Arizona weekly journal-miner. [volume] (Prescott, Ariz.) 1885-1903, 1900-05-16
From Wednesdays Daily.


Phenix pays her health officer 500
per month.
Frances E. Forsee, of Phenix, has
been granted a divorce from LeOindas
Forsee.
y number of the chickens recently
stolen have been recovered. They had
been sold to a Chinaman-
The Annex saloon. at Jerome, has
again changed hands. Peter Mcintyre
having purchased the interest of c.
E Fisk.
Schools reOpened today but the at
tendance was rather light.
Mumps have put in an appearance
in Prescott.
\ New York telegram says that Gov.
Roosevelt has granted n requisition
| for George W. Hull, the Arizona mil
lionaire mine owner, wanted at Provi-
dence on a charge of perjury.
The orchestra of the First Metho-
dist Episcopal Sunday school will fur
nish the music at the illustrated lee
ture on Switzerland" next Thursday
night in the NJ. E. church.
The regular prayer meeting of the
/ NJ f. church will be held tonight in
stead of tomorrow night, on account
of he illustrated lecture in the church
tomorrow night.
1t is announced that Hon Tom Fitch
| intends locating in Honolulu, to live
land die there. The first thing Mr..
Fitch does on locating permanently
| in Il town is to build a handsome resi-
dence and a new opera house.
An article entitled Careful Service"
will be found in this issue, which is
recommended for the perusal of all.
The author is o. A Brehler, of the
Yavapai pharmacy, where careful
service is given to all patrons.
The Bashfird- Burmister company
has a new talk today in which it tells
of the arrival of the SWEETEST thing
out in mems summer tan and black
shoes. as well as a number of other
articles.
Next Sunday will be anniversary
day for the EpwOrth League and the
league of the NJ f. church will hold
services appropriate to the occasion
Rev. H. W. Peck will also preach a
special sermon to the young people
Sunday evening.
There is talk of a change in the
railroad time schedule soon. The
change as proposed is TO have the
Santa Fe trains pass Ash Fork in the
evening. the exact time not yet decided
upon. Should it occur as now con-
ternplated the north bound train on
the :. F.. P. x P. would probably pass
through Prescott some time in the af
telnOon and return south bound about
9 p. M.
The ruins and dwellings of the Hopi
Indians in northern Arizona, and of
various other tribes of Indians of the
western states will be searched during
the next few months by two eX
perienced parties to secure additional
collections for the anthropOIOgical de
partment of the Columbia museum.
Two assistants of that department
left Saturday for Arizona TO be gone
six months.
General Merriam's proposed visit to
Prescott to meet and confer with Gov
es-nor Murphy in regard to a site for
new military reservation has been
delayed on account of his attendance
before the Couer d Alene Investigating
committee. General Merriam has got
ten through with the committee and
aad is expected here within a week.
The Navajo Indian reservation has |
been thrown open to mining by act of
congress and a rush of prOspectors to |
that part of the country is taking place. |
Flagstaff is the Quitting point for /
prOspectOrs reservation bound. and ii /
is reliably reported that rich deposits
of copper have been found in numer-
Gus places on the reservation BY /
shrewd mining men much is antici-
pated from the new mining region. A
great rush TO the new diggings is
expected to take place in the near
Special Agent S. ]. Holsinger. of
the interior department, has gone to
New Mexico. via Florence. to investi-
gate the matter of establishing n for
est reserve in the San Francisco noun
tains in Lincoln and DOna Ana cOun-
ties. This question has been under
about three years and
in that time has been fought as vigor-
Ously as the subject of throwing the
of this territory open to stock.
Various agents of the interior depart
ment have reported upon the prOspec-
tive reserve. but nothing has come
of it, What is going TO be done now
viii be done quickly.
f. Greenwood is in town fromCherry
creek
". ]. Martin. of Cherry. is Prescott
visitor today.
Louis Libuni. the well known Big
Bug miner. was in town today.
Mrs. VI. E. DOwden left on this
mornings train for San Francisco.
man of Walker. came into Prescott to-
day.
Miss Louie Gage returned this
morning from visit to her home at