Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1896-04-15

From the arrangements already ! made by the Committee having this in charge, 1t Is safe to expect a most
 magnificent and glittering parade.
 A Chinaman was bound over, un-
 der $500 bonds this morning, to ap-
 pear before the United States grand l jury, to answer to the charge of | holding a fraudulent certificate of
 registration Another Chinaman, ] charged with being in the country
 without a certificate, was discharged | as the court commissioner TccOg- nized him as one who had been
 properly registered. He clalms to
 have lost his papers.
 Miss E. k. Baker, teacher in the
 Prescott public schools celebrated
 her birthday yesterday and few of
 her friends gave her a very pleasent
 surprise party in the evening, at
 which the following were present.:
 Misses Crothers, Gregory, Gould,
 Scarborough and Herman and Messrs
 Bell, Savre, Fletcher and Cullom.
 Miss Baker was the recipient dur
 ing the day of number of hand
 some presents among them being an exquisite opal ring from the pupils in her room.
 There are two men in Southern California who have had rather unusual experiences. One he. ped welcome Gen. Lafayette to '.," city of Providence, R. l., in lS-f, a.d rode out of the city on horseback ,u receive the patriotic Frenchman. The second man was in the house hold of the famous Duke of Vel lington. His father was the conf dentional agent of the Duke, and the boy was often petted by the distinguished general.-Los Angeles Times.
 A very pleasant ard gentlemauly appearing young man arrived on this mornings train. He had not been in town many minutes, when he concluded to try his hand at craps, and he had not tried his hand very long until the bank roll had been turned over to him. He saun- tered into another place where game was in progress, and by few simple twists of the wrist, trans ferred the assets of that game into l his own pockets, also. A third one was tackled, from which he won about Sl70. His total winnings in less than an hour. are variously stated at sums ranging from $500 to S700. He left on this afternoons 1 train for the north.
 Mir. and Mrs. E. F. Gregory have !. gone to Phenix.
 I. T. Stoddard came in this after noon from Stoddard.
 Col. J. F. Wilson has resigned as 3 member of the normal school ]. board.
 J. J. Devine, af the Gazette, re- turned this morning from q trip l. along the 4. x P. railroad.
 A. Schuster, a prominent mer- chant of HOlbrook, arrived on this . train for visit to Pres ] colt.
 D. C. ThOrne, who has been m bed . in Prescott for a month with /. is getting the better of . the disease now, and is able to be ! moved.
 F. K. Jones, a prominent young . mining man, with present headquar- ters at Cripple Creek, Colorado, ar rived on this mornings train with a view of looking over the country here, but was called north this after noon by telegram.
 Mrs. Jennie Wilson. nee Robinson, passed through Prescott yesterday, en route to Kirkland valley for a visit to her parents. After spending 8 few weeks with them, she will come to Prescott and keep house for her brothers, Arthur and John Rob inson. She was accompanied by her daughter.
 MT. and Mrs. Whitelaw Reid have gone to Tucson for a visit, the chamber of commerce of that place having extended an invitation to them to visit the town. The Pres colt Commercial Club or the Pres colt Board of Trade should invite this distinguished couple to visit Prescott, that they may experience B brief period of the best climate in the United States.