Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1900-12-19

I ' tile firm of T. F. Miller X O., of Je- 2 rome, is in Prescott today.
 MT. Lyons, of the firm of Lyons &
 Knoblock, of Jerome, is attending 3 district court in Prescott today. F. H. Beavers has sold his soda water and bottling works to his brother, H. H. Beavers.
 Grant Carter came up from Kirk , land this morning on business with
 the treasurer's office.
 F. P. Reed and NJ. K. Gaddis. two
 of the Verde Valleys prominent , ranchers are in town today settling up their taxes for the year.
 MONDAYS DAILY
 The Prescott Steam laundry has been having no end of trouble on ac-
 count of a scarcity of water. All
 through the dry summer months l
 there was plenty of water but of late
 the supply has been very limited and !
 with constantly growing business,
 MT. Clark was up against the real
 thing. He has, however, just com
 pleted large new well about SxS feet
 and has the prospect of good supply !
 of water from the new well. He has
 recently added lot of new machinery |
 to his laundry and has one of the best |
 equipped establishments of its kind in .
 the territory.
 There is a report that the hunting
 party, consisting of Messrs Wattron,
 Hesser, Mossman and Pratt are sue
 ceeding in killing any quantity of big
 game. It is said they had hung in
 camp one deer and several slow elk.
 Elk appear to be more plentiful and
 more easily killed than deer, and they
 claim the flesh is more palatable. They
 are all expert shots with the rife-
 Winslow Mail.
 Eugene Brady O'Neill last evening
 presented Hon. B. A. Packard of CO
 chise, with magnificent sword cane
 which was presented to Bucky O'NeiIl
 several years ago. The cane is a beautiful one and carries with it to the receiver the memory of the gal lant boy who surrendered his life that Cuba might be free. Mir. Packard was an ardent friend of the young soldier and he will cherish that gift ] as sweetheart would the memory of her lover-Gazette.
 Jack Yaeger, in charge of the en- ! gineer corps, surveying and locating the route for a railroad up Big Bug ' was in town Saturday.
 Mrs. c. P. Dake returned last week from an eight months visit in the east. She returns very greatly i'm q proved in health.
 Jerry MIillay, the well known Phe- nix attorney, came up from the south on Saturday nights train to look after his mining interests in this county.
 There was quite hegira of teach c CTS from Prescott on Saturday ( and Sunday nights, for Phe nix, to attend the Teachers si Association. Among those leaving O from this county were Misses Helen a Strange, Mary McGill, Kate L. D Heiser, Mary Campbell, Garlic Ed C wards, Louie Gage, Minnie Walters and Miss Darb. They will remain h there all week. n
 Judge G. A. Ainsworth, of Walnut V creek, spent Sunday in Prescott with fC friends. sC
 Major John Reese is in town from ~ ~ the Santa Maria country. "
 MT. and Mrs. D. NJ. F. Weeks left r for the east this morning, where the o former will purchase large stock of c. goods for the Bashford-Burmister V f,
 w. T. Rowe is in town today from sc Lynx creek, being his first visit here C for several months. He is just recov- ering from an attack of paralysis. Ii
 Ira Moore, a former resident of this oI but now a resident of Peoria, sl Maricopa county, was in town Sunday u old acquaintances. Mir. al Moore brought horse up on Satur- o day which he had sold in Prescott. al
 Lieut.. J. D. Carter returned yester- day from attending the Phenix car nival. n
 c. H. B. Carter spent Sunday with :' :: his family in Prescott. II
 The rumor of John Dickson's death F; in Bakersfield, California, as an -, nounced in Saturdays issue, was con V frmed yesterday by telegram from r there. Deceased was 62 years old and u had been a resident of this county for D nearly forty years, coming here in the carly sixties with the Walker party. n, He leaves a wife, four sons and two T daughters to mourn his loss, and in ., his death the county loses a highly respected citizen. This reduces the survivors of the original Walker party Town to only two or three, but they o, give promise of living many years m yet. The remains of the deceased are W now en route here and the funeral CT will take place in Skull valley next or Wednesday. va
 Ralph, son of w. J. Murphy, is very - Il at his home north of Phoenix. w w What makes it sad for the boy Is that " " both his father and mother are in the 9' 3 asst, and he has been practically alone Sl El n the big house. The parents have N ,een telegraphed for and will soon rrive. In the meantime the best of ttention is given the young man. The many friends of the family hope or the lads speedy recovery.-Ga- an ette. fo
 Tim Hannon met with a serious an nishap on Saturday on his way home pl O Skull valley from Prescott. One ad f the lines used for guiding the team w ,roke when the team ran away throw ng Mir. Hannon out, breaking three f his rihs, bruising him pretty badly bout the hips and lacerating his body n several places. MT. Hannon has as many friends to the square mile as ny man in it, having come here stt mong the first of its pioneers and bo Ielped to blaze the:way for civilization sir y blazing away at the Indians who fir Ield sway over the country. To live cit Iere during those days required men da f iron nerve, and none possessed it to dr greater degree than Tim Hannon. t is hoped that he will soon recover rom the effects of this accident. Dr. IcNally was called to dress his in urieS. Cr