Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1900-06-20

| nlll tudl ut udS Detu dNdIueu al SO,' 900 contract of the S50.O00 survey of
 the Grand Canyon forest reserve. A telegram from Philadelphia of
 June 16 says that the Arizona delega- ! ton to the convention held a meet { in= today at their rooms at the Wal ion and chose Hon. Chas. NJ. Akers to he chairman of the delegation. The B. Y. r. |. of the Baptist church will give charade social at the residence of Chaplain Scott. 22O north Mt. Vernon avenue. on Wednes- day evening Music and recitations will he rendered. Light refreshments will be served for which q small charge will he made. All are cord ially invited.
 It is stated that q project is on foot to pump the water from the Agua Fria into Prescott. A party of promi- nent citizens went out there yester- day to investigate the feasibility of the plan. There is great abundance of water there, but the question would he to get it into Prescott
 Rev. Redd. deputy grand master of the Masonic cOlored lodge is in town and a meeting will be held this even ing for the purpose of organizing lodge of that order in Prescott. A lodge of this order was recently or ganized in Phenix and there are al ready a few members of the order in Prescott.
 Ed. Kastner says that during his visit to his old home in Canada re- gently there was a reunion of the family. all the brothers and sisters. eight of the former and two of the latter. being present. This is be first time they had all met together for fifteen years.
 There has been a very decided i'm prOvement in the condition of B. F. Murphy during the past few days. He IS now able to get up and dress him. self and yesterday took a walk out on the lawn. His appetite is good and his digestion is also good and he is gaining in strength every day. and bids fair now to fully recover his health
 Prescott lodge No, II. A.O.U.W. has elected the following officers: Master workman. s. A. Logan: fore man. C. w Bennett: overseer. Jay Wallace; recorder. John G. Tinker: fnancier W. & GoldSwOrthy: re- ceiver. Jos. S. Gales; guide. Thos L. ShultZ; inside watchman N. c. Hall, outside watchman. T. F. Fitzsimmons: trustee. P. J. Farley.
 There is a beautiful stream of water in Granite creek just at the lower end of John Dukes ranch There seems to be an underground stream flowing westward from the direction of Lynx creek. which Granite creek seems to cut at that point. receiving it's water There is sufficient quantity of it to supply city of 20.0O0 or 3O.OOO popu- lation
 The tax roll was turned over to the clerk of the board of supervisors today by the assessor It is impossible tO tell as yet how the roll will com pare with last year. except that it is somewhat larger. The principal gain has been in the mining industry, owing to the vast amount of new machinery and new mines developed The cattle assessment has fallen off to some extent. The largest individual holder of town lots is assessed to c. w. Hull, who owns 192 town lots in the county. ranging all the way from S10 each to 5000 each. but run ming up in the hundreds on an average.
 Professor E. E. Taylor returned Thursday night from a short visit to Prescott. While there he formed the acquaintance of Professor A. J. Mathews and heard very favorable comments on Mir. Mathews school work in Prescott. where he seems to he universally popular. The normal school. says Mir. Taylor. ought to flourish under the administration of the new principal. Mir. Taylor speaks very highly of the Prescott people and his entertainment while there Republican.
 E. \. Gibson had his preliminary examination in PheniX on Saturday. for shooting Wm. ConnorS at Hot Springs Junction last Tuesday night The defendant was discharged as it was shown by four witnesses that Gibson had not only acted in self de fense and that he had not even then tried to kill COnnors. The only shot fired by Gibson was fired in scuffle and was probably not intended. Glib son knocked Connors down once with the gun and twice with his fist after the firing of the shot. so that he could have killed him if he had been disposed to do so.