Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1896-07-29
THE CITY AND COUNTY AsVSy Items From Our 0En TOBl and
 Surrounding Country.
From Nednesdsr,s Daily.

Another excursion to Californis
 o-morrow.
 Justice Brisley, today sentenced Ernest House and Ed. Carlin, two small boys, to three days each in the county jail for malicious mischief Tn destroying property.
 The Bryan democratic free silver club has secured the rooms formerly occupied by the Sazerac saloon, in which to hold its meetings.
 Deputy United States Marshal Morrell came in last evening, bring ing with him H. L. Dean, charged with selling whisky to Indians. Dean says he formerly resided here.
 Trains are again running on time on the 4. & F. railroad, the washouts having all been repaired.
 Passengers from California com plain of intense, almost uncomfortable, heat crossing the desert from Bar stow to Needles.
 Whipple troops are engaged in skirmish target practice.
 AL Vroom, the freighter, has new residence nearly completed in the northeast part or town.
 The train from Phenix, due at 2:3O 8. m. Tuesday, arrived last night at 9:30.
 James Shirley, who went to Phe- nix on Sunday night, says that the rain storm there on Monday was the heaviest he ever saw. The entire country was flooded.
 Phenix printers have held meet ing for the purpose of organizing a printers union.
 Maricopa county spent S55, ,199.59 oa her public schools last year being just double the amount expended in this county.
 City water can now be had again for the asking. RN Fredericks, or the city engineer are the men to ask for it.
 The north bound train was an hour late this afternoon.
 W.E.Frost was helping to unhitch a broncho team of horses at Walla- pal Springs the other day, and while holding them by the bit one horse lunged forward, catching one of his fingers in the ring of the bit and almost tearing 1t from its socket. MT. Frost came into town yesterday and had the injured member dressed by the docz Nohave Miner.
 McClure's Magazine for August is to be midsummer fiction number, with stories by Octave Thanet, Stephen Crane, Clinton Ross. E. W. Thomson, and Annie Eliot. Stephen Cranes story will exhibit the hero of the successful novel, "ThelRed Badge of Courage" grown an old man, but still capable of a fine act Of bravery; Clinton ROss's will deal with Perry's historic fight and vic tory on Lakr Erie; and Annie Eliot's will depict a sprightly love episode in a Yale and Harvard boat race.
 Five car loads of hogs, and three car loads OI money passed NnTOuSu Prescott from PheniX this morning.
 The wild grape crop Is said to be very large this season.
 Deputy Sheriff Munds went to Tucson this morning, after man named Geo. Roe, who IS under ar rest there charged with grand lar cenv m this county. Roe formerly drove the mail cart between Con- gress and Harrisburg, and it IS al legged that he drove 1t to Prescott and sold the horse and cart.
 r. W. O'Sullivan ran against some Jersey lightning to day in a dis cussion on the tariff and financial questions, in the shape of Hon. Charles \. Fowler, a congressman from the above state. Some people say Mckinley, m disguise, Is in town.
 Dr. J. W. Elder, the new physician, st Congress has filed his diploma for record. lie Is graduate of the Western Pennsylvania medical col lege Of Pittsburg.