Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1902-06-25

a little beauty, and will no doubt grace the home of these estimable people in years to come. We con gratulate the worthy couple and in common with their many friends, wish for them and their little "blue bell" everything that is pleasant and happy to look forward to.
 From Tuesdays Daily.
 The trial of Mel Laughter is in progress today.
 J. c. Adams, the we'll known hotel man of Phenix was in town yester- day.
 Misses Kerbaugh and Beidelman left today for Los Angeles to spend the summer.
 E. Boulden pleaded guilty this morning in the district court to a charge of larceny.
 All welcome to the lawn fete at Mayor Burmister's this evening. Ice cream and home made cake for 25 cents.
 Dr. c. E. Yount of Washington, D. C., is recent arrival ill Prescott. He comes here to locate. He spent the winter in Phenix.
 Dr. Keane, New York physician, has been in Prescott for several days, and expects to remain during the summer for the benefit of bis health.
 Dr. Geo. W. Vickers was in town today looking after his extensive in terests in this section, and inciden- tally enjoying the hot wave which is lowering over this section.
 The jury last evening returned verdict of manslaughter in the case of Jose Soto, charged with murder. Soto, last January, at Congress stabbed P. Lopez to death.
 J. J. Fisher has begun the work of erecting four handsome brick cot tages on South Pleasant street. This about closes up the gap of vacant loIs in that very desirable residence To- cality.
 Judge and Mrs. E.. W. Wells, ac- companied by their two daughters, are expected home from their trip east tonight. From St Louis, where their daughters were attending school, they went to Boston.
 While out driving with her guest, Mrs. Oracle, last Friday, Mrs. Botts- ford had an opportunity to show her bravery by killing a rattlesnake. As a trophy she has eleven rattles and skin to show.--Chloride Arrow.
 The Red Men of Zuni tribe will elect chiefs at their council fires to- night. Also work in adoption degree, after which a good old-fashioned smoker will be enjoyed. All Red Men are requested to be in attend ance.
 Henpessy Leroyle; manager of theater company, filled up on Chlo ride whisky last week and fell and disfigured his face. He had report sent abroad that he was held up and robbed, but the Kingman Arrow tells the straight story about it.
 J. W. Sullivan, the Yavapai county cattle king, is in Prescott, having just returned from the east, where he has been for the past year looking after his cattle. Mir. Sullivan has cattle scattered on ranges from the Colorado river clear to the Missouri river.
 The heat is so intense in Fl Paso that even the switchmen in the rail road yards refuse to work. The switchmen often gets too busy to work, but when it gets too hot for him, the mercury is close to the top of the tube. According to the Fl Paso Herald three switchmen in the Santa Fe yards quit work Friday.
 R. A. Greenhill, an experienced candy manufacturer, has rented portion of Tilton's mechanical hos pital and is putting it in shape to open a candy factory next Saturday. Mir. Greenhill was formerly chef at the Burke hotel. and was also pastry cook at Hotel Coronado for a long time. When it comes to getting up delicacies to please the palate MT. Greenhill is right at home.
 The lawn fete at R. H. Burmister's tonight given under the auspices of the young ladies and young gentle men of the Congregational church promises to be a treat for all who at tend. A short program, consisting of recitations, will be given and the orchestra of ten pieces will play. Ice cream, cake, candy and lemonade will be served. Come and see fairy land picture tonight.
 Under a recent treaty between Great Britain and the United States, British consular officers represent the absent and unknown heirs of British born persons dying intestate. For the purposes of this treaty Arizona is included in the district of c. White Mortimer, British vice consul for Will mington and Los Angeles, California, which fact may be of interest to resi- dents of this territory of English birth
 J. c. Pratt, president of the Socorro Gold Mining company. w. Irving Morse, secretary, and T. H. Goodrich, in the same company, left to- day for the Grand canyon. Mir. | Morse was accompanied by his wife. | The party have been to the property | owned by the company near Wicken- burg and are now en route to their homes in the east. From the Grand they will go to San Francisco and return thence via Salt Lake.
 A young man in charge of the sta tionery department of the Harvey eating house at Ash Fork committed suicide last week by shooting himself in the head. The cause of his rash ict is not known. He was of a norose, melancholy disposition and mad but little to say to any one around 1im. He retired as usual at night md the next morning his body was ound in his room cold in death with l bullet hole through his head. No