Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1901-02-27

Tomorrow will be Washington's $ birthday, when all public offices and the banks will be closed. The schools will also have holiday.
 Misses Nellie and Mary Pagan will give some fancy dances at the carni- val tomorrow night which will be worth seeing.
 Fl. William Stephens, the hustling mining man of Wickenburg, was in town yesterday, having come up to attend the meeting of miners and mining men to form an association,
 J. H. Jacks has opened a law office in the Goldsmith block, and is pre- pared now to meet law clients and transact any business that presents itself.
 Benjamin Robinson, of Kirkland valley, was in town today on his peri odical visit to his sons and daughter in Prescott, and incidentally transact ing some business.
 Peter Rosser. of Congress, was lodged in jail yesterday under a forty days sentence for obtaining money under false pretenses. Constable Pete Boscha brought him up.
 Alfred Franklin and Miss Cara L. Brill, of Phenix, were married on Feb rUary 10, by Father Ryan of the Cath olic church. The groom is the son of the late GOrernor Franklin, and was assistant United States attorney un- der E. E. Ellinwood.
 L. A. Davies proposes to contest the right of Mr. ROsenthal to take possession of the Smdance property. Mir. Davies claims a years contract was executed to him for the manage ment of the property. It looks as though the courts will be called upon to decide the question.
 Miss Grace Keith, who has been spending some time in Prescott, has returned to her home in san Diego. Miss Keith is a charming young lady and made many friends during her stay in Prercott.
 Minnesota is aboCY to pass a law prohibiting a woman over 45 years of age from marrying. The law Is no good. In the first place a woman who has reached that age is immune. In the second place, no unmarried woman ever gets to be 45 years Old.-Ex.
 Forest Supervisor Frank R. Stew art this morning received a telegram from Jackson, Ohio, announcing the death of his niece, Miss Katie Crum- nit, at the above place. Deceased is spoken of as having been very bright young lady, being only IS years old. She was taken sick with typhoid fever some time since.
 Frank Brown 7eu.,-.lis mother re- turned home last evening after a stay of several months in Quincy, Illinois, at which place Frank took a special business course in the famous Gem City business college, graduating with honors. Frank is naturally a very bright young man, and with this spe- cial training is now well equipped for the business affairs of life. He will again enter the office of the Prescott Title company.
 Prescott Hotel arrivals. February 20: W $ ThurgoOn, San Francisco, Cal; J E Coleman. Los Angeles: W c Reynolds, San Francisco; Parker J Boise, J W Walker and wife and B T Vassar and wife, Indianapolis. Ind; W P Murphy, Mayer; J Johnson, Mayer; Mrs Isaac T Stoddard, Stod- daTd; J \ Ketcherside, Camp Verde; F E Jordan, Jerome; F II Potter 1T, Williams; John II Sully. Joplin, Mo; J L Stephens, Los Angeles; Geo B Russell, City; E D Treadwell and wife, Jerome.
 The Bashford -Burmister Co. has re- ceived a full carload of the celebrated Club House brand of fancy groceries. and which will be made a speciality of by this firm. Other brands of gro ceries will be carried as usual. but the epicure will appreciate any article that is put up under this brand. The best goods are selected for this label, and all other brands take second place. Attention is called to the advertising columns for their special ad.
 An experienced newspaper man in instructlng a young reporter as to what constituted a news item said that any occurrence on the street that ] attracted the attention of fifteen pe0- ] pie was worthy oi mention Under ] this construction, a street uClt be tween a white rooster of Judge Ling and a black On> from Judge Bethuue's ] pen, calls for special mention. as j. attracted the attention, for uearIv am hour, Of that number or m3re0f grown people to say nothing of a score or more boys. The fight was long and bitter and each of the spectators nat urally selected one or the othera as his iavorite and cEeered or was crest fallen according to the turn of the fight in favor of or against his choice. Eo battle. between birds, in a cock pit. was ever more vigorously contested than this.
 l J. W. Martin received a letter from Jas. Cassiday, from South Africa. a few days ago. 1ir. Cassiday was re- ported some time ago as being in com mand of a detachment of Boer troops fighting against the English. This letter, which is the first one received from him for three years, eGectually puts at rest the above rum0r. Mir 1 Cassiday states that he has been in the British army ever since the open
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