Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1900-10-31


 should attempt to cram the same sort of bird down the threats of its readers. It is not every body that takes kindly to crow, and particularly the Mark Smith brand.
 SATURDAYS DAILY
 Masonic lodge meets tonight.
 Frank Lecklider came in from Big Bug yesterday.
 Mike Lawler is in town from his Treasure Vault mine.
 John Mcdonald is in town from the Blue Dick mine where he has been at work for some time.
 The Degree of honor meets at s o'clock this evening in K. of P. hall. All members are requested to attend and visiting sisters and brothers are fraternally invited.
 The S. F., P. & P. railroad had eighty-six car loads of freight in and out of Ash Fork yesterday. This is certainly good record for one day for road of that length.
 Not a democrat in the land thought of crying imperialism or militarism when Mckinley was trying to settle the Cuban trouble and avoid war with Spain. But the cry is made now for political effect.
 A Blumberg will open The Berlin millinery store in Phenix next Tues day.
 Coles A. Bashford came in on last nights train to look after his building interests here.
 s. G. Wilson. of the New York store, will leave for Phenix on to- nights train to be present at the opening of Mir. Blumberg's The Der lin, in that city next Tuesday. He expects to be absent for about one week.
 J. 4. Brown left Tuesday for Pres colt, Arizona, to attend the shipment of several hundred head of cattle to Fresno, this state, where he has se- cured good pasture, the pasturage in Arizona having given out almost en- tirely.-San Jacinto, Cal, Register.
 On Saturday evening last 300 head of cattle were received from Prescott, Arizona, and are now being fed at the American Beet Sugar company's stock yards. This is but an advance shipment of several thousand head to be made within the near future. The farmers of the valley will have an opportunity of seeing how beet pulp can be used as cattle feed and its re sults.-Oxnard, Cal. Courier.
 McClure's Magazine for November will contain a vivid account of the siege of the foreignlegations in Pekin. as a diary by Katharine Mullican Lowry, one of the beseiged. It will relate in full many of the soul stirring events that We already know. and will make clear many incidents upon which we have hitherto had little light. It will be illustrated with plans of Pekin. of the legation quar- ters, and of the British legation.
 The Journal Miner force is smoking today to the health of young Mir. Smith, son of Chief Clerk w. H. Smith, of the assistant general mana gers office of the $. F., P. & P. rail road. Mir. Smith ,ir., put in an ap- pearance at the Smith home last evening about S o'clock, and of course is the prettiest and smartest little cherub ill the world. The Journal Miner hopes that he may live to grow up and be a useful member of society and vote the republican ticket. @The democrats report having had a good meeting last night at the court house for the organization of their democratic club. The officers of the meeting were T. G. Norris, chairman: | Fred PhilpOt, secretary and Geo. | Schuerman, treasurer. Charles Hern- don, A. Tregallis and B. Hendy were appointed a committee to draft a con stitution and bylaws, and after speeches delivered by Dr. Greer, H. l D. Ross and T. G. Norris, and an original campaign song by Mir. Ire gallis, the meeting adjourned till this evening.
 A man who left Prescott recently took Gil. $. Ferguson's dog along with him without the consent of Gil and as far as known. without the con sent of any other person on earth. Gil does moi believe in the govern ment of dogs without the consent of the owner, so he had officials here trle- graph to the chief of police at Kansas City and recover the dog or. if neceS- sary, take the man accompanying it also. The latter rather than re- turn to Prescott to answer a charge of dog stealing turned MT. Schemer" over to the chief and he is now on his way back to Prescott
 The Journal-Miner is in error when it states that F. M Murphy was not in PheniX when the Gavapai bonds were funded. Both Mr. Murphy and Tobe Johnson Were here Pneuix Enterprise. The editor oi the Jour , nal Miner Was uot iu PheniN when , that transaction took place, but ho has the word oi r. M. Murphy himself that he was not present when theIoau