Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1901-08-07
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 town.
 J. W. Sullivan, the Seligman cattl baron, is in town.
 F. R. Williams of Stanton Is il town.
 The southwestern part of this coun ty got a good soakingon Sunday iron rain.
 Stages to the various mining camps are running full of passengers every day.
 Court met this morning but ad- journed without transacting any busi- ness.
 J. A. c. Freund, the oil promoter left yesterday for California, whence he goes to Green River, Utah, to SUI perintend the drilling of an oil we'll. Mrs. Block and her daughter, Miss Amelia Block, will leave tomorrow for six weeks visit with relatives and friends in Colorado.
 Wm. Mayer, a prominent citizen of Phenix, is Prescott visitor today. He will go up to Ash Fork tomorrow to meet his wife.
 F. R. Mendenhall has returned from a visit to California. He will leave in few days for visit to rela- lives in Colorado.
 D. NJ. Martin went out today to his Ash creek mining property. The shaft is now down 250 feet and con siderable drifting has been done on it, and also tunnel run.
 Frank Bettmann, the genial com mercial traveller who makes his head quarters in San Francisco, but who puts his time in lon the road" is in Prescott.
 L. B. Cannon of Congress seems to to be performing his dutiesa as a mem Der of the live stock sanitary board in an energetic manner. He has re- gently visited Prescott, McCabe. May CT and Huron in his official capacity. and is taking a personal interest in matters pertaining to the board.
 Report from Kirkland valley states that a veritable deluge visited that section Sunday, the flood waters do ing considerable damage to ranches along the creek.
 Robert L. Sumner. night clerk at the Santa Fe depot at Albuquerque, has been arrested for tampering with the mails. It is said that over 5000 have recently been abstracted from letters leaving Albuquerque, and post office detectives think they have the right man.
 There was quite a lively play of lightning this afternoon accompanied by sharp cracks of thunder. Light ming struck in two or three places during the storm. One place it struck was a cottonwood tree on Granite street near F. G. Brecht's blacksmith shop.
 Louis Beck. an old-time resident of Lynx creek, died in Prescott yester- day after a protracted illness. De ceased was s;xty-nine years old and game to Arizona in 1868 with Jacob Henkle, with whom he was in partner ship in the stock business. The fun eral took place this afternoon from Logan's undertaking parlors and was well attended by friends of the de- ceased.
 Prescott Hotel arrivals July 30: E E Brooks and wife, Walker; D c Monroe, White Horse mine; \ P McCullum, Phenix. B c Young, Los Angeles.
 Frank Hereford, bright young attorney of Tucson, was married re- gently at Milwaukee to Miss Adelaide Rockwell. MT. Hereford is nephew of Mrs. F. A Tritle and formerly re sided here and in Jerome, in the em- ploy of Governor Tritle.
 Mrs. J. C. Mather gave a picnic to her Sunday school class of nine girls yesterday afternoon. They had a good time climbing rocks and play ing, and even seemed to enjoy a little rain shower which occurred during the day.
 Mrs. H. W. Peck and her sister, Miss Needham. left this morning for California, where they will spend about three weeks visiting relatives prior to the departure of Miss Need ham for her home in Honolulu. She will sail from San Francisco August P.
 A thirteen year old boy, who tried 4a Ela shooter, was lodged in jail yesterday to serve a iXty-day sentence imposed by an Ash Fork justice of the peace He claims to hail from Colorado Springs and was trying to beat hi, way to California. When the traiI crew attempted to put him off tn, train he pulled his Colorado six shoot CT on them, and got sixty-day lal over privilege on his trip as a result of it.
 A letter was received today at tin, land office from an customer wantine a homestead Cn the Turkey Foo range of mount .iis. The applicau wanted if located -- near town as pos sible and imposed another condition that it should ho near some river The selection oi tne homestead wa left to the discretion of the land of ficers, but up to .... ..0ar of going t press they had n.i come lO decision as to the particul . tislc. they v7oul, award him.
 s. J. Wright, a prsnipent capital ist and cotton planter of Paris, Texa, left for his home today after thre weeks visit to this section lookin after his minIng interests. Nil Wright invested in some mines i the Agua Fria section several year ago and since then has made regula annual trips here in July of eac year to look after them. During hi last visit bere in 1900 the town Wa destroyed by fire and he was astonisl ed to fnd such a substantial ne town rebu It within less than a yea of its destruction, on his arrival tn time.
 Work has commenced on the ere tion of building on Granite stre for a Chinese mission. There a