Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1901-07-24
THURSDAYS DAILY

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 The Boston Clothing store is clo. ing out its stock of goods.
 Geo. B. Upton and B. o. Hatfiel,
 of the Gro Grande mine will leave fo
 home on tonight's train.
 NJ. Friedburg of the Boston cloth
 ing store has gone to Williams to en
 gage in business.
 Capt. L. D. Philips, of Douglass Lacy & Co.,, returned this morning
 from a weeks business trip to Tue son.
 Mrs. Rosa Despair, formerly o
 McCabe, was married recently il
 Tombstone to John Blewett of Bisbee 1 The couple will reside in the latter city.
 Prescott Hotel arrivals-John L Burrows, Phenix; John Welch, Walk CT; Clara Hoff, Prescott; Mir and Mrs Gray, Prescott; G H Hemmings, Me Cabe; CA Overmere, Los Angeles; H c Fish, Mobile. Ala.
 Col. Wm. Christy, of Phenix. and W. J. Martin, one of the best mining men in Arizona, returned yesterday evening from a weeks visit to Copper Mountain on mining business.
 A package has been received at this eice addressed to Mrs. Fav Wells, care Journal office." It was originally sent to Phenix. and be- ing umcalled for was sent to this of flee. The party can have it by call ing at Journal-Miner office.
 Irene Sears, the seven-year-old daughter of Mir. and Mrs. Perry Sears of Phenix, was killed at Long Beach, California, on Thursday by be- ing hit by a log, which was raised by the waves coming down on the child. The remains are en route to Phenix where they will be buried tomorrow.
 The Santa Fe Pacific railroad com pany, will complete the building of the Grand Canyon railroad to the canyon. The contract has been let to B. Lantry's Sons. Arrangements have also been made by the Santa Fe to establish a large hotel at the can yon, which will be under the super vision of Fred Harvey.
 Miss Ethel Kent of Phenix died at Congress on Thursday morning from the effects of a gun shot wound re- ceiyed at Bill Williams Fork on Tues day evening. The wound was the result of an accident caused by a loaded shot gun falling and being discharged, the contents tearing away the unfortunate young lady's foot. The nearest doctor was at Congress forty miles away and that place was not reached until Wednesday evening. the trip being made through the hot sun across the desert, which contribu- ted to the fatal result of the wound.
 4 forest fire started on Lynx creek on Thursday, which, but for the prompt action of Mark Murphy, fore
 nan of the Penn Gold Mining com panys property, might have been at tended with disastrous results. 4 nan was using giant powder for blow ing open logswhen pieceof the fuse, lighting in a bunch of leaves. was famed into blaze by the breeze and commenced to spread rapidly, threat ening the destruction of the buildings of the mine Mir. Murphy marshaled all employees and succeeded in stop ping the flames.
 Dr. Days thermometer in West Prescott recorded a temperature of 10l degrees on Friday. His weather observatory Is located in West Pres colt. The Journal-Miner's thermom- eter in East Prescott has not regis tered over g degrees this season. which shows a difference in temper ature between the two parts of the town of nine degrees. The heating of the rocks in West Prescott proba- bly accounts forthe difference in tenn perature.
 Wm. Adamson will be superinten- dent of machinery and mechanical engineer for Phelps, Dodge x Com pany in the southwest. His line of work will be over a good section of the southwest. He will have charge of the work at Bisbee, Morenci and will also look after the 300 miles of railroad that the company is prepar- ing to build between Fl Paso and Bisbee. No more popular official was ever in charge at Jerome.-Jerome Reporter.
 Dr. J. Miller. who has been confn- ed to his bed for two or three weeks with a low fever, left on this morn ing's train for ThOreau, \. M., which is just over the line. It is believed that the higher altitude and cooler nights will refresh him and put him on his feet again. He was accOmpan- jed by Mrs. Miller, and if the doctor is able he expects to attend the snake dances at Wal-pi and Ma-shong-ni-va. the dates of which have not been an nOmced vet. 4 Hopi Indian boy named Edmund Naquateva accom- panied them as interpreter. Dr. Mil Ter probably knows more about the snake dancing Indians than any other white man and is making a close study of their rites and customs.-Re- publican.
 An exciting shot gun event took place yesterday evening in Jerome between D. D. Mcdonald and Walter Miller for a purse of Sl0O at 90 birds. Mcdonald won with 46and still main tains his reputation as Center Fire Bob, while his opponent for that matter is still formally addressed as ''Maguatrap Miller" The event is the outgrOwth of the recent gun club shoot in Prescott in which Miller beat Mcdonald on a narrow margin. Be tween these two nimrOds there is a pleasant rivalry for shot gun suprem- acy, and when Miller vanquished Mcdonald on the latter's own ground in Prescott. Bob bearded the lion in his den at Jerome, as it were, and now comes home with his scalp. Miller holds the Arizona diamond medal as the best shot in the territory. and Mcdonald today formally issued a challange to him tO shoot for it this evening at Jerome. If the contest takes place. heavy side bets in money will be made, as Miller is the ideal of Jerome, while Mcdonald is a staver for money or marble5. We congratu late Our Bob on his skill and his disposition to call any of them down