Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1900-10-24
THE CITY .
 AND COUNTY
WEDNESDAYS DAILY.

c. c. Stukey is in town from Wal
 ker.
 W. H. Wood, of Phenix, is in
 town.
 Geo. Cornell came in from his Wal nut creek ranch last evening.
 Postofice Inspector Hall came in on last openings train. Printers started to work today on the great register of the county.
 J. H. Emmert returned last evening from a brief trip to California.
 Ed. S. Campbell is in town from the Blue Dick mine.
 The total registration in the county will amount to over $500. or about 12OO less than last year.
 A~Blumberg and L. Wollenberg have returned from their stock pur- chasing trip to California.
 Born, October If, in Prescott. to Mir. and Mrs. Wm. Bunte, a son. a ten-pounder.
 Kelly & Stevens have moved into their new quarters in the Courier building.
 Chandler X Hooker will occupy the temporary quarters used by Kelly & Stephens since the fire
 Jacob Henkle is in town from the Bradshaw mountains. It is his first visit here since the fire.
 Dr. J. s. Barrett and family have moved into the Lount residence back of Odd Fellows hall.
 Forest Supervisor Frank Stewart and family have rented the Columber residence on Mt. Vernon street, East Prescott.
 Geo. Ruffner's candidacy for sheriff | while not being a surprise, generally | speaking, has caused consternation in l certain quarters.
 Rev. $. A. Thompson, superinten- dent of Methodist missions of Ari- zona, arrived on last evenings train | and will remain here for a few days. He will hold the first quarterly con ference of the church this evening.
 Geo. c. Ruffner filed his notice last evening of his candidacy for sheriff. The vignette adopted by him is the silver dollar with the reverse side ex- posed, to that on the regular demo cratic ticket.
 A letter from our Camp Verde cor respondent, dated October s, just showed up at this office this morning. As it is of political nature and would have been interesting reading a week ago, the time which has elapsed since it was written and the date of its re- ceipt at this office has robbed it of its most salient points.
 Colonel W. R. Wallace has returned from his visit to Colorado. He is in terested in the new oil territory be- tweet Prescott and Jerome, and ma chinery will shortly be placed on the ground and the territory will be pros pected.
 The Journal-Miner is in receipt of a copy of the New Orleans Picayune. { with compliments of W. H. Thayer from which it seems that MT. Thaver Is visiting the Crescent city. He left here few weeks since with ship I ment of horses.
 The old building on the corner of Cortez and Gurley streets occupied by Geo. Wooster is being moved. It will be located on the east side of the a plaza. and occupied by Mir. Wooster until new quarters can be secured. f The United Moderns and their families will have a social tomorrow l. evening, Oct. Is at their hall. corner " of Goodwin and Cortez streets. Each Modern Is supposed to bring "a bite" with them to help allay the bangs of | hunger of themselves and their guests. a A jolly time is anticipated. Cards and dancing will be the order of the |, <'small and early" :; Dr. and Mrs. Pentland have receiv- ed word of the death of the latter's brother, Ed. Johnson, in the Philip . pines. Mir. Johnson resided for seve- ral years in this county, being engag- ee ln mining on Turkey creek and other places, and will be remembered c by many old citizens. At the out il break of the Spanish-American war V he went into the army with the hos i pital cerps and later joined the Thirty-fourth volunteer infantry. He f was killed in action on September : 14th.