Arizona republican., 1899-07-10
THE NEWS OF
 PRESCOTT

Prescott, Ariz., July S-(Special Correspondence of The Republican.)- United States Attorney R. F. Mor- rison, also MT. J. E. Morrison and wife. lsft yesterdy morning for Santa Fe. having been called there on account of the dangerous illness of their mother, Mrs. 4. L. Morrison, who is reported to be in 3 dying condition.
 Postmaster Akers and wife have moved into their commodious new res :d:nce on the hill
 Cement sidewalks are being placed in front of i,he Fisher and Herndon residences on Cortez street, as well as il many other p-1ces over town, by the firm of J. F. Smith & Co.,, who have recently come here from los An geles, having been in business there for '.he past ten or twelve years. Mir. Smith and his father, who compose the firm, are Intending to remain here for some time. having moved their as phaltUm plant here, and they are do- ing some of the cement work for the sewerage system, under George Sur teyaTn.. the contractor for the said sys- tenn. When the firm has finished with their contract thsy propose going to Phoenix J. J. Hawkins is also having a cement walk pI, down in front of his busiress block on Guriey street. between M0nteZuma and Gran ita streets.
 E. NJ. Sanford is one of the incor- operators Of a new medical company which is proposing to carry on 9 gen. eral drug business in Prescott. Con Il nf 10 and contiguous mining camps t is a matter of conjecture as to how the five drug stores of the town ara to be maintained and supported.
 Hon. T. G. Norris and bride arrived in Prescott on Thursday of this week, where they were welcomed by host ol friends and relatives. MT Norris las taken up the old time routine Of office affairs With a new Zest after his delightful two months visit in the east among friends and relatives
 Gales & Kennedy think they are the only mining men in the. tarIt-ory who are doing anything, to tJCdge Dy the two and three carloads of concen- trates and ore being shipped by them to the eastern smelters for their con aern, the En-tTe Milling company 1T any one n the territory is able to sat
 
 m mes, they are of surety, h3Vins had many years experience i2 mining and sm5lting ores all over the terri tory. as well IS in New and Old Mex ico. and in hardIng the various class es of ores to be 10und in the territory l
 Mining in the Pine creek section IS 1 proving to be a paying proposition, l the mines of the Buster and Mohawk group whieh hava recently been ac- quired by Baltimore capitalists Delng 1 rapidly developed, ard mills being con in the vicinity Of the mines. | These people are employing nearly a l hundred ms1 in ard about the mlnes l in that section.
 During the trial of Ezra Barnes for !, the murder Of a man by the name of l Hanna yesterday before Judge Sloan, i some very curious medical testimony l was introduced seeking to prove that i ] sufficient blow Inflicted on one side l of the head would proGiIce an in i dentzl.:on on the opposite side of the ! head by reason of the c0ncussiOn or ! the brain It was also attempted to | be proved by the defense that the 1 murder was committed on a military i reservation. Barnes, however. was ! found guilty by the jury, as charged, i and life sentence recomme ended |
  of sentence upon Barnes, as it was | also for the prOnouncing of sentence l against Edward LeW-s. who was with 1 1 .he week found guilty of murder in | the first degree, with a recommends ton Of capital punishment
 The sheriff of Yavap2i county has offered 2 reward of $250 for the arrest i and conviction, or apprehension, of i the murderer of C. D. Wingfeld and B. NJ Rodgers at Camp Verde on the 2d instaE-.
 At a meeting of the board Of su- 1erv.sOrs yesterday On mot;on of ~he firm of Clark & Adams, lumber deal srs, George H. Cook. jeweler; D. M Clark, laundryman; H. H. Carter and George Cornell, cattiemen, were cited -o appear ard show cause why their property should not ba assessed at higher valuation than heretofore.
 MT. Edgar L. Cox is in the city