Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1895-09-25
THE CITY AND COUNTY. Esvy Items From Our Own Town and
 Surrounding Country.
wpDNESpAY'S Daily. September 8


 &. minimum, D; rainfall, .O9 inches Albuauerdue papers report good attendance at the New Mexico fair. P A. Williams had his shoulder dislocated yesterday, disabling him for work.
 The Williams House has been thoroughly renovated and Is again open to receive guests.
 Governor Hughes has been asked for his opinion of Chicago women. The request comes from the Chicago Evening Journal.
 Health Officer Cotton and Coun- cilman Ross continued their investi- gation of the sanitary condition of the town to-day.
 Gen. Kautz, formerly commander of the Department of Arizona, a brave and popular officer, died re- gently at Seattle.
 All members of the Prescott Com mercial Club are invited to the social hop at Patton's opera house next Friday evening.
 All places of business owned by Jewish citizens will close at 6 0 o'clock this evening, and will remain closed until 0 p. m. tomorrow.
 Prescott has four good tailoring establishments, and there are about dozen travelling salesmen for out side tailor shops, who visit the place periodically.
 Arizona has supplied the Kansas City market during the last year with 26.77O head Of sheep, an in- crease over last year of l9,923. Al most all these were furnished by Apache, Navajo and Coconino coun- ties.
 CGe Los Angeles Express of Mon day, Sept. l6, contained a picture of Col. L. F. Eggers, formerly of Pres cOtt. The colonel delivered an ad- dress at san Berdoo,' California, on the occasion of the celebration of Mexican independence.
 4 Phenix nan used a Winchester rifle in the collection of a bill. He Is now in jail in default of S750 bail to appear before the grand jury. Winchesters are not recognized in Phenix as legitimate instruments to use in the collection of outstanding accounts.
 \ Tucscn minister last Saturday wrote out notice for a local paper there, announcing that the subject of his Sunday evening sermon would be Mans helation to the Bible. ' His chirography was not the plain est, and lu setting it, the compositor got it, Mans Relation to the Bike. " The slight transpOSitiun of the com positor had the edect of filling inc church.
 John Robinson is engaged in prac- ticing on a bicycle with a view of going to the Atlanta exposition on a wheel. He had completed arrange ments to go to Colorado on mining business when he read of a Los Au- geles girls intention oI visiting the exposition on a bike when he changed his mind, and decided to join her in the expedition.
 4 novel concert was given yester- day over the Prescott Electric Com pany's telephone line. The singers were iD Prescott and the audience in Chaparrai One of the most re- msrkable of the pieces sang was a duet between ,. F.. Brown and Mrs. B. H. Smith. The latter sang |nto a phone her residence in West Prescott, while Mir. Brown sang into one on the plaza. Thevoices blended most harmoniOuSly through the phones, and those who were favored by being permitted to listen to them pronounced the music very sweet. The Prescott Electric Company has placed an order with l.. \. Ide & Son. nf Springfield, Illinois, for a usw l25 horse power engine of the very latest make for use with their electric light plant. They have also placed an order with the Nesting house Electric and Manufacturing Company for a new alternating arc dynamo of 1900 lights capacity. The demlnI for lights has been in creasiug so rapidly that the com pany Is unable to supply them. This addition to their plant will about double its capacity
 Major W. 4. Rowe Is in town.
 Alex. Imhof is in from Jerome.
 Judgr R. E. Sloan is visiting Phe- nix.
 Ben Rybon is able to be on the streets.
 A. c. Gilmore is in town from the Zero mine.
 NJ. Wollenberg has returned from his trip east.
 Jerry Barton was up from Con gress to-day.
 Ed. Austin came in from the Last Chance mine last evening.
 Mir. and Mrs. A. Falco have re- turned from their trip to Paris.
 A. Nj. Franklin left for Walnut Grove, by Ed. Wagoner's stage, this morning.
 Judge Richard DeKuhn. of Cherry creek, is enjoying the hospitality ol Prescott.
 F. L. Wright, of the Prescott Electric Company, will leave for Los Angeles tomorrow.
 Prof. Comstock, formerly of the Arizona University, is visiting Pres cott with a view of locating here.
 Vim. Gwinn and A. l.. Snow, oi the engineers office of the $. F., P x r. Railroad, came in from Phenix yesterday. They have completed the survey of the line for the exten- son of the road through to the Mexican line.
 Mrs. Everts, of Whipple, joined NEHA