Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1895-10-30

The change of time on the rail. road, has necessitated a change of time for the closing of the mails, and hereafter mail for the north, in- cluding east aud west points, will close at l:40 p. ID. and for the south at 9:35 a. m.
 The so-called "Mounta n City l.. A. w. cyclers" did not draw the crowd on Saturday night that the egotism of some of their memb srs had led them lo believe they would. Their old "gag," and stale jokes have been worked to death in Pres colt.
 4 messenger came in Saturday evening for coffin for the remains of Mrs. A. l.. Parker, who died at her home, near Cottonwood. on Sat urday. Deceased leaves a husband and four children to mourn her loss. She was about 3S years of age, and was a sister of Mrs. J. l.. Munds. The latter went out yesterday to attend the funeral.
 Lillian Mason and her band of troubadours have disbanded and Miss Mason left on yesterday after noon's train, 1t is said. for Albuquer- que, where her mother resides. Other members of the troupe have been engaged to-day in boxing up the bicycles and their praises will no more be heard sung on the stage from Los Angeles to Atlanta.
 The funeral of the late G. W. Banghart occurred on Saturday. lm- pressive services were held at the Episcopal church and the funeral cortege which followed the remains to their last resting place was quite large. The pail bearers were: l.. Bashford, F. A. Tritle, Hugo Rich ards, Judge John Howard. Judge H. Brooks and Judge A. O. Moves An incident of the funeral was that the average age of the pail bearers was over 70years.
 On Saturday night as the officers were laying in wait below Joe May CTS waiting for Hobart's arrival, a burro with long rope attached to his neck and an immense bush tied to the other end of the rope dashed by at break neck pace. Some time afterwards its owner came down the road saying that the burro had be- come frightened at something and had pulled up the bush to which he was tied and ran away. He found him dead the next day four miles below Antelope station. The ani- mai had run in it's fright until it had dropped dead, having covered a distance of thirteen miles.
 4 letter was received at the sheritfs office to-day, which had been written to the justice of the peace at CuStiss by Thomas F. Clay, city marshal of Las Vegas. The let ter stated that a man named .;. A. 1 La Barge had written to the above l officer saving that while be and two l others were travelling on the Camp l Verde and Camp Apache road, by l the accidental discharge of a shot l gun q man named Geo. D. Bsntz 1 had been shot and killed. That l they buried him near a tree called l the ifty-five mile tree, and were go- l ing to Curtiss to make an affidavit | of all the facts before the justice of | the peace there. The letter was written at Las Vegas October 24th, | and stated that the accident was re- ported to have occurred October 6. ! however, was known at the ! sheriff's office concerning any such l accident.
 J. D. Helm came in on yesterday l train from his camp near Wickenburg, it being his first visit | to Prescott in eight months.
 E. E. Jordan, very bright young l man of Phenix, private secretary to | Governor Hughes, paid his first visit to Prescott yesterday, coming up on the morning train aud return ing again last evening.
 Wade H. Rulings, one ci the pop ular young gentlemen of Phenix, and a member of the Cricket club, called on the JOURNAL MINER before taking his departure for home. He himself as delighted with our town, its mountains aud trees having a special fascination for him.