Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1898-11-23
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Col. McCord has been appointed brigade commander. He Is now full hedged general.
 Misses Hattie Oliver, Flossie Marks, and Lucy Stykeman have gone to Phenix to attend the Sun day School convention.
 There will be a social at the resi- dence of R. H. Burmister this eve ming given by the members of the Congregational Y. P. s. c. E.
 Those interested iu the hand en- broidered center piece work of Mrs. ! Spare are asked to be present at Woosters store on Saturday even ing next.
 Mir. and Mrs. J. Fl. Collins came over from Jerome yesterday. They will reside permanently in Prescott and MT. Collins will practice his profession, that of the law.
 NJ. K. Wheelock, Of the Veriscope Company, arrived this morning from the south. He Is an agreeable per son aud will give the longed for prize fight this evening.
 Sheriff Ruffner is on the trail of another criminal, a man named Hughes, who shot one Mccoy some months ago on the F. & E. railroad grade. Hughes is said to be in eastern Gavapai somewhere.
 Ex-United States Marshal W. K. Mead has returned from Alaska as far as San Francisco, where was obliged to go into the hospital to recover lost health. He is reported to be m a bad condition.
 The murder case agains Rose, ended yesterday evening late, the jury returning a verdict of murder in the first degree with a penalty attached of life imprisonment. Rose conducted his own defense and seemed undisturbed at the verdict.
 Lieut.. J. D. Cartier, of the Rough Riders, is due to arrive in Prescott on Sunday next. He will remain but a few days, and it is whispered before returning to Cuba will lead to the altar one of Prescott's fasci- hating and charming young ladies.
 Lieut.. Wiley Jones of McCord's regiment has been ordered to join his regiment. Lieut.. Jones has recently been reelected district at torney of Graham county. Whether he will go to Cuba or Solomonville We do not know.
 The Ladies' Aid of the Baptist church gave Mrs. John Gloss a very pleasant surprise party yesterday afternoon and presented this worthy lady a fine willow rocker, the oc- casion being her birthday. Refresh ments were served and all report having had very enjoyable after noou.
 No ona can afford to miss the lecture at the Congregational church next Sunday evening by MT. Koehne. The St. Paul, Minn., pap eres speak of his lictures as ga mag nifcent exhibition of eloquence. He was listened to with profound at ] tention by the great audience" !" Lecture IS free. 4 collection will be taken at the close.
 If it is wrong for majorities to rule and if majorities show the American ignorance in Arizona" which the Journal Miner says they do, why issue election proclama- tions7 Why hold electionsi-Cou- rier. No use at all under the pres ent system of poodle, booz and burcombe, or at least until the aver age man of intelligence gets his eyes opened to the necessities of our beloved Arizona.
 ! An accident on the s. F. P. & P. occurred last night at about z o'clock, which was attended with fatal results. An engine and caboose on the P. & E. was backed up the grade and when about five miles from Prescott on the main line of ] the $. F. P. & P. ran into two steers, which threw the caboose and engine and tender down the bank. Engine watchman Ed Hanks was jammed between the tender and cab, and instantly killed, his body remaining pinned in that position until this ] morning when it was extricated. Engineer Clements and Fireman Reilly were slightly injured and Brakeman Merritt is in the hospital slightly wounded also. The acci- dent was unavoidable, and no blame is attached to any one under the ! -.