Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1899-04-26

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 Lieut.. Gilmore Of the U. s. va B ship Yorktown, who was eaptuf,
 by the Filipinos recently, was a - pointed from Arizona to the nav T acAdemy. He is a cousin of A. { = Gilmore of the Courisr. whose fath ,. vas formerly a chaplain in the arm - stationed at Whipple, and throug ! whose influence young Gilmore W. D appointed to the naval academy.
 The contractor for the city wat.
 tunnel north of town yesterda . placel a number of shots in tL
 roof of the tunnel and then explode
 them for the purpose of crackin
 ths roof and letting the wate
 through. The operation was a con
 plete success and after the shots ha
 been fired of a large volume c
 water poured in. The flow is estim
 s,ei at the rate of 3OO,OOO gallon per day.
 Sam Hill returned home last nigh
 fro n bis trip Co Californis. He ha
 been absent ever siacs January
 and returned very greatly improve,
 m health and ready 10 take hold O
 the management of bis great bus iness interests here again with re
 uewed energy. Mrs. Hill remained in California and will return abouI May l.
 From Sasurdsv's Daily. W. E. Root has gone to Chicago D. not fail tG buy a ticket to th,
 Firemen's ball.
 Straw hats have made their usua spring appearance.
 Geo. H. Cook has returned from 1,
 business visit 10 Jerome.
 W. H. Ferguson is in from hi, Grand Canyon copper mine.
 J. W. Smith is in town from the Johnson mine near Stanton.
 J. Apfeld. A. W. Graham and H Olsen left for Chicago this morning
 Mir. and Mrs, E. B. Gage returned on today's train from their trip east.
 A. Falco and T. G. Norris returned today from their visit to the Glad. iator mine.
 Wm. Lewtas, who was formerly engaged in business in Los Angeles, is visiting Prescott.
 All members of the workmen lodge are requested to attend to- nights meeting of the lodge.
 Mrs. ". H. Hall left this morning for the home of her parents at Gil ham, Arkansas, for 8 visit. her fathe. being very i'll.
 Tho city council is in session at the hour of going to press for the purpose of opening bids for the water works and sewerage system.
 May Day will soon be here. Only a week from next Monday. Will we celebrate Dewey Day with 8 May Day entertainment
 The city council held an adjourned session yesterday but adjourned again until this afternoon to await the return of Councilman E. B. Gage. He arrived at noon today.
 The Elks ball last evening was & complete success in every way. The attendance was large, the music good, the refreshments excellent and the enjoyment of those present com plete.
 In a disagreement yesterday even ing between two eolored citizens of Prescott one of them took 3 shot at the other, but missing his mark the other knocked him down, took his pistol away and then used it 10 club him over the head with.
 Geo. B. Scammell came in ou yes terdsY's train and left for the south this afternoon on mining business. He las succeeded in interesting some in this section provided the properties come up to reports.
 Quite a number of the young folks of the Congregational church gathered at the home of MT. and Mrs. J. l.. Munds last evening and spent several hours iu games. music, etc. 4 nIce lunch was served and the young people departed happy.
 Jobn B. Baker, an old time resi- dent of this county, died this morn ing at 3 o'clock and will be buried l tomorrow afternoon at f o'clock. | Deceased was 52 years old. He came here from California about ! twenty years, or more, ago. He leaves a wife and one daughter.
 pr. John R. Walls has removed | his office and residence to the cottage west of the Congress House, on | Gurley street, formerly occupied by | the Sundance Gold Mining Go. l Electric telephone No. l02. Hours the same as formerly.
 Geo. Lanham. L. 4. Hawkins, 4. J. l l.. H. Decker, Sam Me Curdy, F. H. Perkins, P. P. Hast ! lngs, J. c. Talbott, H. 4. Strodthoff 1 and W. c. Miller came in from Je- rome today to attend the shoot of Prescott gun club tomorrow. The l boys are all crack shots aud propose to make it lively for the Prescott | shooters. They are all stopping at Hotel Burke.
 Speaking of two California crim- inals who are supposed to be in Ari- !. zoua, the PheniX Gazette says: 'Of course they are in Arizona. All Cal l ifornia criminals come here. We catch and punish them and the Cal ifornia papers then point to the fact that our penitentiary is full to over aud the statistics show high rate of percentage" We catch and punish them by sending them to Arzona's penitentisry located over in California.
 Report is that Dr. F. Fl. Waite, a dentist, formerly of Prescott, is now in running a saloon at Randsburg, California.