Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1902-03-26
From Tuesdays Daily.


 Twenty inches of snow are reported in the Groom Creek country.
 Snow fell as far south as Congress yesterday and south of that there was good rainfall.
 c. w. Platt came in yesterday from Kirkland, where he is engaged in mining successfully.
 Uncle Josh showed up with his story at this office today, but too late to secure publication in this issue.
 R. A. Smith, manager of the Jer- ome branch of the Bank of Arizona, was married last week to Miss Jennie Settle.
 Mir. and Mrs. J. R. Ashley have re- turned from wintering in California. They will spend the summer at their ranch.
 The Ladies guild of the Episcopal church will have their next tea at the residence of Mrs. W. W. Ross on Tuesday next, April l.
 John Wilson, formerly with the Jerome bank has severed his connec- ton with it to take a position with the Valley bank in Phenix.
 The Santa Fe company is building hospital at Winslow, and a large addition is being built on to the office of Railroad Surgeon O. $. Brown.
 Frank Helm of Fremont, Ohio, is visiting this section on business. He is quite surprised to find snow snow storm in Arizona this time of year.
 J. w. Thurber, the railroad con- tractor who graded Hell's canyon cut off, was married at Kingman re- gently to Miss Ella k. Slicer. Mir. Thurber has a contract now for grad ing an electric line in Los Angeles county, California.
 Passers by on Montezuma street were treated to the sight of a real gusher. The large water pipe used for filling the street sprinkler burst and the pressure threw the water fifty or sixty feet into the air for a few minutes until the supply could be shut off.
 Uncle Josh's nephew and niece were snow bound in the Rockies and did not arrive in time to chronicle their doings in today's issue but look out for the complete story in tomor- rows issue
 c. w. Hicks, young attorney from Cynthania, Kentucky, arrived in Prescott yesterday from the south having come by way of Tucson and Phenix. MT. Hicks is looking up location for the practice of his pro fession.
 Captain W. A. Hancock, one of the oldest, best known and most respected citizens of Phenix died at his home in that city Monday morning after an illness with pneumonia, lasting only since last Friday.
 Very little was done in the U. S. court day. The grand jury Is still deIiberating with the cases before it.. They returned one indictment this morning against J. J. Tobin charging him with adultrey and he was ar raigned. In the case of St. Charles vs. The Arizona Republican, an order was made for inspection.
 Mrs. Warren c. Potts arrived in Prescott yesterday from Jamestown, California. Her parents, Mir. and Mrs. V. A. Stephens, had been quite sick and being notified of it, Mrs. Potts came to visit them and was very agreeably surprised to find their condition greatly improved.
 The snowstofm which commenced at an early hour yesterday morning, lasted until dark last Light. The snow was continuous all day and quite heavy and the total fall amounted to about two feet. Con siderable of it melted during the day but at the close of the storm there were fully fourteen inches covering the ground.
 "The Salvation army will be in Prescott next week. We advise Brothers Martin and Rogers to pro- cure front seats."- ."-Flagstaff Gem. The foregoing item reads as though the editor of the Gem thinks that the Salvation army only visits Prescott once in three or four years the same as circus. Brother Jones is hereby informed that the Salvation army has had permanent barracks in Prescott for the past ten years and for the last past year and a half they have been located within four doors of the Jour nal Miner office. Salvation army visit Prescottp
 Newspaper readers will remember circumstance which happened some time since in Mohave county in which a man named Tobin shot a man named Conard, on a ranch in that county. The shooting was the result of dispute over the ownership of the land. Particulars of the affair not only appeared in the territorial papers but it was telegraphed all over the country by the associated press. Among those who read it in the San San Francisco papers, with more than a mere passing interest, was woman. The account described Tobin's wife as assisting him on the firing line in the skirmish. The San Francisco woman whose notice it attracted was also named Tobin, and she formerly had husband from whom she had not heard for six or seven years. An in vestigation on her part led to the conclusion that the Tobin figuring in the Mohave county shooting scrape was none other than the long lost husband and that the alleged Mrs. Tobin in the case was not legally en- titled to the name. The result is that Mrs. Tobin is now in Prescott to tell her story to the United States grand jury for such action in the matter as they may deem neces-