Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1899-10-04

will soon he in operation. This wlll take the road Co the Val Verde aud Nyack company's mines and enable work to begin on the new smelter al Williams.
 Prescott republicans have taken time by the fore lock and have or ganlzed republican club for the purpose of getting the party in shape for next years campaign. IL has started oct with a good mem bership and new names are being added to tt daily. The club holds it's regular meetings on the first ! Monday evening of each month. The next meeting will be held next ! Monday evening 10 the offices of J.
 r. Morrison in the second story of the builuing next to the old Belle vue hotel. A cordial invitation is extended to all republicans to at- tend the Monday night meeting aud join the club.
 Mir. and Mrs. 4. c. Keonsdy gre in town from LynI creek.
 Prof, Blandy, who has been quite sick for two or three months, will leave on Tuesday for Philadelphia to enter hospital there for treat ment. His many Arizona friends will hope for his complete restora- ton to health again.
 - The Misses Mamie and Ada Hale witl leave in the morning for the McCabe mine, where they will reside 1 Tor some time 10 come. Prescott will miss these two charming young ladies very much, as both are very popular and well known.
 Beck Detwiler, brakeman on the
 r. X E train, met with quite a pain ful accident on Thursday. He started to turn a brake loose on the train and just as he did SO the air was applied from the engine, throw ing the brake stick, which be held, violently against his side breaking one of his ribs.
 Gentry Bros dog and pony show Is nice clean entertainment. Their tent was comfortably filled at both performances given ID Prescott, and not a single complaint has thus far been heard in regard to its not com i ing up to expectations or to what it Is advertised. The animals show . remarkable amount of intelligence and the wonder of the spectator IS how any one could ever have the patience ani tact to get them 10 such degree of perfection in the various tricks. The company left about midnight by special train for Pheni1 where they appear tonight.
 The Coconiuo Sun was in a total eclipse yesterday morning when Mrs. C. NJ. Funston presented her husband with 8 newer, prettier, brighter and nOisier son than the COconIno Sun ever was during its existence. The new son makes the want column rather prominent, but Mrs. Funston meets the demands of the little fellow promptly. Mir. Funston Is going around town boast ing about V hat he and his son are going to do, but he is excusable, as this Is the first boy out of five chil- drer. 1T the CocOnino Sun fails to shine this week the public will know the reasOu.-Flagststf Gem. Governor Theodore Roosevelt will contribute an article to MCClure's Magazine for October on Admiral Dewey. He was assistant secretary of the navy al the time Dewey was assigned to command Ihe Asiatic squadron, and he will tell how Dewey came to be chosen for that position and what the department thought O. him and expected of him at that time. The article will be very fully illustrated with new portraits of Admiral Dewey aboard the Olympia and bis officers and crew and other interesting pictures.
 The item in regard to the sale of the property belonging to the Lucas estate yesterday contained some glaring inaccuracies. On the day i that bids were opened by the exc cutor of the estate, the highest bid for the property was S2,0OO. the sp- praised value being S2,2OO. The probate judge cannot confirm a sale unless tbe bid amounts to- at leaSt ninety per cent of the appraised value of the property. The law also provides that after the sdministrs- . tor or executor files his report and prior to the date set for confirming the sale, bid of an advance of ten per cent or over may be entertained by the probate judge. Under the latter provision 8 bid of S2,200 for the property or only $50 less than | the appraised value vas entertained and the sale confirmed at that price. From Mondays Daily. F. E. Wann is recovering from his recent spell of sickness.
 Geo. T. Millner, the mining man of Kirkland, is in town today. The republican club meets to- night. Let all republicans attend. The Monday club held its initial meeting for the year lss9- l9OO to- day.
 l R. R. Coleman came in from Ash Fork yesterday to renew his ac- quaintance with his family.
 Ministers from the southern part of the territory left for their homes on this afternoons train.
 Rev. ". II. Adams came up on SatU rday's train to attend the ses- sion of the Methodist conference.