Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1899-08-23

Father Quetu has gone to Jerome to hold services tomorrow.
 Geo. P. Harrington of Crowned King, is in town.
 Mrs. L. B. Wetmore left for Phe- niI this afternoon for a brief visit.
 Rev. E. W. Meany will hold ser vices in the Episcopal church to- morrow.
 Two insane patients passed through Prescott yesterday en route tO the asylum.
 ]. Water Wright, of Wagoner, left this marning for St. Johns, New Brunswick.
 Frank Bettman, a we'll known commercial traveller, IS in town on his periodical visit.
 Mir. and Mrs. c. W. French came in on this afternoons P. X E. train from Crowned King for a brief visit.
 Miss Fleming will go to Pheni1 shortly to take a position as teacher in one of the public schools near there.
 Miss Jessie Smith will leave next week for Tempe to take the position of teacher of elocution in the Normal school.
 A Ire south of town last night about 10 o'clock caused an alarm to be sounded in Prescott. Diligeut inquiry today failed to locate the scene of the blaze.
 If you want to get a position as mail carrier under the free delivery system in Prescott, to go into effect November l, brush up and attend the examination September 2
 Dan Gillis is only hitting the high places today. The occasion was the arrival at his home of of a nine pound boy. The JoURNAL-MrNER congratulstes MT. and Mrs. Giles.
 Prof. A. J. Matthews has been busily engaged m preparing for next years school work. He has about completed the arranging ot the work for the year.
 Hon. Norton Chase, a prominent attorney of New York. is in town. He is one of the attorneys of the Mining company and also of the Arizona Eastern & Mon tana company.
 John O'Connell, a miner, who is well known and liked by a host of people in Yavapai county, had a mar row escape from being killed by cave in 8 mine on Big Bug, in which he was working. As 1t was he was pretty badly bruised.
 T. C. Job has been appointed sd- of the estate of the late Dr. Allderdice. Unknown to most of his scquaintsnees here the doctor was a married man but had been from his wife for a num- Der of years.
 Two columns and a half in the Courier th:s morning devoted to Journal-Murphy, taIless toots, ms representations, generally. and near ly two columns to Coney Island, ought to warrant that pa per in running a supplement.
 F. NJ. Murphy has just been offic. ially advised that there will be no changes in the orders heretofore issued regarding the rehabilitation of Whipple barracks, as COntem- plated by the war department. There fore 1t is reasonable to expect that before long we will see WhipPle re occupied.
 The Schultz case was given to the jury yesterday and at 4:30 this after noon they had failed to return a verdict.
 s. J. Wright, of Paris, Texas, re- turned yesterday from 8 visit 10 mining properties owned by him and which he is developing on Chery creek. Mir. Wright is prom inent cotton grower of Texas, and has been interested in mines in this sectioL for 6 number of years, hay ing made several visits here. He is in love with Arizona climate.
 The JoURNAL-MNER is in receipt of 8 copy of the San Jose News of July 3l, in which an entire page is devoted to the McNaughton case. The professor made complete vindication of the charges preferred against him, by the most overwhelm- ing testimony in his favor, and the normal school trustees exonerated him. The many friends of Prof. McNaughton in Arizona will be highly grati6ed at this result as they have never for an instant lost faith in his integrity of character and are fully aware of his superior ability as an educator.
 Prescott will tonight lose one of her oldest citizens, in the parsonage of Judge John Howard, who with his wife will leave on the north bound train for Converse. Indiana, where the judge will spend the re- mainder of his days In converse ton with Judge Howard this after noon he stated that he came to An- zons thirty-seven years ago and has witnessed the growth of the town of Prescott to its present size and the development of the territory from an Indian infested condition to its present prosperous one. Judge Howard has been a useful and re- sPected citizen, having held the position of mayor for two terms, as well ss other official positions. The hest Rishes of A hnsi nI friends will