Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1899-01-11

Ana, California, Tor brief visit.
 Judge H. D. Stocker is in Phenix on professional business.
 MT. aud Mrs Tom Spain left this morning for Spokane. Washington, to reside.
 J. J. Fisher and E. H. Draper left this afternoon for the Trilby mine to do some surveying.
 The Toughs Hose ComPany will meet tonight. A full attendance of members is desired.
 The Prescott Choral Club will meet at the residence of Judge Wright this evening.
 Wm. H. Kirkland, for whom Kirk land galley was named, died Jan uary l, 1899, aged 66 years.
 J. G. Megesth, of Omaha, and his son J. D. Megeath, left on this after noon's train for Phenix on a brief visit.
 MT. and Mrs. R. E. Morrison are visiting in Pheni1, the former at tending to business in the supreme court.
 That old mileage he which has been refuted time and again is trotted out on dress parade, again this morning.
 The city council met last evening and transacted regular routine busi- ness, auditing the current claims against the city.
 Wm. Roberts has gone 10 Placer itas to engage in freighting ore and supplies for mining company at that place.
 J. w. Blakely left ou this nom ing's train for Kingman. He expects to return here soon for the purpose of introducing aeetyiine gas.
 The funeral of the late T. Fl. Lucas was very largely attended this afternoon. The pioneers of this section of Arizona were out in force.
 The Workmen's lodge of Prescott has received a check for 5000, for Mrs. Julia Murphy, widow of the late Wm. Murphy, in payment of the lstter's insurance.
 Our contemporary objects to the complimentary mention recently given the board of supervisors for system of economy. It says 1t was small politics"
 Some of the Phenix papers having stated that the town is now free of small pox, number of persons who have been stopping over here for abou, ten days, on account of re ports received from the capitol city, have ventured on their journey there.
 H. T. Smith has purchased the O K lodging house and saloon on south Montezums street. The lodging house has been thoroughly renovated and repaired and good rooms can now be had there very reasonable.
 Prescott Woodmen are just now under a dispensation, by which members are taken in at greatly reduced rates. This order provides insurance to its members and the present IS a good time to join it. The dispensation will close next Friday evening. 3
 There will be all kinds of fun at the Red Mems council tonight. An unsuspecting pale face will be over taken while wandering in the forest and the Injuns won't do thing to him. A well tried warrior will also be introduced to the chiefs council. At the conclusion of these ceremo- nies the officers for the ensuing term will be installed and refreshments will follow this. All Red Men are urged to be present.
 The board of supervisors have to the citizens of Jerome a proposition for the erection of a branch county jail in Jerome for the joint use of the city and county. The county will erect substantial all building containing four steel cells for men and oUe plain cell for women, and an office room, the town to furnish the ground on which to build the same.
 John Lyons, who was formerly en- gagged in mining at Stanton, died in Phenix last Sunday. Mir. Lyons came to Arizona from Everest, Kan sas, for the benefit of his health, over two years ago. He improved SO rapidly that he returned to Kan sas again, where he took worse and returned again to Arizona, but died soon afterwards.
 "The JURNAL-MINER and the bal ance of the gold-bug press prefer to discuss any old thing except the Pima county bond matter. r."-Cour- fer. IL IS impossible for the Cour- fer to discuss any subject with any paper. To differ iU opinion from 1t is to simply invite a mass of mis- talsehoods, and calumnies against the paper daring to do so. the subject upon which said opinion may have been based being ignored.
 Walter Douglas, son of Professor Douglas, and brother of James Douglas, superintendent of the Senator mine, will take long vaca- tion. having been relieved by Mir. Mills, who has returned to Morenci after having served with the Rough Riders in Cuba. He will visit San Francisco, go to Hong Kong, call on Admiral Dewey at Manila, inspect some of the mining properties Tn Australia and finally work his way around to New York.
 The water tunnel north of town is now in POO feet. The tunnel is f 16 feet in dimensions and three feet of water for the entire length of the tunnel accumulated m 1t during a period of twenty-eight hOuts. Major De Witt. city engineer says that with a pump of sufficient capacity be can obtain a sufficient amount of water at the present time to supply the demands of the town, the railroad company and the electric light works.
 A very curious presentation of the number of Irishmen, of the stamp of Wolseley in England, the Duke of