Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1900-09-26
TUESDAYS DAILY.


 Dick Butler has returned from Bis bee.
 Heavy rains visited the southern part of the territory last Saturday.
 John Kinney is in town today from the Big Bug country.
 Julius Jacoby has his barber shop fixed up very comfortably for the win ter.
 F. B. Dorr, the erstwhile newspaper man, has engaged in the practice of law at Williams.
 Contractor Giles has the hose house anchored on the alley back of the Electric company's office.
 A nOn-partisan county ticket has been nominated in Mohave county. It will be elected in November, too.
 Quite a number of delegates to the republican convention returned on this afternoons train from Phenix.
 Republicans have hung out their headquarters banner. that he who runs may read, and may know where they are doing business.
 The sheep men are building troughs for their sheep and preparing to buy water for them until snow comes to relieve the drouth.-Coconino Sun.
 Richard Stockton, the genial and ubiquitous court reporter, is among us with his smile, helping the sun to shine and incidently assisting the district cOurt.-Coconino Sun.
 The secretary of the board of trade has been directed to prepare a peti- tion to the secretary of the interior to set apart additional lands in this and Navapai counties for forest re- serves and to establish a separate dis trict.-Republican.
 A warrant was served on Wm. Nel- son charging him with mlawfully cutting timber within the Prescott forest reserve. His examination is set for Wednesday at ? o'clock D. m., before Court Commissioner J. NJ. W. Moore.
 The wind subsided yesterday after three days blow and cold wave set in which sent the mercury down to a point this morning where fires and over coats were in demand.
 Yesterdays cold wave may have been caused by the threat of another Murphy congressional frost. -Cour- fer. That is just what will happen a Murphy congressional frost which will freeze the aspirations of Col. Wilson and Mark Smith.
 Mrs. E. J. Austin has resigned her position in the Flagstaff post office and Is now engaged in teaching in the public schools of Williams. The lady has an excellent reputation in this county as teacher, having been sue cessfully engaged in the high calling here for three or four years.
 The Copper Queen company has contributed S30O0 to the University of Arizona to aid in the construction of a machinery hall for the industrial and mechanical department of the in stitution.-Arizona Star.
 Johnny Burton had his elbow joint dislocated last evening. He and another boy were playing. when Johnny fell, striking on his el- bow with the above result. It was found necessary to place him under the influence of anesthetics to dress the wounds.
 "The Journal-Murphy refers to the so-called Murphy gang Courier The Journal-Miner was under the impression that it was its contempo- rary that is repeatedly referring to ! the so-called Murphy gang" Every man who does not curse the Murphvs 1. with the same vehemency and persis- | tency as the Courier. is classified as belonging to the gang.
 Report was on the street vesterdav . that R. E. Morrison received tele- gram urging him to hurry to Phenix to take the kinks out of the Murphy . convention. Courier. As Mr. Mor- ! rison went to Phenix with the delega- !. tion from Prescott to the convention . one can readily see how much truth . there is in the report" The report of the Methodist Sun day school for the year makes a re markably good showing. During the year the aggregate attendance of scholars was 3526. or an aver age of about sixty-eight each Sunday. The aggregate attendance ot scholars, teachers, officers and visi- i tors was 4.097, or an average of about 79. The total receipts for the year wore Sl9l-20, and the total disburse- ments SlS2.
 Fred Ref expects to move into his new and permanent quarters in the room next to John Lawler's building next week. Fred was the first man on the plaza having his building up ready to accommodate his patrons by II o'clock the day after the fire. and will be the first victim of the fire out side of the newspapers to locate in new quarters. He proposes to fit up his new barbers hop in good style and will have new bath tubs and every thing for the convenience of his pa irons.
 Funeral services over the remains of the late H. H. Campbell were held this afternoon at the family resi- . dence in West Prescott. The daugh- ter of deceased retutned last evening from Denver, where she went to attend school. The date for the shipment of NIT. Campbell's remains to the east has not yet been decided. . It is stated that they will be cremat- ! ed. Deceased was yet in the prime !. of his life, being only F years old, l yet during that period he had amassed 1. a fortune of over S2.0o0,000 through |. iiI|I