Weekly Arizona journal-miner. [volume] (Prescott, Ariz.) 1903-1908, 1903-08-19
THE LOCAL NEWS.
5 ......CITY And COUNTY
From SATURDAYS DaiIy.

severe spell OF sickness.
Miss Bessie White left today for
Kansas City.
j. B. LAWYER was an outgoing pas
senger this morning for South Dakota
T. c. Woodlock and wife were ar
rivals from New York City last night.
The Whipple contractors have from
fifteen to thirty men and six teams at
work now.
E. B. Gage passed through Prescott
this morning on his way from Tomb
stone to San Francisco.
J. fl. Clinkscsles, the insurance ad-
juster, left this morning after adjust
ing the loss by the Goose Flat fire.
Mrs. S. A. Dysart and daughter Mil
dred of Phenix are visiting Mrs. D..
n. Amber in West Prescott for few
days.
Mr.. Schropshire, who has been in
Prescott for several months, left this
morning for his home in Lexington,
Ky.
VIM. Clsypool Joined the California
excursionists this morning. He will
probably continue his trip east before
returning to Prescott.
Mrs. W. W. Elliott, wife of the we'll
known mill man, left this morning for
Los Angeles for a few weeks visit.
She was accompanied by her two sons.
Miss Laura Wallahan, one of the
bright faced lady clerks in the BIB.
company's dry goods department, left
today for Los Angeles to spend her
vacation.
NJ. r. Parker returned today from
accompanying two stockholders of the
Alto Mining company out to the COM
pany's property at Eugene gulch, in
the Big Bug district.
The family of A. j. Hansen of Ky
rene, near Tempe, is now comfortably
settled in West Prescott for the sum-
mer, while Mr.. Hansen is out of the
TERRITORY on business.
General and Mrs. F. ID. Baldwin,
arrived last evening, and will be the
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. F. NJ. Murphy
during their stay here. General Bald
win went out to the target range to-
day.
Geo. W. Mark, United States assay
er at st. Louis and John Boyle, jr.,
at st. Louis business man, who have
been visiting this section on mining
business left this morning for their
homes.
Geo. Matter, we'll known stone
cutter who resided in Prescott for a
year or two, returned last night from
Los Angeles where he has been for the
past few months. He will remain
here if proper inducements are offer
ed.
Chief of Police Prince gives notice
that he Will kill all dogs found in the
city without dog tax for this year.
If you have a valuable canine on
which the taxes have not been paid,
you had better pay them or keep the
dog under the bed
Among the officers who will partici-
pate in the pistol competition next
week, is Lieut.. W. H. Curry, stationed
at Fl. Apache, who arrived on Friday
evening. Lieut.. Curry is a relative of
the late Granville Curry, formerly del
egate to congress from this territory.
Ed Keihl, the plumber, informs the
Journal-Miner that he has finished
laying a small section of the gas
mains for the proposed gas plant
which Mr.. Porter, of Los Angeles is
promoting. The pipe laid was in the
alley between DeMund's lumber yard
and st. Joseph's academy.
Engine No. II, which was attached
to the freight train that went into the
ditch near Peoria, few days ago, was
brought to the machine shops at Pres
colt last night. While the damage to
the engine is not very great it will
take several days to dig the dirt off of
it and clean it up so that it can be
placed in commission again.
That the recent rich strick at King
man has attracted considerable atten-
tion is evidenced by the number of
people who have called at the Journal
Miner office to see the samples of the
ore that were sent here by Capt
Hardy. If there is anything on earth
that will get people excited it is
gold strike.
The gentlemen who have been in
this city for several days putting in
message call boxes for the Postal Tel
egraph company, have almost COM
pleted their work and will leave for
Albuquerque, n. NJ, the first of next
week to put in a number of these calls.
for the company. They have placed
about forty calls in this city.
GeS. Burch, of the S. f. P. and P.
railroad, informs the Journal Miner
that the article recently published in
a southern exchange that there is only
one place in Arizona where two differ
ent railroads cross, is a mistake. He
says besides the place referred to in
the article there is another place at
Tempe, where the Phenix and Eastern
crosses the MaricUpa and Phenix.
J. N. Heck, who has some mining
property in Mohave county, left for
that place this morning. He will 60
to the scene of the recent gold strike |
and personally investigate the truth
of the reports sent out. He is making
arrangements to begin work on his
property in the near future Harry
Heck, the well known piano man of
this city, is also interested in the
property.
Editor Rogers, of the Courier, has |
had one taste of seaside resorts and |
the germs of periodical rest have |
found their way into his system, and 4
he is now given up to be a hopeless |
victim of California fever Last win /