Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1896-03-04
committees appointed week ago

committees appointed week ago.
 Will J. II. Wallace, the Building
 and Loan Association ageut, send
 his address "a this oilicel lmpor-
 tant
 Work in the second rank at this
 evenings k. of P. lodge meeting. | Visiting Knights in good standing
 arc invited to De present
 Bishop Wilson of the M. F. church
 south, left for Fhenix this morning
 where he will hold the district con ference of the church on Thursday.
 The Elks have taken thirty-6ve seats for the Thos. kecne engage
 ment, and will attend in a body.
 After the close of the performance,
 they will entertain him al their hall.
 The Grand Lodge, |. O. c. T., al its recent annual session in Pheni1 decided to hold its next session in Prescott the third week in July, 1897.
 Deputy Munds took two prisoners to Congress this morning tO have their preliminary examination. Tvndall is O. K. His wonderful power of clairyoyanee Is causing much interest; over 100 ladies and gentlemen called yesterday a, the Hotel Burke.
 A meeting will be held al Mrs. J. ?. Bruces rooms at the Johnson House at S D. m. tomorrow tIues- davD evening, for further business m 1 the formation yf dramatic club.
 The Tempe News of February 2g was issued as a thirty-four page paper. Thirty pages, agSregauug 1850 inches, were devoted to the delinquent tax list of M3ricopa county, while of the remaining four pages, fifty inches were devoted Co reading matter.
 Yesterday was q windy day for shooting. but the members of the Prescott, Gun Club faced tEo wind, and made the following sUor-s: An GrewS, L.; Jackson, F; Has;iuE-. S; Ferguson, 8; HIil, l4; Rohiusou. 3; FrautZ. lS; Nanderfeldt, ,; Dexter, II. Sweepstakes won by HlI, 9 out of 10.
 Tucson is awake to the question of water works and sewerage. At the last meeting oi the chamber of commerce. says the Citizens, "a resolution was adopted directing Presldeut Slelnfeld 10 telegraph Delegate Murphy urging han to hurry, fl possible, the passage Ol the bi now before Congress auj horIz- ing Tucson to issue bonds not to exceed SlO0.UOJ to ba employed in the construction of water works and sewerage system.
 The concert given on Sl;u-day night in K. of ?. hall by Ms. |. l.. Squires' class was we'll attended, and tha exercises proved of a very interesting nature. The little folks showed such a proficiency in their music & tO reflect credit oa their InstructreSS Mrs. Squlres. Sue IS cer- tainly a very careful and p;iDstak- ing teacher, ana her pupils progress very rapidly under her tuition. The l h;lla folks dJiI on Saturday eyen- 1 ing was a very pleasing feature of ! the evenings entertainment, while ! the musical selections by Nis, Gemma aud Master Fierella La l Guardia elicited great applause.
 Parties who have investigated the l question of using crude I'etr0leum l for fuel for steam purposes n Pres colt, fiud that IL Is impraCticsb.e at | present rates oi Transportation. the | cost being nearly double that of l coal. For the benefit of any who | may be interested In this subject, l the figures are herewith gwen as | furnished by . gentleman who made ! the investigation with a view of | using petroleum for steam purposes. ! Three barrels ot crude oil ace equal | to a ton of coal. The oil weighs | 5O0 pounds to the barrel Cr l,5OO 1 pounds of oil equals one ton Of | coal. The oil ln Los Angeles costs 1 5O cents per barrel. or Sl.5U worth ! of 1t there Is equal 10 a lon Of coal. The freight to Prescott is 70 cents | per hundred, or Sl0.50 for three | barrels, the equal of ton of lal, to which add Sl.50, the cost in Los Angeles, and 1t gives total cost, laid down iu Prescott, of Sl2OO, | while the same gentleman lays his | coal down here for S6.50
 Prof Douglass went south yester- day.
 J. A. Conlee has returned from a visit to San Francisco.
 H. L. Hanaker, the photographer has returned from visit to Cali fornia.
 Col. and Mrs. De Russey returned | today from their trip to New Or leans.
 Lieut.. and Mrs. Collins, of Whip pie, returned yesterday from their visit to California.
 H. A. Van Tassel has taken a posi- ton as bookkeeper with the Bash ford d-Burmister company.
 W. H. James and Donnie Sullivan, two wealthy mine owners of Colo rado, and owners of the Mammoth mine at Goldfelds, in this territcry, passed through Prescott this morn ing en route to Phenix.
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