Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1901-08-14
CITY AND COUNTY.
WFNDESDAYS S DAILY

town.
 Judge John McKinnon is in town from Jerome.
 A. A. Johns left for Phenix today on official business.
 H. K Mcdonald has taken charge Of the Union saloon.
 D. J. Sullivan is able to be around again.
 The fees of the county recorders office for July amounted to S62O.2O. - Robert K. Porter has gone to Gas tie Creek hot springs to take a posi- ition as bookkeeper in the hotel there.
 Walter G. Reese has moved his in surEnce office into the Hawkins Rich ards building.
 c. NJ. Bass has gone to Octave to take a position in the Octave com pany's store.
 Mrs. Starkey, whose husband is in the employ of J. I. Gardner, arrived on last nights train to remain here.
 Eight men were seriously injured recently by the explosion of con verter at Morenci.
 Ed Block and family returned last night from their trip to the Grand Canyon.
 E. s. Perkins left this morning for Los Angeles to buy newspaper plant.
 Two hundred head of sheep were killed by single stroke of lightning near Maine, in Coconino county, a few days ago.
 Miss Mattie Storm, daughter of County Treasurer J. P. Storm, re- turned last night from a four years absence in California attending school.
 Geo. H. Smalley and his brother. of the Tucson Post, announce that they will shortly branch out with daily paper.
 J. c. Forest returned last night from his trip to California for the ben eft of his health. He has been great ly improved by his trip to the sea, al though during his absence he had serious illness. Ten passengers came down from AshFork on a special train last night to the scene of the wreck where they were transferred to a train on this side of the wreck, arriving here about. o'clock this morning. "The nine taxless cars which went through the bridge north of Prescott Monday last, with their contents, are well nigh total loss. .1Courier It so happens that the nine cars which ''went downward with the flood" on Monday were not taxless ones.
 The engine, tender and freight cars were removed this morning from the wreck, and Superintendent W. A. Drake got his force of bridge builders to work reconstructing the wrecked bridge. He says he will have it com pleted and ready for traffic by eight o'clock this evening. The place has been visited the last few days by hun. dreds of people weo went out on horse back, afoot and in vehicles. Gus Reamer, the jolly sheep man, while on his way from town Tuesday, fell from wagon striking his head on a rock. Gus was pretty badly hurt. J. B. Bones and W. T. Harris went out to his camp Wednesday and brought him into town, where good care and accommodations can be given him. Gus has host of friends who will see to it that he does not suffer.-Sun.
 Fred. C. King, of Toronto, Canada, is visitor in Prescott today. Mir. King has been on a visit to Califor- uia and is just en route home He is a nephew of Thomas R. King. the well known cattle king of Chino val ley and brother of Thomas R. and C. W. T. King. with whom he has been visiting for the past two weeks. Prescott Hotel arrivals, August 6 H B StClaire, Phenix; E s Perkins. St Johns; \ c McCallum, Iron Springs: G B Richmond and family. Phenix; W H Allen, Omaha, Neb; Geo H Gil lespie, Huron; Erie R Miller, Gro mine; Mrs $ NJ Wright, Prescott: Sam Vincent. Prescott.
 During the rain storm Wednesday afternoon lightning struck what is known as the "Hagerty house." on east Grant avenue. The house is oc- cupied by a family from Phenix. The parents are away to trip to the Mon tezuma Wells. The family of five children were at home at the time of the accident. The lightning serious ly damaged. the roof of the building and split chimney half in two from top to bottom. Strange to say none of the children were hurt-Williams News.
 Notice of intention to build rail- road under the tax exemption act was filed in the office of Territorial Sec retary Stoddard Saturday afternoon. US. Marshal McCord of this city. and J. J. Hodnett of Tempe are the promoters. Two lines are described in the prospectus One is to run from Phenix through the Salt and Gila riv- CT valleys to tiia Colorado river to some point in Euna county. The other is to run 'r,-3 Phanix through the Salt, Gila. aat S.n Pedro valleys and to connect with the Southern Pacific near Benson. Enterprise.
 Mrs. Colt, who has been a county pensioner for many years and whose residence Is Signal, set fire to hel house in that town last Saturday night and together with its contents wa, entirely destroyed. The woman after starting the fire took to the brush and remained there all night, leading the people to believe that she had perish ed in the flames. She is uudoubtedly insane and will be brought to King man and her sanity inquired into The woman claims to be 1I5 years O age and she is possessed of consider able money which she has buried some place near her home. In tn, early days of Signals prosperity tn old lady made great deal of none, washing and mendigg for the miner