Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1898-09-14

Mrs. F. C. Hochderfer, wife of Lieutenant Hochderfer of Captain DOnaldson's company, arrived today from Flagstaff for brief visit with her husband.
 The Tucson Star of recent date contained a notice of the sale of the s. F., F. < P. railroad to the Santa Fe Company. Where it obtained the alleged information is not known, but there is no truth in the asser- ton.
 Ralph Murphy, son of W. J. Mur- phy, was thrown from 6 horse near Phenix and seriously injured on Wednesday.
 J. E. Morrison left this morning for visit to California.
 J. ". Darlington has resigned as superintendent of the Yuma prison and Herbert Brown of the Tucson Citlzen has been appointed to the position. MT. Brown is a frst-class man and we congratulate him upon the appointment.
 That little notice of the political turkey buzZard" item seems to have riled the turkey buzzing instincts of its author, and a definition of the term is given. As near as the mean ing of this definition can be made out it IS that a political turkey buzzard" is any and every one which does not agree with the originator of the term.
 Ed. Shumate has returned from his trip to CalifornIa greatly im- proved in health.
 Mrs. W. H. Sharpe, who has been the guest of her friend, Mrs. w. n. Wade, in this city for several weeks, returned to her home at Needles, California, this morning.
 I. T. Stoddard, member of the executive committee for Yavapai county of the Republican Terri torial Central Committee, has ar ranged with the $. F., F. & P. rail road to have a special train leave PheniX on the morning of Septem- Der l9, immediately after the arrival of the NJ. & P. train, for the accom- modation of all delegates and their friends who may want to attend he convention. The train will arriv, % Prescott about one or two o'clock the afternoon. This will enable tLv delegates and others who may want to attend the convention or to visit Prescott, a splendid chance to do so. Mir. StoddArd is also making arrange ments to entertain the delegates on their arrival here and to make their stay a pleasant one. The conyen- tion will meet on September 20.
 At a meeting of the executive committee of the county central committee, the following resolution was adopted: Resolved, That none but actual bona fde residents of Navapai county shall be entitled to vote al the Republican primaries to be held September l5, 1898, and none shall be entitled to vote in a pre- cinct adjoining the one in which he resides.
 There was a storm at Casa Grande on Tuesday night approaching hurricane. The storm swept over the desert. striking the village about 6 o'clocE. Three buildings were un- roofed and the tank and windmill of the railroad company were ssvere ly damaged. The direct incident of the storm was the death of Burt McMorrow, If years old. He was driving along the road near the vil- lage when his team. frightened by the roar of the attending thunder and wind and the glare of the light> ming, ran away. The boy was thrown out of the wagon and instantly killed.
 Major W. A. Rowe, chairman of the territorial democratic central committee, is ID town making ar engagements for the meeting of the territorial democratic con gentiOn.
 Geo. A. Giles. yesterday unlosded the 23,0OO pound hoist for the Nc Cabe mine from the railroad car or which it was shipped to Prescott. He accomplished the task iu one day with the assistance Of one man. There Is no piece of machinery too big for Giles to undertake to move and he never undertakes anything he does not accomplish.