Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1898-03-02
1HE CITY AND COUNTY ESy Items From Our 0En fOBD an
 Surrounding Country.
From Wednesdays Daily.

E&althY young men. Howard ha
 en studying the cyanide bushes aE Wickenburg under Harve
 elm's tutelege and is making ex
 aaent progress. Next Septembe
 will return to Sanford universit.
 2d take up his studies in minin!
 gineering. He is r. years old #eighs l6S pounds and hasn't al cnnce of superfuous fesh.-Ga zette.
 Tuesdays Gazette reports th oAowing Prescottites as guests o
 e capital city: Mrs. William Etomas. Miss Julia Brown. Josepl
 Roberts, J. W. Phipps, NJ. Turn
 ll, I. \. Smith. T. J. Norris, R. \
 edericks.
 VI. Lambert Butz, of Congress 1d Mrs. Susan McMachol were
 re married in Phenix Monday.
 Mrs. F. 4. Tritle entertained the kiiRh Five club at her residence
 Enday evening. Mrs. pr. Dutchsl erried of the honors of the even. l1E.
 John Speck, who it will be re-
 smb bered left Prescott a few week: go for the Klondike, writes to peo- De in this city that he has conclud- eIfo abandon his first intention.
 ons, and will locate in Washington for the present. He says in letter: tbat he has met many people who htFe recently come out and so dis c1nraging are the reports that hun lzsds have turned back. So 1t goes
 Thos. Hughes was appointed nostmaster at Tucson Monday. Lte appointment is a good one and
 n meet the general approval of neson citizens.
 R. \. Fredericks attended the eeting of Mystic Shriners at Phe- < Monday.
 There was a gathering of Mystic 6riners from all over the territory
 Phenix Monday. The degree of zeettish Rite Masonry was com mnnicated to about twenty Masons bf Grand Commander Thos H. Gas usl, who bears the distinction of be'ng the highest Mason in Amer
 lake Marks is the recipient of a 3hmission from Petraculas, king H the Little Rock Mardigras carni- s constituting him a ''high roller ine one of the boys" under the high ohnding title of "Alkali Jake"
 Msyor O'Nelll attended the fes- 4ties at PhenIx.
 The vitascope curtain at the ;,rera house has been changed so as 3o avoid any long delay between
 Tonight the Imaginable farce en- iitled a Regular Fix" ~ill be pre- xhted at the opera house.
 Business was generally suspended sssterday and the birthday of the Fsther of his country was duly eel sbrated. The flag was unfurled to tte breeze over the court house, chooI house, and a number of busi- aAss establishments.
 The Prescott band and the Edna Page Comedy company's band com fIaed yesterday afternoon and gave cpncert in the plaza.
 Nm. Mulvenon and wife and Miss Eellie Warrington left for Castle
 eek hot springs yesterday. S/Robt. E. Morrison, the newly ap- onted L. .. district attorney for lizona. arrived home from Wash hgton, D. C., yesterday and was i<pt busy most of the day receiving I'd congratulations of friends. MT. Morrison says the people of the east 1feneIally express confidence in the ebility of the administration to handle wisely and we'll the investi- eskion of the maine battle ship dis ssfer. Conservative and thinking people are disposed to withhold iadgment until the court of inquiry has submitted their report.
 A book charade social will be eisen by the young people of West Prescott Methodist church Epworth Lesgue Thursday evening, in the t16ldiDg on the corner south of Eardner's store on Cortez street. emiums distributed to successful
 essers.
 Nm. Partridge, owner of valuable Etning properties in Weaver district 1.lnrned to Stanton yesterday after stferal days stay in Prescott.
 n Hickey. administrator of the eatste of George Monroe. has filed petition asking for an order to sell t1e mining property belonging to tiie estate.
 The Frenchman who blew up the s II Pacific track with dynamite at Crowley, Coconino county last Fri car because he was put of the train Ezs captured at Congress Monday by Deputy Sheriff Boscha and taken ta Flagstaff by Sheriff Ruffner 4here he was turned over 10 the pfDper authorities. Two sticks of 47namite were found in his possess 
 The R. B. George Convention Go, Aoids forth at the NJ. E. church this egening in a musical concert. The Emission is free. a collection to be leken. The company comes to Erescott well recommended and to hsar them will be a treat. It is the ntention of the company to con- bine the singers of Prescott in a c8ss for musical instruction and a c1ncert to follow. Everybody in- Fited te come out this evening.
 Local talent is making good progress with the play to be gwen 16 the evening of March l6. A osnce will be gwen March 17th, r1der the same management.
 Today is Ash "Wednesday, the be gaming of the lenten season. The zly communion was observed at st fhe Episcopal church at 10 a. m.
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