Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1899-11-29

E. G. Siggers, patent lawyer Washington, D. O., reports a patent granted to L. NJ. Francis Pheuix ! for an inhaler.
 Fen s. Hildreth returned thi' morning frnm a visit to Phenix H, expects to return there and take 6 position in drug store December lst.
 Jerome and other mining camps have been notified or the voting contest for Maid of Honor Co tue Phenix carnival and will no doubt participate.
 Rev. Leon Lewis and wife, of Georgia, are recent arrivals in Pres colt. MT. Lewis is the recently ap- pointed pastor of the NJ. E. church south.
 The Southern Pacific company has agreed to make a 8 round trip rate from Tucson to the Phe liI carnival,i provided 300 persons at tend.
 A plea of insanity has been inter- posed on behalf of "Pipe Line Jim- my" accused of making a murder ous assault on a Chiaamau at Je- rome.
 Rubber is reported to be getting very scarce, but it will;probably not produce any visible decrease in the supply of rubber necks.
 Julius Jacoby has received his Thanksgiving turkeys and will have his first shoot tomorrow. He will have another on. Thanksgiving day.
 Pastor H. W. Peck's sermon in the First Methodist church, Marina street, on Sunday evening, will be a sermon to men, the theme being Saul, the King" All welcome.
 Deputy Sheriff Pete BOscha says that the man who held up the Pres cott crap game in Prescott some time since was killed recently in California while attempting to hold up a stage.
 pr. Metzgar, the dentist who ar rived here recently from Moline, Illinois, has decided to locate ID Prescott and engage in the practice of his profession. The doctor comes highly recommended.
 Three Fingered Jack, who was wanted at the Phenix carnival as a drawing card, cannot attend, owing to a pressing social engagement in Tombstone, where he is the guest of the sheriff, but the light fingered Jacks" will no doubt be numerous there,
 4 Havana telegram says: Will liam Cox, who was engaged at Ha- valIa in a directory enterprise, is charged with swindling his partner out of S2,500. Cox! The name seems familiar, but no, it was not the Arizona directory man of that name who was operating in Cuba. Chaplain Scott will preach at the Baptist church tomorrow morning and evening. His subject Tn the evening is ''The Ordination and h. stallation of Jesus Christ" There will be good singing, anthems, solos and choruses, by the choir. All are cordially invited.
 Union Thanksgiving services will be held in the NJ. E. church South next Thursday Thanksgiving DaY) at II a. m. Chaplain Winfield Scott will preach the sermon, Singers from all of the choirs will unite and render anthems and choruses suit able for the occasion.
 William Roarke, of San Diego, arrived in Prescott yesterday. He is a brother of the late James Roarke, of Wickenburg. He Is en route to Phenix to look into the management of his brothers estate, and to look after his own interest in it. Mir. Roarke formerly resided at Wickenburg and is known to many of the old time residents of that section of the country.
 The various counties are doing their duty splendidly by our carnival and soMe of the sweetest girls in Arizona will come as maids of honor. The Gazette men are a little on the shady side of life and not given much to flirting, but we reserve our decision upon this question till the rosJ checked maids from the noun tain towns came tripping to our city.-Gszette.
 Voting for the Maid of Honor from this county to the PheniX car nival was commenced today, though not very spiritedlY. It will continue till next "Wednesday evening. The votes will be taken out and counted each evening until the contest closes. Miss Anna Schuerman has been spoken of by 6 great many in connection with the position, but of course until the vote is opened the names of those who are being voted for cannot be ascertained.
 Father Quetu's church fair at Jerome, this week, seems 10 have been an unprecedort'@ s1""ess. Geo. Fl. Cook donated a gOII cane which was disposed of by a voting contest, and the sum of $l,746 was realized for it on Thursday night. It was the most spirited contest of the kind ever experienced in the county There were three principal contest ants and their friends voted block after block of tickets amounting to 1 S2O each. The foreman of the mine was the successful contestant.
 Prof. and Mrs. Griffith gave theil closing entertainment last evening and left for Phenix this afternoon One of the most remarkable demon strations last evening was the plac' ing of Mrs. Griffith in 8 condition oi hypnosis, by her husband, and theI while in this condition she was sus pended in mid air, her neck resting , on the back of one chair and hel feet on the back of another. Three young men then stepped on bel ? body from a table standing near their entire weights resting there D for a few moments. Other feats O various kinds were performed si usual by his class while under tn, hypnotic influence. Their engage ment here seemed to give genera satisfaction to all who attended
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