen is not mightier than the sword.
 4 one-eyed white man ran a two. eyed nigger out of Ash Fork the other day, and Under Sheriff Dillon wound up the race by running the white mau into the county jail last evening.
 Mcfarland and Adams wanderers from the obsolete east are investigat- ing plant at Jerome. If they should decide upon resurrecting the defunct Jerome Chronicle they might make hit.
 William Patterson, foreman of the $. F. r. X P. machine shops, in ] this city, has rendered his reslgna- tion. Billy Is a thorough mechanic an from the first has been a stand by ot the above company, fulfilling the duties of his position at all times satisfactorily. He will leave for the east in few days.
 C. $. Black arrived in town to-day from the Santa Maria country. Min ing, he says, Is going on quite ener- getically, the Waters mill of twenty stamps being completed and ready to run when he left. On the dump of the above mine there IS much ore, aud a large force of men will be put to work soon. If Further particulars of the suicide iof Ollie Dickson at Congress yester- gday, show that she premeditated the deed, dressing herself in a black suit and otherwise in preparing for the rash act. She also informed many of her associates that she would end her life that night. The body will be taken to her former home in Skull valley and burned along side of her elatives, to- morrow.
 What liEht have terminated seriously If u., fatally, yesterday evening to Mrs. C. II. AkeTs and son and Mrs. Wragovich while out rid ing, was averted through the cool ness and courage of C. H. Blakely, the COW boy pianist. While riding up the hlll beyond government gulch, the animal they were driving suddenly turned and started to run backward, and in doing so wrenched the wheel SO violently as to break every spoke in the hub. Appearing on the scene just at that moment, MT. Blakely grasped the situation keenly and jumped for the animals head reins, and after being dragged violently for several feet, losing both heels of his shoes in the operation also, managed to check the speed of the locoed horse Had this gentle man not succeeded, these ladies would undoubtedly have been seriously If rot dangerously wound ed, the grade a few feet from where the animal was stopped being very steep. Blakely is the expert COW boy on the piano, and in his con duct of yesterday he certainly has not lost any of his accomplishments in controlling vicious animals.
 The colored population of Pres cott's Tar Flat" turned out last evening to do honor to a couple from Louisiona who had called here on their wedding tour. They re- tired to Mile. Proudhommes res taurant and ordered dinner "a la Francais Louisiana" Crab gumbo premier. Speeches were in order and Swiftly one of Prescott's prominent sinners was called upon for a speech said he: "Foa de Lord gentlemen on dis oxpicious occasuu I find it difficult to bring dat ole nigger brain of mine to de front. The idea of de proposition is dis de colored folks is trabblin wes and we am all here now, what do you say if We take drink to de helpf of de glorious occasun of de two welded couple and 1 ask all of de gentlemen and ladies to say amen. We will now take up collection to defra all expenses of de occasun. Can't you do better dan dat you Bum" only fifteen cents, so help me Gawd how can pay de land lady. Charge it 10 me- Police! Police! Come and collect my bill the coons have bilked me je pense a vous.
 PERSONAL MENTION.
 E. E. Kirkland and West Jackson, Kirkland people, are in town.
 J.C. Evans, a resident of Maricopa county, is here Investigating min- inc pTOperties.