Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1898-02-16

Agua Fria says that pleasant sur
 prise party was given recently tC Miss May Milligan, of the Agui Fria valley. A large number of he young friends assembled at he residence and then proceeded to tn, school house, located only shor
 distance away, where dancing wa
 indulged in till daylight with th'
 exception of an intermiSsion lonl
 enough to partake of a sumptuouI
 repast. Every body had a gooC
 time. The music was furnished by
 the Rosenburg Brothers.
 Wm. Button, general manager oI
 the Tiger District Mining Company operating in the Bradshaw noun, tains, arrived yesterday from a visit east, and left this morning for hi: mining camp. He says that business continues to improve in the east.
 J. B. Duffy, formerly a clerk in the office of the general passenger agent of the s. F., F. & P. railroad and later in the same office of the Atlantic & Pacific railroad, is now located at San Jose, California, as passenger agent of the Santa Fe Pacific railroad.
 Repalrs to the Johnson canyon tunnel were completed last evening and through traffic resumed on the road again. Over 200 car loads of west bound freight passed through the tunnel last night, and the east bound passenger train went through today, being the first passenger train through since since January Is.
 Geo. A. Wentz, prominent young druggist of Gilroy, Cal, arrived on last evenings train for brief visit to Prescott. Besides being a first class druggist, Mir. WenIZ is an excellent young man and would make a valuable acquisition as a citizen. could he be induced to locate here.
 From Fridays Daily.
 J. H. Conn, of Big Bug, is at the Sherman House.
 H. c. Washington, of New York, Is at the Wihsor.
 Supt. John Burns, of the U. V. & P. Railway, was in town last night.
 A. H. Derrick, of Crowned King, left for visit to Kansas this morn- ing.
 O. E. Runner returned this morn ing from an extended visit 10 Phr- nix.
 Laura B. Sloan has been granted a divorce from B. F. Sloan in Los Angeles.
 P. J. Mccormick IS in town, on the look out for a contract on the Big Bug railroad.
 Mls. s. H. Dewitt left yesterday for California for an extended visit with relatives.
 The mother of c. D. Reppy, the editor of the Florence Tribune, died in St. Louis.
 Us. Cook left for Castle creek hot springs this afternoon to seek relief from an attack of rheumatism.
 Sheriff Ruffner returned to Selig- man this morning on matters per taining to the Breen-Cleary cutting scTape.
 It is stated that the time for contracts for the construc- ton of the Big Bug railroad has been postponed till February 20.
 Henry Breen is the man who cut and slashed Con Cleary at Selig- man the other day and who now languishes in the county jail.
 R. E. Morrison, the newly ap- pointed United States district at torney for Arizona, is expected to return to Prescott on the 16th inst.
 Among the railroad contractors in Prescott at present are R. F. Welt bee and c. Dittner, of Colorado, of the contracting firm which built the Denver & Rio Grande railroad.
 The body of the late Walter G. Hale was disinterred yesterday from the Potter's field, and given inter ment in the Citizens cemetery. A brother ih law in Nebraska paid the expenses.
 According to the weather report issued by the U. s. weather bureau the rainfall at Whipple for five from September 1, 1897, 10 January 3l, 1898, amounted to 7.O6 inches as against 11.49 for the same period of 1896 and 1897.
 The man who cut Con. Cleary was lodged in the county jail yesterday. 1t is stated that in his murderous assault on Cleary he cut out one of his eyes. The assault is said to have been entirely unprovoked.
 Judge R. E. Sloan returned this from attending supreme court iu Phenix. The hearing of cases in the supreme court has been and it has adjourned till February 3, when decisions and opinions in a large number of cases will be rendered.
 Today a deed was filed for record from Deiderick Won Heiu and Mar garet Von Hein to Paul Loske for the E ] of the s W l Sec 20 and the N E l of the N " l of Sec g Twp l4 \ RI W. The land is located in Skull Valley. Deidrich Von Hem has also deeded his right and title to cattle of certain brand running at large in Skull Valley to Paul Loske.