Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1898-03-02

! CedScu Was we'll kuONu III tulS ecC- tion and was very popular with all who knew him. The news of his death will be received with a feeling of great sorrow.
 Chas. Bond, financial editor of the Boston (Mass.) Journal, who is making a tour of investigation , in the south west, and through Mexico, arrived this after noon in Prescott from the south. He came up from Phenix as a guest of President F. Nj. Murphy, of the s. F., P. X P. railroad, in the latter's private car, stopping of at Congress last night, MT. Bond is accom- panied by his wife and child. After spending a day or two in Prescott he will proceed to California. The object of his visit Is for the purpose of specially acquainting himself with the commercial and financial conditions of the far west and south west country.
 From Fridays Daily.
 Nobody's child at the opera house tonight.
 O. F. Place returned this morning from a visit to Phenix. Matinee tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 at the opera house.
 A J. Davis. has been appointed deputy sheriff at Jerome. D) not fail to see Nobody's Child at the opera house tonight. l pr. c. A. Sewall has opened an office as a specialist in Los Angeles.
 Professor Wasson, of Phenix, is recovering from a serious spell of illness.
 Jack Bolan's livery stable and residence in Tucson was destroyed by fire on Thursday.
 Col. Frank c. Hatch met a party of capitalists here yesterday, and left for Phenix last evening.
 Judge and Mrs. R. E. Sloan. NIT. and Mrs. c. O. Ellis and Mrs. J. L. Fisher returned this morning from their visit to Phenix.
 Edward Newell, a young mining man, sad to hail from Arizona, mysteriously disappeared recently at San Francisco.
 As the district court has adjourned till the thlrd Monday in March, the date for the execution of Parker cannot be fixed before that date.
 Charles w. Bowman. of Tucson. it is said will be appointed assistant United States attorney by United States Attorney R. E. Mornson.
 Ben Rybon and Geo. A. Giles are officiating as the death watch over Parker, the latter at night, the for mer in day time.
 Mir. and Mrs. F. s. Davis, who re- gently took the residence formerly occupied by MT. and Mrs. R $. Stockton, will be at home after March 1.
 Promoters of the Grand Canyon railroad state that the Santa Fe Pacific railroad gives them a bonus of S35,000 for the construction of the road.
 Miss Irene Martin returned on last evenings special train from her visit to Phenix. She stopped en route at Congress, and obtained her first experience in visiting a mine.
 MT. Wallace. one of the victims of the Johnson House fire, who was stopping in Prescott for his health, went to Castle creek hot springs yesterday.
 While E. 1. Roberts was engaged in pruning trees a few days ago, step ladder on which he was stand ing collapsed, throwing him to the ground and dislocating his shoulder.
 Messrs. Belcher & Smith, of the Cabinet saloon, have received the agency for the McRrayer whisky, than which there is none better.
 s. H. Garrett. who was injured in the Johnson House fire Is getting along as well as could be expected. It will be several weeks though before heis able to work again.
 Superintendent John DeDair, of the Santa Fe Pacific railroad, is in the Sisters hospital at Los Angeles still suffering from injuries received at the Fairvlew tunnel. ] Chas. E Ashley, a stockman for merly of Prescott and Chino valley, but now a member of the live stock commission firm of Weller x Ashley, of Los Angeles, Is visiting his old friends in this section.
 "The delegation of Prescottites which went down to worship at the McCord shrine, has returned to Prescott. Courier Our mayor, who went down on Monday evening. has not yet answered a roll call iI Prescott since the reception.
 The recent collision on the Santa Fe Pacific railroad east of Mohave 1 is now believed to have been caused by the death of Engineer Rooms, prior to his arrival at the meeting point. Rooms was known to te sufferer from heart disease. He was one of the oldest and most re liable engineers on the road. His body had turned black when re moved from the debrls of the wreck while those of the others had not. The Edna Paige company gave another good entertainment at the opera house last evening. The play produced was East Lynne and the company demonstrated that they possessed a fine conception of it as well as being able to do full justice Tn its rendition. Popular prices Ob- tain during their engagement and their entertainments are very good.
 The R. B. George company has a large sized class in vocal music. It meets twice a day, at 4:l5 and 7:3O D. ID. An hour is given at the after noon session and two hours at the evening session. Prof. George IS an excellent instructor in vocal music and his class makes rapid progress. A concert will be given by them next week.
 The Night Owls, who tried to get a date in Prescott this week, dis
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