Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1901-12-11

The rummage sale will contin
 still Saturday evening.
 R. D. French's condition is repol
 ed slightly improved.
 The attendance at the rumma.
 sale is good, and sales active.
 Civil Engineer J. B. Grand was
 town yesterday from Williams.
 Brown Bros. made a liberal doni
 ton yesterday to the rummage sal
 J. Q. Stephens has returned frol
 visiting his family in Los Angeles.
 There seems to be an active d,
 mand for fairlywell developed mine.
 Attend the Delsarte, musical an,
 literary entertainment this evening
 Sheriff Munds will leave tonigh
 for Yuma with five prisoners.
 R. P. Talbot was admitted to prac
 tice in the district court today on
 certificate from the supreme court O
 Missouri.
 Santa Fe officials estimate tn,
 monetary loss in the Franconia wrecl
 at S75,00O.
 Geo. U. Young left for his home al
 Williams this morning after a visit here on mining business.
 The Methodist Sunday school talks 'ot giving the members of the school Christmas dinner instead of a Christmas tree.
 The marriage of W. W. Vanderbilt and Miss Annie Schuerman has just been announced. The ceremony took place in New York some time since.
 Alb. Anderson has recovered from the effects of his recent fall. so as to be able to be around again. He ex- poets to be able to go to work soon.
 The jury in the damage suit brought SEv T. c. Hill against the City of Prescott, was discharged last evening. They failed to arrive at verdict.
 D. M. Cuthbert, superintendent of agencies of the State Mutual Build ing and Loan association of Los Angeles, is visiting Prescott on a business trip.
 Prescott house arrivals, Dec f: w H Allison, New York; J P Tobers. Burlington, Iowa; \ F Messenger. Phenix; J G Frune, Williams: Chas P Inslee, New York.
 The U. S. civil service commission announces that on January ', &. g. 10. 1902, an examination will be held at the usual places for the position of hull draftsman. salary S6 per day. Position in the office of the light | house board at the treasury depart | meat, Washington.
 4 shooting scrape occurred at Groom creek yesterday. but luckily no one was hurt. Three men whose names were not learned were charged with the shooting and warrants for their arrest were issued today. Par ticulars of the affair could not be learned.
 sam Snapp is in town today from the Cash mine. He says the com psny has been putting in thousands Of 0llars worth of machinery during the past few weeks which they are having placed in position as rapidly as possible. They expect to be able to start their mill up early in Janu- ary.
 The Santa Fe railroaI corrpany has a rig in process of construction at Drake, twelve miles soHl af Kim man, and will commence sinking for water. The company has beol sue cessiul m many places on the desert and expect to Cct wa-er at this place wi. hin few huaGred feet.
 The U. S. Civil Service commission announces that on January '. 1902. an examination will De held at the ' usual places fer i,-n 70 lion of in l terpreter of Slovak language. Here Is fine opportunity s- some young I man. The salary is SI20O per year and the location is Ellis Island, New York, where the services are required. The cornor's jury to inquire into ] the cause of the wreck at Franconia met at the court house Monday af- ter noon last and heard mass of tes- tlmony. After taking all testimony t available the jury adjourned until Wednesday, Dec. 4th at one o'clock |, p. m. Witnesses to identify the dead ' and others who may throw some light z 0n the matter are to be called.-Mo- have Miner.
 While workmen were engaged yes terday in digging for sewer connec- | Llons Tn West Prescott, they unearth- a 7d the skeleton of a giant, supposed to have been that of an Indian. The S skeleton was six feet six inches in [ ength. The bones were pretty badly r tecayed, and crumbled when exposed .o the air, but the teeth were in good An earthen jar sat on U sach side of the skull and one on the n breast. \ small, broken ola and an U bowl, each capable of holding half a gallon of water were llso found. There was other broken pottery. u Mrs. Jay C. Allen died this morn ng at her home on Willow creek. liter an illness of about two weeks. le Deceased was d most estinable young V ady and though she had only resided E lere for a few months, during that lme she had won a large number of cry warm friends. She came here z, with her husband, who is a very ~ 'right young lawyer, from Washing F on, for the benefit of the latter's u lealth. While the climate has greatly 'enefitted Mr. Allen be has had the u sreat misfortune of seeing the icy m land Of death laid upon his wife, who al anne here in the vigor of e 'oung womanhood and in perfect iealth. Besides her husband. de q eased also leaves a child about a ,l v, ear old. Her parents were notified ~ few days ago of her serious condi o- ion and her mother left Seattle te n Monday and is due to Y, 1e rrlve here tomorrow or next day only m -, Q find her loved one a corpse. The Y. be taken to Seattle for .L urlal. The bereaved husband has ia he heartfelt sympathy here of all ;" Tho know him in bis sad affiiction.
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