Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1901-03-27

W. A. Drake went south on oficia business today.
 Mrs. C. A. Bray and Mrs. D. Pent land are visiting in Phenix.
 H. P. Anewalt is expected to return from a trip to San Diego tonight.
 A. c. Mcqueen, live stock agent for the s. F.. P & P. is in Prescott ou business for that company.
 The council confirmed all of Gov ernor Murphy's appointees without a dissenting vote.
 T. Warlop and Mary A. Engwesser, of Congress, were married on Wednes- day by Probate Judge Hicks.
 Mayor R. H. Bumister accompanied H. B. Clifford and party out to the Big Bug country to look at a number of mines.
 Governor Murphy banqueted the members of the supreme court and a number of territorial officials on Wednesday night in Phenix.
 Two serious runaways have occurred in Phenix during the past few days. They are not a very good advertise ment for the livery stables there.
 President F. NJ. Murphy of the s. F., P.& P. is expected home tomor- row night. He has recently visited New York, Washington and other eastern cities.
 The Prescott Athletic club has torn down the awnings around the old opera house and will build new side walks along the front and sides of it and will put it in thorough repair.
 The Coffee Al company is the name of new incorporation in Phenix. The incorporatOrs are A. B. Williams, Theo F. Haffnar and J. A. Kurtz, and the business they propose to transact is that of running the Coffee Al res taurant in the capital city.
 As a sample of how fast crude oil is supplanting coal in this section may be cited the fact that seven car loads of oil came in on today's freight. A part of this will be taken to the Con gress mine where the change is grad ually being made from coal to oil.
 Owing to the serious illness of Mir. Friedman there will be no dancing class at the K P. hall tonight. The next class and social will be next Tues day evening at the above place, when ,'Mr. Friedman hopes to be able to be present with his large class.
 Dr. Miller, of Phenix, is engaged in securing seed for distribution to the Moqui Indians. This year the Indians are particularly in need of seeds, as they lost the greater part of their crops last year, and therefore saved but little seed themselves.
 The supreme court has affirmed the | decision of the lower court in the case of the Sun Dance Gold Mining Com pany and L. 4. Davies vs. 4. c. Frost. l In the case of the Crown King Mining Company ct al. vs. the District Court !. of the Fourth Judicial District, the court sustained the former decision in 1. part, but ruled that this court ca.i issue writs of prohibition.
 A Los Angeles minister had as com 1 pany last week an old friend whom he l had not seen since his boyhood days. l On Sunday the visitor accompanied | the man of God to ckurch. When | they arrived in front of the imposing i looking edifce the man looked it over carefully. Finally the minister asked: 1 Well, Tom, what do you think Of my church?" The visitor replied, in his | blunt way: ''Fine, fine; it beats hell" "Yes," replied the witty preacher, ''that's what we built it for" Los Angeles Times
 Last night was the regular meeting night for Pine Grove Circle, No. ,, W. of w., but the gentlemen of Prescott Camp No. 3 decided that it was a good time to have good old-fashioned so- cial time, so they loaded themselves with cakes, sandwiches, coffee, etc. and took possession of the hall for the evening. A very creditable pro- gram, consisting of music, both vocal and instrumental, and recitations was