Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1899-08-16

to a letter received by Governo Murphy, is S45.OOO. This amour judIciously expended will put tn barracks in pretty fair condition.
 H. C. Hibben has returned frou his trip to PheniX ID search of labor CTS. He secured a large numbe which have been added to the lore at work on the water works an' sewer lines.
 Eastwood Bell, brother of Mn J. l. Gardner. has gone to kingma with Fred Morrison, and the tw' young attorneys will go into part nership there 10 the law business.
 John Fredericks entertained number of his young gentlemel friends last evening. Alter leavinl the Fredsrieks residence the boys went on a serenading tour.
 The complaint filed in BostoI against James Shirley by R. A Sweet has been decided in favor O Mir. Shirley, and the costs m th' case were taxed to Mir. Sweet.
 Frank J. Quinn, of the Tailwal mail service ou the s. F. r. x F railway, is taking a vacation, whiei he is spending in Prescott and a Iron Springs.
 L. C. Palmer, a former resident O Prescott, but of more recent years resident of Los Angeles, arrived ID town yesterday with lot of horses which he offers for sale. He statei that his second son died recently 1T the Klond,ke country of typhoid fever.
 h the district court yesterday the case of Lewis Wol6ey vs. John A Black and R. H. Burmister was trieC and submitted. The court an nouuced that a decision would b' rendered on Monday morning.
 V. Anderson, we'll known and popular grocery1an of PheniK. hal been iu Prescott a day or so on busl ness and also for the purpose oi get ting cooled oG once more. He re turned to PheniX this afternoon.
 Application has been filed in the Prescott land office by Probate Judge Hicks for final proof to b' make ou the Oxford town site, neal Jerome, on Monday, Oct. 2.
 Chaplain Winfield Scott returned this morning from Pheni1 or Scotts dale. where he has been spending the week looking over business tnst ters. He thinks that PheniX and the valley are all light, but for gil edged summer climate Prescott Il way ahead
 Editor Burnett, of the Phenix Ga zstte. still continues in his purpos, to get 1000 Phenicians to come tc Prescott Co spend the summer mex year. The JouRNAL-M MINER wishe: him abundant success in his pur- pose, and his efforts continued from now till next season sill certainly b' productive of good results.
 Henry B. Clifford is in the cit! looking for ore teams to haul min eral to hIs Big Bug shelter. Th' teams now employed have nor, than they can attend to and plenty of work IS offered for six or eight more.
 The following item is taken iron the railroad record of the Los Ang eles Times: Prom advance sbeeti of the Santa Fe, Prescott X Pheoil Railway for the fiscal year ending June 30, it appears that the gros earnings were SS75, ,2s7.77; the oPer ating expenses 55,2S5.77, the ne earnings $I20,00262, and the re ceipts from investments Sl0,954.l6 or net income of $430, ,956.7S. Th' fixed charges were $407, ,OS6.l4, leav ing a net surplus of S2S.S7O.64.
 The Los Angeles Times gives thu following piece of advice, which Il equally applicable to the variou communities of Arizona: "Th several communities of Southerl California might copy Santa Bar bara in several things, to their sd vantage, but especially m the mat ter ot public charity work. Ever. church, soclety and organization O any form for the aid of PoOI peopl is welded into one homogeneou whole, and the people know tha their gifts to charity are certain t be placed where they will do good They also know that professions beggars and imPosters will reeeiy their deserts. The condition of tn pOorin the body corporate is lik that of the liver in the body corpo ral. the whole organism takes 1t tone from it. \ community tha cares judiciously for its poor prove rugged health in all its functions"
 From Fridays Daily.
 Chas. Cauall of Flagstaff, is 1T town.
 J. :. Johnson, of Texas, is at th Burke.
 R. NJ. Dougherty, of the Brsdsha, mountains, Is a visitor in Prescott.
 Mrs. NJ. H. Gould will leave tC morrow morning for California.
 S.J HOlsinger has returned froI an officIsl visit to Rock Butte an vicinity.
 Mrs H B. Hanna and childrel of McCabe, left this morning for Sa Diego.
 J. D. Wakely returned last ev, ming from 8 professional visit to Jt rome.
 $. J. Wright of Texas, Is a gues Of Hotel Burke. Nr. Wright IS 1T terested in mining in this county.
 4. W. Edwards returned th morning from a visit to the Cast cIeek hot springs.
 ! Lieut.. Max Luna is back in Ph, nix again getting recruits for tt thiTty-fOurth regiment.
 John 4. Black, of Tucson, arrive on this mornings train from th south. He is a guest of the Burk
 Peter Marx, au old time and sut stautial citizen Of Walnut creek, in town today.
 Hilary Dugan, a prominent citlze . -F \ .-r. Erfa 1z paving prasaotf