Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1899-07-19


 and the remainder Of them would have allowed him good profit. From Fridays Daily. Charles Holborn was appointed court bailiff this morning. ! A. B. Gibson. engineer for Henry B. Clifford, came iD from Williams ! yesterday.
 Mrs. E. P. Brewer, of Prescott, presented her husband with a son July l3.
 All members of the Tough Hose Company are requested to meet to- night at 8 o'clock sharp.
 Mir. Baldwin, brother of Mrs. T. W. Johnston, has returned to his home at Jackson, Mississippi.
 The Star estimates that Arizonans will contribute S500,O00 to Califor- nia's income this summer.
 Dr. J. B. McNally has been on the sick list for a few days being con fined to his bed 8 portion of the time.
 United States Deputy Marshal Grindell came up from Phenix this morning to prepare for the approach ing term of United States court.
 Mrs. J. B. Hooker and son will leave or tomorrow mornings train for Monte Vista, Colorado, where they will visit for a month or six weeks.
 Since June l claims aggregating nearly SlI,0O0 have been filed in the probate court against various and sundry estates undergoing the pro cess of probation.
 Geo. D. Roberts, ~n old time min ing man, well known all over the country and particularly on the Pacific slope, Is m town with Henry B. Clifford.
 A man was brought in from Flag staff today suspected of being an accomplice in the murder of R. Nj. Rodgers and C. D. Wingfeld at Camp Verde.
 Wm. Heisler shot and killed a chicken thief few mornings since. It proved to be big wild cat which had just killed SIX hens for its breakfast and had already devoured two of them.
 The Good Templars are preparing to have an entertainment at their hall Monday night. Refreshments will be served and all members are requested to be on hand to enjoy them.
 Cecil c. Fennell has paid a years rent in advance for the T. w. John ston residence, showing that he pro- poses making this his home for several months at least.
 Father Alfred Quetu, the popular Catholic priest of Prescott, Is at the San Augustine today, accompanied by Father billy of Flagstaff. Father Quetu is in charge of the fines, Catholic church in Arizona. Citizen.
 Perry Wilson, a resident of Phe- nix. aged = years, who has been stopping for some timn on Oak creek with his son, Walter Wilson, and son-in-law. William Mower, died in Prescott last night of con- sumption.
 Henry B. Clifford came in yester- day from the Grand Canyon country. He reports a fatal accident having happened to one of his men on the trip. W. :. Russell attempted to cross the river 10 a boat to examine a mine on the north side Of the river. The swift current overturned the boat and the las: seen Of Russell he was being swept down the river, clinging to the boat,
 The Phenix Republican today contains a special telegram from Prescott telling of the proposed Val Verde Company, Limited, smelting plant at Agua Fia, an item of news which appeared in the Pres colt paper two weeks ago, while the progress being made in the construc- tion of a spur to it has beeu the sub ject of repeated items in the JoURNAL-MNER. Such telegraphic enterprise as displayed in this "specialr can only be accomplished by few news papers.
 4 mo.e dastardly attempt to cast unfavorable reflections on any one is rarely ever encountered than IS ap- parent in the insiuuaiiOns of the Prescott Con at the governor robbed hts ..-sJvIat1- A connection with the purchase of the Castle creek bot springs and the building of the wagon road. The parties interested in the Castle Creek hot springs property are the governors intimate and particular friends, and fl they were to recognize as deserv ing of attention the slanderous at tack upon the governor above re- ferred to, they would certainly de- nounce in no uncertain language such dirty political wOrk.-Republi- can.
 At Salt Lake City an interesting question on escrow agreements was settled last week. W. A. Clark of the United Verde copper mines, had agreed to purchase from 4. G. Campbell 6 controlling interest in the 0phir Hill Mining Company. The stock was placed in escrow, the condition being that if Clark or bis representative paid the purchase price tS75,000) on or before NoTem- ber 24th 1898, it was to be delivered to him. On the 22nd of November a dividend of Sl9,000 was paid to Campbell oh the stock and on the 2ith of the same month Clark paid the S75 600 and took the stock. De mand was made on Campbell for sL l.r1I,l ,-,.1 Is.- 4Ia -k l.