Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1900-01-31

MISS Lucy OLIK0m6n IS out Tn the country, where she will remain on visit for couple of weeks.
 Mrs. c. A. Sewall arrived on Sat urday and is the guest of Mir. and Mrs. J. R. Ashley.
 Reserved seats for "Mr. Plaster of Paris" will be on sale at the Corner Drug Store tomorrow morning.
 F. N. Kessler is able to be out again and will shortly resume his work in the auditors office of the s. F. P. & P. railroad.
 All Master Masons and their fami- lies are invited to attend the install ation of officers of the Eastern Star Thursday evening, Feb. l.
 Nellie Adams and Alice Raymond were before Judge Bauder today on a charge of disturbing the peace. Both entered pleas of guilty and were assessed s each, which was paid.
 Work on the abutments for the Granite creek bridge, which was stopped last week, was resumed again today. The material for the bridge has been ordered and is now en route to Prescott.
 R. H. Burmister 6 Sons Go. have a new advertisement in this issue which gives valuable information to all purchasers of groceries and delica- cies. Do not fail to read it.
 A new pump has been ordered for the water plant and was shipped on January 22, which is expected to ar rive here within a short time. There seems to be no decrease of the water supply, despite the continued dry weather.
 The Bashford- Burmister company announce some seasonable specials in this issue, which will be read with interest by the ladies. At the prices named on these articles they should not last many days.
 Judge J. ] Hawkins, although new at the game of golf, is rapidly working himself up towards the championship. He mace the rounds yes' erday with a score very close to that made by the champion on New Years day.
 At the morning services yesterday in the Methodist church five adults were received in tho church on pro bation and twenty-one from the Sun day school and league were received into the probationary class. The special services will be continued each night during the present week.
 NJ. R. Leavitt's Spider and Fly" company, which recently appeared in Prescott, disbanded at Pasadena, California. The members of the company were from the east and they were all left stranded without the means to purchase transporta- tion to their homes.
 The report which came from Je- rome of the death of Prof. F. S. Hafford at Long Beach, California, is not given any credence by hls friends in Prescott. One of the teachers in the public schools had letter from the professor on Thurs day of last week, and it must have been written after the time of his al legged death.
 Writing to the JOURNAL MINER Chas. A. Behm suggests that the proposed Prescott library building be made two stories high, the second story to be used as a museum and mineral cabinet. He says he is will ing to contribute his entire collec- tIon of curios and minerals in case this eau be done. He values the collection at over S3G0, and he has been several years in accomplishing it. This is cert ainly a very generous offer on the part of MT. Behm.
 The Cocouino Sun Jas entered the seventeenth year of it's exIsten @. The Sun is a gnod paprr and may prosperity attend it in the future eren to greate, ,ieg,et ihan in the past.
 Fred Coleman, who escaped from the Flagstaff jail recently, was not charged with murder, as reported. While defending an old ali from an assault, he struck man with beer bottle and charge of assault with a deadly weapon was entered against him.
 Ticket Agent Solomon, at Hotel Burke, who is agent for seven Allan tic lines of steamers, has received | word from the American lins, flat i about one-half of the bertbs bave already been taken for the entire | summer. European travel has al- | ready set in and the tide of travel to the Paris exposition promises to be unusually large. Parties in Ari- zona intending to go should secure l their berths early or they are likely | to be disconnected.
 A pro Boer mass meeting will be held in the court house next Thurs day evening. Judge Bethune has consented to act as chairman and the following are announced as the speakers. Judge Stocker, Hon. T. G. Norris, Hon. Dennis A. Burke, Jos. B. Morrison, P. w. O'Sullivan, John c. Forest, john H. Collins and others. Speeches will be limited to l5 minutes each. Everybody invit ed. Meeting will be called to order promptly at l:0U O ctHca.
 ! MT. Redpath. the Chicago drum mer who had hIs leg broken by Eth Scott's body rolling against him on the stairway at the Capital Hotel in Frankfort, did not know for some time whether he had been shot or not. He had just arrived on busi- ness and was having his shoes shined when the shooting began. In speak ing of the accident afterwards, he said: Il disobeyed my wife's in junction in coming here, and had not been here three hours till was shot at; had dead man fall on me and break my leg. I want to go home. ."-Cynthiana (Ky.) Democrat.
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