Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1901-01-09

Miss. Thomas, niece of J. G. Van Houtum, is very sick at the latter's home in this witty.
 Geo. NJ. Pullman, son of the great Pullman car builder, who has been visiting Phenix for some weeks has left for Los Angeles. It is under stood he left several thousand dollars with the gamblers of that city.
 John Spur, son of John Spur, a very wealthy mining and timber man of New London, Wis, arrived in Pres colt today, for the purpose of looking up a location for business. He will be joined tomorrow by Dwight Miller, his brother-in-law, who may also To- cate in this vicinity. Mir. Spur was for a number of years in the employ of the great Carnegie Iron works and brings many evidences of his ability and integrity and we would certainly be very fortunate in securing such a citizen for the city. He has been travelling extensively throughout the west and south but is highly pleased with Prescott. He is also visiting with the family of E. E. Breed whose father and Spurs father were old time friends in Michigan.
 Bishop William X. Ninde, of the Methodist Episcopal church, was found dead in bed at his home in De troit few nights ago, having died, it is thought, of heart failure. He will be remembered by Prescott people as having presided at the Arizona mis- sion conference held here in 1899, at which time he endeared himself to our people by his quiet, sweet, Christ like manner, and the great church, of which he was among the formost lead CTS, has lost a man whose place will be hard to fill.
 Several weeks ago Jack Yaeger and party of surveyors began the work of surveying a route for the extension of the P. x E. railroad to Crowned King and other points in the Brad shaws. The party completed its work and returned to Prescott Friday night. When this road has been com pleted, which it is hoped will be within the present year, it will open up country unequalled in richness of minerals, and will add many mil lions of dollars to the output of old Yavapai. 4 route was also surveyed from Huron to the Poland-Hamilton tunnel and there is little doubt this branch will soon be constructed.
 Meager reports have reached the city of the killing of Peter Gronland on Mineral creek, about ten miles from the Blue Bell mine yesterday. It seems that Mir. Grouland, in com pany with W. J. Murphy and John Crosby were doing some assessment work on a group of mines, and had placed a number of shots in a shaft. After the explosions Mir. Grouland went down the shaft supposing all the shots had fired, but one of them had hung, and when he was cutie near it the explosion occurred killing him almost instantly. We have been un- able to learn further particulars to- day. Mir. Grouland was about 45 years of age and native of Sweden.
 Mrs. Seth Davis and her son B. C.. Davis, wife and son of one of the lead ing wholesale merchants of Saginaw, Michigan, are recent arrivals in Pres colt. Mir. Davis came here on account of his health and has accepted an ap- pointment as forest ranger for the present, but as soon as his health has been fully recovered he will engage in business here, as he is perfectly delighted with the place as it agrees with him so well. He has plenty of capital behind him and will make a splendid acquisition to our list of merchants.