Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1899-12-20

King, has built up a good praetic' ia that section by his skill and care ful attention given to patients.
 The contract for the Mohave To dian school sewer system has beer awarded to J. B. Cowden, of Sar Francisco, his bid being S5,640.
 J. Marshall Morgan has been sp pointed and has qualified as live stock inspector, vice Jos. Campbell resigned.
 Assistant General Manager R. E Wells, and the presidents assistant J. H. Emmert, made an official triE over the P. & E. railroad today.
 c. B. Linn, proprietor of the Golden Eagle jewelry store, ha: just received quite an invoice of new goods and has a handsomely dIs- played show window of Xmas nov elites.
 MT. and Mrs. R. B. BurInister will move into their new residence to- morrow. It is a handsome home and is provided with all the latest modern eonveniences for comfort.
 J.H. Morrison will leave in a day or two for a visit to Massachusetts. He is the inventor and patentee of a new brace adapted for boring into iron or wood, and goes east to ar range for their manufacture.
 J.E. Hunt, clerk in J. J. Wrago- vich's office has resigned his posi- ton and goes to St. Joseph, Mis- souri to take a position with the St. Joseph x Grand Island railroad.
 The Bashford- -Burmister company have an announcement in this issue in which groceries are offered al "closing out prices" and also tell of 1 the stock of goods of ladies wea |, suits, carpets, crockery and in fact about everything.
 The Methodist church of Prescott has established a Chinese mission and night school. It meets every evening in the week except Thurs day and Sunday and is attended by about twenty Chinese residents. On Sunday evenings services are held m the Chinese language.
 Howard Legge, superintendent of the Monte Cristo mine, came up ! from Kirkland this morning and will leave for California tomorrow morning to spend the holidays. There is a game Of golf scheduled to come of tomorrow at the golf grounds east of Prescott which promises to be the most interesting one ever played here. Every player m Prescott will participate in the game. The game IS a benefit one for the Prescott public library. It will start at 2 p. m. sharp and every body will be welcome to witness it.
 A telegram, dated Washington, December fl, and published in the PheniX Enterprise, says: On No venIber If, after Secretary Gage had gone over the evidence and made no ] findings against him, Collector Chenoweth resigned. to take effect December l5. He was rendered the appointment to a better position. but refused on account of import ant mining business.
 The WoOdmen lodge IS the first Of the secret societies in Prescott to make a donation to the Prescott 1 library, and it has made 6 very gen erous one of $50. The example set by this lodge will no doubt be fol- lowed by others, and If every lodge in the city contributes as hberally t will add a snug little sum to the fund.
 The Santa Fe Pacific railroad is having trouble on account Of a scarcity of water on the division be tween Seligman and Winslow. The :. F., P. X P. is running a water tram between Del Rio and Ash Fork which supplies the former road with eighteen car loads of water per day, but even that is not sufficient to meet the demand and they now want thirty car loads per day.
 Phenix has been experiencing a semi-epidemic of typhoid fever. Out of fourteen cases investigated it was discovered that thirteen used milk from tLe same dairy. An investiga- ton of this dairy disclosed the fact that while the COWS showed DO signs of sickness of any kind, tbeir only supply of water was from a very filthy shallow pool. The owner of the animals promised to provide pure fresh water for the animals and to discontinue selling milk for a short period until all danger of transmitting disease through the milk had passed. Physicians think in this way they can stamp out the fever.
 4 party of engineers belonging to the United States Geological survey arrived in Florence last week from Texas and will take up the work where Professor Thompson's party dropped 1t last spring. A complete typographical survey will be made of the Casa Grande valley, as we'll as north of the river. and it will take at least six months to complete the work, which will be known as the Florence sheet. This IS the first survey of the kiud to be made in Arizona, and is directly in line with the proposed San Carlos reservoir for which it Vill furnish important data. The party is in charge Of Professor E. NJ. Douglas.-Florence Tribune.
 From Saturdays Daily.
 A. J. Pickrell of Senator, is in town.
 w. B. Cox has returned from his visit to Phenix.
 W. J. Barrett, of San Francisco, is at the Burke.
 E A. Haggott is in from the Blue Bell mine.
 F. A. Provot is in town from Je- rome.
 John H. Campbell, of Washing ton, D. C., IS at Hotel Burke.
 Sam Morris. a I3-year-old boy, had his nose broken last night in a moonlight game of foot ball. Mss Edna Martin is expected home tomorrow from attending school m Los Angeles, to spend the holidays.
 Now is the time for young ladies and gentlemen to take lessons on