Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1896-07-08


 The signers of the populist declaration of Impudence seem t be- waning. One by one they are falling down all over each other.
 Our country folks enthused pa triotically on the 4th. The only demonstration In Prescott was by the old route, aud of sn individual nature-booz.
 It is about time the Republican of Phenix vanished its journalistic hide and came out as the Arizona Democrat.
 l The rainy season is ably seconded by the oratOrical down pour now \ going on iu the court house, on the Prescott water supply problem. Charles Arnett was sentenced Friday evening to eighteen months in the territorial prison for horse stealing.
 ! Frank Emmal says the next time he takes in a country dance, he will fortify the liquid refreshments in a time lock safe.
 Any parties having work to do by the day, or washing to give, are re- quested to leave the same at the O. K. Store, for Mrs. Nixon, of the Sal vation Army.
 The city band generously enter tained our people last evening on the plaza with many appropriate selections of music, under the leader ship of Professor Wilkanks.
 Angel Sanchez, who stole Captain AndersOn's horse, appeared in court Friday afternoon and entered plea of guilty and waving time for sen tence was sentenced to two years in the penltentiary.
 The legal giants of this district are wading in up to their neeks on the water question, and up to the time of going to press the question was still before the court.
 D w. Pritchett has gone to Chi huahua, Mexico. with a view of starting q furniture and coffin fac tory. MT. Jennings, also of Prescott, is already there for the same pur- pose.
 Yesterdays gun club shoot re- suited as follows; Manderfelt, l6; Hill, l5; Stevens, II; Robinson, l2; Barnhardt, fl; Hastings 12. Doubles-Stevens, 6; Hastings, 4; Manderfelt, 4; Hill, 3; Barnhardt, o.
 During the months of May and June, Live Stock Agent Behsn of the $. F. H k r. handled 3,766 head of cattle at Glendale and l2,757 head at Del Rio and Kirkland. These cattle, over 16,000 head in all were shipped over this system to points outside of the territory.
 The young son of Mir. aRd Mrs. Robert Connel met with a serious accident Saturday afternoon. While exploding fire crackers with other boys one was thrown at him which alighted in his pants pocket, ignit- ing the clothing. Before 1t could be e1tinguished the little fellow was badly burned and is now suffering very much. pr. Sewall is attending him.
 Dr. Reynolds formerly of Pres colt, is said to be flying Eigh in Los Angeles, cutting the pigeons wing in social circles. This news makes several creditors of the gilded doe tor in this city declare themselves.
 All the available congressional timber somehow seems to be laying in YavSpsi. O'Neill, as a populist; Herndon, RoSe and Hawkins, as democrats and any republican, make old Yavapai loom up as the banner screeching county of the ter ritory.
 The PheniX papers varnish the Tucson cyclers with such taffy as, "that they did splendid" Phenix captured the majority of the prizes just the same. Our Jack Aitken was one of the judges, so it must have been on the dead square.
 Silver and anti-silver, protection and government ownership of every thing, Teller and Bland, Peffer and Populism, Mckinley and anything you ever dreamed of in the line of politics, is being discussed from one up to twenty and ID every coneeiv- able place nowadays.
 Bill Barker, who was recently shot in the leg by Thomas Smith on Big Bug, was brought in yesterday and placed in the county hospital. The wound received by Smith is said to be healing very poorly and smputa- ton may be necessary to save the limb and possibly his life.
 Laboring men are barred at swell dances in Pheni1. A we'll known and highly respectable gentleman and his wife, of this class. were fired out by high colsred hunkey, the other night, when asked admittance, and this on the great and glorious" 4th of July, when all men were created equal. Capital city sassiety on the alfalfa plan.
 It is said that a circular will soon originate from the live stock depart ment of the s. F., P. < F.. fixing the valuation of all cattle to be deliy- cred on the track and ir front of moving trains on this road, at only H per head. Horses, will be rated