Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1901-11-06

W. J. Nelson, prominent mining man of California, arrived in Prescott a day or two ago, and in company with R.: c. Powers, left yesterday to look over the property of the Copper Chief company.
 z. O. Brown has been busy for sev- eral days fixing up the little frame building near the Congress house to be used as an office for the Prescott Title company, and moved the office fixtures into it yesterday.
 w. H. Clark's condition is improv- ing rapidly at present and he is now past the danger point so far as his burns are concerned. Just as soon as he is able to travel he will be taken to California to spend the winter.
 T. L. Harris received a telegram this morning from Pasadena, an- nouncing the death there, yesterday morning of his uncle, J. J. Harris, aged about seventy years. He was prominent educator in the east until failing health compelled his removal to California several years ago.
 E. B. Gage has a handsome resi- dence about completed in Tombstone and he and his wife, it is said, will go there December 1 to occupy it. MT. Gage will devote his time largely hereafter to looking after the working of the Tombstone mines.
 Prescott Hotel arrivals Nov. l.: E B Jennings, Mealford, Mass; Fred erick Greenely, Los Angeles; John A Church, E Perry Smith, New York; c S Davis, J w Thurber, E S Os- borne, Los Angeles; N c Webster, Jerome; Fred Andrews, John An drews, Wm Creeves, J H Cashin, Congress.
 The law firm of Campbell & Job was dissolved by mutual concent on November l. Mir. Job will perma- nently retBin the offices in the Bank of Arizona building heretofore occu- pied by the frm, and MT. Campbell's office will be there temporarily or until the Prescott National Bank building is completed when he will take an office in that building.
 J. c. Mather and his daughter, Mrs. D. NJ. F. Weeks, left on today's freight for a daylight ride to Phenix. T,bar- xx-;ll rrO fo Tar,ra fo rar,oin o couple of weeks, where Miss Dora Mather is engaged in teaching in the Normal school, and where Mrs. Mather has been visiting for some time.
 Captain Phillips, in charge of Douglas Lacey & Company's offices in Prescott, has vacated the rooms formerly occupied by him and his as sistants in the northwest corner of the Lawler block, and has taken a lease on the spacious offices formerly occupied by Dr. J. B. McNally front ing on Cortez street. He moved into the latter offices today.
 A Kansas City firm sent out briar pipe, package of tobacco and match case to the newspapers in that sec tion. In return they received some very nice advertising notices. But when they read the notice in the Nor Till, Kas., News, edited by Mrs. Jen- Tie McMillan, they doubtless consid- cred themselves lucky in escaping a suit for islander. She gave the ''hor- rid old pipe" notice but gave the firm no ad by mentioning the name i Captain Jack Coker, formerly of Phenix Riata fame has returned to Prescott with a view of locating here Since leaving Prescott a few years ago MT. Coker has taken an active part in the Boer war, and has also been married. He says that during his service in the English army in South Africa he blew up a portion oi railroad, which was of great benefit to the army. He unfortunately did not have any orders for doing the act and court martial resulted. In. stead, however, of being punished fsl it he received his promotion to the rank of captain.
 Some weeks ago when Ten Nights in Bar Room was presented in one of the large cities of this country the pastors of the different churches were asked to be present and they did so. After they had witnessed the performance they pro nounced it to be the most moral play upon the American stage. Notable among the reverend gentlemen wa: Bishop Gibson of Grace church, N I Y. City. In speaking of the play, ht said: Though the name may sound old, the play itself will never grow old" This play is to be seen in thi, city Saturday, Nov. ?, at Dake's oper; house; seat sale at Brisley drug stor' on Oct. 31.
 A Minnesota editor tells this incl dent which happened some years agc in that state. X country teacher in sisted on the school board buying {
 Webster's Unabridged. A strange came along and offered to teach tn, school and when told obout the olC teachers demand said he needed nt dictionary, he had all that informa
 ton in his head. A few weeks late a member of the board dropped in tc
 see how the new teacher was gettinl along While there a small boy a the far end of the room wanted th'
 word vocabulary pronounced. "Spel
 it," said the teacher. The boy drawleC it out. "Vo-ca-bul-a-ry," replied tn teacher, relating to cattle. Tn r school soon had another teacher, ant la dictionary.