Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1897-09-22
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 on the $. F., r. x F. railroad, but now having a regular run on the 5, r. P. road west of Needles, passed through Prescott on last nights train en route to Nogales. Jim Grey has a host of friends here who are always glad to meet him.
 Harry Isaacs. division baggage agent of the $. F. P. railroad, passed through Prescott last evening en route to Pheniy.
 S. P. Behan went south on official business last evening.
 Judge J. J. Hawkins is in Tucson.
 General Passenger Agent G. NJ. Sargent. of the $. F., F. & F. rail road. returned last evening from a brief visit to Flagstaff.
 Deputy Sheriff Jack Nelson, of Crowned King, has been in town for two or three days.
 S. W. Higley. in charge of the water service of the s. F., F. & r. railroad, has moved his family to Phenix for the winter.
 Dr. D. J. Brannen was today ap- pointed administrator of the estate of the late Dan O'Boyle.
 Sam Landon, the we'll known en- gineer, formerly in the employ of the ;. F., P. & F. railroad, has opened 6 furniture store at Jerome. He took 6 small stock of furniture over to that live camp a short time since, and sold it all out in a few days. He has just purchased car load in Phenix.
 The horse driven by J. P. Bruce at the tims of his death, and which escaped the flood, has since died from the effects of injuries received by being washed down the stream.
 Jerry Barton has leased the Scopel saloon and two story brick lodging house, taking possession of them today.
 The noted fat boy of the Maricopa Indian reservation died recently, He was only nineteen years old and weighed 400 pounds. His death was caused by heart failure.
 The little child of MT. and Mrs. Frank Harmon, of Jerome, died yes terday.
 Judge H. c. Truesdale returned to Prescott again this morning to take Judge Sloan's place on the bench for the trial of a number of cases.
 Judge A. O. Moves has a crab apple tree in his yard which is a record breaker. He has picked 455 pounds from it, selling $l4.50 worth for cash, besides using ali his family required, and giving some to his neighbors, and it still has about twenty five pounds on it. If there is crab apple tree in the territory which can beat this record just let its owner speak.
 The box factory at Williams was destroyed by fire a few days ago. Loss, SI5,0O0
 Mir. and Mrs. H. T. Andrews have taken lease on Mrs. Stulfs resi- dence for year. Mrs. Stull will go to California.
 J. B. Ricketts, of the Verde valley, is establishing title to some desert land in the Verde valley in the land office today.
 The case of Dewey vs. The Marcu Mining Company has been on trial today in the district court. The jury returned verdict late this alter noon for defendant.
 County taxes are now due. They will become delinquent December 10th.
 The rainfall yesterday amounted to .06 of an inch.
 K. Abrahams, A. Applebaum and M. M. Poole, three jolly commercial travellers, are at the Wlnsor.
 City taxes will become delinquent October 1.
 A sensational find was made today in the rear of the Palace salooon and between that building and D. Levy X Co.'S store. It consisted of eight sticks of giant powder with cap and fuse attached. Investiga- tion led to the belief that it had been placed there within the past few days, but no clew was obtained as to who did it, or what object the individual or individuals had who placed it there. The matter, there fore, remains an unsolyed mystery