Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1900-11-21
MONDAYS DAILY

town today.
 David Conner, the Jerome hotel man was Sunday visitor in Prescott
 W. W. Vanderbilt returned iron Phenix yesterday.
 It was a glorious storm if it has made muddy streets and crossings I. T. Stoddard is in town on jury duty.
 Alexander Hale has been convicted of forgery in Phenix and sentenced to ten years in the penitentiary.
 The Phenix Construction company started work on last Tuesday morn ing on Jerome's new fire system.
 c. c. Leslie is serving a sixty days sentence in the county jail for steal ing an overcoat at Jerome.
 The mountains around the Senator mine were covered with snow Sunday morning.
 The rain fall up to Sunday at o'clock amounted to half an inch. Fully as much more has fallen since.
 NJ. A. Lawler sustained a fracture of his ankle bone on Saturday while wrestling.
 The venire for a trial jury was re- turned into court this morning with thirty-three names.
 Ziba O. Brown will leave in the morning on his deer hunt north of Flagstaff. He expects to be absent the remainder of this month.
 G. G. Rubush, of Jerome, was quite painfully injured recently by the bursting of steam pipe, piece of which struck him on the head.
 L. B. Cannon who is in town from Congress says that there has been a copious down pour of rain there dur ing the past few days.
 Naval Cadet w. P. Reed of Ari- zona, third class, has been dismissed from the naval academy for "goug ing"
 Invitations are out for a bon bon ball to be given by Prescott Camp No. 3, WoOdmen of the World at Dougherty hall Thanksgiving night November 29.
 Mrs. H. NJ. Gibbes and her two months old baby are expected at Je- rome soon from Kentucky, where Mrs. Globes has been visiting for several months.
 A. A. Stewart, of Prescott, who was serving a fifteen years sentence in Yuma for shooting Dr. J. B. McNaliy a few years ago, has escaped from the penitentiary and the officers have no clue as to his whereabouts.
 E. A. Haggott was taken suddenly and very seriously ill on Saturday afternoon and was taken to the Sis ters' hospital. His condition was re- ported improved this afternoon.
 Geo. Reynolds. who operated stage line out of Congress, died there recently as a result of fall. Mir. Reynolds formerly operated what was known as the Cannon Ball stage line between Phenix and Mesa city in op- position to the railroad.
 An Indian medicine man was lodged in jail yesterday charged with mnrder. He is said to have lassoed an aged Indian and starting his horse of on a run dragged the old man to his death.
 NJ. Lotta was brought up from Congress on Saturday and lodged in the county jail. He is under S5OOO bonds for being implicated in the shooting affray at Congress on the night of the fire in which a young man was killed.
 The board of supervisors is in ses sion today canvasssing the vote cast at the recent election. At 2 o'clock seventeen precincts had been can vassed, without any material changes from the unofficial returns.
 Frank L. Wright, of the Prescott Electric company, left for the east yesterday morning to purchase a new switch board for his telephone ex- change. It is his intention to pur- chase a 4O0-plug board.
 There was a good attendance on Friday night at the meeting of the Epworth League Literary and Musi cal college at which Rev. H. w. Peck gave Lords lecture on Abraham Lincoln-Rail Splitter and States man." These meetings are quite in teresting and instructive and afford an opportunity for all to spend a profitable evening.
 Miss Nellie Jones, of Octave, daughter of Dave Jones, superinten- dent of the Octave Mining company, was accidentally shot in the arm at Congress Junction on Sunday morn ing. Fortunately the wound is not serious, the bullet blowing furrow through the fleshy part of her arm.
 w. $. Adams says he put in thirty days hard work trying to kill that poll tax bill and prevent its becoming a law. As the final vote shows that Mir. Adams voted for it he must have changed his mind at the expiration of the thirty days.
 w. A. Clark is expected in Jerome in few days, when it is said he will come to decision as to the future operation of his Iron King mine. The question to be decided is as to whether he will build a new smelter at the river to work the ore or will ex- tend the railroad to the mine and transport the ore to the present works for smelting.
 The rain storm mentioned in Satur days issue as having commenced on Friday night has continued ever since with the exception of slight intervals. During a part of Sunday night it came down quite heavily. This (Mon- day). morning the north side of the mountains south of town were covered with snow, while the San Francisco peaks lOomed up through the clouds with mantle of white.
 L. B Cannon, prominent citizen of Congress, came up on this morn ing's train to attend court in the capa- city of a juror Mir. Cannon is the uncle of the unfortunate young man