Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1896-12-09
Martin Subers, of Jerome, is pay A D-

Judge J. J, Hawkins left on this
 afternoons train for St. Johns. Mir. and Mrs s. H. Babbitt are in
 from Jersey Lily.
 District court adjourned to-day
 sill December 2S.
 F. W. and W. C. Strahan of Cot tonwood are stopping at the Burke NJ. G. Burns was in town today from the Hassayampa country. Judge j. J. Hawkins will open court at St. Johns next Monday. J. L. Ward. of Phenix. was among the arrivals on the early traiu this morning.
 Captain W. II. Pursley left today for bis home at Minnehaha, after a three or four days visit to Prescott.
 Joe Roberts will bring a ear load of hogs on his return from Pheni1 He took a car load of horses down.
 Morris Go,dwater, R. \. Freder- icks aud F. G. Rrecht will leave on tOnight's train for Winslow to insti- tute a Masonic lodge at that place.
 A letter recently received from Mrs. H. H. Cartier, says that she has been entirely cured and will return home again m few days.
 The private car of President D. B. Robinson, of the St. l.. X :. F., failed to reach Ash Fork last night. IL IS expected there tonight.
 Mrs. Mary E. Myers, of Beloit, Kansas, arrived m Prescott last night, for a visit to her son, Frank D. Myers, Of the Palace barber shop. She expects to remain here for some time.
 Geo. NJ. Sargent, who started for PheniX yesterday, was called back by telegram announcing the seri- ous illness of his young son who was taken suddenly i'll yesterday. The little fellow Is better today.
 Mrs. Nellie Morfnot has receieved a piano which is little beauty, not only in style, but in tone. Drop into Cook & Bells jewelry store and take a look at it. She will sell it away below list price.
 J. G. Campbell has hls Depot House open for business now. He has several nicely furnished and comfortable rooms, while liquid refreshments are of the best quality and fine cigars are kept in stock.
 Mrs. May G. Wood, acting city assessor and tax collector of Pheni1, and, by the way, a very contemplating and progressive woman, has gone to Los Angeles to purchase material for a job printing office and book bindery.
 Dame rumor couples the name of Geo. Dwyer with an important posi- ton in the court house. George is now away at school taking a busi- ness course in connection with stenography and type writing, and when through will be very compe- tent to fill the place, should he be so fortunate as to get 1t.
 Prescott has two champion wood sawyers of the territory. They are Victor Thoman and Edward Brsndes They recently took a contract to cut sixty cords of wood at the court house, two cuts to the stick, and com pleted the contract in seven and one-half days. Who can beat this recordl
 Wells H. and Dewitt (. Bates left on this afternoons train for the east, after a visit of several days in Pres colt. Yesterday they visited the Lynx Creek hydraulic works, and were very much pleased with the operation of Mir. Massicks' uew ma chine. They expect to have a steam shovel and amalgamator at work, at no very distant day in the future. ol some rich gold bearing gravel which they own iu this county. By the way, the above gentlemen were the original promoters of the Walnut Grove water storage enterprise, and succeeded in first enlisting the capi tai to start work on 1t.
 Judge Ling yesterday received a great curiosity from one of his clients, he says, who lives near Stoneman's Lake. It's body is that Of fish, with fins aud scales, while its head res, mbles man in shape. It's mouth k wide open, showing fiue set of fish teeth. It has two arms projecIing from its body just below the neck, with hands very much resembling a human hand, with long, claw-like finger nails. Its head has a covering of fine, woolly substance, whi'e the sane IS found on portions of is body. It may be added that the thing is made of paper macho. and is very clever.
 Parties are at work making a sur vey of the Date Creek irrigation field with view of putting in big water storage and irrigation system at that place. Tlere is sail to be one of the bes, natural sites there for a storage dam m the territory capable of storing water to irrigate a large section of country. The e1- pense of such a dam is nominal compared 10 the usual cost of such as the water from the stream is diverted for some distance into a natural ba m. The advantage of storing water in this way instead of confning it in the channel of the stream is apparent. There is good prospect of capitalists taking hold of the enterprise and pushing it through to completion. The land, which would be susceptible Ot ir- rigation is very rich while the eli mate is simply perfect.
 A beautiful little literary produc- tion. entitled "'Owed' to a Printer" is being prepared at this office to be sent out to number of the JOURNAL MINERS friends within the next few weeks. It will differ from the oIdin- ary holiday literary gems, inasmuch as no two "uweds" will probably be .I.l n.,- q. rrbn ora favOPoH