Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1901-12-25
LOCAL AND PERSONAL

Murray McInernay has recovered sufficiently to be able to be around the hotel.
 F. NJ. Murphy returned on last nights train from a visit east to spend the holidays with his family.
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 Indian Lou, charged with the mur- der of Marshal Pete, has been held to appear before the grand jury.
 Miss Blandy has returned to Pres colt after an absence of several months in the east and i'd Europe.
 Judge w. H. Barnes of Tucson came up on yesterdays train on legal business and returned south on last nights train.
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 Mrs. Frank Lowe held the lucky number in the drawing for hand some piece of embroidery work re- gently executed by Mrs. Stephan.
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 Gary Block, son of Mir. and Mrs. Ed. Block, is home from attending school to spend the holidays. From a stripling of boy Gary has grown to be young man, being cOusidera- bly, taller than his father.
 Rev. J. w. Rowland. a South Methodist minister of Walnut Grove and Kirkland, is in town. Rev. Row land was a resident of Prescott in his boyhood days, where his father was connected with the Commercial Min ing company.
 The new forest reserve is a hum- mer. It reserves the greater portion of surveyed land in this county, and with the Prescott, San Francisco mountain and Black Mesa reserves formerly established leaves but little land in this land district open for entry.
 Harry Oberbeck and Miss Sadie Jenkins were married at the Method ist parsonage last night by Rev. liar court w. Peck. Mir. Overbeck is in the employ of a business house in Prescott, and is a fine young man, while Miss Jenkins is one of Yavapai county's popular and successful school teachers.
 Edward Crispell and Miss Isabel Fogal were married yesterday after noon by Probate Judge c. r. Hicks. The groom is in the employ of the railroad bridge force and is an indus trious young man. while the bride is beautiful and charming young lady whose home has been i'll. Maricopa county.
 The Christmas tree exercises of the West Prescott Sunday school will be held tonight at the West Prescott Methodist church at $ o'clock. The program is An old time Christmas party" consisting of dialogues, song and recitations. The public is cor dially invited to attend. Nj. N. Gas terline, sup't; Leon .. L,-Ni-. pastor.
 Jack Gibson will give COW boy contest at the Phenix park, Dec p and 26. Nobody but prize winners will be allowed to enter the contest. Prizes for steer tying. time to be averaged and taken for the two days. First prize $50. second $50. third SEQ. Entrance fee B. Bronco riding free, but each rider must furnish two ami mals. Prizes, first S25; second S15.
 John Shoot, whe was paroled from the penitentiary a year ago with seven years of his sentence unseryed has been ordered to be returned. Shoot was promised that with years good behavior to his credit while under parole he would be given pardon. Just week prior 10 the eX- piration of his years probation he made a gun play in Coconino county with the result that Governor Murphy issued warrant for his return to the penitentiary. This is the first i'm stance since the passage of the parole law where a paroled prisoner has been returned to the penitentiary.
 The Phenix Republican offers the following excellent suggestion in re- gard to the rearing of boys. If man had bull pup he would look after it carefully and not let it run all over town at night. But if he has boy it is different. He is turned loose at a tender age to go to the bad, and people wonder where the great army of buns, tramps, deadbeats, loafers and gamblers come from. They are germinated from pure seed gathered from home, sown broadcast on the street and alleys. The boys ought to be given a showing equal to that of the bull pup"
 Corporal Irish. an Indian scout at tached to the Apache Indian agency at San Carlos, was murdered last Friday about twelve miles from Will COX. A native scout named Haski- distal, was in company with the dead man when last seen, and the fact that his whereabouts are now unknown is taken as very conclusive evidence that the Indian scout is the murderer. It is supposed that Haskidistal will seek refuge among his tribesmen on the reservation and endeavor to conceal his identity. Other scouts are on his trail and deputy marshals have left for the scene of the crime. There are no advices as to whether the murdered man and the renegade scout qnarreled, or whether it was plain, cold-b -blooded murder.
 The Prescott Electric company had one of the most beautiful displays in town in its window last evening. It consisted of a Christmas tree on which were a score or two of beauti- ful tiny electric lights. The railing surrounding the interior of the win dow was dressed in cotton and lit tie after six o'clock this caught fire in some manner causing an alarm of fire to be sounded. The window deco rations were destroyed and one of the