Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1897-11-03

. w. A. Clark is said to have arrived at Jerome on Tuesday on his peri
 odical visit to his big copper camp
 Klondikers are now experiencing
 about eight hours of daylight and
 sixteen hours of darkness. By the
 2lst of December the daylight will
 be shortened to about three hours,
 and the nights correspondingly
 heightened to about twenty-one
 hours. The lengthening and short
 ening process of the days and nights there averages about three hours
 per month.
 At the fair last evening, the doll contest precipitated a lively strug- gle. in which the little misses. Katie Fitzgerald, Thelma Balyea and
 Helen Bruce were made the princi pals. When the battle of ballots ended, Katie Fitzgerald was de clared the winner bv the following vote: Katie Fitzgerald, 667; Thelma Belyea, 6lla; Helen Bruce, 325. At 10 cents a vote, the doll brought | Sl60 8.
 The Southern Pacific Company is a heavy loser by the pre-, alence of yellow fever in New Orleans. On account of the heavy fallin of of traffic, number of employees have been laid off at Tucson.
 Thomas B. Shipp, the we'll known 1 stockman of this county, who left some time since for Dawson, has been compelled to go into winter | quarters at St. Michaels on account of not being able to get up the Yukon river. The steamer on which he was ran aground and had a mar row escape from being wrecked by floating ice.
 pr. Lentz, the dentist, Is reported seriously ill in the Sisters hospital at Phenix.
 Phenix wants an opera house and band stand, and wants them bad.
 John w. Brandon, a wealthy brewer Of Leavenworth, Kansas, Is in Phenix looking over the field with a view of establishing a brewery in that city.
 Phenix papers recently reported the attempted suicide of woman in that town by taking laudanum, giv- ing as the cause unrequlted love The aforesaid woman failed to die, however. and has written a letter in which she states that 1t was case of too much green cucumbers. and the laudanum was taken tO allay the pain. This. however, Is not the first case where the effect of green cucum- bers has been mistaken for love. as the symptoms are very much alike in both cases, aud Phenix reporters are not to blame. a. 1t takes an eX- pert to detect the difference.
 The injuries received by Deputy Sheriff Wilder, of Yuma, in bis fight with the Mexican strikers at Nam moth Tanks; are said to be more se- rious than at first anticipated.
 The funeral of the late Al Me Cam took place this afternoon and was largely attended.
 The Yavapai county teachers who attended the institute at Flagstaff, l have )nly words of praise for the | royal reception and entertainment l accorded them while in that city. 1 The institute proved to be an intel 1 lectual feast, while Flagstaff hospi- 1 tality made the stay one continuous 1 round of pleasure.
 Commissary Sergeant Wm. Reuter- and his bride left yesterday for | Washington Barracks, Maryland, where the former has been ordered | for duty.
 4 marriage license was issued yes terday to Henry C. Hefileman, of Prescott, and Miss May Malcolm, of Chicago. MT. Hefileman met his wife to be at Ash Fork yesterday morning and the couple reached Prescott on the evening train. They repaired to the Johnson House, where the marriage ceremony was performed by Judge Hicks in the presence of a number of guests of the house. MT. Hetlleman has charge of the car department of the :. F. P. X F. road and with his bride will stop at the Johnson House for the present. MT. Heflleman's Pres cott's friends congratulate him for his good fortune in winning so fair a bride and welcome the twain to a home amongst us.
 Chas. A. Dana drew S50,000 a year as editor of the New York Sun.
 From Fridays Daily.
 Erie Moden's father is visiting bis son here.
 MT. and Mrs. N. C. Shekels are registered at the Winsor.
 William Patton has taken charge of the the circulation department of the Phenix Gazette.
 Territorial Auditor G. W. Vickers came up from Phenix yester day morning and will remain till his wife returns from the east.
 Fred. ". Sharon, formerly of Stockton. California, who was re- centlv advertised as missing, has been located in the Indian terri tory.
 A man uamed Leander Jackson was found dead last week about tgo miles from Cordes station near Young's ranch. He was about 60 years old.
 The postoliice has received two legs ef q stove without auy address. Wbose are they2 II the owner scails and can identify them, he can have them.
 ". F. Gilmore, cf the Prescott Electric company, mourns the loss of his little dog. Some unfeeilng wretch poisoned him.