Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1901-11-27
LOCAL AND PERSONAL

Gus Riemer, the sheep man, is in town.
 J. W. Burson, the Wickenburg miner, is in town.
 Frank R. Biedler left for his home in Baltimore yesterday:
 Dr. J. c. Scarborough is quite ser ious ill with pneumon'a.
 Elks lodge meets tonight. All members are requested to attend,
 Geo. U. Young of Williams is makz ing his perodical visit to Prescott.
 W. H. Clark, the mining promoter of Holbrook, is Prescott visitor.
 H. NJ. Gibbs, the well known attor- ney of Jerome, is in town on legal business.
 Henry F. Ashurst, the Williams at torney, is in town on professional business.
 R. C. Irvine, the clothing man, is visiting this section. He went out to the Cash Mine today.
 F. NJ. Murphy and party have re- turned from a business trip into the republic of Mexico, below Fl Paso.
 The register and receiver of the land office are engaged today in hear ing a contest case of the United States vs. D. F. Phelan, of Williams.
 Sheriff Munds returned yesterday from Yuma with Lee Johnson, who is wanted as a witness in horse steal ing case.
 The three Mexicans from Jerome charged, with assault to commit mur- der, were yesterday convicted by jury of assault with a deadly weapon.
 Father Quetu was out driving in the rig to be disposed of at the Catho- lie fair. It consists of a complete driving outfit, horse. harness and buggy.
 Rev. and Mrs. H. W. Peck last night gave the first of a series of Tuesday evening receptions, which they propose giving at the parsonage. They are held from till 10 o'clock in the evening. The initial one last evening was well attended and a good time was enjoyed by all present.
 All the employees of the s. F., P & F. railroad who have been in the em- ploy of the company for a period of three years, were today presented o aAaol- --, ary. Every man from the superin- tendent down to the section men, who have had three years service, were re membered.
 Last Sundays San Francisco Chronicle contained a lengthy bio graphical sketch of Col. W. H. Pow ell, formerly of the Ninth Infantry, stationed at Whipple, and well known in this section, whose death occurred last week. Col. Powell was highly respected in this community.
 E. 4. Hornbeck, of National Citv, California, superintendent and assls- tant treasurer of the National City and Otay Railroad company, is pay ing a visit to Prescott. 4,r. Horn beck is one of the prominent citizens of his section and is Exalted Ruler of the Elks lodge at San Diego.
 Roanoke" was presented at the opera house last night to a full house. All the representations made previous to the appearance of tLe company here were fully complied with by them in is production. s'he com pany is an excellent one and fully de- serves all the nice things 'va.ch She newspapers have saiG about it.
 For some time there has been some wholesale thefts of ore H0m :le -ich pockets of the Commonwealth mine at Pearce. Supt. Rr0ruoar suspect ed some of the m-ners and swore out a complaint charging Wm. Carter and T. H. Saundercook wi.h grand larceny. The men failed to give bond and are now in the county jail 5S5 pounds of ore being found il their possession and is valued al S700.
 An effort will be made to induce the war department to give Geronimo the Apache chief who has been a prominent figure at the Pan-Americar exposition, his liberty. Chief Calico wealthy Sioux and a bosom friend of Geronimo, has informed the wal department that he will take the old Apache to his home at 0gallaliah res ervation, if the latter is allowed to gC free. In this case Geronimo will spend the rest Uh,his years in peace and com fort, as it Is said that Calico has all the luxuries that an Indian chic could wish.