Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1896-06-17
iied at Oakland, California, June


 ''thunderin' sight" more wind, with the air full oi dust, but no rain, again to-day.
 What about a Fourth oi July celebration in Prescott2 The day should not be permitted to pass without some sort of a celebration. ! The Yuma Sun announces that it has purchased the plant, good will and business of the Yuma Advertiser, recently suspended.
 C. F. Lopez yesterday pleaded ! guilty to a charge of battery pre- ferred by his step daughter, and was sentenced to five months m the county jaIl by Justice Brisley.
 The Mehan trial has taken up the time of the court today, and 1t will in all probability be Ipte tomorrow afternoon before 1t Is given to the jury. Quite a number of valuable diamonds and gold jewelry figure m the trial.
 Advertising has encroached so much upon the columns of the JoUR- NAL MINER, that we are compelled to issue a small supplement in order to accommodate all and at the same time furnish the usual amount of residing.
 The members of the Prescott gun club made the following scores on Sunday; Hill, Is; Bsrnhart, l5; FrSntz, II; Ferguson, II; Mander- feldt, 10; Hastings. l3. Doubles, out of a possible l0--Manderfeldt, 3; BArnhar., 3; Hill, |; Ferguson, 6; Hastings, 6; Frantz, ,; Robinson, 0.
 W. c. Bashford received a letter yesterday stating that \. B. Bowers had fallen on the platform of the depot at San Bernardino, Cal, and sustained fracture of his leg few days ago.
 The political study club held very interesting meeting yesterday afternoon st the residence of its president, Mrs. T. W. Otis. At the conclusion of the days programme the club adjourned till October F.
 The parties having charge of the water case should press the suIt to a conclusion one way or ,he other. This question of having water is becoming quite a serious one. Strangers visiting Prescott now can not even get a bath, except they take it in cold water.
 The thermometer at Whipple yes tsrdAy afternoon scored one point higher ths- :t registered at o'clock, when the -MISsR received its report, going to the unprece- dented height of l04 degrees. At o'clock today it was up to l02, or one degree lower than st the same hour yesterday.
 Dr. Joseph H. Senner, [. s. Com missioner of Immigration at Ellis Island, contributes tO the June number of the North American Re view a thoughtful article on "Immi- grafton from Italy" Dr. Senner discusses the means at present em ployed to prevent danger from i'm migration, and from his store of actual and practical experience, de rives what he considers the final solution of toe immigration prob lem"
 A car load of honey passed through on this mornings train from Phenix, en route east. It will be followed by another car load to- night. This industry has grown quite rapidly during the past few years in the Salt river valley. The first car loSd of honey ever shipped from the valley was about 1890 or 1891, and the shipments this year are expected to reach fiften car loads. The Salt river valley is a veritsble land of milk and honey, the former article retailing there at only four cents per quart.
 The Jerome News has commenced the discussion of probable candi- dates from that camp for county offices. While doing so what is the ! matter with the editor of its con- temporary, A. E. JoScelyn, of the ! Educator, for probate judge and 1 county school superintendent MT. l Joscelyn Is an experienced and Prac- ! tical educator having been engaged l for several years as such, in teaching !! in the public schools and for the 1 past year or 80 in the higher branch l of education, as editor of a paper. | Mir. JoScelyn would make an ideal ! county school superintendent, and l We respectfully suggest his name, for the consideration of republicans, l for that position.
 While giving space to a cOmmu- nication in our last issue from Rev. ! Joseph Smale, on the school ques- | tion, the JOURNAL MINER by no means ! endorses the views expressed by that 1 gentleman. Mir. Smale is an ardent l and jealous worker in the cause of | Christianity, honest and sincere in 1 his convictions, but the most ardent 1 Christian worker can not endorse A | proposition of introducing religion ! into the public schools, any more ] than they can a union of church | and state. So far as the morals oE i the public school teachers are con- cerned, they are above reproach, and l the criticism offered by Mir. Smale l will not mee. with a responsive echo ! from our people.
 The JoURNAL-MINER desires to call l the attention of its readers to sn | advertisement, which will be found ] on the third page of this paper, of l J. \. Kilroy, which offers special ! inducements to men and women of l limited means and to all engaged in work on salaries, to invest 8 small | portion of their earnings weekly or monthly in such a way as in a few years will give them a nice home or sn income bearing property. The article of MT. Kilroy is well worthy l a careful perusal by the hundreds of people who are working for wages in this county, and if it strikes them favorably, they should | communicates with MT. Kllroy for |