Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1901-04-03

hOidCe MerTlll ndS been appOlntet deputy assessor at Jerome.
 A special train went south thi morning at s o'clock.
 F. H. Potter, jr., of the Saginaw Lumber compaey, is in town today.
 Another very chilly wind has beer blowing today with few clouds fly ing.
 E. M. Sanford is in Jerome on pro- fessional business.
 Jake Spitz, representing Son Bros of San Francisco, is in town.
 HI Clifford left this morning for a brief trip to Los Angeles.
 Mir. and Mrs. Joseph Ehle have re turned from spending the winter il Phenix with their daughter, Mrs. H B. Crouch.
 A call will be found in this issue for a meeting of the clerks of Pres colt to be held next Monday evening to organize protective union.
 The Gazette repeats the announce ment of the sale of the Tucson Citizen No official announcement has yet ap peared in that paper of the alleged sale.
 Smudging was resorted to among the orchardists the past two or three nights so cold has it been. However. no further damage has occurred tc the orange orchards Gazette.
 The county treasurer of Maricopa county will not sell any delinquent tax property during March, but will wait to see about the new law.-Ga- zette.
 l.. Gerson, of Prescott, has arrived in Phenix and will make his home here; his family will follow in a few days. He is a partner in that ex- cellent ladies furnishing establish ment, the Berlin. Gazette.
 The brick work on J. w. Wilson's new two story building is about con- pleted. It is very handsome struct- ure. The second story will be used as lodging house and the ground floor will be used for business pur- poses.
 At meeting of the good govern ment league held last evening, after a full discussion of the question of electing school trustee, it was de- cided not to ;endorse any candi- date for the position.
 Robert H. Paul, ex-United States marshal of this territory died in Tue son on Tuesday morning. He left a wife and five children to mourn the loss of an affectionate husband and devoted father.
 R. H. Row, the well known mining man, while engaged in lifting a heavy piece of timber at his mine at Mineral Point district, a few daysago,wrenched his back so severely that he is con- fined to his bed in Prescott.
 W. J. Wilson, special agent of the Niagara Insurance company, W. B. Hopkins, special agent for London & Lancashire and Harry B. Smith, special agent of the Union of England, are in town. They are making a tour of the territory on insurance business.
 A Sample of ore from the new strike near Wickenburg can be seen at the office of the general passenger agent of the s. F., P. & P. railroad at the depot. It shows up free gold in large quantities and yet it is considered only ordinary ore as it was picked up from the dump of the mine.
 Louis Foster of Congress was found dead in the road near Congress last Monday. He was in charge of a number of men engaged in making a road and failing to show up on Mon day search was instituted for him with the above result. Heart disease was the supposed cause of death. His remains were taken to Phenix for burial.
 Pete Collett, the Lynx creek stage driver, met with a painful mishap yes terday on his trip in from Walker. One of his horses shied and became etnangled in the harness, falling into a ditch beside the road. Collett was endeavoring to extricate him and get him on his feet when the horse made a vicious lunge at him, with his open mouth, closing his teeth down on Col let's hand, lacerating it quite freely.
 Among the papers of the late Grant Allen was an article on ''The British Aristocracy." It is probable that he did not care to place himself before the English reading public in the pos ition of entire frankness which he had assumed while writing this article and that consequently it was held until after his death for publication It was secured through his son fo1 the Cosmopolitan and appears in the April number Certainly no English man has ever so handled the subject without gloves as Grant Allen. and no one was better equipped to do the subject justice.
 THURSDAYS DAILY
 Wm. Button left this morning fol his Minnehaha mining camp.
 s. NJ. Cullom, deputy revenue col lector, Is in town on official business
 G. W. Hull, the Jerome millionair, mining man Is in town.
 R. c. Irvine arrived in town last night with full line of shirtings anC samples of all kinds of clothing.
 Indications are now that Prescott will have big brewery soon. It il stated that all arrangements hav, been made for its construction.
 Quite a cold wave put in an appear ance last night, forming ice one hal inch in water tubs and buckets ex posed.
 Rev. J. w. Taylor, of the Baptis church, who has been holding evan gelistic services in Tucson, is expected home on Sunday morning.
 Ex-Delegate to Congress J. F. Wil son has recured residence in thii city and will locate here immediately and go into the practice of law.-Ga zette.
 Photographic advices state tha Aguinaldo has been captured in tn Philippines, DeWet has been run t earth in South Africa, but no intima