Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1899-12-20
CITY AND COUNTY NEWS.
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C. H. B. Carter came la from Mayer this afternoon.
 D. F. Mitchell cape in today from BSumann's Swiss Girl copper camp,
 J.J- Reilly came in on this after noon's train from Cherry creek.
 Archie Lemon is in the employ of the Val Verde copper company at .heir works at Val Verde.
 Office row is daily losing its old time dtle, and Cliff Dwellers' re- treat is in the ascendency.
 Finest line ot candies m the ter ritory at Ed. Shumste's. t2-lStf
 President Murphy of the $. F., P. & F., left this morning for Phenix on railroad matters.
 A bill has been introduced in con- gress authorizing Tucson Go issue bonds for water works.
 The two men arrested yesterday by John Ferris were turned loose today. there being no evidence against them
 Flagstaff is still agitatinE the qUes- ton of wagon road 10 the Verde valley and Williams is about build ing a railroad in there.
 Lost, black wooden gold headed cane; lost Sunday. Finder please return to this office and receive 8 suitable reward. l2H
 Mrs. C. P. Wingfeld and Mrs. Geo. RohpeteF went out Co Huron this morning after a brief visit in Prescott.
 Our contemporary had another attack of the Murphy. Journal Murphy rabies this morning. As 1t was only about a column in length 1t will probably wear of soon.
 Chandler, the candy maker, offers special inducements to partles and holiday entertainments. if
 There will be a specia! meeting of the OK. hose compar v tomorrow evening at s o'clock sharp for the election of officers for the ensuing year.
 J. L. Davis has been appointed postmaster al Val Verde, a recently established post office. He has for warded his bond to Washington and expects to have the oaice open about January 1.
 Marshal Blankenship came over from Jerome today with Frank Cres- man, accused of resisting him ss an officer. Crisman goes to the next grand jury under $500 bonds
 Mrs. Pauline O'Neill has pur- chased the stock of the Kemp hard ware company in PheniN and Wili consolidate 1t with that of the J. B. Long Hardware company, iu which she owns an interest.
 Messrs. Dunshee and Dorr, Of the Buster mining company, are in town for the holidays. The Buster is not what its asme would lead one to believe, its general appearance being indicative of good in the future.
 Give your children pure, fresh candy for Christmas. Make your purchases at Chandier's. tf
 Every paper in the west says that Arizona and New Mexico deserve statehood. That Is evidently the correct phase of the question, but there are many out Of jail who should be in.
 Contractor Webb IS preparing to close up shop in street grading and will go into winter quarters at Phe- nix soon. He IS at present excayat- Ing for ditches along the streets, and will not resume work before April l. In the supreme court of New York, on Saturday, Judge Glider sleeve heard arguments on the mo ton to make permanent an iujunc- ton to restrain the sale of the United Verde copper company, the mines and smelters of which cor poration are at Jerome, Arizona. - J. Marshal Morgan today qualified as the live stock inspector for this city with John Lawiet and l.. W. Wells as sureties for bond of S5C0. MT. Morgan is an authority on stock matters and feels perfectly al home in the official saddle.
 In the San Rafael grant case the claimant wanted one hundred and thirty-seFen thousand acres of land, and the land court gave him less than eighteen thousand acres, while two of the judges voted Co reject the grant in toto.
 Smith * Smith, the grocers. sd- vertise on account of III health, commencing Monday, Dee. II, Co close out their large stock oi groceries all of which are new goods aud of the highest quality. Tuey will offer sn opportunity to buy high grade groceries at prices never before witnessed ia Gavspal county.
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 The board of supervisors today are ID session and trausac;ng pub lie business. The only important matter considered by them was the leasing of a section of land in Big Clin0 valley to Thomas E. King. The above strip has an appraised valuation of $500. and It was turned ger to Mir. Kiug for a rental ol S2O t.er annum for five years. The land will be utilized for stock purposes.
 A petition Is being circulated m Pima county for the pardon of Fred Hughes, who did up everything and ,.reTvbody he could get his hands on In financial way. If he should succeed in getting his freedom lt Is aa even up shake that he wIl. go Co tue legislature from Pima county again and pose as the watch dog of ghe treasury.
 The state of Missouri during the past year sold SS.OO0W0 worth oi mules, to be used chiefly for war purposes. In this connection II may not be improper to mention the fact that II. J. Allen last winter smeiled he battle from afar, and went Jo pheuix to get a corner on these an Ilnals, but he bumped up against gle legislative mustangs instead. aad quit, 1t is said. heavy loser lC Mir. Allen had only been per mitted to buy mules what an iI- fiueutial and wealthy citizen Arl-