Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1899-10-11

] " tank OlSen. There ar
 about l5O0 head of cattle and 6
 head of good COW horses, besides tn,
 ranch and improvements. The Drip
 plng Springs ranch has been owue,
 by NIT. Griffith for l5 years and it i
 one of the best ranches in Pima
 county.
 From Fridays Daily. The Mexico injured yesterday ir
 the railroad yards died today. The weather has cleared uE
 again.
 While our new postofice is a cred
 IL to the town, it is a more expen-
 slVe institution than the old one
 Box rents have been raised from 25
 to % per cent
 Julius A. Brown, of Riverside
 Cal, but formerly a resident of thi:
 county, IS visiting his brother, Will
 lam Brown, of Brown Brothers, in
 Prescott.
 County Treasurer Burke aud bis deputy, Ed. s. Wright, have decided to keep the treasurer's office open from 5 a. m. to , p. n. from now until the third Monday in Decem- Der, in order to accommodate tax payers. Taxes are coming in ex- ceptionally fast for the time of year. During September over S2l, 900 was paid in while over S2,0OO have been pad in during the first four business days of this month.
 United States Attorney R. E. Morrison returned yesterday from attending court in St. Johns. He says that very heavy rains have visited the mountains south of St. Johns, and in coming from St Johns to Holbrook they were detained several hours by high water in the Little Colorado river. The stage carrying the mail between these two places, lost one trip on account Of being unable to cross this river.
 Mrs. c. J. Hall and family will leave for their home ia Phenix next Monday alter spending the summer in Prescott. They express them selves we'll pleased with their sum- mer's visit here and remarked that they liked the climate here better than ID California, and that taken together with the magnificent noun tain scenery they were surprised that more citizens of Phenix and the valley did not spend the summer months in Prescott.
 The Gilstrap brothers, Will and Frank, who formerly resided in Prescott, seem to have struck a bo- nanza in their newspaper venture, the Eugene (Ore.) Register. They are getting out an eight page, week ly paper, which IS brlmfull of gea- sral and local news, while its adver- Using columns furnish a good index to a prosperous town. as well ss h"- ing remuneFative to the news ,,ap-t 4 feature of the paper Is the extraordinary amount of dnai proof notices from the land office which the paper contains. There IS s greater average number of them in each issue than the aggregate issued from the Prescott land office in six 
 Edward Martin was lodged in jail this morning to serve a forty lays sentence for disturbing the peace and quiet of Congress. Dur ing the little episode which resulted in his confinement he laId himself liable to having a charge of felony, an officer, also lodged against him as he is alleged to have made a most vicious assault OF Deputy Pete BOscha, as we'll as on a man whom he called to assist him n making the arrest. He also as sailed the justice of the peace, be- lore whom he was tried, with the most obscene epithets. In view of all that is alleged concerning him, iorty days, sentence seems extremely fight.