Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1903-02-18
|HE LOCAL NEWS...... ......CITY AND COUNTY
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bm Wednesdays Daily.
 W. Higley came up from the south
 ay.
 '. S. Head left yesterday for Camp rde.
 om Humphries of Williams valley in town today.
 lay for Los Angeles.
 Dr.. Otto left few days since for
 former home in New Orleans
 J. Gardiner. wealthy citizen of enix, died on Sunday evening.
 K. Hall. the we'll known Lynx eek fruit grower, is in town today. E. R.V. Jenkins is again back at his h post in the grocery department or B.. B. Co. $ store.
 S. G. Wilson and wife returned bm Phenix this morning where they Id been visiting for several days. C. E. M. Beall has returned from visit to the old Peck mine where he Is fifteen men employed at present. Arizona weather reigns here once ore. The minimum temperature lis morning was p degrees above ITO.
 Roddie Armstrong and Mrs. Ella elch, both of Prescott. were mar ed last evening by Probate Judge icks-
 H. A. Pease has sold the HOlbrOok rgus to L. D. Eevelblers. MT. Pease interested in paper at Gallup, ew Mexico.
 Mrs. F. M. Me gaG returned home his morning after a few weeks visit Fith her parents MT. and Mrs. R. A. yindes, of Tempe.
 Attorney General E. W. Wells came ip from PheniX this morning to spend few days at home looking after his xtensive business interests
 The United States civil service com mission announces that on March lO, 9O3. an examination will be held at he usual place for the position of aid n the sicence Ol mollusks. national museum.
 Instead of the common ordinary salutation of "good morning, how are you" etc, the salutation these days is "how are your water plpes: the return greeting invariably being, "busted. "
 J. H. Robinson has returned from visit to Kirkland, where his mother is sick. The latter Is considerably Improved. Mrs. Robinson and their l little son will remain there for sev- eral days.
 Archie La Course, charged with at l tempted murder at Martinez has been l released from custody under olOO0 l bonds to appear before the grand jury. Ills bondsmen are R. W. Bull lard. J. F. Beatson and T. R. Oar mall.
 Joseph Shultz arrived in Prescott today from California and furnished surprise party to his son Tom Shultz. The latter not only did not have any intimation of his coming but has not known of his whereabouts for some time.
 Frank Jager, president Of the Mo del Mining company, came in from Chicago last evening on a hurried business trip. He was met in Pres colt by General Manager Felt. and they went to McCabe on the o'clock train this morning.
 Miss Mary Kinney, daughter of John Kinney. left for her home at Dennison. Iowa. after a visit of sev- eral months with her father al his mining camp in the Chapparal coun- try. Miss Kinney likes this country splendidly and regretted very much to leave. She will probably return in the near future to make her home with her father.
 The United State civil service com mission invites att e1 70 the l@ct that no eligibles es ted from the examination held on December 2, lO, 1902. for the position of attendant and skilled photographer at the United States military academy at V est Point. New York. and announces that another examination will be held for this position on March 10, Il.
 Recorder P. J. Farley received a document from the Maricopa county recorder today which had been re corded there yesterday by mistake. The number of the document showed the number of the Instruments re- corded there since January l. to be 742. The number placed on record in Yavapai to date is 769. showing that the two counties are running very close together.
 The work of excavating for the new Wilson opera house was completed - this evening and just as soon as the frost is out of the ground. which Will probably be in a very few days, the work of laying the foundations will begin and the work of construction pushed as fast as possible. MT Will son hopes to have the opera house ready to book plays for the coming season.
 The matter of paying bounties or wild animals was discussed extensively yesterday at the supervisors confer ence in Phenix. The supervisors were all in favor of the repeal of the lav which has laid a heavy burden or some parts of the territory, especially in Ehe mountainous regions of th' norrn and the south. In some of tn northern counties the law has beeI disregarded entirely and no bountie have been paid.
 
 west side of Gurley street along tn Rrecht block. has caused a big poo of water to be formed at the entranc to the alley. in the rear of Hote Burke, which is fully two feet deep A number of people have taken plunge into this pool, resulting in get ting their lower extremIties vel soaked. while several teams have beel stalled in it So far no serious casU alties have been reported.
 It is reported that the Greeks em ployed in the construction of the and E. railroad have killed off all tn rabbits in that section of country The Greeks furnished their OWE boar and they kept a number of hunters i the field all the time armed with shC guns and provided with spades. they failed to shoot a rabbit and ra him to earth. the spade was brougf into use and his capture effected. a result there is not rabbit to found between Lynx Creek and Tu key creek.
 Attorney J. C. Forest will leave tt morrow for Pasadena where he VI meet the representatives of Denv' and Chicago firms to complete d rangement for the commencement suits against two companies in Cal fornia mad three in Arizona who a infringing on a patent smelling a paratus which is owned by the abO mentioned Denver and Chicago firm The suits will be commenced in | U. s. circuit court in San Francis as soon as they can be heard. y