Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1902-12-24
From Tuesdav's Daily.

O. b. LOu1IlHSOn ToOuT1c0 ldSl eN6u- ing from a business trip east in con- nectiOn with the Yaeger Canyon Cop per company.
 The Prescott orchestra will play at Miss Thew's entertainment next Mon day evening.
 Mccoy Brothers have incorporated under the name of "F. G. Mccoy Go. .' and will engage in the wholesale whiskey business.
 United States Marshal McCord came up from Phenix on yesterdays train on official business. ,s
 It is expected that the cable steamer Silvertown will reach Homo lulu in time to send Christmas mes sage to the main land.
 g The Eagles of Prescott will give a
 Thigh jinks' on Thursday evening which promises to be very interest ing number.
 Joe Mulhatton, the boss liar of the present generation is in jail as a com mon drunk in Jacksonville, Indiana Joseph served a short season in the Arizona insane asylum, his insanity being caused by strong drink.
 Joe. Mulhatton has would-be com petitor in Arizona for writing "bald headed" fake stories. They sound very commonplace however alongside of Joseph's well written plausible lies. This would-be competitor evil dently does not use the same brand of booze as Mulhatton.
 Michael Finley who was stabbed several weeks ago by Manuel Herrara, tramp, died yesterday evening from the effects of the wounds. The charge against Herrara has been changed to murder. His eXaminiaton is set for Wednesday. The Grand Army post will have charge of the funeral, de- ceased having been a member of that order. The services will be held at Logan's undertaking parlors.
 w. R. Johnston, a missionary on the Navajo Indian reservation, con- ferred with Commissioner of Indian Affairs Jones in Washington recently regarding the condition of the Maya jos. He says that the great drouth which has existed in the Navajo country during the past six years has almost impoverished those Indians, and it is impossible for them to carry on under the present conditions the sheep business in which they have been engaged. He asked the govern ment assistance, otherwise than f. nancial, to show the Indians how to help themselves.
 The West Prescott Methodist Sun- day school has prepared an entertain ing program of responsive reading, re- citation and song. A special feature will be a song by the little ones. MT. Chas Travis will sing a solo, '"The Faithful Shepherd, as a prelude to the presentation of 'fThe Shepherd's Vision' in a realistic tableaux These exercises will be rendered at their Christmas tree entertainment at the West Prescott Methodist church Wednesday evening. Santa Claus will appear at ' 30 and the program will begin at o'clock. The public is cordially invited.
 The examination of W. F. Grove and J. M Sharp on the charge of salt ing ore, is set for tomorrow. These are the men spoken of in Mondays Journal Miner as having been arrested in La Junta by Under Sheriff A. A. Johns and returned to Prescott yester- day. There is a special statute in Arizona covering crimes such as al legged against these men. It is claimed that they shipped ore from claim in Maple Gulch to the Val Verde shelter and by mixing gold with the samples succeeded in raising the assay value over 5000 and receiving that amount over the real value of the ore. Both men claim that they are innocent of the charge. Their bonds pending the examination has been fixed at S1, 600.
 "The Virginian" at the opera house tonight.
 H. c. Kruger is in town from the Prudential Copper company's mines.
 Arthur s. Cooks condition at Me Cabe is reported considerably better.
 S. M Griffith left today for his home in Kansas City.
 ''The Virignian,' at the opera house tonight.
 Do not fail to see ''The Virignian" at the oprea house tonight.
 Geo. U. Young was passenger on this mornings north bound train.
 Read the sad and pathetic poem about the young man who Twas tempt ed and fell. !"
 The case of Ida M. Hall vs. Ed. Hall, for divorce, is being tried be- fore J ge Sloan this afternoon.
 D~Du Sheriff Bob Walker, of Co., COT lC county, was a passenger on this mC ning's north bound train
 Ms. E. s. Clark and her three chil- | 1ren leftt his morning for Albuquer- que to spend the holidays with her | brother-in-law and sister. Dr. Cornish | and wife. --
 The death list of the railroad col lision at Byron California, on Sat lrday night now nubmers twenty | i've, several having died since the ac- cident.
 Arizona Sunshine is the name of | neat. new illustrated publication re- eently issued in Phenix by the ladies )f the Christian church. Mrs. H. W. Bagby, wife of the pastor of the ;hurch, is the editress of the paper
 The makeup man yesterday made Iuite a mix up in the programs of -wo entertainments, getting the head ngs transposed. While the body of he program was self explanatory, the heads to them were placed in awk- ward situations.
 A. c. Mcqueen came up from Phe- nix this morning. His son, Donald Mcqueen, passed through on the anne train bound for California to pend the holidays.
 O. R. Symes, connected with a prominent Kansas investment com any, arrived in Prescott yesterday O look over the mining resources of his section wiht a view of making ome mining investments.
 Christmas eve at midnight solemn High Mass will be celebrated at the :hurch of the Sacred Heart. Father luetu as celebrant. The Catholic .hOir will sing St. Hubert's Mass by 3erge. "Noel'' will be sung at the 'fertory by Mrs. Robt. E. Morrison.
 A very sad affliction has befallen ! H. Simpson, postmaster at Will jams. He was taken to the insane sylum at Phenix Sunday in what is a hopeless condition. His ,ondsmen have taken charge of the ,ostOffice and in going over his ac- cunts have found an apparent short ge of about $500. His friends are atisfied that this has occurred on ac-