Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1900-12-12
MONDAYS DAILY

MONDAYS DAILY 1 Dr. Barrett left for the east thii
 morning.
 NJ. R. Riley returned yesterda!
 from his visit to Minnenaha.
 J. S. Douglas left for Mexico or
 last nights train.
 W. A. Rowe is in town from Slate creek.
 The Bashford- -Burmister company are putting in up-to-date fire proof shutters on their new store.
 Interest in the approaching city election is becoming quite intense.
 District court is in session today again.
 Mir. and Mrs. Ziba O. Brown went to Phenix on Saturday to attend the carnival.
 Frank Rathbun, a gambler of Je- rome, has just returned from a trip to Nome, and will spend the winter in PheniX.
 T. L. Harris today sold his resi- dence on Marina street to Ed Shu- mate. The latter now owns four houses on the corner of Marina and Goodwin streets.
 Smith, Belcher & Brow have award the contract for the brick work of their new building to Fitzsimmons x Keating. and the carpenter work to Joseph Petit.
 Paul Johns is in town today from Crowned King.
 A. F. Bullfnch, of Monroe, Wis consin, arrived on last nights train to do the assessment work on a number of mining claims owned by his brother in the Castle creek country.
 The burro which was advertised in the Journal Miner as being taken up has found its owner. Three owners of lost burros called to claim the ami maj, but two of them, on seeing it, disclaimed ownership.
 Jerome is having trouble with her sewer system. The news says that it is almost a daily occurrence that the present system bursts in places, caus- ing very disagreeable stench and placing the health of the community in jeopardy.
 Major Samuel O. Potter, surgeon United States army, is visiting Globe and goes from there to Fort Mcdowell and Phenix. The Globe Times inti- mates that lost mine is the cause of his visit, this being the first time he has visited the territory since 1867, when he was with United States troops hunting Apaches.
 The building formerly occupied by Frank Andrews as a blacksmith shop on Cortez street north of the post office is being remodeled and will be occupied by the Peoples Supply house which adjoins it. The business has grown so large that both rooms Will be occupied Dy IL.
 There was only short session of the district court this morning, the only business of importance trans acted being the sentencing of James Finn, who had been found guilty of assault to commit rape on little girl at Octave, the sentence being eight years in the Yuma penitentiary,
 The Journal Miner is in receipt of a copy of the Anglo-American, the old est newspaper printed in English, that is printed in the Republic of Mexico. The paper is owned and published by c, H. NJ. y. Agramonte, a well known and very able lawyer, formerly of Philadelphia and later of San Francisco. The Journal-Aliner the courtesy by sending a copy of the Journal-Miner, the old est paper in Arizona, in return for this copy.
 The power house of the Los An geles and Santa Monica electric rail road company was wrecked last week by the explosion of a boiler and the fireman received injuries from which l he died within a few hours. The | house was located at Sherman, half way between Los Angeles and Santa The road is controlled by | NJ. H. Sherman and E. P. Clark is general manager, both of them being former residents of Pres i ,ott. The coroner's jury exonerated the company from any blame in con nection with the explosion.
 Mir. and Mrs. J. J. Fisher returned !. Dn Saturday evening from their visit | east. The former was called east | about two months ago on account of | the death of her father and after re- for some time at her former home in Wisconsin. She came to ! Kansas to visit a sister, where Mir. !. Fisher joined her about three weeks ago. Mr. Fisher says the sunhower state is very prosperous at present.