Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1896-06-17

There were slight indieati ons of a storm this afternoon. in the shape of thunder, lightning and wind, but no rain.
 Officer Prince made four arrests yesterday for fast riding on the streets. Two of the men arrested were soldiers from WhipPle
 T. $. Bullock is negotiating for the building of . railroad to the Yosemite valley. IL will branch from the Southern Pacific at a point just north of Merced.
 Al recent meeting of the Eiks lodge in Prescott, E. A. Kastner and Ed. Lit were elected as delegates to the grand lodge of the order to be held in CiR,innati, July :, $ and g pFoI.
 T. J. Corrigsn spent Sunday in Prescott He states that the Con- gress branch railroad will be com pleted to the comPAny's store by ednesday nlRht.
 From the amount of adverse critI- ciSm heard on the street m regard 10 the GirouI case, there are large number of people who take dii- ierent view of it from that su- nounced by the court.
 Delegate N O. Murphy has tele- graphed Dr. c. W. Vickers that Congressman Herman, chairman of the committee on irrigation and arid lands, will visit Prescott and Pheni1 soon, and bespeaks for him a cordial reception from our people.
 Chas. A. Means, a former we'll known and popular resident of Pres colt, but now of London, Indiana, in a letter To the JoUKSAL-MRTR, de- siros to be remembered 10 all his friends here. Speaking of his pres ent place of abode, be says: In diana IS having plenty of rain at present, but the wheat crop IS almost 8 failure. Times are very hard and every body is for free silver, and for Claud Matthews for president"
 The Western Union Telegraph Company has employed a night operator for Prescott, and the office now remains open until midnight each night. Charles A. Reno has charge of the instrument al night, Mir. Ludwig remaining as day opsr- ator and in charge of the business of the company in Prescott.
 The North American Review for June opens with a most suggestive and practical paper by Mr. Andrew Carnegie, entitled, The Ship of State Adrift," in which he points out the deterioration since 1890 of the United States in national wealth and commercial prosperity, and in plain, logical and convincing state ments, shows why such state of things exist. Other interesting ar tclO' will also be found in this LunbBr.
 Dr. Heineman, of Tempe is in town.
 Col. A. O. Brodie has returned from a visit to Congress.
 T. s. Bullock returned yesterday from a visit to California
 P. J. Clark came up from the south on Saturday evening.
 George Arthur Allen returned yes tsrday from a two weeks trip into the San Carlos reservation.
 Ralph Dillon has gone to Jerome with 8 view of locating there aud engaging in the mercantile busi- ness.
 E. J. Rabbit. E. M. Doe and J. E. Jones, a trio of Flagstaffs best at torneys, sre in town on legal busi- ness.
 B. M. Goldwater came up from Pheni1 Saturday night to spend Sunday in Prescott, returning again last night.
 Arthur \. Gage and Wm. Gwynn came up from Congress on Saturday afternoons train to attend Masonic lodge, returning ou the midnight train.
 A. c. Gilmore has temporarily mining, and has returned to his first loVe-a printing office, having accepted a position on the Courier.
 Bruce Perley came up from Phe- nix on the early morning train on to secure accommodations for his two sisters here for the sum- mer. The latter came in this after noon.
 s. G. Zimmerman, formerly in the general passenger agents office of the Santa Fe road at Topeka arrived thls morning to take s position ss stenographer in the office of J. J. assistant auditor of the s. F. P. < P. railway.