Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1902-07-30
THE LOCAL NEWS......
 $ ......CITY AND COUNTY
From rIonday's Daily

{ ......ulY AND COUNlY , So1~o-o-o-~ooo-oe~-o-~-~ From nonday's Daily
 Dr. Fralick is expected to arrive tonight.
 The great register contains 4l2 names to date.
 Gussie Peters has returned from spending his vacation in California.
 c. H. Akers came up from the south yesterday for brief business visit
 G. w. Gouyard, mining engineer of Denver, is a visitor 10 this sec ton.
 The Camelback Oil company has at last commenced boring for oil near Phenix.
 Howard W. Kemper and Miss Eleanor c. Taggart were married re- gently in Kingman.
 Jerome has a democratic candidate for sheriff. His announcement ap- pears in the Reporter.
 Mir. and Mrs. Geo. Merwin of Wal nut Grove are in town with their two children for a few days visit.
 Ernest Hall of the Wickenburg News Herald is in town drumming mp business for the above paper.
 Mir. and Mrs. Samuel G. Wilson re turned on Saturday evening from their wedding trip to the Grand eau yon.
 Adjuster Clinkscales leaves for Tucson tonight toadjusta large mer- cantile loss, representing all Of the company's interests.
 Mir. and Mrs. W. R. Humphries re turned last night from the east where the former has been for three months and where Mrs. Humphrles went re gently.
 The residence of Constable Martin in Phenix was destroyed by fire last week, loss Sl, 200 Mrs. Martin and children were in Prescott at the time of the fire.
 4 fire in shed belonging to Mrs. Gardner in the southeast part of town was the occasion for fire alarm about g o'clock last evening. 4. 1. Johns, chief of the fire department, and Ben Weaver, succeeded Tn get ting the fire out before the arrival of the department.
 In the appointment of Judge E. W. Wells, as attorney general of the territory. Governor 4. o. BrOdie made an excellent selection. Judge Wells is an old Arizonan and a good lawyer, having served a term as associate jus tice of the territory. As legal ad- visor and counselor of the chief ex- ecutive of the territory, he will be safe and correct official
 Our contemporary prOfesses To have a pain this morning ito hear a rumor that the republicans of this territory are trying to induce our old friend, E. $. Clark, to sacrifice him self on the altar of the republican congressional nomination. If L. ;. Clark is induced to run the Courier man will not be the only democrat who will have pain.
 The Gro Grande realizes that 1t pays to feed miners well. The menu includes fish. fresh from the ocean. every Friday, ice cream and spring chicken Sundays and ices and sher- bets during the week. The latest in novation at the camp is a number of Belgian hares, and they expect to have enough in short time to be able to i'd Belgian hare and Welsh rabbit to the bill of fare.-News- Herald.
 The Jonrnal-Miner man took drive around town and was somewhat ] surprised at the growth which hls been made in 1t during the past few months. New buildings have been erected and are under construction in every part Of the town. while veritable tent city has sprung up among the rocks in West Prescott. 4 gentleman who has resided over there for about a year says that fifty two houses hare been built in the iul- medicte vicinity of where he lives during his residence there.
 Hon. R. E. Morrison's new resi- dence is completed and he and his family will move into it tomorrow. This Is one of the very haudsomest residences in Prescott, being de- signed for both comfort and con venience and htto0 up in the most modern style with electric and neat ing apparatus. The lower floors are laid with the celebrated 1 \ L rock maple selected white, giving not only a good appearance, but making them durable as we'll lie says his only regret now is that he did not have ali the floors in the house of the same material. The fini5ajn5s of the house are very artistic ant bsautiful.
 The United States civil service commission announces that on Au- gust 26, 1902, an examination will be held at the usual places for the posi- tion Of presSmau in the Philippine service at a salary of Si.400 per an nun; for the position of compositor qualified as linotype operator. or as machinist linotype operator, in the Philippine servlce at a salary of Sl 400 per annum; and for the po~i- tion of bookbinder in the Philippine service, at a salary of Sl.40O per an mum. Age limit, Is to 40 years. Tins examination is open to all citizens of the United States who comply with the requirements.
 Thomas Cunningham. a passenger . on the east bound train on Tuesday evening, died on the train between Blackberry and Peach Springs. His body was brought 10 Kingman tbe next day and buried in the cemetery. From papers which he carried it al- pears that he was a discharged sol dier from the aTmy.-Ninerai Wealth.