Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1897-09-01

LHe SJo mountalnS then across
 the Batopilas ranch where th,
 strike the Yaqui river and follow
 down to the strike. Hon. Sam
 Webb and w. E. Pomeroy of tn,
 place will lead the party.
 John c. Herndon, of Prescott. ",
 elected a vice president of tt
 National Bar Association on Frida
 at its session in the east.
 The Flagstaff Sun Democrat sa,
 that Professor See, of the Lowe
 observatory, has discovered th
 cause of the twinkling of the star
 which has puzzled astronomers fc
 ages. He says 1t IS caused by tn
 presence in the atmosphere of il
 numerable little air currents c
 waves, some Uo larger than a man
 hand, which dart through the ai
 and cause break in the light throw
 oil by the star, so that to a be
 holder on earth 1t has a familia
 appearance of twinkliug. Professo
 See professes to have "See(n)" them Train Dispatcher Story will take months vacation in the east. Mr Adams, of tho Phenix freight office will take his place in his absence.
 NIT. Bell, brother of Mrs. J. Gardner, who has been visiting sev eral weets in Prescott, left for hi. home in Missouri this morning.
 Dennis Ryan and wife will take charge of tho Congress House din ing room tomorrow.
 The Los Angeles Times announces the presence m that city Of "R. J Hartman, attorney and prominent republican politician of Phenix. The only prominence ever attained by R. ]. Hartman in any capacity m Arizona, has been that of contract ing bIlls, which he never pays. There are other 'promiuents' of the same kind m the territory, too.
 Mrs. R H. Burmister and her son Howard will leave tomorrow morn ing for California. The young man will enter Stanford UriV, rsity. while Mrs. Burmister will visit relatives.
 Quarterly examination of teachers next Monday.
 A marriage license has been issued to Blakely Baker and Eliza Jane Grimes. Both are from tho Verde valley.
 The many young friends of Miss Jessie DuTbiu assembled at the resi- deuce of her parents, on Mccormick street, last Saturday evening, and took possession of the DuThln resi- dence, and gave Miss Durbin very D easant surprise. 4 number of in- tereSting games were played, aud refreshments were served about II o'clock, after which the guests de- parted, all expressing themselves as having had very enjoyable eveI- ing.
 T. J. McCullach, brother of M. MeCuilach, who has been in Pres eott for the past five mouths ior the benefit of his health, left for hls home in Oregon today.
 A meeting, stormy in nature, was held yesterday afternoon when Architect McGin appeared before he normal school board aud wanted the hoard to pay him Sl00 tn ac- count of the school contract. The board refused to allow him any more than $50 on the ground that .he contract was not completed. The architect retorled that tie board was tIyiug to give him the worst of it.-Gazette.
 J. H. Costello and J. II. Costello. IT,, of Buffalo, New York, are regis cred at Hotel Burke.
 Allea K. English. a prominent 'itizen of Tombstone, is a guest of Hotel Burke. He is accom- panied jy his wife and child.
 Mrs. 4. Emanuel will leave tonight with her son and daughter for San Francisco. The latter will enter chool m California.
 James Humphreys. son of MT. md Mrs. Charles Humphreys, of l he Senator camp, Is attending chool at Lordsburg, c ilifornia.
 Tho JOURNAL MINER weather re- porter, made q mist ake in his report | 'F Fridays rainfall. It amounted | o one-tanth of an inch instead of | D5, as reported.
 D. J. and J. L. Marr, two promi- Ient citizens of the Verde valley, | re in town.
 Judge c. r. Ainsworth came in | esterday from Los Angeles, en oute home, and is spending a day IT two in Prescott.
 The funeral of the little child of dr. and Mrs. w. w. Ross took l lace his morning at II o'cl ,ck from the amily residence in East Prescott, nd it was largely attended by ympathizing friends of the be- eaved parents. The beautiful and impressive services of the Episcopal ;hureh were read by Rev, II. A. Brown. Interment was in the Knights of Pythias cemetery.
 J. T. Van Smith has established n agency at Juneau, Alaska, for his ,lacer machines and received an or er for two sample machines. He lso reports having received an or er from the Yellow Jacket Gold lining Company, Yellow Jacket, dahO, to fit out their mill crushing % tons per day, with his amalga- lators.
 From Tuesdays Daily.
 Miss Opdyke, one of the school eachers elected for the coming year, rived in Prescott yesterday.
 Col. J. F. Wilson is up from Phe- K.
 It is stated that Allen R. English. he Tombstone attorney, formerly istrict attorney of Cochise county, ; contemplating locating in Pres Ott.