Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1903-05-20
THE LOCAL NEWS.
......CITY And COUNTY
From Wednesdays Daily.

Geo. Ropheter, the enterprisin
Aqua Fria rancher, is in town toda
on a business visit.
Geo. P. Harrington in in town froI
the Bradshaw mountains where he
engaged in mining.
NJ. B. Hazeltine and family hav
moved into their new home on Sout
Mt. Vernon avenue.
Two vags were before His Homo
Judge McLane today and were fine,
$50 or 60 days each.
Charles Born, the mining man, o
the Black Rock district, came up Oh
this mornings train.
DR.. W. S. Smith has been compelled
to go to Los Angeles again to receiv,
treatment for his eyes.
Mrs. R. A. Talbot has gone to tn,
Iron King mine for short visit Will
her daughter, Mrs. Henry.
The Verde valley was visited re
Gently by thunder storm. Consid
cradle rain and some hail fell.
U. S. District Attorney Nave, who
has been in this city for several days,
will leave for Tucson tonight.
c. H. McLane's hand is improving
today and it is now hoped he will
have no further trouble with it.
Mr.. and Mrs. b. H. Smith returned
last evening from escorting the east
ern excursionists to the Grand Can
yon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Julian Willard enter
tanned number of friends at their
residence in East Prescott last even
ing.
The next meeting of the Prescott
W. c. I. U. will be held with Mrs
Talbot, corner Gurley and Pleasant
streets, Monday, May Is.
Tomorrow will be excursion day and
a number of Prescott people will take
advantage of the excursion to go to
the coast for an outing.
Mrs. Raible, who has been spending
the winter with her daughter, Mrs.
Malott Fletcher, in indianapolis, will
return to Prescott May Is.
Mrs. Herring, wife of Colonel Will
lam Herring, died at their home a
few days since in Tucson. She had
been an invalid for several years.
Judge Mclean is nursing a blood
poisoned hand. He received a small
scratch on his hand some time since,
from which blood poison has devel-
oped.
Hugo tombstone, the New York mil
lionaire interested in the Sultan mine,
arrived from the east on this morn
ing's train and will leave for the mine
tomorrow.
H. P. Anewalt left on yesterdays
train for San Francisco for a confer
ence with the general agents of the
coast lines of railroads on rates He
expects to return to Prescott on Sat
urday.
Miss Annie Evans, OF Phenix, was
passenger on this mornings train en-
route east. She was met at the depot
by a number of her Prescott friends
for a visit during the time the train
here.
Yesterdays tea given by the Ladies'
Guild of the Episcopal church was an
occasion of more than ordinary pleas
ure to all who attended. 1t was a
social one entirely, and there was a
large attendance, all present enjoy
ing themselves to the fullest measure.
Miss Bessie Belle Thew who has
been dishipg up the society news of
Prescott for some time for Prescott
paper, has resigned her position and
will return to her former profession,
that of an elocutionist. She will go
to Los Angeles next Monday and will
locate in that city.
Chief of Police Prince says he is GO
ing to begin a war of determination
on untagged CANNES, and from now on
all dogs found in the city without
this years tags, indicating that the
tax is paid on them, will be shot. If
you have pet dog whom you wish
to save from the dog catcher, pay your
dog tax at once.
A private wedding took place at the
NJ. E. parsonage yesterday evening,
the ceremony being performed by Rev.
Gibbons, which united in matrimon-
ial bonds Geo. A. Miller and Miss
Carrie Conkling, both of Whipple
Barracks. The groom is the bugler in
company B of the 18th regiment sta
toned at Whipple.
The Mexican who claimed he had
been robbed yesterday morning was
searched last night and $40 in gold
was found in his left hand fob pocket
which indicated that his claim of hav-
ing been robbed was rather thin. 1t
looked like he and his partenr had
been fighting, and accordingly Judge
MaLane fined each of them SO which
they paid and we're released.
Major and Mrs. j. NJ. Watts cele-
brated the twelfth anniversary of
their marriage last evening at their
residence and entertained a large
company of their friends. The
Journal Miner was among the first to
congratulate and welcome the couple
on their marriage and arrival here a
dozen years ago and again renews its
good wishes for their success.
R. B. Metcalf, jr., son of r. b.
Metcalf, one of the early Arizona
pioneers. is visiting Prescott. Mr..
Metcalf, ST., was a partner of Judge
y. L. Griffin, of Prescott, in the
early days around Globe and other
places in the territory. The town of
Metcalf was named after him. He left
the territory about twenty years ago
and has heen a resident of Lexington
Kentucky, ever since. r. b. Metcalf,
jr., has been residing in Tucson for
about a year, and came to Prescott to
visit a friend He will leave tomor-