Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1897-02-24

Lecture tonight at the N. E church.
 Rev. Mclean has resigned as pas
 tor of the Congregational church
 A new plate glass front is being placed in the Winsor hotel.
 Don't fail to buy a ticket to the Firemen's ball on Monday night
 There was another snow fall of about three or four inches last Aght.
 J W. Nelson, q miner employed at the Lottie mIne. was in town to- day.
 Henry Houser confidential man for B. Lantry < Sons, came up from Phenix on last nights train.
 Miss Lottie Wheeler, accompanied her friend, Mrs R. 4. Wells of Chi sago, to California on a visit.
 Johnny Bourke has gone to Phe- AIx to take charge of E. C. Bartleti's business there.
 Prof. Lowell will move his ob- servatory to Flagstaff again in April.
 Thomas Carroll. Leo VAnDeren and DsvId Scott ma ie final proof in the land office pday on desert land entries in the Verde valley.
 Mrs. c. H. Akers left on this af- .ernOon's train for a visit to her mother at Pomona. California She was accompanied by her son, Bryan.
 Every property owner should en- courage the fremen by buying a ticket to their ball on Monday night, whether they attend or not.
 H. C. Mann. formerly in the em- ploy cf the : F., r. & P. railroad, IS manipulating the lightning key at BsrsIow, California.
 County Recorder W. I. Johnson has turned poet. For copy of his latest poetical effuslon call at the recorders office.
 The Hook and Lad der company has received an elegant gold badge for tbe queen of their company, Miss Jessie Burnett.
 The preliminary examination of Parker, the alleged train robber IS set for Sonday at 10 o'clock. Mar vin aud Thompson will have their examinations on Tuesday.
 There will be a meeting of the Woman's club Monday afternoon at , o'clock in the kindergarten room. All members are requested to be present. as business of importance Is to be transacted.
 pr. (. T. Abbott has returned from his trip tO Hsrqus Hala to attend & sick patient. Owing 10 the serious illness of his patient, be was compelled to remain there for about two weeks.
 The soldier who deserted from Whipple recently. an account of whose escape from his captor was published in this paper, was Mer- wede, the lightning foot ball player who astonished the Phenix team with bis feats. The sergeant from whom Ina escaped ;s said 10 5e iu the guard house at Whlpple.
 O. C. Thompson, who was con- nected with the chief engineers office of the :. r. ?. k ?. railroad during the perlod of construction, returned to Prescott this morning with his family. They are en route to Phenix to locate Mr. Thomp- son has a host of friends m this section who extended him a hearty welcome.
 Prescott promises to have a regu- lar newspaper boom. In addition to its three papers, now In existence, a monthly paper called Supply and How to Get It. will make its ap- pearance at any early date, A let ter of inquiry was also received here To lay making inquiries Tn regard to th- editor of the Prescott Growler' winch indicates that there IS still another one incubsting, as 1t has not vet made its appearance.
 Col. Ritchie l.. Dunn, a member of Governor Budd's staf, of Cali fornia. is visiting pr. and Mrs. Everts, of Whipple Col. Dunn IS the assistant manager of the Ameri- can Biscuit Company, of San Fran cisco, and Is alSo interested in some very rich mines Tn California. He will remain here probably for an other fortnight.
 T. E. Carey arrived from Pheni1 yesterday, coming by private con veyance. with hls son, via Black can- yon. He drove quite a celebrated horse, called Duple1, making the entire distance, despite the cOndi- tion of the roads, in three days. He drove thirty-fve miles the first day and forty on the second and third days each. He has settled down in West Prescott with his family, and has become permanent resident of Prescott.
 The Atlantic * Pacific is doing more than a land office business in the freight line. Monday morning there were four west bound freight trains in town on side tracks await ing the arrival of No. ,, which was few minutes late. Most of the California orange crop is being shipped over this road and east bound freight traffic is very heavy, all of which shows that times are trying to get better.-Flagstad Sun Democrat.
 The JoURNALMINER IS in receipt of copy of The Prophetic Alarm, " paper published quarterly by Evan gelist W. A. Cuddy, at Washington, D. C. MT. Cuddy will be remem- bered as a former resident of this ... .-I ,rt.r he ,,pwar-.,.,