Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1898-06-01

MISS DatSE ha0Odii, a young ia0y formerly resident of Prescott, ha. been chosen teacher of orarory and elocution by the board of regents ol the territorial university.
 The following personal item is from the Phenix Republican: Mrs. W. O. O'Neill, and her son, Eugene Brady O'Neill, of Prescott, arrived in town last night. They are at the Hotel Adams"
 The Star says that over l5O0O acres of land of the AlgOdoneS land grant were filed on n the United States land office at Tucson on Mon day and as much more on Tues,iay. I Sheriff Ralph Cameron, of Coco nino county, came in on yesterday s tram, and went to Camp Verde to- day. He reported having been in a railrua. wreck recently, m which he was bruised up considerably.
 John D Berry returned today from a three months prospecting tour along the Colorado river in California, Nevada and Arizona The first word he received of the war was on his return Co Needles on May i.
 Jesse Grant, son of the lat" Con. L. .. Grant. Is m Prescott on mining business in connection with Dr. J. c. Underwood. Mir. Grant has been operating in this territory for sev- eral years. although this is his first visit to this section.
 Vanda,s have been opera i1g re- cently in the Citizen's cemetery, where they have remove [ tae head boards from a number of Chinese graves. Some time since they took up a lot of heal boards from graves in the K. of P. cemetery, and the managers offered Sl00 rev ard for their apprehens on. The first If the seasida exrursions ] for this season went north this morning. Upwards of d dozen pas >engers joined t at Prescott among them being Mrs P B. Brannen and her daughter, Mrs. F. J. F. Horne, | Mrs. Won Gerichtan aud hsr daugh- ter. Mrs. E. F. Smith, Mir. E. G.. Waler and Miss Na2el Geuung The excUrsIons will be run every Thursday during tLe summer this year instead of on alternate weeks as heretofore. The excursionis;s will also be carried on regular trains ! insieId of being run on specials to Ash Fork as formerly. From Fridays Daily ! c. F. Fisher came in from Jerome today.
 H.J. Allen left for Jerome this afteraOon.
 Secretary Akers left for Pheni1 yesterday.
 Walter [. MendenLall is in from Lynx creek.
 J. s. Jones is in town from the Little Jessie.
 Ralph DnInn came in from Je- rome yesterday.
 May Campbell, of Tucson, is a guest Of Hotel Burke.
 The Kindergarten teacher gave her pupils picnic today.
 Hugo Bshan came in today from attending school in California. Sundays base ball game will be a "hot cue Go out and see 1t.
 F. c. Parker came in on this afternoons train from Los Angeles.
 MT. aud Mrs. J. E. Barkiey went to Pheni1 this afternoon for a brief visit.
 Will C. Barnes shipped twenty car loads of cattle fsom Holbrook recently.
 Dr. Day has the government weather bareau outfit formerly at Whipple.
 There has been a slight breeze to- day, just en- ugh 10 keep the dust st rred up.
 Arrangements are being made for a bicyc.e meet in Phenix on the Fourth of July.
 Tombstone has closed her public schools on account of the prevalence of scarlet fever.
 c. E. Mills. formerly supsrinten- dent of the Senator miGe, has gone to the Cuban war.
 The Aztec Cattle Company, of Navajo cOunty, expects to brand 10000 calves this year.
 ]. ". Creushaw is raising a com pany Ofvolunteers in Phenix under the new call for troops.
 Miss Emma Butcher Is expected home on Sunday from attending school at Mills seminary. 4 dead has been filed for record from Merrill Bros. to L. J. Davis Tor lots :, s and 9. block 1. Jerome, con iteration Sl00.
 . h suit Ia Phelix, in which Mrs. Half sued J. C Adams, proprietor of Hotel Adams, for the value of some diamonds, alleged to have been stolen while she was a guest of the hotel, the jury returned verdict in favor ot the defendant, Adams. Gregory X Smith have d new ad- vertisement in the JOURNAL MINER. They closed their store for a couple of days t0 arrange their goods but will be open tomorrow again do- ing business at the old stand.
 Special Agent HOlsinger found several men engaged in cutting tim Der from the proposed timber reser- vstIon recently. He immediately put stop to it. He says that there has been a wholesale cutting of tim Der recently on governments land in this vicinity.
 The register and receiver of the Tucson land office were instructed yesterday by telegram from the con- missioner of the general land office at Washington to reject all applica- tiOns for lands covered by the Aga dOnes grant iu Yuma county, Ari- zona. The grounds upon which these instructions are based will probably be received by the local land office lster.-Star.
 The long-planued system of dams and ditches at Winslow has at last begun to take shape. One large maSonrY dam cnsLirr shnr1t SIS nnn