Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1896-07-15
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 Tr1m ThurSdsys Daily. Born. in Prescott. July 2, lS96. to 1 Mir. and Mrs. Peter Collet, a son County politics are sadly side tracked. % give way to the national ] big guns ID the democratic ghost dance.
 The Arizona delegation do not : seem to be cutting much ice m the ora:orcIal thunder at Chicago these days, notwithstanding we still have Colonel Wilson thara.
 { Lost. that white eat belonging to F. :. Emmsl. He was evidently stolen by some advocate Of the vel low metal He is wanted a. com pamon for the black gold bug feline now so lonely.
 Last evening around the corne cigar store a big and anxious crowd congregated to devOur convention news. Everything from coon skins to monOPollsts was discussed.
 For several days the abdonment of Fort Whlpple has been agitated again as IL has often in the past. In a commercial way. 1t Is hoped the post may main and be further strengthened. but there are many people in town nowadays who really believe. in a social sense, the post has captured the town and will stay unless Prescott removes i;.
 IL IS really amusing to watch some of the federal boys ID this section devour the bulletin as they come rapidly in. While at heart they they must be Idolizers of Cleve- lands pie counter, they are, too, free silver men, so they say. The pertinence of the proposition Is, in consequence, where in hades are they ai, anyway.
 Harry Dsggs, an inmate of the county hospital, who become totally bind about two years ago through asserting sulphur ore oD Big Bug. will be taken to Los Angeles to- night by William Thomas for treat ment. After leaving his patient at that place, NIT. Thomas will visit Coronado for the benefit of his health and will probably remain there Tor a couple of months.
 Its said that when a Frenchmsn is intoxicated he wants to dance, a German to sing, a Soaniard 10 gam Sle. an Englishman to eat, an Italian to boast, an American to make a speech and an IrishmAn to fight. These symptoms can all be experienced to-day by just simply sizing up" the crowds that finger around the bulletin boards waiting for the news.
 The Tucson Star pays our towns man, D. B. Gillette, a handsome compliment in selecting Arizons as his future field of operations in min ing. The advent of MT. Gillette, thIs psper states, Is good evidence that legitimate mining operations will follow, while to Hayapai 1t l means much. and demonstrates that | this is an inviting field and that our mining interests will back up any | dem and made.
 J.P. Bruce today loaded up two ] immense smoke stacks, 30 inches m diameter and 20 feet long each, for | the Crowned King Company. In ! speaking of the amount of freight t handled alone for this company, NIT. Bruce says that in the course of a month it will reach 250,0O0 pounds. In addison 10 this trade from the ! Bradshaws, there are many thousand
 additional pounds for local people
 along the same route. And still there are men who call themselves
 merchants in this city who would discountenAnce wagon road building from Prescott to the mines around
 us. They might ss well drive out
 reduction works capital.
 The Fourth of July festivities on Lynx creek were brought to a sud l den and unexpected ending, and
 out of the usual calling, also. A
 score or more of the boys pre- cipitated a gold bug discussion with Judge Goodwin, who rallied. Of
 course. Co the cause of free silver,
 and as the old Hsssayamper could
 not ba dOwned, the matter ended m
 q rough ana tumble bout ip good
 humor. m which all of the clothes
 of the judge were cut of. His
 brother. of course, came to the
 rescue. and the mob treated him the
 same way. The spectacle was said 1 to be an interesting one, and that
 the two brothers were running
 around in improved blOOmers. The l discussion was settled, however, by