Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1902-03-26

I move into it in few days.
 Two Arizona postmasters were ap- pointed yesterday as follows: John J. Hodnott, Tempe; Russell H. Chandler, Yuma.
 A correspondent of the Douglas Dispatch predicts that Douglas will become a city of ten or fifteen thou sand inhacitants within the next five years.
 Mir. and Mrs. J. w. Conger and Captain l.. D. Phillips are moving into the Henry Goldwater residence which was recently purchased by Captain Philips.
 Arizona's new chief justice, Judge Kent, has arrived at Phenix and was entertained at dinner last evening in the Capital city by Governor Mur- phy.
 Two small children while playing with matches at their home in Goose Flat yesterday set fire to to the house and but for the timely. arrival ot neighbors would have been suffocated and the house burned down.
 Mrs. Mary Thomas, wife of R. A. Thomas, of the Mingus Mountain Mining company and other mining companies operating near Jerome died in Los Angeles last Sunday and was buried there on Wednesday.
 Lewis W. Adams, who owns the barber shop adjoining the Journal Miner has just been discharged from the Sisters hospital cured of an at tack of pneumonia.
 Married at home of brides parents on Groom Creek, Thursday, 2.3O D.. m., Mir. W. J. Benson, of Missouri, and Miss Anna Eckert, Rev. Leon Lewis officiating.
 The Anheuser management an nounce a new musical attraction for patrons of their place in Miss Ynez Ybarra of Los Angeles, who comes to fill an engagement. Miss Dolly Ysidore has also returned from Phe- nix and will again be heard at the above place. Both are excellent vo- calists.
 The initial number of the Douglas, Arizona Dispatch, A. F. Bants, editor and proprietor: two dollas per year, dated March 15, has been received at this office. The salutation is very Fantastic, being as follows: "The undersigned is again harnessed to the Journalistic car. Respectfully yours, A. F. Banta" The paper IS four page one of six columns to the page, and the initial number IS a very respectable sheet. The Journal Miner wishes MT. Banta success in his new venture.
 Gallup is just now having an oil excitement. The Manuelito Oil com pany, which is sinking well six miles west of the town, has struck salt water with foot or more of oil on It at depth of less than 200 feet. The oil seepage has been heavy Tn the vicinity and splendid samples of oil rock have been obtained, and the fact that at a depth of less than 2OO feet a foot of oil has been struck, IS con sidered almost certain evidence that q gusher will reward the efforts ot the enterprising company. The good news has caused great excitement ID Gallup.
 sDown in South Carolina" says
 Congressman Talbert, Il once attend
 cd a colored church. The preacher
 one of those negroes with an oily
 face and big spectacles, was talking
 about the prophets. He had taken an
 hour to discourse upon the malol
 prophets, and then he took up the
 miner ones. In course of time ne
 reached Hosea. My brethren he
 exclaimed, we come now to Hosea
 Let us consider him. Where shall
 we put Hosea7' at that moment an
 old negro who had been peacefully slumbering in one of the back pews awoke up and looked at the pastor Hosea can take my seat he said Tn so - tired that I am going home.
 JIG. Mudersbach purchased las week from a Navojo Indian a sheel which has four well developed horns Two of its horns grow up and curv toward its back and are twelve Tn ches or more in length. The othe two curve in an opposite or down ward direction, are large and als |. about one foot in length. This shee ? has been viewed by number ot ou 2 sheep growers and they acknowledg
 they never saw one horned like It be fore. It is doubtful whether 1t has 3 duplicate in the world. Mir. Muders f bach prizes it very highly and 1t vii :. require a fancy price for him to par : with it.-Flagstaff Gem.
 | Mike. alias Shorty" Ford, wh
 was caught in the act of burglarln
 E.A. Kastner & Co.'S store on Tues ' day night had his preliminary exam il nation yesterday and was held unde n $500 bonds to answer to the grand Jur. = Ford has lived in Prescott ever sin( It about the time of the fire and hf d worked at odd jobs wherever he coul = get work, all the time. Most of tho' Y who know him were surprised u learn yesterday of his thieving pr
 pensities, although one or two partl' '. claim to have discovered before, tn B. he had a leaning in that directlo n having detected him in the act v "swiping" small articles. They ho' n, ever did not think he was doing to wholesale business.