Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1897-10-06

dry goods firm of Farley & Co, In that city.
 James H. Brown left sample onion at this office today from the ranch owned and cultivated by him and his son three miles from town which weighs a little over two pounds. It would be prize win ner at any agricultural exposition.
 A party of jolly picnickers spent today in a shaded glen near the Brown ranch, three miles south of town.
 H. E. Conklin and Geo. c. Harris of Binghampton, New York, were introduced at this office today by NJ. E. Morin. of Phenix, favorably known to all Prescott people. MT. Morin is taking his annual lay off and with tic above people, and Pete Jackson, of this city, the quartette will leave for the Mogol- Ion mountains early next week on a general hunting trip, and state that they prefer to run up against grizzly y meat. Messrs. Conklln and Harris are making their first visit to the territory and think that in the line of climate We are simply perfect, and speak handsomely otherwise of the country.
 Tax Collector E. B. Modem re- ports a very close collection on city taxes. Only few hundred dollars remain unpaid.
 District Attorney :. S. Clark, of C0conino county, came in on last evenings train.
 H. D. Ross and J. c. Herndon are in Phenix, attending to the Yavapai injunction case.
 Messrs. Thorpe & Son have pur- chased the LOring dairy, located on the s. c. Miller ranch, and will here after run it.
 Royal Arch Masons meet tonight.
 Secretary Akers will return to Phenix this evening.
 Eldridge Jordan has resigned as private secretary to the governor, and the latter has appointed his youngest son to the position.
 Dr. L. H. Goodrich has returned to PhenIx from a protracted visit east.
 S.P. Clark, recently of Colorado, has taken charge of the Ford hotel, at Phenix.
 Malcolm McLeish has returned to Phenix from Denver, and will start up his cyenide plant again soon.
 Friends of Miss Nellie Jennings gave that young lady . surprise party last evening, and experienced a very enjoyable time.
 J. K. Hall, who owns a fine fruit ranch on Lower Lynx creek. left sample box of some of his peaches at this office yesterday. They were very luscious and of an excellent flavor, as we'll as being of uniformly large size. Arizona certainly beats the world in its fruit, when size and flavor are considered.
 The next pardon issued by the Governor will probably be for Old Dick, who has done more time on the hill than any one inside the prison, having completed fourteen years of faithful service. Dick is the flea bitten old grey horse which has served under seven different superintendents, and the governor would do a humanitarian act not only to pardon but pension the old fellow.-Yuma Sentinel.
 From Saturdays Daily.
 W. s. Goldsworthy, manager Of the Postal Telegraph company, at Prescott, went to Phenix ou last evenings train on important private business, accompanied by his wife. It is the first time he has been out of town for several months and if the circus should happen to get in his way he will take it in.
 The county jail contains ten prisoners. Four of them were brought in from Ash Fork within the last two days.
 John McMurray, aged about twenty eight or thirty years, tele- graph operator recently stationed at Hillside Station, died yesterday of He leaves a wife and one child. Deceased was a member of the Masonic order also of the A. o. U. w. The remains will be buried here upon the arrival of his brother.
 Henry P. Sontag and wife have deeded lots l, 3 and ,, block 23, Prescott, to c. H. Akers, for $50.
 L. B. St. James. of Jerome, has been in town for several days.
 R. c. Brown, of the Phenix Her aid, IS in town.
 Wm. Boan, of GranbY, Missouri, brother of Mrs. W. T. Hall, accom- panied by Leonard Lucas, of the same place, arrived here recently with a view of locating here per manently.
 Captain Hodgdon, of Placerita, was brought into town yesterday, suffering from an attack of para lysis, his entire left side being para lyzed.
 The second annual conclave of the Mystic Shriners will convene in Los Angeles on Thursday. October :. The railroads have given special rates for the occasion. '' Just as