Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1899-03-15
ABSOLUTELY PURE

residence Of W. T. Olls on stIit
 ready for the masons to put a ston : foundation under the structure.
 The board of supervisors ST
 wrestling with the question of sd Justing the taxes of Jerome citizen
 who lost by the recent fire.
 Our Irish-American citizens will
 gve a grand ball op St. Patrick,
 day. The committee of arrange
 ment Is hard al work preparing fol it.
 The only business transacted thi:
 forenoon by the board of supervisors
 was the appointment of G. G. Hend-
 erson as oTerseer of road district
 number l6.
 Albert Hellwiek. a veteran mine
 owaer Of Lynx creek was in town to-
 day making his title clear to a min
 ing claim ID that district before the
 land office.
 Jose Bertram, who Is charged with stealing a horse and saddle al Jerome, has been arrested and lodged ID jail. He was captured at Globe.
 The council yesterday honored it. self by the unanimous defeat of the compulsory vaccination bill. These old blue laws of days long since passed away have no place in the statute books of AriZona.-Gszette. To be consistent the council should now take stuffed club and kill that other "old blue law" providing for quarantine against small poX.
 Tyson's sheep shearing camp will shortly be moved to Antelope below Mayer On the Black Canyon road There will probably be from 20,OOO to 5000 head of sheep sbeared there.
 Over 100000 pounds of wool have been shipped up 10 date from the Salt river valley. There are about 2O,0OO pounds more there 10 1 be shipped. 1
 Any one wishing a practical mean ing of the term. "loOks like the ! breaking upof hard winter" should visit the alley which runs m the lear of the block on the north side of the plaza.
 Rev. A. l.. Brewer, founder and owner of St. Matthews Hall in San hateD, California, died recently. He vas 6S years old. His son. Rev. W. |, Brewer, succeeds him as principal 'f the school. II
 Mir. and Mrs. \. C. Shekels and heir son Harry, cane in on today's ram from Los Angeles, where they lave been spending tho winter. They will leave for Crowned King n a day or two.
 Under the apportionment )f l0l { econd heutenanIs created by the Irmy reorganization bill among the ( arIOus states and territories Ari- ! on gets one officer.
 A meeting of the gun club will be eld this evening al S o'clock at Iitken & RObinson's for the trans ction of important business. All le embers are requested 10 attend. Small poI comes high but occss- 'naily inficts itself on a commuu- Y. This county has just been Alled on to foot bills aggregatlng p yer SiOO for the care of small pox atients and there were not very lNny patients either. Bills have been introduced to mend two measures passed by the ' resent legislature and to repeal mother one. Who says a demo | ratlc legislature Is not a warm umberf
 Dr. Barrett has returned from the as'le Greek hot springs very much nproved in health ana is ready to 5 lgage iu the practice of his pro 'ssion again. si Al the funeral of llttle Adelia | ogan yesterday afternoon, SIX little rls dressed m white acted as pail k carers They were Bertha Colds {, orthy, Maud Henry. May Fagin, elen Bruce, Marguerite Shull and al ernice Modem. ;. Jerome had an inning yesterday sfore the board of supervisors, in s, Ie matter of incorporating that live cl Id prosperous camp as a city. A imber ot citizens of Jerome sp- 'ared in favor of incorporation hiie J. J. Hawkins representing cc'
 w. Hull and others appeared in lo position to it. After hearing 'th sides the board unanimously le opted motion to grant the peti- m 'n for incorporation and Doane errlil, R .. Stnrmer, Arthur Cord th Pr, NJ. J. Bradley and W. M. th unds were appointed as the first uncll of the new city. -;