Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1897-02-10

Clareuce :. King, the mining eN- pert, came 10 on this afternoon $ train from the south. He has been at Fools Gulch for about two weeks.
 John T. Johnson, chemist and as saver for the MacArthur Forrest cy- Anide process. came up from Phenix yesterday and left for the Hillside today.
 John Doe was numerously ln evidence in the police court yester- day. He was fined SlO lu the mora ing for fighting, aud Shln the after noon for be,ug drunk
 John Kinney, the reliable aud en ergeiic Chaparralite, IS iu town on a business visit, He reports mining matters m good shape aud with prospects for prosperous future, owing to an abundance ot water.
 The precipitation last night amounted tO nIue-leuths of an inch. Previous rainfall for February was nine tenths of an inch, making a total to date during the month ot < inches aud for the year to date total of 57 inches.
 Cattle shipments continue lively over the .. F., |, & r. railroad, twenty car loads having been shipped this week. Included in this ship ment were 4l6 head oi Mexican eat tie shipped from Tucson 10 Ash Fork to be placed on pasture.
 James ShiIley's new mining offices are the finest ol the kind in Nurth- ern ArlZoua. He has them very comfortably and tastefully furnished. When it comes to TusIllng capital for mining investment Mir. Shirley does not take a back seat for any one.
 The county treasurer Is DOW at work on the delinquent tax list aud will turn it over to the printer in a short time for publication. Parties on whose property taxes are not paid and who d. not desire to see their names ou the list should call al the "captail' s office and settle soon.
 Dr. J B. McNslly returned last night from Kirkland valley, where he was called to attend Mir. Gray, section foreman of the :. F. r. x r. railroad al that place. Gray was thrown from a hand car and run over by II. He had three ribs broken and injured about the head, but his injuries are not considered dangerous sy pr. McNally.
 Recent letters received in Pres colt from our townSman, l.. F. Hale, who is at the Relief hot springs near San Jacinto, Cal. state that he IS rapidly improving and expects to return here soon permanently cured. NIT. Hale will be remembered as a sufferer from rheumatism, and hls many friends in this city will be pleased to learn that he has a last run onto a remedy in which there Is everything n a name.
 E. J. F. Horne left on this morn ing's train for Tucson to attend the dedication of the new Catholic ca thedral there tomorrow. This build ing Is said to be by far the hand somest church ediice in Arizona. The Catholic church at Prescott has heretofore enjoyed that distinction. There will be present at tomorrow's dedication, two Arch Bishops, three bishops and twenty-five priests, and the exercises will be very imposing.
 Jules Bauman has couple of pets which are quite curilsstes. Not that either of them IS a curosity Tn itself, but the combination is where the curosity feature Is found. One is a plain common every day eat and the other au ordinary tame pigeon. The warmest friendship exists between the two anu they will play for hours together, the bird pecklng at the cat and riding on its back and the eat in turn putting its paws around the pigeons neck and playing with It as II it were kitten.
 At the county hospital yesterday c. Turencio, barber of this city, was operated on for stone il the bladder by Dr. J. :. Barrett, assisted by Dr. Sewall of Prescott and Dr. Porter of Whipple. The operation was successful Turencio is said to have been a sufferer for nearly ten years, his life being one of misery and despondency. His many friends may expect to see him around very soon in good health again. The oper-