Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1901-11-13
LOCAL AND PERSONAL

 Rumor has it that F. NJ. Murphy has purchased the residence of k. B. Gage.
 A rainstorm set in this afternoon with the prospect of protracted storm.
 Ten car loads of cattle were ship ped yesterday from Del Rio to Glen dale by Guy Bennett.
 The Indians who are in this vicin- ity at present give nightly dances in the rocks north of town, where they have their camp.
 Aztlan lodge, F. X A. M., and Gol- den Cule chapter, 0. E. S., will give a public reception and dance tonight at the opera house to visiting Masons attending the Masonic Grand Lodge. W. A. Freeze and Smithy Benbrook have returned to Phenix after an ab- sence of a year in the northern gold country.
 Albert L. Lamb, of Prescott and Miss Helen A. Learned, of Kansas City, were married last evening by Rev. H. B. Long.
 Found, at the Elks' social, some thing of value. Owner can identify, pay for ad and get the article at Wooster's store.
 R. c. Clowry, of New York, vice president and general superintendent of the Western Union Telegraph com pany and Frank Jaynes. of San Francisco, district superintendent, were in Phenix yesterday on an off cial visit. They were accompanied by their secretaries and a number of ladies, among the latter being the wife of Mir. Jaynes.
 The Bisbee Review tells of the rob bing of Mulford Winsor at a hotel in that town. Mr. Winsor is the pro- prietor of the Yuma Sun and is also a member or a printers supply house of Los Angeles, and is making a tour of the territory in the interest of the latter. This fact accounts for the comparatively good haul made by the robber. Mir. WinsOr Is usually very correct in his habits, retiring early and rising at a correspondingly early hour. but on this occasion business kept him out until ] o'clock a. m. The robbery is supposed to have oc- cured about 2 o'clock, as at that hour a man was heard to leave the house They secured from Winsor's pockets S230 in money, a watch and all his railroad passes. The latter were found the next day, but the money and watch are still missing.
 The Journal-Miner is in receipt of an invitation which reads as follows: "Yourself and ladies are invited to at tend an illustrated address to be held at the Board of Trade hall, Colum- bus, Ohio, on Wednesday evening, Nov. 6, 1901, at $ p. m., by Hon Henry B. Clifford, subject, Copper fortunes, or the manner in which the bonanza kiugs made their millions. Carriages at 10 D. m. No children under Fifteen years. This invitation is sent you as mark of esteem. II you cannot avail yourself of this courtesy. please do not allow this to fall into the hands of those whom we do not ourselves invite. There is nc charge, but please present this invita- ton at the door MT. Clifford is en- gagged in doing missionary work fol Arizona evidently in the east. His lectures have been receiving very fav- orable notices from the press wher- ever he has appeared.
 Consul General Dickinson has dis patched a messenger with a reply tC the brigands' proposition as formu lated in Miss Stones letter. It iS understood that an agreement as tC the amount of the ransom has been virtually established. The settle ment as to the manner and place oI payment and the surrender of the captives presents the most difficulty but an entente is expected soon. The brigands are not willing to cross into Turkey to obtain the money, while the Bulgarian government would op pose the releasing of Miss Stone oI Bulgarian soil.
 Thomas Shane, fireman on the On tario and Western milk train served { child's life by imperiling his own a Middleton. New York. The train south bound, had just got under way after leaving Sidney and was round ing a curve when a childwas toddline up the track. The engineer, E. P Dewitt, tried to alarm the child ana stop the train, but his efforts were Ii vain. Fireman Shane climbed out or the running board, jumped down tc the narrow step on the side of tn, pilot, where he knelt clutching tn, bars of the cow-catcher with his lief hand, and when the train reached tn, child he grasped the little one witt his right and swung her to place O safety on the pilot The train wa stppped and the child returned il safety to its mother, Mrs. Elliot, wh, lives near by.
 Among the late mining incorpora tions of this section of Arizona, tha known as the Merchants Mining Co operating on Big Bug, is attracting great deal of attention these day, Less than thirty days ago the abov people began work on the First Hom group, and as a result of their ener getic efforts, they have already bull an excellent wagon road up tn mountain to the mine over half dmil in length. have done considerabl = heavy work in eXcavating and level ing off ground, preparatory to tn erection of company buildings, bt sides performing many other dutie of an incidental nature. From
 mining standpoint, however, the have been directing their effort mainly toward their claims, and hay progressed rapidly in enlarging thet main shaft, the intention being { make it a double compartment ont and on which a new steam hoist is { be placed Evidence that the plac is to be the scene of active and COT siderate mining Is noticed-th strin of freight teams hauling timbers am supplies from Huron, as well as tn sentiment of the mining fraternit around who give the scene nowaday a keen and favorable interest and rD gard. From outside centers 1t is sai this companyis meetingwith tlatterin returns in the disposition of the treasury stock, and from both easter and western points they are finding ready market for interests in the el terprise. The First Home has a ideal location, and when favored wit