Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1901-02-13
That girl is cussed fool.-Gazette.

That girl is cussed fool.-Gazette.
 The Gazette yesterday received tn, following advertisement to run it "tf:' "A young man of prepossessing ap pearance would like to kidnap som, ancient maiden of means" Int chances are that lad is member O the Arizona legislature. Gazette.
 The cause of Thursday night, shooting has been ascertained. 1 young man heard the boys, who wer, coasting, yelling, and he thought they were crying fire, so he turned his six shooter loose and emptied it in ordel to give more prominence to what ht thought was cry of fire.
 Governor Murphy last night issued warrant for the imprisonment in the penitentiary of man charged witt numbering a woman in Yuma. The murder was committed yesterday and the anger ot the community was SC great the county jail was considered unsafe. The names of the parties could not be secured up to late hom today.-Enterprise.
 A farmer west of Phenix last Satur- day hired two tramps to help clean out well. The tramps lowered the unsuspecting hayseed into the deep hole, pulled up the windlass then searched the house for valuables talk ing everything they could carry off. The old man was rescued after being down there six hours, but he says he is cured of hiring tramps.-Gazette.
 Mechanics Hook and Ladder com pany elected the following officers at their last meeting: Foreman, H. D. Campbell; first assistant foreman, E. c. Wilson; second assistant fore man, R. L. Joyce; fire police, Walter Field; treasurer, P. J. Sullivan; sec retary, A. E. Easterbrooks. The fire delegates are Lucius Barrow and G. w. Stitzer.
 The Journal Miners gasoline en- zine is not the only unreliable thing in town. Darkness prevailed last night in a number of Prescott homes, on ac- count of an accident to a dynamo of the electric light plant. Superintend- ent Glass, with his accustomed enter prise, immediately set to work repair ing the machine and had it in opera ton by this morning.
 County division seems to be lying low at present.
 The snow is now reported over five feet deep on the Senator divide.
 Arthur Drapeau came up on this mornings train from Tempe.
 The Prescott Electric company is putting its new $50 point switch board for its telephone system in position.
 H. T. Andrews came up from Phe- nix this morning to spend today and Sunday with his constituents.
 R. D. French came in on last nights train. He will leave in day or two for Los Angeles on business.
 H. J. Allen passed through Prescott yesterday morning en route to Jerome from Phenix.
 Thomas J. Nolan and son, Thomas J. jr., arrived in Prescott recently to look after their Groom creek mines.
 The city council is advertising for bids for the construction of a bridge across the arroyo on Gurley street on the eastern limits of the town.
 The legislature seems willing to spend the peoples money with free hand So long as the amount asked is not too insignificant.
 Should the weather moderate and a good stiff rain storm set in, would there not be plenty of water accom- panied by washouts?
 l Mir. and Mrs. J. J. Wragovich have moved from East Prescott where they have resided for some time and have taken apartments at Mrs J. l. Fishers.
 Before Judge Sloan today, in the case of Timothy Fell vs. G. w. Mid dleton, involving the title to the Blacl Hawk mining claim situated in the Black Hills, judgment was given il favor of plaintiff Fell.
 Al. Parshall, a well known locomo tive engineer, slipped and fell at Vii liams recently while getting off hi. engine, sustaining injuries which re suited in his death. He was formerl, employed at the Val Verde shelter.
 A woman's talking club has beer organized in East Prescott. It heIC a session yesterday afternoon, a which it was decided to offer prizes t, its members who develop the greates fuency of speech and to give consola tion prizes 10 those who are slow O . talk. It was an even race yesterda, at the first trial as all talked at ono and the question of the greatest rapid idity and incessancy could not be de termined by any ordinary methods A talkOmeter will have to be invente, before the prizes are awarded. MONDAYS DAILY J. R. Leonard, of Octave, is in tow. , for brief business visit.
 W. NJ. Munls, of Jerome is reporte seriously ill in Phenix.
 The women's relief corps will hay their regular monthly meeting tc morrow afternoon at 2:30 in Odd Fe lows hall.