Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1897-12-29

There wlll be Christmas tree to night at the Baptist church.
 The Monday club will meet next Monday at 2:30 p. m. at the resi- dence of Mrs. 6. NJ. Sargent.
 Prescott's churches are hand somely decorated for this evenings festivities.
 Have you seen the big hog at the O. K. Meat Market and guessed at its weight
 Frank Kuhne, is in town from his mining camp laying in a supply of Christmas presents.
 The express office will be opened tomorrow from 8 o'clock a. m. till noon.
 Sunday hours will be observed at the postoffice tomorrow and the general delivery will be open from l2 to l o'clock.
 Don't forget the doll contest at NJ. GoLDwATER & BRos., The Best Always. It will close tomorrow, Christmas morning, at l0:30.
 The streets are lined with people today, and pedestrians with bun dies under their arms plainly indi- cate that tomorrow IS Christmas.
 Dr. G. W. Vickers presented this office with some sample of choice lemons secured from a Yuma lemon orchard.
 A marriage license was issued to- day to William A. Wells and Miss Willie A. Donald, both of this county.
 \ team was left standing tied near the Bank of Arizona all last night and until s o'clock this morn- ing.
 The Pima county tax roll amount ed to S95,035.9S. Of this amount County Treasurer Charles F. Hoff collected SS3,000. leaving a delin- quent roll of only Sl2,0O0.
 MT. Pritchard speaks very en- couragingly of the smelter proposi- tion, and says that it will result in reduction works for Prescott. He left for PheniA yesterday.
 The ladies of Prescott would con- sider Christmas purchases incom- plete without visit to Mrs. Blaine's millinery parlors, where many of the novelties pleasing to the fair sex are to be found.
 James Blanch has been arrested at Ash Fork, charged with aD attempt to kill John Broyles. He is alleged to have fired a shot at Broyles, but without effect. He has been held to answer to the grand jury, with bonds fixed at $500, which he gave.
 Mrs. Frank Reish, the woman who was yesterday brought in from the Hassayanpa, where she was wandering about in a demented condition, was examined for insanity this morning by Drs. Dutcher anu walls, and committed to the insane asylum at Phenix.
 The return game of football be- tween the home team and the h. dians from Phenix has been declared of. 4 telegram to Fred Trittle yesterday says the Indians cannot come. A practice game will take place tomorrow afternoon between the Prescotts and Whipples.
 C. C. Randolph editor and pro- prietor of the Phenix Republican, came up cn this mornings train, to get a few sDilfs of our ozone laden atmosphere and sample the finest and most exhilerating climate in the world. He left on this after noon'S train again for the south.
 John Robinson, the affable clerk of the board of supervisors, will be married lat o o'clock tomorrow morning to Miss Bertha NJ. Clarke, a very estimable young lady. The announcement came as a surprise to most of his friends. as but few of them were aware of his matrimonial intentions until within the last day or two. The JoURNAL-M MINER extends its congratulations in advance. The ceremony will take place In the Episcopal church, Rev. H. A. Brown officiating.