Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1897-12-22

Postmaster Gordon will discon tinue the use of bicycles in the let ter carrier service at Chicago.
 The Greek government has re quested a months extension of the terms fixed upon for accepting the treaty of peace with turkey.
 At a party given at the residence of w. H. Calitf, near Jacksonville Georgia, a dispute arose between two men who were drinking and three were killed and two women fatally injured.
 The ocean steamer Cleveland, en- route from San Francisco to Seattle, was foundered in a storm a few days ago. Out of a crew of thirty men and twelve passengers only a dozen or so were saved.
 Twenty minutes after the special train bearing President Mckinley, Mrs. Mckinley, members of the cabinet and a number of friends from Canton to Washington left Canton 1t struck and instantly killed Louis Moinet, a laborer, walking on the track. His head was torn from his body. The president was much disturbed at the distressing accident.
 Georgia bankers met December l5 to discuss the question of currency reform. They adopted resolutions declaring that the United States government should retire from the banking business and that the old system of national finances should be readjusted on a sound and scien- tIfc basis, that will give each sec tion of the country a circulating medium adequate to its business and based upon its commercial assets.
 The annual rabbit hunt in Colo rado commenced at Lamar on We'd nesday, December 15, with nearly one thousand shooters participating. The hunt was originally started among the farmers for the purpose of killing of the pests that de- stroyed their crops, but of late years 1t has developed into a great state event. Last year over 20,0O0 rabbits were sent to furnish Christmas din ners for the poor. This year it is to beat the record.
 1 negro, near Pittsburg, Penn sylvania, while walking between the double tracks of a railroad, dis covered two trains approaching him from opposite directions on seperste tracks. He stampeded and attemp- ed Co spring across the track n front of one which bounced him of the into the air in front of the other train which caught him on the front end of the engine and threw him between the trains. He came out alive but with lots of cuts and bruises and broken arm.
 A. P. Hinton is in town on his periodical visit.
 R. E. Coleman came i1 on this af ternoon's train.
 Mrs. R. Draghon left this morning Tor Santa Fe to remain.
 Mrs. G. W. Vickers came up from Phenix yesterday for brief visit.
 MT. and Mrs. A. w. Edwards en- -ertained the High Five club last evening.
 Mir. and Mrs. F. X. O'Brien are in own from their Hassayampa mining ,laim.
 Winslow has a building boom. One house a day is claimed to be be record at present.
 Egbert Dutcher, son of Dr. and Mrs. E. W. Butcher, leaves for Phe- lix this afternoon for a brief visit
 J. c. Stephens brought in 6 car oad of fine beef cattle from Phenix his afternoon for the holiday trade.
 Gregory & Smith have quite display of good things to at in one of their show windows.
 4 deed has been filed for record rom G. w. Hull to Merrill Bros. ! or lot l9, block :, Jerome, the COZ alteration being $50.
 NJ. A. Gray returned from Phani1 his morning.
 \. J. Daggs, a Phenix attorney, | .ame up on this mornings train on egal business.
 J. B Hooker, the Black Canyon . tage man, Is reported quite sick . with pneumonia in Colorado.
 The three Mesa boys who were charged with the murder of tramp lave been acquitted in Phenix.
 Hugo Behan has returned from attending the university at Tucson, O spend the holidays at home. He . las grown to be taller than his ather since he left here.
 NIT. Fredericks, of the Bittner Theatre company, and Dennis A. ! 3urke. went to school together in . Milwaukee in their school boy days. Both are natives of the above city.
 Mrs. k. R. Coleman will leave to- morrow with two of her children, Richard and Teddy, for Wichita IaDsas, 10 spend the holidays with Ter parents. MT. Coleman will take he other two boys Thomas and David with him to Ash Hill, Cali ornIa to remain until Mrs. Cole mans return.
 c. I. Haley and wife stopped of n Prescott this afternoon on their gay home to Del Rio from Skull alley.
 The Lower Californian, published t Ensenada, reports a visit there of fred. G. Hughes. It says Hughes 5 permanently located at Guaymas.
 A storm which has been threaten ng for several days, eliminated by uite a heavy fall of snow, and the ldications are good for a protracted torm.
 The Ladies Aid Society of the 1. E. Church will hold festival at he rooms of the old Elite restaurant n the day before Christmas, and ordIal invitation is extended to all 0 patronize it. ].
 MT and Mrs. w. s. Goldsworthv , xpect to leave on Monday for a rip east. to be absent about month. lr.'Goldsworthy is city ticket agent or the s. F., P. x P. railroad, and