Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1903-12-16
THE LOCAL NEWS.
-OF THE
......CITY And COUNTY
From SATURDAYS Daily.


A cold wind has been blowing from
the south for couple of days.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. D. Treadwell came
in on today's train from Mayer.
Ed Shumate will leave tonight for
Douglas, on brief business trip.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Mccoy left on
today's train for a visit to Los An
geles.
Thos Robertson will leave tomorrow
for Los Angeles on business "trip of
few days.
E. NJ. Doe, district attorney of Co
conino county, is in town on profess
ionaI business.
The first 1904 calendar received at
this office was from the Samuel Hill
Hardware company.
Joe Mayer is taking vacation in
Phenix, from the arduous duties con-
nected with his business at Mayer.
d. C. Kelley, connected with the
Rigby Mining and Reduction COM
pany, was in town today from Mayer.
The Kansas Deweys, the million
aire murderers of the Berry family,
in that state, have been released on
bail.
Miss Pauline Johns, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Paul Johns, is recovering
from a very severe attack of pneu-
monia.
The DeMund Lumber company is
building immense lumber sheds, ex-
tending from Cortez street clear back
to the alley.
Count Mentschikoff came in today
from the Bradshaw mountains. He
has closed down the Rapid Transit
mine temporarily.
A car load of lumber was taken out
to the Baumann Copper company
camp today. Gus Albert has been en-
gagged as foreman of the mine.
james L. WEIGH, the popular clerk
of Hotel Burke, is on the sick list,
and his smiling countenance and
courteous greeting is greatly missed.
j. W. Sullivan went out to Del Rio
today to look after the shipment of
three or four car loads of cattle to the
Salt river valley alfalfa fields.
A motion was made today IN the
district court to retax the costs in the
case Of ]. c. Forest against J. J.
Brooks an action on a note. The
motion was denied.
F. B. Kinsman, mining man of
San Francisco, who has been in this
section for some time left this
morning for the Grand Canyon. and
after a brief visit there will return to
Prescott.
Alex Thompson has returned from
his visit to Los Angeles. Just as be
had about recovered his health there
he was thrown from a street car
breaking three of his ribs and other
wise injuring him.
The proceeds of the auction sale Of
hand painted posters this evening
will go to the manual training school
fund. Attend the auction prepared
to do some lively bidding for the ben
eft of this good cause.
Governor A. Q. Brodie has been in
attendance at the meeting of the ma
tional republican convention in Wash
ington yesterday and today, holding
the proxy of Committeeman W. NJ.
Griffith from this territory.
Mrs. Hattie Mosher and her daugh-
ter, Miss Julia, have left their home
in Phenix fer a trip to Europe. They
are the former wife and the daughter
respectively of Charles Mosher, an old
time newspaper man of Phenix.
Granite Encampment No. /, l. o.
o. F. elected the following officers
last evening: c. P, Richard Sumid;
Il. P. Daniel Kelley; senior warden,
}. Z. Kelley; J. W, A. J. Champion;
scribe, Fl. J. Suder; treasurer, P. ID.
Rosenblatt.
When there was neither dust or
wind the sprinkling cart was much in
evidence and the collector never failed
to call every Monday. 1t has been
different during the past two days
when binding dust has been stirred
up by the wind.
Geo. Nissen, father of P. n. Nissen,
manager for Douglas, Lacey 81 Co.,
left on this mornings train for Los
Angeles. Mr. Nissen is an old mill
builder and came to this section to as
sist his son in the erection of the mill
at the Home Run mine.
Eli S. Perkins, editor of 1.-THE Mar
tinez News-Herald, left this morning
for Apache county to look after
band of sheep owned by him there.
While Mr.. Perkins vocation is edit
ing a newspaper, his avocation is look
ing after flock of sheep.
Mr. and Mrs. W. r. Poole are re-
joicing over the arrival at their home
last night of a lovely little girl, the
first to gladden. the household. Mrs.
Poole and daughter are getting along
nicely but ''Papa" Poole was not able
to work today, but his condition is
hopeful.
While the attendance was small at
last nights musical recital the pro
gramme was very interesting and was
we'll rendered. One of the features of.
the programme was the rendering for
the first time of Mary J. Jacks cold
Bethlehem" very beautiful Christ
mas piece. It was sung by May Zuck
Fine and received an encore.
In the district court this morning
demurrer was filed in the slot machine
case, also motion to quash the in
dictment. Both were argued and taken
under advisement by the court, until
this afternoon when the demurrer was
sustained and the indictment dis
missed and the defendant. ]. E. Nc
Gov, was DISCHARGED