Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1899-08-16
CITY BRIEFS.
R. BAEHR for house painting and paper banging. Telephone numbers l6S and 97.
Fron Wednesdays Daily

Dr. G. W. Vickers, territorial aud itor, is up from PheniK on a briei business visit.
 Mrs. Thomas Roach is quite sicl and Mir. Roach, who is at his mining camp. has been notified of the fact
 With a new pOstofhce, a sewer sys hem, an improved water works sys lem and free mail dslivery 10 be insugursted very soon, Prescott is taking on city airs very rapidly.
 Gil s. Ferguson came in yesterday From the Grand Canyon mine to em- ploy a half dozen additional mIners Do work in the above property. The little notice which he telegrsphed ahead to the JoSRNAL-MISER, msk- Ing his wants known, had the desired effect of having the men in waiting npon his arrival here, and they were seut out this morning
 A Washington telegram says that Tree mail delivery will be established November first at Prescott with two earriers, one substitute snd fifteen Better boxes.
 Captain W. A. Hancock Of PhenIx Ess in town yesterday en route east.
 Probate Judge Hicks today filed in the United States iand office a declaratOry statement for a town site bear Jerome. The name of the em- bryotic town IS Oxford. Being on hnsuryeyed land it is described in The declaratory statement by metes and bounds and contains 526S scres. Application for final proof Rill be immediately made.
 The stull contractors who have made degusits for the stulls cut. in accordsnce with the agreements of the compromise, have commenced kauling their stulls to the railroad.
 Proceedings have been instituted tO disincOrporate the town of Jerome. The prospects are that a bitter legal fight will result as Jerome has a number of cItiZens Eho are strong anti-incorporstion nts, while there are a large number equally strong in favor Of incorpora- Bon.
 H. B. Anderson oI Miunehaha. was In town today.
 I.W. Tedrow, who drives the Iunip-r stage line, died very sudden k this morning of hemorrhage of the Brain. He was about ready to start but on his trip when he fell on the 1Oor of the O. K. st--s about s:30 oiclock and died about II o'clock. He was unconscious from the first stack. His funeral will take place Ibtnorrow at o'clock under the ahspices of the Salvation Army from Aeir hall Deceased was between orty and fifty years old.
 A twelve-pound son was born August to Mir. and Mrs. Jake Web Der.
 The Williams News speaking of 1he removal of Mir aud Mrs. C. c. fennell to Prescott ssys: Cecil c. #ennell and wife left yesterday for Prescott, where Mrs. Fennell will rsside permanently in the future. Nr. Fennell will divide his time be- tEeen here and Prescott, as he has interests of the company to look hfter at both places. A host of hiends are 10th to part with Mrs, Eennell, as her place will be difficult ts i'll in .he social circles of Vii. &Ams"
 The board of supervisors of Mari 1opa county have entered into a con Eact with Charles r. Hof to take -O0 of coupons issued by the Sun - Telephone company. The money Fill be pald upon the completion of De line to Phenix from Tucson. 1he new line will add eighty miles
 telephone lines to Maricops ebunty.
 Our morning contemporary has a #ng article devoted to booming the
 Alients hot springs ID Maricops
 bunty, and another ou the attrac- |Dns of the country surrounding
 agstaf, also has considerable tO 7ty about Williams; but very little
 o say about Prescott aud interests Ie Ysvspai county. We have hot springs Tn NsvSpai county that lay Ser the springs al Ca,ieuta to such tD extent as Co make a comparison 4ppsar ridiculous. This Is no doubt hoWever, but what Coconino count, # well as Maricopa, possesses many