Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1903-04-08
$THE LOCAL NEWS......
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Prescott is to have a brass band.
 NJ. J. Foley was elected school trus tee of Jerome.
 Gus Heyman is in town again on hi. periodical visit.
 Archie Grant has gone to the Verde valley to do some work.
 Secretary I. T. Stoddard came ur from Phenix this morning.
 Bob Irvine the clothing and shirt maker, left for California this morn. ing.
 Mir. and Mrs. T. E. Campbell ot Jerome, have returned from theil visit east.
 Mir. and Mrs. W. C. Brandon art expected home tomorrow from theil visit to Los Angeles.
 Judge Sloan will hold a term oi court at Flagstaff commencing week from Monday, April 13.
 Chief Engineer Drake, of the s. F. P and P. railroad came up from the south this morning on car ''9S. :"
 Mrs. c. W. Platt's condition is i'm proving quite rapidly at present and a speedy recovery is now anticipated.
 The Phenix Republican announces the marriage in that city of Harry Campbell and Miss R. M. Patterson.
 The school trustees held a meeting last night at which R. Baehr the new ly elected member was inducted into office.
 Wm. Nelson. who has been spending few days in Prescott with his fam ily will leave tomorrow for his Cedar Glade wood camp.
 The preliminary hearing of J. H. Hornbuckle and wife for embezzle- ment, was being held before Justice Talbot this afternoon.
 P. R. Brady, jr., .the detaulting treasurer of Pinal county, who was sentenced to five years Imprisonment in 1899, has been pardoned by Gov ernor Brodie.
 Everybody should patronize the en- tertainment to be given by the Mon day club on the evening of Monday, April 13. for the benfit of the public library. The beautiful play Sunset" will be produced.
 The case of the territory vs. Grove & Sharp is on trial today in the dis trict court. The defendants are charged with salting ore shipped to the Val Verde smelter while it was being sampled by the company's assayer.
 W. T. Little, representing the St. Elmo Cigar company, who has been ill town for several days, taking ord CTS for his firm left this morning for Albuquerque. MT. Little is not only the travelling representative for the above institution, but is also vice president of the company.
 The remains of the late C. R. Hall of Fools GuIch were brought up on this mornings train from Congress Junction, and were met at the train by number of friends and taken direct to the Catholic church where funeral services were held, and they were thence taken to the cemetery. De- ceased was about 40 years old and leaves a wife and one child. He had been sick for several weeks.
 NJ. M. Pierce, of Aurora, Illinois, who is interested in some mining properties of which A. J. Pickerell is superintendent, came in yesterday from a visit to Mir. Pickerell's camp, and left oD this mornings train for the Grand Canyon. Thence he will return to his home at the place men tioned above. Mir. Pierce expressed himself well pleased with this section of the country, this being his first visit to Arizona.
 Under Sheriff Platt received a tele- gram yesterday from Sheriff Roberts, from Benson, which stated that the latter was tied up at that place and would not be able to get away until this morning. From the wording of the telegram jt was thought that the cause of his delay was railroad wash out From the fact that he had been to Yuma and said nothing about the Goddard murder suspect arrested there, it is inferred that he was not the man wanted.
 Harry Porter, who has been con- nected with the Brlsley Drug com panyfor the past year, has been com pelled to resign his position 'on ac- count of ill health. He will probably join Dr. Walls in his camping trip for the summer. Mir. Porter is a very accommodating and competent drug gist and the firm regretted very much to lose his services. J. W. Sebring arrived couple of days ago from Pennsylvania to take his place. MT. Sebring comes highly recommended as pharmacist.
 An unknown man, on horseback. was nearly drowned at the ford near D. @Scott's Tuesday. Persons who have been on the Verde for years claim that the present rise has never been equaled excepting that of '92 The valley, as seen from Jerome, looks as though some of the big alfal- ia fields have been submerged. The treacherous nature of the Verde chan mel carries uneasiness among those owning property on the river. Reporter A fatal shooting scrape took place in Naco Monday evening. which re- suited in the death of John CIauson. says the Prospector. It seems that Clauson was somewhat under the in tiuence of liquor and was engaged in fighting with a woman in one of the wine rooms in the rear of one of the saloons, when the cries Of the woman reached the ears of Deputy Sheriff Nody Wilson. He entered the room and told Clauson to stop beating the