Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1902-01-01
LOCAL AND PERSONAL
From rIonday's Daily


 in the picture comedy 'Too Rich to Marry"
 One of the features about the pie turs comedy "Too Rich To Marry is that it is devoid of the usual cigarette smoking villain.
 Louis Tuning of Albuquerque, brother of Henry Tuning of Apache county, died of pneumonia last week at his home in Las Lunas.
 Mrs. B. F. Snider and her sister-in- law, Mrs. Patton, were visiting in Prescott on Saturday and left for Mayer on Sunday morning,
 Judge Sloan is in Phenix holding court for Judge Street.
 The announcement comes from Honululu that Judge Abram s. Humphries has sent his resignation to the department.
 Dr. Ancil Martin of Phenix has re- ceived word of the death of his father in Los Angeles. Deceased was for merly a very prominent citizen of Iowa and one whose character was above reproach.
 A Christmas musical and literary programme was rendered last evening at the Methodist church. The exer- cises were very interesting, the choir and the Prescott orchestra each rend- ering very sweet music appropriate to the occasion.
 Justice J. NJ. W. Moore received word today of the death of his mother in Illinois. Deceased was over so years old and had been an invalid for several years, so that the news of her death did not come as surprise.
 John Wisdom of Wickenberg was in town today as a witness in the land office. This is Mir. Wilson's first visit here since 1879, although he . formerly resided here and has been a resident of the territory ever since. He says the Prescott of today is quite different looking town to that when he resided here.
 A double header freight train con- sisting of fifty cars was pulled in from Ash Fork yesterday over the cut of and the new Hell's canyon bridge. Over the old line this would have taken four engines and two if not three crews.
 It is announced that large hotel will soon be built at the camp of the Yavapai Copper company and a pleasure and health resort established there. Parties who have visited there say it is an ideal place for such purpose. There is spring of water near there which is said to contain medicinal qualities.
 Miss May Bullfnch of Monroe, Wisconsin, was in Prescott on Satur- day, going to Wickenburg on Satur- day evenings south bound train. Her visit is for the purpose of looking after the mining interests of her brother, now resident of Guatemala, but formerly connected with the en- gineer corps of the $. F., P. & P. rail road during its construction,
 Prof. A. H. Wells of Washington. D. O., and one of the best known opticians in the east, will be the guest of Messrs. Burke & Hickey at the Burke this week. While here he will receive few of Prescott's people who have been unable to obtain relief for their eyes elsewhere.
 Mrs. Francisco Wilson, wife of Henry Wilson, of Wiceknberg, who killed man there nearly two years ago and who is-now serving fifteen years sentence for the crime, made final proof today in the land office on a homestead entry made by her hus- band in 1896.
 Pat Haney, a young man about 1 seventeen years. old, met his death yesterday at the Blue Bell mine. He was engaged in timbering the shaft | with man named Andrew Riley, | and lost his footing, falling distance of 120 feet to the bottom of the shaft. | His neck was broken in the fall and | death was instantaneous. His father | resides in Prescott and the body was brought here today for burial.
 Prescott hotel arrivals. Dec 29: Chas D Houghton, Los Angeles Cal: | Mrs Ben Snyder, Congress Junct. Mrs H D Patton, Phoenix; E NJ Hathaway, Fremont, Ohio; J H Canavan, Ed Carey, Los Angeles: Jess Oliver, Mayer; E R Hotzenpiller Cornocopia mine: Dr A G Townsville. Williams; w Mcdonald, Sawler. B c: Wood NJ Gibbany, Groom Creek: F M Donald, F Watkins, Prescott: Jessie Robinson, Walker; J H Cole man, Huron; F B Clark, ir, Los An geles; R W Wingfeld, Camp Verde; w McIntire, Flagstaff; John A Me Cracken, Phenix; James H Leonard. Elyrie, Ohio; J H Mccoy, Oxuara: c P White, wife and child and A H Miles and family, Evansville. Ind: Frank Mcdonald, F Watkins, City.
 According to reports all white men in the employ of the Mexican rail roads must become proficient in Spanish. As has been expected for some time the Mexican government has issued an order that on and after the first of the year, conductors. agents and other employees who come Tn contact with the public shall be able to use the soft beauties of the Castillian tongue in answering ques- tions where information is desired. The order will effect several thousand Of its employees as about ninety eight per cent of the whole employees have gone into Mexico from the United States and have not learned the Span ( ish language. As a rule. however. it takes but a short time to learn ' enough of the language to give and ( receive information and as the order has been expected preparations for I the same have been going on and few will lose their jobs as a consequence. f A counter plot in "Too Rich to I Marry" is furnished by the amusing t adventures of Ponsonby and his wife. s in their endeavors to escape the wrath ( of Wiggs. Ponsonby's father-in-law. S who has followed them from Colorado. C Wiggs imagines that Ponsonby has c married his daughter to obtain her money. Tuning and raging. he ar : rives on the scene where Van Vlissin- V gen, as Cynthia Van Doozlebergerfs [ pretending to learn to paint. To a avoid tragedy, Van Vlissingen tells V Wiggs that Ponsonbyis only pretend W ing to be poor, but that in reality he y