Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1899-09-13

Merchants e1cursion tickets on sale today.
 R. R. Goldman came in on this afternoons train.
 MT. and Mrs. B. Robinson, of Kirkland valley, are in town.
 G. A. Ainsworth is IS in town from Juniper.
 J.H. Carpenter left for Phenix tbis afternoon.
 Colin Timmons came in yesterday from Kingman.
 Jake Carmichael writes to Dr. w. W. Lewis that he would leave New York Sept. 9th for South America
 Mrs. 4. P. Smith and children have returned from a protracted visit to California
 Young America is having a drill ing contest in front of the Sherman House this afternoon.
 The Degree of Honor ball will take place next Wednesday evening Buy s ticket and help a good cause.
 G. A. Bray will leave in the morn ing on the merchants excursion to San Francisco for 6 brief outing.
 Public schools wlH open in earn est on Monday and get down to bus iness.
 Herb. D. Pentland will leave to- morrow morning on the merchants excursion to San Francisco.
 Superintendent of Schools c. F. Cox and daughter, Miss Frances, left for Peoples valley this morning by private conveyance.
 Lou Walden will take charge of the Hot Springs Junction station on Monday, vice Lee H. Landis, re- signed.
 Geo. Rohpeter came in yesterday from the Lone Pire mine which he has recently bonded to Mrs. Maud NJ. Clifford.
 A freight wreck occurred near Rock Butte last night. Three or four cars were pretty badly dam aged, caused by rolling down an embankment. No one was injured.
 All members of the Degree of Honor will meet at the residence of Mrs. B. NJ. Belcner on Monday even ing at 8 o'clock.
 A. A. Moore, of Walnut Grove Las forwarded a sack of sweet corn to this office which Is superior to any thing we have ever seen.
 Miss Lucy Collins, a prominent young society lady of Los Angeles, arrived on yesterdays train for two weeks visit with Mrs. J. F. Morrison.
 The Electric Clarke sisters tele- graph from San Francisco that they will not arrive ip Prescott today. be- ing detained. They will arrive to- morrow. however, and appear al the Cabinet Sunday evening.
 Font Humphreys was in town to- day, being his first visit to Prescott for several years. He sold out business in which he was engaged at Glendale and has en- gagged in the sheep business with at Kirkland valley.
 Post Office Inspector Hall arrived on yesterdays train on an official visit. He takes a pride in Prescott's new postofice and says it is the most complete one he has ever seen in a town of this size. Mir. Hall is taking 6 keen interest in the matter of free delivery for Prescott, 10 be November l.
 Geo. Rufner left town on Thurs day, on some secret mission. He was mounted on a fine horse and had a pack animal with him. To parties who asked him where he was going he said he was going | fishing"
 Quite 6 transformation scene IS | taking place on the banks of the Agua Fria just south of Bowers ranch near the Big Bug mining | district. The Val Verde Copper company is rapidly pushing work on the new smelter and on their town site. Where sixty days ago nothing but malpai rock aud stray cattle were seen, now all is activity. | The company expects to have its plant completed in about sixty days | and will shortly be in the market 1 for the purchase of ores, both in the | districts immediately contiguous to | them, along the line of the P. & E.