Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1900-12-05

l lleHlDeTS or the company acquitted themselves very creditably. Between acts Messrs. Jossey and Stansfield ap- l peared in their respective specialties, which not only broke the monotony of waiting for the curtain to rise, but produced great applause and kept the audience in good humor. The Jossey company is without doubt the best company that ever visited Prescott, and they have had good houses every night, and on three nights the house has just been packed. The company can always depend on receiving a cor dial reception in Prescott should they decide to return here. They play their closing engagement tonight.
 City council meets tonight.
 Vim. Button, the Minnehaha mining man, Is in town.
 T. B. Carter, of Walnut Grove, was Prescott visitor today.
 H. Blauvelt, superintendent of the Cash mine, Is in town.
 Born, in Prescott, December 2, to Mir. and Mrs. Fred Venator, a son.
 The sheriff took six prisoners to Yuma last week.
 The board of supervisors are in session today.
 Stone cutters are at work cutting some fine granite steps for the Bank of Arizona's $ new building.
 John Dickson. of Skull Valley, is reported seriously i'll at Bakersfield, California.
 Chas. A. Schultz of Yavapai county, has obtained a license in Maricopa county to marry Mary Elizabeth Thompson, of Los Angeles.
 Judge R. E. Sloan is holding court in Flagstaff this week, court in Pres colt having adjourned till next Mon day.
 Mrs. NJ. R. Russell, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, arrived here re- gently for visit with Mir. and Mrs. J. R. Ashley. The parties are old time friends, dating back to the east years ago, before either of them came west.
 The Journal-Miner some time since announced the marriage in Fl Faso of Mrs. Ida Mehrens and A. Kelly. An error was made in the name of the bride, as it should have read Mrs. Amanda Mehrens, instead of Ida Mehrens.
 An interesting programme was ren- dered on Friday evening at the meet ing of the N. E. Literary and Musical College, as follows: \ sketch of James Whitcomb Riley was read by John Wilson; song, Do They Miss Me At Home" Miss Amelia Block; reading, An Old Played Out Song" Miss Helen Strange; reading from David Harum, Miss Amelia Block.
 c. W. Nicklin, proprietor of Los Angeles printing supply house, is in town taking orders from the craft for material. While in Phenix he sold complete, up-tO-date outfit to the En- terprise, which will establish a print ing office of its own. the paper being heretofore set up and printed by an other newspaper there.
 The Jossey Company played their farewell engagement on Saturday night to a crowded house. even to standing room. The popularity of this company was well attested by the audiences which greeted them nightly. Every night during theweek they had large audiences, and the audience on the last night was the largest one of the entire six. No company that ever visited Prescott has made such rec ord previous to this.
 That "petrified man" found near Jerome turned out to be fake. just as intimated in the Journal Miner. The Reporter says: Judge McKin- non called upon the fakers with the petriiied man to deposit S2O to the credit of the town of Jerome. They paid the fine and immediately left for the valley. Those who saw the out fit passing in the direction of Phenix say that the men were heavily armed with revolvers and Winchesters." Probably they intend to petrify an other victim.
 Burt C. Williams of Williams was today commissioned a forest ranger. to take the place of Mir. Freyda in Big Bug, who resigned recently.
 Two women have been arrested. charged with being responsible for the death of the infant which was ! found in the rocks north of town. as related by the Journal-Miner. Both are well-known residents of the county. One of them is a widow, her husband having died but recently. Neither of them have made any admissions of an discriminating nature. The physician who examined the infant expressed the opinion that the child was placed in the rocks while yet alive and that death ensued from hunger and ex- . posture.
 The Eagle restaurant has re-opened for business on Gurley street. a few doors west of the Journal-AIiner office. The boys who run it have very nicely fitted up place and solicit the patronage of their old customers, as well as of new ones.
 Since taking charge of his old busi- ness again, Ed. Shumate has made very decided improvements in the in
 terior of the place. The coffee and oyster parlor has been rapered and d
 new covering of linoleum has been
 placed on the floor. which not only
 has added greatly to its beauty. but
 has made a decided improvement il 7 the comfort of the place. $ L. W. Myers has been awarded the contract for the masonry work on tn, foundation for the new Prescott Ma tional Bank building. Mir. Myers i, $ a iirst-ciass mechanic and has bull the rock foundations for the bes ? buildings in the town since the fire k notably among them being that of tn,
 new Hotel Burke and that of the new