Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1899-04-19

which the town of Flagstaff received
 its name, has been properly located
 now to the fraction of an inch, bv
 tbe infallible walking encyclopedis
 of early events in Arizona. Let his
 tory making proceed. It is import
 ant to know that "the tree yet stands
 if not cut down" IL may be ad-
 ded that the entire party who pal
 tleipated n that flag staff cen
 tennial Fonrth of July celebration
 are all alive yet-if they have not
 died. A piece of history heretofore
 unknown, IS also supplied by this
 encyclopedic "reminiscences" in the
 Tact that ''in 1882 a remnant of a flag
 or piece of some sort of cloth, still
 waved from the top of that tree. Col. Harry Reed started the first
 newspaper at this point, and named
 t The Flags,ag Flag" This is the
 hrst case on record of a man starting
 a newspaper on the top of an eigh-
 teen-inch pine tree, yet it mnst be
 fact, for hath not the infallible
 himself said iti
 Strawberry dinner at the Congress
 House tomorrow evening.
 E. A. Munger, a Chicago attorney Is m town on professional business.
 The JoURSAL-MRER types made an error in the last issue in relation to the strawberry dinner at the Congress House. It will be tomor- row, Wednesday, evening, April 19, instead of April l7 as announced.
 Captain J. T. Dougine has re- turned from a business trip east. He says that owing to litigation in con- nectiOn with bIs Santa Maria prop critics he has been compelled to close down entirely for a time and until a settlement is made of the litigation. he says he regrets this action very much as he has implicit confidence not only in the merits of the proper ties be IS connected with but in Ari- ! zona generally.
 Get your house numbered if it has not already been done, and prepare for free mail delivery.
 Born, in Phenix, April F, to Mir. l and Mrs. c. 4. Fisk. a daughter. MT | Fisk, the happy papa" of this affair IS relief agent of We'll, Fargo & Co, and spent sixty days in Prescott dur ing the past winter as agent of that company.
 Postofieer Inspector Hall arrived on yesterdays train-a day or two sooner than he expected. He was out today inspecting one of the sub urban postOfhces, near Prescott.
 W. NJ. Munds will leave for his home Jerome tonight.
 w. H. Smith started up his cold storage plant yesterday afternoon.
 The Woodmeu will give an en- on Thursday evening of this week.
 Prof. Gallick's orchestra will fur nish the music for the Elks' dance on Friday evening. This is an as- surance that it will be excellent.
 Trees are out in full foliage. | Spring appeared this year at a single bound from winter without the usual 
 Just as soon as the room in the Head block can be fitted up properly tLe post office will be removed there md free mail delivery will he, ,estab- ished.
 In base ball game at Phenix last Sunday between the Congress and Phenlx teams, the latter was an easy winner, the score standing 21 to 3.
 Rewards of S25 each have been of- cred for the capture of L. C. Miller md the other two escapes from the ] Iuma Penitentiary. (
 Invitations are out for the annual all of the Elks for next Friday yen,ng. Tickets including refresh 1ents are g. The Elks always give rst-class entertainments and this ne will be no exception to the rule. J. Sheer, Sedalia, Mo-, conductor D electric street car line. writes that 1 IS little daughter was very low with roup, and her life saved after all hysicians had failed, only by using Q he Minute Cough Cure. Brisley V rug Co. e If you require a new hot water z, Ottle. fountain syringe or anything ~ se in the rubber line call on Covil- ll ud & Francis, up-to-date drug u sts, Head block, who have just re- lived direct from factory the finest " ne ever brought into Prescott. If n m At Sundays shoot of the gun club ce e following scores were made out
 a possible 9: Jackson, g; Frantz, % ]; Manderfelt, IS; Morin, F; An by C ws, 13; Hill, 13; Marks, F; Ait in ID, 10; Henry, z. In an extra shoot hU the same number of birds scores an ,re made as follows: Jackson, 20; rit -antz, Is; Morin, r; Andrews, I7; vi, 15; Hill, 10; Aitken, g. cri The Haldeman brothers who 1rdered Deputy Sheriff Ainsworth un d 8 young man named Moore gr' gently, in Cochise county, have he en captured near Lordsburg, New cal exico, about loo miles from the Ml ne of the killing. They are both ung men, one about 9 and the Ter Is. They stated that as they ! de their escape on foot they felt o-Z ure as they did not think the vs of their crime would ever be sor rned that far away. Der Some horologist has been calculst- Ha and comparing the different Lo ds of time Uncle Sam has ID his try sent possessions. He finds that It's