Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1899-08-02

n went out, leaving here about si 8 o'clock and returning about day Q light this morning. They receive a a royal welcome from their host an e hostesses at Iron Springs and th
 night was spent in dancing, every thing passing of very pleasantly. 2 Ash Fork IS preparing for bi :. celebration July 29 and 20. Tn - citizens of that progressive littl ! city were unable to work of all thei ]. enthusiasm on the Fourth of July @ aad have decided on a second edi - ton to it on the above dates. Then !. w,ll be horse racing, foot racing g sack racing, wheelbarTow racing, l fat mems race and a game of bal 3 between the Ash Fork Juniors anC g the Williams Juniors. In the eve
 ming there will be a grand ball. Or , Sunday the program will be simila i, and the celebration will end in {
 game of ball between the senio teams of Williams and Ash Fork. From Fridays Daily. Postofiice. Inspector Hall came il
 yesterday.
 The grade for the Val Verd, } smelter railroad has been finished.
 A. w. Fisher, of the Monte CristC
 mining company, left this morning
 for Los Angeles.
 Assistant United States Attorney
 T. D. Bennett left for Phenix thi,
 afternoon.
 T. c. Job left for Phenix yester
 day afternoon on professional busi
 ness.
 T. J. Roush, special agent of the
 treasury department, left for No
 gales this afternoon.
 Forty-Oue recruits of the 34th Iegi-
 ment passed through Prescott this
 morning from Phenix en route to
 Fort Logan. Colorado. Captain
 Luna was m charge of them.
 Civilization is advancing in Ari-
 Zona. The merchants of the town
 of Kingman have agreed to close
 their stores on Sundays.-Albuquer-
 que Citizen.
 The post office department offic-
 ials expect 70 ask for an appropua- 1 ton from the next session of con gress for the use of automobiles in collecting the mails at all frst-class
 postoffices. The purpose is to ask
 permission to use the appropriation ! Of S4l0,0O0 for horse-hire allowance.
 Attention is directed to the ad- vertisement in this issue of the Southwestern Business college at Fl
 Paso, IeXas. This institution for training yOuEg men in a knowledge of business was established ID 1896 and has had a very successful history since. Young men who are think ing of taking course Tn q business college eau do DO better than by at tending this one.
 II. K. Chenoweth has been rein statsd by President Mckinley as collector of customs al Nogales. Mir. Chsnoweth was removed two weeks ago and his successor was appointed. An effort was made on the part of MT. Chenoweth's friends tO have the charges made against the collector taken up, and Mir. Chenoweth went on to Washington to interview the secretary of the interior ID regard to the Herald.
 Captain Roush, the genial inspec- tor of the treasury department and the semi official deporter of Chinese. unloosened his que today and left for parts unknown-to the pig tail race. The Captain Is loaded to the the muzzle with smokeless powder and works his rapid fire gun with lightning rapidity on the slippery Mongollan, if he attempts any ille- gitimate business on certificate reg istration. He IS now known in the Chinese vocabulary as Sing An Fat" which interpreted to English means "A Hot Number.' IL is use less to say that there are no wet eyes among the Chinese Iu town to- day.
 Mrs. 4. W. Edwards entertained about forty ladies at her residence on Saturday afternoon very inter estingly. The principal feature of the afternoons entertainment was the game of hearts which never grows old ard never wanes in inter est or excitement. In casting up the score at the conclusion of a number of games Mrs. J. NJ Watts was found to bs the POssessor of the first prize, which by the way was very handsome one and one we'll worth 1 winning, being a very nicely hand 1. painted dessert plate, the painting being done by Mrs, .. r. Behan. !. Mrs \. Levy won the second prize. !. 4. the conclusion of the games re- !. treatments were served.
 A dispatch from New York of July ?, says: Gideon J. Tucker, . of state of New York !. state, died today al bis home m this [ city from a complication of diseases. He was 73 years old. Judge Tucker will be remembered as a resident of Prescott and the editor and pro prietOr of the Democrat ID this city, in 1880 He came 10 Prescott for his health, and being a vigorous writer and sterling democrat of the old school, drIfted into tne journalistic channel 70 teach the uu- terrified Cf Ar;yr-7 the Simon pure article, b,.' -. ... ...'no to prescrib- ed was too nauseatIng for his Ari- zona patients, and he threw up the tripod to stump the east for Han cock. Judge Tucker was a man of kindly disposition, able and learned, and his death will be sadly regretted by many in Prescott who still re- member him.
 Miss Theresa Fredericks, daughter of MT. and Mrs. R. N. Fredericks. left on yesterday mornings train to return to school in California. Pres ident F. NJ. Murphy, of the :. F. r. X P. railroad, placed his priYat,, car at the disposal of her father for the trip. so she could avoid the incon- venience of getting up at three o'clock in the morning, and on her invitation, her young friends, Misses Emma Dutcher and Edna Martin her to Ash Fork. Mir. Fredericks chaPeroned the party.
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