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

WEDNESDAYS DAILY.
 Supervisor Dumas left for home this afternoon.
 F. NJ. Murphy returned yesterday from a visii to Phenix.
 Mrs. E. W. Meaney left few days ago for her home in Los Angeles.
 Pine trees are dying all through the mountains on account of the drouth.
 Geo. H. Daily, superintendent of the Henrietta mine, is in town today.
 Mir. and Mrs. Geo. H. Cook left for Phenix last evening.
 J. H. Collins, the well known at torney, left on the afternoon train for the north.
 Republican candidates held an en- thusiastic meeting on Groom creek last night.
 Mrs. NJ. E. Spaulding and Mrs. J. w. Akers expect to leave for the east tomorrow afternoon.
 Col. Wilson has been in Prescott since Sunday night, taking a rest from his campaign labors.
 The Cinematograpb at the opera house again tonight. Entire change of program.
 Mrs. Fen S. Hildreth came in on last nights train from Kingman, for a visit of few weeks with relatives here.
 Mrs. Campbell, an aunt of Mrs. J. I. Gardner, arrived in Prescott few days since for a visit with her rela- lives.
 Governor N. o. Murphy came up from the south yesterday afternoon and went north on this afternoons train. Mrs. s. P. Behan left few days ago for Pasadena, where she expects l to remain for some time and where her son, Hugo, will attend school.
 The board of supervisors took ac- tion yesterday on a number of bills which will result in turning several thousand dollars loose in the county.
 Dr. Criley and his two daughters, Mrs. NJ. B. Hazeltine and Miss Cri- ley, left on yesterday afternoons train for visit to California.
 The funeral of the late J. s. Flasher will take place from Logan's undertaking parlors at II o'clock a. m. tomorrow. Friends and acquaint ances invited.
 Mrs. E. W. Wells and her daugh- ter Miss Irene Wells, will leave to- morrow for a visit of several weeks in the east.
 The living picture show at the opera house last night was as good a performance of the kind as has ever been given in Prescott. The scenes are nearly all new and the instrument for their production is first class.
 Mrs. McAskill, of Gallup, New Mexico, surprised her sister, Mrs. D Chandler, last night by her arrival here unknown to the latter. She will remain here for several days visiting her sister.
 Smith democrats call the Wilson democrats ''sandbaggers." The Will son democrats now have the floor to appropriately label the Smithites.
 An old man named J. s. Frasher. who resided in cabin in the south part of town, dropped dead in his yard last night about S:30 o'clock. Heart trouble is the supposed cause of death.
 The Journal-Murphy wants to know if the Courier will do so and so. Courier. No "so and SO" about it. Simply wanted it to publish the pro- ceedings of that democratic county convention of Maricopa county.
 Our contemporary says Bryan will never appoint Judge Baker. of Phe- nix, to office. The Journal Miner agrees with its contemporary on this prophetic assertion. Bryan will never have the authority to appoint any one to office ln this territory.
 The Pueblo Chieftain says that there are increasing evidences that the~ Rock Island railroad company has made the decision as to it's west ern extension, and that it will be rom the present terminus at Liberal, Kansas, all the way through New Mexico and Arizona to San Diego. It Is claimed that the line to that city will be llS miles shorter than the Santa Fe.
 "The Journal-Miner says the Cou- ner's statement that the Smith peo- pie overthrew all parliamentary law and precedent in attempting to take forceable possession of the democratic convention is favorable to Smith. - Courier. The above would be all right if it contained one syllable of truth, but it does not The Journal Miner said nothing whatever about the organization of the territorial con vention.
 There Is no argument in abuse. There Is no advantage to be gained by either political party in searching out the mistakes or the shortcomings ot candidates past life. Take him as he Is now. Give him the benefit of every good thing he has done. If he IS all right now and his efforts are in the right direction, forget the past. credit him with the present and give him the credit of being sincere. Thus you will strengthen and lift up instead ot dlscouraging and pulling down. Let the candidates have the best word you have Tn store, irrespective of the party to which they belong, and when the campaign is over you will be on good terms with all the candidates. as well as yourself. Star.