Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1903-02-04
THE LOCAL NEWS......
 OF ThE { ......QTY AND COUNTY
From Wednesdays Daily.

IIOSCOiN lOudg-
 W. c. Bashford went to Wickenburg
 last night
 J. B. Tomlinson was an arrival
 from the soUCh today.
 Mr. and Mrs. Gump are visiting
 Whipple, the guests of their son,
 Lieut.. J. c. Gump.
 M. s. Taft and wife returned from
 a visit to the capitol city this morn
 ing.
 The case of Frank Williams asking
 for recount Of the votes for city as
 sessor has been set for Febuary II.
 J. J. Davis and wife are guests at
 the Burke Mir. Davis is superinten- dent of the Mohawk mine.
 Eugene Brady O'Nein. of Phenix. came up yesterday for brief visit and will return on tonight's train to Phe
 nix.
 County Assessor D. J. Sullivan is get ting things in shape to begin the work of assessing the property of 1avapai
 county.
 Attorney General E. W. Wells went to Phenix last night on official busi- ness. He was accompanied by his wife.
 W. c. Bashfori returnded last night from the Bradshaw mountains, where he had been looking after his mining interests.
 John Winzler. formerly of Jerome, died recently al = -co of pneumonia. His wife was in jy.Omo at the time of his death.
 Fred Potter, jr.. returned to Pres colt last evening from trip through the Mayer and Turkey Creek sections on business.
 Joe Morrison went to Congress last night to conduct he preliminary eX animation of La Cross charged with an attempt to murder his partner.
 ''The Birthplace of the American Flag in the February Woman's Home Companion, tells how the Stars and Stripes came from an English coat-Of-arms.
 John Lawler left this morning for a visit to his oid home, Kansas City. l Mo. He expects to be absent five or six weeks.
 Miss Norton. sister of Attorney T. | J. Norton. left this morning for her | home in Los Angeles, after a visit | with her brother in Prescott.
 V. R. Salinger. of the Victor Min ing company, of Walker. came in 1 from the mines yesterday evening and ! left for an extended trip to New York and Boston today.
 Judge J. J. Hawkins spent yester- day at the Iron King mine visiting with the party of New York and Kan sas City capitalists. several of whom he was acquainted with.
 \. NJ. Mcdonald. mechanical expert with Brown Bros. of this city. and c. G. Schrieber. of the Model Mining company at McCabe. left for a visit to the petrifed forests of northern Ari- zona today.
 The Jerome News publishes the star tling information that ''the News is having its office windows washed and would have had its office towel washed also, had the laundry not refused to undertake the job.
 Last nights south bound train was composed of eight coaches. the three extra ones being a private car. and two coaches containing the Royal Italian band. It went to the summit as a double header.
 Every one should attend the meet ing of the Free Reading room tonight. It has been in existence a year now and has proven a great benefit to the public. Officials and directors will be 1 elected at tonight's meeting.
 Charles s. Melon and family of New York. passed through Prescott in a private car. attached to the south bound train last night. On his re- turn trip they will visit Prescott and Jerome Mr Mellow is president of the Northern Pacific railroad.
 A E. Suppiger, the mining photog- rapher. returned yesterday from the Iron King mine. He spent Monday with the visiting eastern stockholders, photographing the different portions of the property that were of interest to them. He secured some excellent pictures.
 Pete O'NeilI, well known miner. who was taken to the county hospital a week or two ago. suffering from dropsy. was taken to Phenix last night, in the hope that the change might prove beneficial to him. A ' telegram received today announced { his death there this morning. 4,
 Earl Sanford. who has been one of the city mail delivery force for nearly two years. during which time he has filled the position with splendid satis- 1 faction to those who receive their ' mail by carrier. will in a few days {; take lay of of several months. Joe 1 Sines. who has been connected with Brown Bros. hardware store. will re- ( lieve Mir Sanford during his absence. 1
 Saturday evening last Mrs. Hull wife of the Hon. G. W. Hull. of this city had the misfortune to break the bone of her left leg near the ankle. ( She was coming down stairs in her home, and when on the third step 1 from the bottom stepped on some books. which threw her left foot be- ( tween the rounds in the stair railing. ] her to fall forward. breaking her leg as above stated. News.
 The grading camp of the Phenix X Eastern railroad was removed Sunday from Salt river 10 about half way be- , tween Tempe and Mesa. where work is now in progress. Blasting is still be- : ing done around the foot of the Tempe [ butte. and work is being done on the , Salt river bridge. It will be some days before the construction train can cross the bridge, though the rails are about all laid to the rivers edge Gazette.
 4 miner from the Wickenburg coun- 1 ty arrived in town yesterday morning l and brought the interesting but rather indefinite news that a party of rail road surveyors had arrived there the night before by the way of the lower end of the Harqua Halas. says the Re publican. They had come from the Colorado river but be did not know from what point or in the interest of what line they were making the sur vey.
 Joseph k. Clark. brother of Senator W. \. Clark. died in Los Angeles last I January ?. at the residence of his sister. Mrs. T. F. Miller De ceased was about sixty years old and resided in Portland. Oregon. He and his wife arrived in Los Angeles Janu- ary g. to attend birthday party to be given tO his mother. and within a short time after their arrival he was with apopleXy. dying in thirty-siX hours thereafter.
 In speaking of the rumored merger