Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1902-02-26
From Friday's Daily.

1 A. A. Moore is in town from Walnu
 Grove.
 Are you going to the firemen's ball
 pretty maidi
 Tomorrow will be the anniversar, of Washington's birthday.
 P. J. Sullivan of the Comet saloon expects to leave tomorrow for Wash ington.
 M. .. Parmley and F. E. Bile: came yesterday from the Providence property.
 R. NJ. Dougherty will leave tomor- row for Los Angeles for a visit of two or three weeks.
 Frank Bettman is in town today dispensing smiles and other articles among his patrons.
 Col. Duncan N. Hood of the Ideal Mining company was in from the Gladstone mine today.
 Encourage the firemen by pur- chasing ticket to their ball whether you dance or not.
 A good time is assured to all who attend the firemen's ball tonight. Attend and help the firemen.
 H. A. Thorne and wife are in town from Pinos Altos, New Mexico, where they have been residing for some time.
 Be sure and attend the Firemen's ball tonight. Music will be furnished by Prescott's new three piece orches- tra.
 The United Moderns gave a very pleasant so ,ial last evening at their hall at the conclusion of their regu- lar business meeting.
 George U. Young is in town from Williams. Mir. Young has been con- tributing some very able articles re- gently to the Journal for Investors.
 Two deserters from the Mexican army were found guilty recently and sentenced to imprisonment for seven years, three months and fifteen days. They appealed from the decision and the superior tribunal gave them eight years, nine months and few days. Some people snever know when they are we'll of.
 Dr. Henry Waldo Coe, represent ing the Pacific Miner, is in town.
 Tomorrow will be observed as holiday by the banks and public offices.
 If you ever dance, attend the fire mems ball tonight at the opera house and help out the firemen.
 A large number of Shriners left last night for Phenix, where the order will hold a sort of high jinks" to- morrow.
 A Chinaman died today in the laundry on North Montezuma street near the railroad track. His funeral will take place tomorrow.
 Word has been received here of the death at Manila of Lieutenant Gura- vitz, formerly stationed at Whipple. His death was caused by disease.
 Surveyor General Price has orders from the commissioner of the general land office to remove his office from Tucson to Phenix by February A. The office has been located in Tucson for thirty two years.
 Justice Cornell yesterday sentenced Vincente Romero to pay S150 fine or spend 150 days in jail for his partici- patton in beating the face of another Mexican to jelly. Romero's two ac- have not yet been arrested.
 The newspapers of this city are rapid improvements and soon hope to be in position to employ liars, like those of Denver, Los Angeles and Kansas Gty.-Albu- querque Democrat.
 H. F. Kettler, who for the past two years has been the cashier and book keeper at the Albuquerque office of Life Assurance society, has sent in his resignation to General Manager W. N. Parkhurst, and ex- poets to be relieved of duty some time in March.
 Parties who have illegal fences on public lands will scarcely be able to the Don Quixotic simile of the Courier. When Special Agent Leach makes his charge there will be nothing Quixotic about it but it will be realistic.
 The United States civil service announces that on March 25-26, 1902, an examination will be held in the usual places for the posi- ton of watch officer in the coast and geodetic survey; also for the position of chief engineer, class 3, in the coast and geodetic survey.
 Members of the. Woodmen's lodge last night surprised their sisters of the Woodmen's circle. After the close of the regular business meeting of the circle the Woodmen entered the lodge room loaded down with good things to eat, and after they were devoured jointly by the orders, dancing was indulged in until the '"wee sma" hours of morning.
 Forest Supervisor F. R. Stewart, is kept busy these days looking after forest reserve affairs. Under the re- cent orders which forbid the cutting of dead or down timber on the re- serve without a permit, except for ones own use, parties who have been cutting this kind of timber have to consult MT. Stewart before doing so.
 c. R. Fletcher, a Boston mining man and an old friend of A. J. Doran is visiting this section on mining bus mess. MT. Fletcher promoted the sale of the Mammoth mine in Pinal several years ago. He is very favor ably impressed with the town and says that if the manner in which the city has been built is any index to the mining resources, the latter must be all right.
 A fire occurred this morning a little before o'clock, which resulted in the total destruction of the house on the brow of the hill on South Montezuma street, known as the old Rutherford house, and later owned by the late Dan O'Boyle. The last occupants of the building were Mir. and Mrs. J. G Van Houtum, and since their removal to California it has been unoccupied, although it is stated that an old man