Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1902-07-02
THE LOCAL NEWS...... S ......CITY AND COUNTY
From Wednesdays Daily.


 railroad will be completed and read, for operation by Friday, June P.
 Colonel H. B. Maxson. a wei known civil engineer, formerly 10 cated in Tombstone, but at present | resident of Nevada. is in town.
 Acting Governor I. T. StoddarC has pardoned George Casner from th' penitentiary, whose term of sentenc, was just about to expire. The par don was granted to restore his citi zenship.
 There will be an auction sale o furniture and household goods Sat urday afternoon, beginning at l:3( o'clock, at the auction house, 22l West Gurley street. A car load oi goods will be sold.
 Dr. Sawyer and Major Lowell have established their sanitarium at Gran ite Dells. They have a number oi patients who are being cared for ir tents. The sanitarium is for the pur, pose of treating consumptive patients
 M. R. Riley, superintendent of the Gro Mining O., and E. H. Sweeney a director of the company, came in from the Bradshaw mountains yester- day. Mir. Riley reports an abundance of water still at the Gro camp despite the continued dry weather.
 Andrew Smith, superintendent of telegraph of the Santa Fe Pacific division of the Santa Fe railway sys- tenn, with headquarters at Los An geles, died in the latter city on Sun day from a complication of ailments after somewhat protracted illness. He was about 64 years of age.
 Mrs. John Burns, formerly of Jerome, is visiting her friend, Mrs. Baker. Her husband, who ran for sheriff on the republican ticket in 1898 and to defeat whom Senator Clark recently testified in court he had spent Sl0,000, is now superin- tendent of the Clifton and Lordsburg railroad.
 Col. Charles D. Poston was found dead in Phenix yesterday afternoon. He was the first delegate to congress from this territorys He was also the father of the late Mrs. Pope, who died on the steamer in mid-ocean while returning from Manila with the remains of her dead husband.
 Mel Laughter walked out of the court house yesterday a free man, the jury which tried him, rendering a verdict of not guilty. He was de- tended by J. D. Wakely, and this was the first verdict of acquittal se- cured at the present term of court, which is certainly highly compli- mentary to Laughter's attorney. At the last term of court MT. Wakely had similar experience. The dis trict attorney was reaping a rich har- vest of convicts for the penitentiary, when a prisoner defended by NIT. Wakely came up for trial and was acquitted, being the first one acquitted during the term.
 A pretty wedding occurred at noon today at the Congregational church, the contracting parties being Miss Ada NJ. Hale and Eugene E. Osen burg of McCabe. The Rev. H. B. Long and the groom entered the church, followed by the maid of honor, Miss Estella Osenburg, gowned in pink. and William Green wood, groomsman. Then the bride, in white, carrying a bouquet of white roses. came up the isle with her father. Miss Helen Burmister played very artisticaIly Lohengren's Faith ful and True" when the bridal party entered, and Mendelsshon's wedding march when leaving the church.
 A lyric and operatic concert will be given at the Prescott Opera house by members of the cathedral choir, as sisted by other artists on July 2. MT. T. F. Ryan, the basso of the choir, is now in town, stopping at the Hotel Burke NIT. Ryan is consid cred one of the finest bassos in the country and has sung professionally in every city of importance in the United States. He took a course in law at Yale in 1894. graduating in 1897 and is now in practice in Tue SOD. but has not lost his fondness for the stage sufficiently 10 prevent his appearance once in a while behind the footlights. Mrs. ". J. Kirk patrick. the soprano of the cathedral choir, is considered one of the best lyric sopranos on the coast. Mrs. Ernestine Lully, who will preside at the piano, was for years the accom- panist of Carl Formes, the great western basso. Selections from ora torio, comic opera and grand opera together with many numbers that are calculated to please everybody will be rendered and a musical treat is anticipated. Popular prices will pre- vail and the program in full will be printed later.
 From Thursdays Daily.
 T. NJ. Earnhart, of Kirkland, was a Prescott visitor yesterday.
 Mrs. Wm. Nelson has gone to Cali fornia to spend the summer.
 c. P. Wingfeld, the Huron mer- chant, is m town as a witness in the Powlas murder case.
 c. F. Avery. who has been making his headquarters in Jerome for some time. was in town today.
 Oliver Nelson, the little son of Mr. and Mrs. Hm. Nelson, fell of a horse yesterday, breaking his arm.
 Frank Ii. Hereford, of Tucson, Is registered at @ Prescott hotel. He is a nephew of Mrs. F. \. Tritle.
 J. H. Wingfeld and L. M. Turner returned tu their Verde homes today after d couple oi days spent in Pres colt GU business.
 4. D. Barnhart, who returned few days since from attending the ShIin- CTS conventisn. reports having had a most enjoyable time.
 The Powlas murder case has occu- pied th. tune of the district court to- day. It will probably not be con cluded until tomorrow evening.
 The wind has kept up its lick again today. though not 50 violently as yesterday, which was conceded tC be the windiest day ever experienced in Prescott.
 Petty thieves seem to be plying their vocation in Prescott. i lot of lumber and door nave been stolen during the past few nights from a