Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1900-05-09

Nearly all the schools of the country
districts have closed for the year and
yesterday Superintendent Cox appOr-
toned $1,000 TO pay off the teachers.
This leaves only the schools Of Pres
colt, Congress and jerome still in ses-
sion.
j. c. HerndOn. of the territorial code
commission. held a conference last
evening with members of the Prescott
bar in regard TO certain contemplated
changes in the lien law On the or
ganiZatiOn of the code commission
the work was divided up between the
several members. Mr.. HerndOn has
about completed the task assigned to
him.
Some very mean chicken thief visited
the hen rOOst of the Mercy hospital
last night and stole some of the choice
hens from it. This is the third or
fourth visit of the kind which has been
made there y man must be pretty
low down in the scale of humanity
when he will rob an institution of
this kind
DIR. J. s Barrett. assisted by Drs
Coleman and Scarborough. yesterday
performed an operation on Ed. Riley.
the railroad engineer for an abscesS
on the brain The diagnosis of the
case was verified by the discovery of
an abscess. The operation was per
fectly successful. but the patient is
still in n serious condition. although
there is a slight chance for his recOv-
cry.
Ihe contract to erect an educational
establishment for the Wallapai In
dams has been awarded to tire Nor
risOn Manufacturing Co.. Ration. y
NJ. for $47 30. that company being
the lowest and best bidder among five
other competitors. Now that the
contract has been awarded work will
will be commenced and the buildings
erected as rapidly as pOssible--Kins-
man Miner.
The editor of the JOurnal-Aliner and
his wife were the recipients last even
ing from their sOn-in-law and daughter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fen s Hildreth. and
W. H. Watkins. the Kingmau banker
and druggist. of a lot of very choice
roses. from the gardens of the donors
in Kingman. While these flowers are
highly appreciated. the principal object
OF this mention of the gift is to express
surprise that Kingman can produce
such choice flowers this time of year.
John $. Jones is in town from Chap
arraL
Ed. Mahurin is in town from Camp
Verde.
+. r Raymond is in town from the
Catoctin mine.
DR. \. E. Ealy of Kingman is aguest
Of Hotel Burke
l. r Stoddard went out to his min
ing camp yesterday
Charles Young. of Walnut creek. is
very sick at Mercy hospital.
James Hanger. of AIinnehaha. is in |
town a guest of the Sherman house.
c. w Fleming left this morning for /
Flagstaff, WinslOw and HOlbrOOk.
Governor Powers is spending a few
days in Jerome on surveying trip
Mr.. and Mrs. 7. NJ. Earnhart We're in
town yesterday on a business trip.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. X. Behn left yester-
day for their ranch in the Verde val |
ley.
Hugh McCrum came in n few days
ago to look after his mining interests
in this section.
c. c. Bragg. the mining man oper-
lting at Placeritas. went to PheniX on
last evenings train
Ed. Wright. who has been laid up
for several days with grippe. is able
TO be down town again.
Jos. Fifeld. Il well known builder |
and contractor of PheniX is in town /
Mr.. Fifeld was formerly a resident
Of Prescott.
Jerry Millay. the we'll known attOr-
ney of PheniX, who is interested in |
the Cash mine. formerly owned by |
David Grubb, near the Senator, came |
in today.
II. B. z. Hollyday. examiner of sur
veys for the general land office. who /
has just completed the examination of /
the survey of n township in William /
son valley. left for Tucson this af-
-ernOOn.
G. A Ainsworth, of Williamson val |
ey. is in town today. Mr.. AinswOrth /
mas just returned from a trip to Utah |
and says he intends to return to that |
country again within a few days.
Mark Murphy. the well known min |
ing man of Lynx creek. is recovering |
from an attack of the grippe and was |
able TO be on the streets today. He
has been an inmate of the Mercy hos 1
pital
Mrs. J. II. Collins who has been /
quite sick for some time. is now con
slowly. As soon as she gets /
able TO stand the journey Mr. Collins |
Will take her TO PheniX in hopes that /
the change may benefit her
Thomas Nolan and John Frazer
will leave on tomorrow mornings /
train for Cape Nome They have |
already secured ground to work there |
Mr.. Nolan is an old time friend and .
former partner of Mr. Chandler, the /
candy man.