Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1896-04-22
THE CITY AND COUNTY.
SsSsy Items fF0u 0gT 0EG IeS9 and
 Surrounding Country
FnOm wedne,oa, B -aa-i
The wind still blows.

'
 company completed its line on tim
 last evening and its ticker has bee
 at work to-day in the Corner drut
 store.
 Engine number nine, D. R. Gille
 at the throttle, went south thj
 morning, attached to the regula
 train, with a diamond smoke stack
 This Is her first trip with this new
 smoke stack attachment.
 4 six page edition of the WEEKL'
 JOURNAL MINER was issued today
 It was issued in this form in uri-.
 to accommodate the large demand
 being made recently on the adveI.
 Using space.
 The Odd Fellows Grand I.odg,
 closed today. The JoURNAL-MINEI
 is indebted to the new Grand Secre
 tary, Geo. 4. Mintz, for the reports
 Of the proceedings of the body dur
 ing its session.
 The construction of the railroad
 between Deming and Benson, con-
 D scti0g the Santa Fe and the Quay
 ms branch is now assured. This IS
 step which has been contemplated T years but owing to the stringency o the times the Santa Fe manage
 lnent has not been able to make the
 move.-Deming Headlight.
 Both Pheni1 and California straw berries have been ia the market for the past few days. Although the latter berries are claimed to be superior to the others, dealers have been able to sell them for 2 cents a box, as against 8 cents for the Pheniz berry.
 General Managrr Frey the Santa Fe road, said that lime card would be put into effs Sun day. May 8, by which the flyers would be run once week in-t of .daily. leaving Los Angeles aI.i Chi .cago every "Wednesday uighr he .trip will be made in sev-s two hours, as at present, aud ea-a ,rain will carry a diner. This arrange ment will last during the summer. No other important change will be made.-Albuqusrqus Citizen.
 With its usual spirit of accOmmo- dation for the public, the manage nent nf the :. F., P. X ?. railroad sent sn extra coach up To Ash Fork on yesterday afternoons train, and Then held the south bound accom- lnodation train until the arrival of the delayed west bound tram Oa the ?. & F. and brought in passengers snd mail for Prescott without any Retention at Ash Fork. The train errIved about S:30, or three and a Aalf hours late.
 The fayOrIjes were not the win ners in Sundays shoot Of the gun Hub, as the honors were carried of by Block Stephens. Block and Marks made a tie score. with If esch. and the shoot of was won by Block. Hill made a score of I7 in @ Ell in" shoot for one which he had . missed, but it did not count in the !. rsgular shoot of the day Other 1. aeores were as follows: Hill. l3: . l3; Andrews. 10; Hastings. ! 70; ManderfeIt, g; Robinson, :, 1. Stephens won the . weep stakes, with a score of :, the !. 1ther scores being: Hastings, ,; . 5; Block, f; Hill, I; Marks, B Andrews. 3.
 The Yuma Advertiser Is the latesl candidate for journalistic honors in . tAe territory, Volume l, Number l. having just reached this office. R. . P. H. Lsney is the editor aud pro pEietor, and Mulford Wiusor. for E1erly of Prescott, has charge of the zechanical department. The town oI Yuma always had a goou news paper, and whether the field is large enough to support another, remains to be seen. The experiment has heen tried repeatedly, aud in every l |nstance resulted in a failure, ami Enma is credited with having the |Eeatest newspaper graveyard of spF town ot its size iu the country.
 George Merwin came in last even Eg from his mining camp. !
 Mrs. B. H. Smith left on this af- .eTnoon's train for a visit east.
 Hrs. J. B. Tomlnsou's mother 'sft for Albuquerque this afternoon. l
 Mrs D. Archibald returned this from her visit to San Fran sikeo.
 Nessrs. Wells aud Drake. of the 5. ,, P. & P. railroad, went south .hie morning.
 z NJ. Murphy and a party of cap 14hsts from the east, are expected . aeEe on Saturday. :
 Chas. Born and sons came m yes e1oaY from their Lynx creek mining 'anp, to participate in the Odd allows festivities.
 N A. Morford, s. V. Philips and r. A. NJ. Futile. of Phenix. who sst been attending Odd Fellows 'E1rd lodge, left for home this aoEning.
 $ BaccilierI, representing La ute del Popolo. the oldest Italian 'sfer on the Pacific Coast, Is in ,He, looking after the interests of Ie lournal here.
 AeF. Joseph Snale left for Yin e11es, Indiana, yesterday to spend he Two mouths' vacation granted Iim by the church. n" was accom- 'anied by his mother who will r.. naln there with her daughter.
 Mss Rhe. Lorraine, who spent sTefal weeks m Prescott with her i1other, during the winter, and who lnptrsonated the character of Tr,l- Iy in the play of that name. came in 2 lm Phsnix yesterday, returning his morning.
 Jokn F. Ludwig. the genial and ccommOdating Western Union sssratOr, formerly stationed at Ash 'cEk has charge of the Western fnloe's Prescott office. He IS not '1iy q thoroughly competent opera Nf. Ent Is an ObHyiug v.ntlama,