Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1901-07-31
Barry NJ. Goldwater of Pheniz is in

Head has been appointed deput
 recorder.
 Mrs. S. E. Dake will leave tomor
 row morning for a visit by the seasid
 in California.
 | Governor and Mrs. R. c. Power
 will leave for Los Angeles tomorrow
 where the former goes to recuperate l Robert DeLarge has gone to tn,
 Crown Point mine to take T position
 of foreman of the mine and mill.
 The polished columns of granite
 used in the Prescott National build
 ing were shipped from Rockland
 California.
 Word was received here yesterday
 that J. c. Forest was quite sick al
 San Diego and his wife left yester
 day morning to nurse him.
 In the district court this morning the case of E. I. Roberts vs. Miss
 Reese was tried and taken under ad- visement by the court.
 Mrs. H. w. Peck and her sister, Miss Needham, left this morning for a visit to the worlds greatest wonder, the Grand Canyon.
 R. N. Fredericks will have the fin est office in town when it is complet- ed. It is located in the Bashford block and will be occupied by the Prescott National bank, until the com pletion of its new building.
 At the recent opening of bids for the building of the Prescott library, the lowest bid submitted was Sl3,000. All the bids were rejected.
 Frank Hart is having the south side of the building formerly occupied by Al and Pete's restaurant, fitted up for a saloon which he will shortly open there. The other half of the building is being fitted up for occupancy by D. Campbell's shoe shop.
 The work of raging office row will be commenced very soon and a S40,- 900 building, extending from the postoffce to the old Bellevue hotel lot, will be erected by E. W. Wells and John Lawler.
 Prescott hotel arrivals, July B: F W Ellis, Clinton, Iowa; Miss Eva David, Copper Creek; J E Reyley, St Louis, Mo; Geo T Smullen, Tucson; c NJ McManus, Phenix; T D Bevan, A G Clark, Seattle, Wash; G W Hill, Jerome.
 A Mexican was lodged in the Pres colt jail last evening, charged with forest fire in the San Fran cisco mountain reserve near Flagstaff. The complaint was made by Forest F. S. Breen. The law in reference to starting forest fires is very stringent and severe penalty is 
 A man was bitten by rattlesnake a few days ago and was treated by an amateur in the medical business. The latter in speaking of the occurrence later said, "yes the fellow was pretty badly of, but I gave him an 'anec- dote' that brought him out all right.
 Soon after her marriage, which took place about 50 years ago. Mrs. Hester s. Thorpe of Flushing, N. Y., made VOW that she would never pass beyond her front gate. She kept the VOW, confning her strolls to her little yard. She never saw a or a trolley car, although both are within few blocks of her home. Her death occurred recently 1t the age of 72.
 Editor J. J. Birdno of the Graham has just issued a very fine Twentieth Century Souvenir edition of his paper. It was issued in maga- zine form, is very profusely illustrated with scenes of the Gila valley and of prominent citizens of that section. Geographically it is a gem of the lrt, while the exhaustive description 1f the resources of Graham county will not fail to be productive of good 1 results.
 Duke Dunn died at Groom creek yesterday of inflammation, of the bowels after very brief illness. His remains were brought to Prescott for burial. MT. Dunn had been running a saloon on Groom creek for some time. His sickness only lasted about ten or twelve hours. He died in destitute circumstances and a subscription was raised today to afford him burial.
 Henri Chapelle, pigeon breeder at Verviers, England, died, and train of sorrowing friends and relations came to bear his body to the grave. But as the funeral procession was being formed one of the pigeons hut- tered down to the coffin, on which it perched. So, as the pigeon would not be driven away, it was taken to the cemetery, and there it stayed by its dead masters tomb, neither nov ing nor eating, till it died of starva- ton.
 The United Moderns opened their charter on the first of this month for the purpose of admitting a class of fifty members. More than this num- Der have already been secured and the charter will be closed tomorrow, evening. After the initia- ton of candidates, refreshments will be served and a general good time will be had. All members and can didates are urgently requested to be present. All visiting Moderns in the city are cordially invited to at tend.
 The residents of Iron Springs are somewhat irritated by an impression that seems to prevail among people generally that their outing club dances are public and open house af- fairs. This is a mistake as only those holding invitation cards from some member in good standing will be rec ognized as welcome guests. Others will be refused the privilege of the floor. Every courtesy will be extend ed their guests, but uninvited per sons should remember that the colony is maintained by private enterprise and its members have the right to choose their associations.
 It is said that the Prescott National bank people nearly split their sides at the humorous mention of their new bank building in the Courier this morning. The metaphor of the man. killing mortgages, held in place by an eighteen-ton rock. other similies and