Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1899-11-01
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The local news crop is rather short these days.
 Simms addition has been added to the city of PheDIX.
 Attorney Parkinson, of Jerome, came in on today's train.
 T. H. Ferguson, a prominent at torneT of San Francisco, IS ID town. A flow of natural gas has been dis covered near Yuma.
 Los Angeles brewers have rented the brewery north of town.
 Charles Schackman, of Congress, has been granted a pstent for au envelope fastener.
 Henry W. Taylor, of Minnehaha, has been granted pension of $500 per month.
 Fl. L. Scott, one of the original To- cators of the Fools Gulch mines, IS in town.
 The viii of the late J. T. Shull was proved ID the probate court to- day and was admitted to probate.
 H. L. Bixbys of the we'll known firm of Blxby & Patterson, sheep men of Bg Chino valley was ID town today.
 The Mohsve Miner says that Japs are now working on the Santa Fe Pacific railroad ID MohaFe county as section hands.
 Hugh McCrum returned last eve niAg from a visit to the Chsparral and Big Bug country and reports unusual activity in mining there.
 The condition of Lloyd Johnson, clerk of the supreme court, Is sald to be quite serious, and 1t is thought he can live only a short time.
 Salt River valley oranges have al ready appeared m the market. One grower expects to harvest seven car loads.
 Ned Goble, brother-in-law of G.. w. Olds. arrived in Prescott on Monday with his family, with the view Of remaining here.
 N. C. Webster has gone to PheniX to get more men and bring up the teams of his from there to place at work on the street grading contract.
 Chas. Lawhouss has been on trial this afternoon before Justice Shultz on a charge of indecent exposure. R. $. Stockton appeared for the de- fendant.
 Father Vabre has gone to Tucson to remain. He has been assistant in Prescott te Father Quetu for two or three years and has been we'll liked here.
 Hon. Nick Gales has been in the Mercy hospital quite sick for about three weeks. but IS now getting bet ter. Many oI his friends, even, were unaware of his sickness.
 W. c. Bsruwell, of Los Angeles, general agent of the freight depart ment of the Santa Fe route, left for Phenix this afternoon, after a brief visit to Prescott on official business.
 John Brown, the gambler, who shot and killed another gambler some time since in Mohaye county, has been sentenced to twenty years imprisonment in the penitentiary.
 LA. Yaeger and H. l.. Fishel, two experienced engineers connected with Chief Engineer Drake's office, of the $. F. P. X F. railroad. are in charge of the engineer department of the street grazing. w. L. Garden returned to Prescott yesterday after an absence of six or seven months. He spent the time iu the northwest, in Oregon and Washington. He Is very much im- proved in health by the trip.
 A poem by Rudyard lKipling or the TTausEasi crisis. entitled The King" will be feature of the No vem Der number of McClure's Nag azine. ln order to get the poem 1T time for that number, the editor, had It csbled from England.
 The ice cream season being ovel Ed. Shumate has opened a coffee and oyester parloT for the season He has employed a 6rst-class oyste cook, and hot coffee, oysters in any style, tsmales and chili soup can be obtained there.
 The postofiiee department has is sued notice shat letter postage C and from all Porto Rican towns ] now two cents. United States post age stamps eau be used in mailin letters and packages from Port Rico. instend of the stamps of tha country heretofore required. E Dr. Frederick A. Cook will COT tribute to the November number ( MeCiurs's Magazine the story of hi E. adventures with the Belgian An arctic expedition e last year. Tn members of this expedition were tb first men to pass a winter in the An arctic; they were m the south pols iee-pack continuously for thlrtee months. Dr. Cooks article will | illustrated from photographs take by himself.
 In about a week the new tin eCucQu4c Ol lEhluc Ou AIc OouIuci Pacific will go into effect. By u new arrangement the east bour passenger train will leave Yuma ;
 l0:32 p. m., reaching Tucson at 6:+
 am. The train will leave TucsC s at 7.05 a. m., reaching Fl Psso in Il evening. The west bound train wi arrive at Tucson at : p. m., leavir js at 7:20 and reaching Maricopa { 9:35 D. m.-Star.
 .eN Fletcher Fairchild, of Flsgsta
 died at the insane asylum at Phen . on Monday. Mir Fairchild h' | served as deputy sheriff of COconil s county foI several years and last I;
 he was elected sheriff, Ills ment
 condition was such ou January
 however, that be was unable 10 pe
 form the duties, although he I
 named as the nominal sheriff of | . county until three or four mont
 ago, when it was found necessary = take him to the asylum. He lesy