Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1897-09-01
THE CITY AND COUNTY
SsWSy Items From Our Own Town an
 Surrounding Country.
From wedno days paily.

Another fine shower of rain to day.
 Nathan Levy will ship a train loaC of cattle tomorrow from Del Rio.
 John Burns, the genial aud ii cient superintendent of the Unite, Verde X Pacific railway, camo in or last evenings train.
 About twenty of the Prescott Electric Company's telephones wer, "knocked out" by lightning yester day.
 Several apples from Haskell X Kirwaggen's ranch, brought in ,C Shepard & Kastner's, weighed a pound each.
 A. s. Clough reports the rattle snake crop still good in the vicinity of Point of Rocks. He killed an- other one a few days since.
 There was another fine rain storm yesterday afternoon. The electrical accomp niment was particularly strong, bu; no damage reported.
 On consulting the hotel registers or Prescott, \. Redewill finds that there are I63 Phenicians hee now, O. have been here during the past month.
 An invitation will be extended to Governor MvCord 10 visit Prescott on Labor Dav to deliver an aidress, and reception will be ten dered him by our citizei in the evening.
 The Prescott Lumber Company has received nrw four horse power gasoline engine for use to propel their machinery.
 Prof. Forbes, chemist of the Tue son University, Is engaged m aBaly- zing sugar beets which have been raised m every different section of the territory. In tAe. course of a month we will knoE which section . is best adapted to the sugar beet in dustry.
 Mrs. Lulu Carruthers, of Phenix, has applied for diyorce from her husband, wl-C lives ID Jerome.
 Teamsters report the roads in various parts ot the county badly washed out by the recent storms.
 Chas. Myers, the Lyax. creek Klondyker, is back in Illinois where hls for.uue is quoted atsh round $lO0.000. .[-.-~ '.->------,.-.--
 Ed. Wagoner, the Castle creek stage man. Tt turned on Sunday from his trip 10 California, and Is again huslln.g for basineSs. s..--...--s..--...--
 Rev. G. l. Pearson returned this morning from his visit to Phen.x Durin. hIs visit there he was the recipient of gold watch and chain iiom his friends.
 Grant Cartier and West Jackson are uf town from Kirkland, and are thinking of locating m a section like Prescott an1 try their hand m raisiag Mckinley dollar wheat.
 Tberommitteei Is actively at work prepsGmg for The Labor Day cele- bralioh. Among the features of 1t wtll probably be a grand bali al the opera house at night.
 Shepard S Kastner have some mammoth chlle peppers at their store. They were raised by ihe Messrs. Brown. about four miles south of town. I he largest weighed over half a pound, and m clrcum- frre6ee measured twelve inches. be- lBg seventeen inches around II lengthwisc.: There were quite number oF others which came nearly up to this in size.
 The local tribe of Rcd Men has under consideration the taking at vantage of the Labor Day chartered train rate over the Santa Fe to Prescott, for the purpose of pay ing fraternal visit to Zuni Tribe No. 6. Sachem A. 4. Long has re- ceived a cordial invitation from the Zunis, and it is likely that acton will be had on 1t at the next regular peeting of the Toltecs.-PheniG Herald.
 Major Dewitt has sluiced out tn reservoir ou the hill aud says it Is as clean as whistle. He has filled it brimfuil of good fresh waler and has a big surplus to draw to. MT. Dewitt seems to understand the duties ot city engineer and works zealously night and day to keep the Socalled water system m good shape and avert possible disaster to the | city through a lack of water.
 From Thursiny's ba.l, Mrs. Lizzie Thompson, nee Bauer, 1 of Whipple, left on ttTs mornings train to joiH her husband m l h noiS, where he resides.
 J W. Clay, former resident of Prescott, but now Of Southern Cali lornia, came in on today's train.
 Isaac T. Stoddard has returned from his trip to the Moqui Indian country.
 The rainfall at Whipple on Tues cay afternoon amounted to .31 of an inch.
 Born, August 25, in Pre-cott, to l hr. and Mrs. F. N ElTron, son.
 Secretary C. H Akers came up from Phenix this morning for a brief visit.
 Sarah H. Fraz ar has deeded a lot | n Jerome to J. E. McAllister for $500.
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