Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1900-04-25

The Arizona Medical association is scheduled to hold its annual meeting in Prescott on May and 3.
 Williams is infested with a gang of bold, bad burglars, and robberies are almost nightly occurrences.
 A man named David Brawley, re gently from Chicago, was taken to the Mercy hospital yesterday for treat ment for an abscess.
 Sheriff Munds returned yesterday from California, with a prisoner whom he had trailed there. The man is charged with horse stealing.
 J. W. Wilson expects a nephew of his to arrive in Prescott soon to take position in his store. He formerly resided here.
 The brick building being erected by the Bank of Arizona on COrtez street, just north of the Prescott house. has reached the second story.
 The United MOderns will hold a meeting tonight in OddfellOws hall, to which all members are requested to attend.
 The JOurnal-Miner is prepared to set and print briefs or transcripts for the supreme court while you wait, now.
 All United MOderns are requested to be at their hall tonight. Mir. Demp- Sey. a state organizer of the order, will be present to give instructions in the work.
 Strawberries are becoming plentiful in the market, and the prices are much less than ten days ago, giving them more of a berry and less of q coin taste.
 A. ]. Head recently purchased the right to manufacture and sell in Pres colt patent bed spring, which is pronounced superior to anything that has ever been made in this line
 The regular meeting of the Wood mems Circle will be held tonight in K. of r. hall. All ladies of the lodge are urged to be present. as important matters will be considered.
 While today's train arrived on time. it came in without any eastern mail. on account of landslide in Colorado delaying the santa Fe train eighteen hours.
 Walter Pierce. of Walnut Grove. who was tried in the justice court yes terday afternoon on charge of sell ing beef without filing a bond, was found not guilty and discharged.
 The Elks' purple goat returned from Jerome on this afternoons train and Joe Roberts took him out and turned him loose with the common herd
 The JOurnal-Miner is prepared to do | pamphlet or brief work now on short | notice and at reasonable prices. When | in need of anything in this line give us a call.
 The purple goat of the Elks has cleared out all the stray dogs and l burros from Jerome. The sight of the | of dogs and burrOs.
 Alvin w. Howe has sold his inter est iR the Bisbee Orb to Joseph Chis- | olm, a well known resident of that l camp. He says he will change the l name to the COchise Review.
 J. n. V Houtum and his consequent inability tO run the StereOpticon there will be no illustrated bible talk at the Meth odist church tonight Prayer serv- ices will be held at the usual hour.
 The street graders on Montezuma street plOwed up quite q number of small water pipes causing quite an a of t-Df fn in 4l,. e.fr Many of the pipes will have to be lowered.
 F. NJ. Murphy has had the blue grass sod carefully taken up from the low places Tn his yard in front of his residence and has had the yard filled up several feet and the sod re placed.
 Tuesday morning the residence of | J. R. Trueman two miles north of PheniX, on Central avenue. was burn ed. All the nousehOId furniture and the family wearing apparel was de strOyed. The loss will amount to about $2,5O0.-Gazette.
 The Sunday school at Wager can yOn school district, under the super intendency of Mrs. II. H. Carter, held special services on Easter night and raised a snug little sum for mission ary purposes.
 It turns out that the parties who recently assaulted q prOspectOr in Uraham county and robbed his cabin were not Apaches as reported, but are supposed to be the same gang that killed George Scarborough.
 The Prescott Electric company has been replacing its telegraph poles on Union street with larger ones. The business of this company has increas- ed to such an extent that they are compelled to enlarge their wire capac- ity very materially.
 sam Prather, better known as 'Kidney-foot Sam," an old resident of Ash Fork, died there very suddenly on Tuesday. He was sitting in a chair when all of a sudden he uttered an exclamation as of pain and fell to the floor dead. He was about 40 years old.
 w. F. Amin, special agent of the post office department, who has had charge of the rural delivery system in the Salt River valley. has been transferred to Denver, where he will have his headquarters in future. Mir. Amin is an old newspaper man and a genial, pleasant gentleman. He will be missed from PhenIX, where he became very popular.
 Maricopa county has three lodges of United MOderns with a membership of 23O. One is located at PheniX. one at Tempe and one at Glendale. An other will shortly be organized at Mesa City. This order is rapidly grow ing in favor and as rapidly increasing in membership. In addition to the social features of the order its plan of insurance is one which is attract i've. affOrding good insurance at normal rate.
 The Jewish passover commenced on Monday evening and lasts for one week During this period all people of that faith abstain from the use or | leaven bread and instead use what i is known as matZas, a very carefully prepared article of diet made from | flower and water, but withal very palatable. In accordance with his usual custom Nathan Levy has pre- scented the family of the editor of the Journal-Miner with a bOuntiful 1 supply of this unleayened bread. 1 II. c. Daniels, of Denver. is visiting ] Prescott.
 Billy Blankenship will shortly leave