Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1903-08-19

Y County Assessor ID. j. Sullivan wa
d north bound passenger this mornin
d for Seligman and other towns in tn
e northern part of the county.
IL Judge and Mrs. r. E. Sloan enter
tanned a number of their friends Of
% Wednesday evening at their beautiful
home on Mt. Vernon street.
Mrs. F. Garrett, wife of the vel
known and popular salesman in EC
Blocks store has returned from
visit of about three months in tn,
' east.
III. E. Armitage returned this morn
ing from a visit to Old Terrible min,
in Cochise county. He reports thing,
= looking fine at the property and forty
, men working.
John c. Dennis, a prominent resi-.
dent of Phenix, came down from Flag.
staff last night where he had been
spending few weeks. He will stay
in Prescott few days before return
ing to the valley.
E. j. Henry, who attempted to rob
the Depot saloon, and who was dis
charged yesterday on a technicality,
was Immediately rearrested, retired
and resentenced to pay a fine of 500
or serve 100 days in Jail.
Tom Carrigan, the we'll known rail-
road man of Congress, stopped off in
Prescott this morning for short visit
with his friends here and will leave
tomorrow for vacation in Los An
geles and other California resorts.
At meeting last night of the off,
GERS of the Sunday school of the NJ.
E. church it was decided to hold the
annual picnic of the school on
Wednesday, Aug. %. 1t will be held
at the picnic grounds at Dukes ranch.
Charley Platt came up from his
Kirkland mining properties this
morning to see his wife, who is still
sick in this city. She is reported to
be slowly improving but is not able
to return to their home in Kirkland as
yet.
j. III. Emmert gave an evening pic
mic party last evening to a number of
young folks by taking them by special
train to Granite Dells where they
we're served with an elegant dinner.
after which dancing was in order.
They returned about eleven o'clock.
The territorial board of equalization
concluded its labors in Phenix yester-
day. The total assessed valuation of
property in the territory is So, 0S8,
040.62 as against 39,Os3, 177.57 for
1902, being a net gain of sc, 004, s63 %.
The total tax levy for territorial pur-
poses is sl.05 on the hundred, being a
decrease of a little over eight cents
from last year when it was s1.137.
Deputy Sheriff Thos. Thompson
brought a crazy man in from the Yea
ger canyon country this morning. He
had been wandering around for four
teen days, he says, without anything
to eat. He will be held for few days
before he is examined.
Geo. W. McGhee, a Chicago mining
man who is interested in a number of
properties in the Cherry creek sec
ton, came in from Cherry yesterday
on short business trip returning
there today. He speaks in the highest
terms of that district as a mining sec
tion and says it is bound to come to
the front.
Harry Brisley and family and NJ.
and Mrs. Smith have returned from
visit to the Grand Canyon. They re
port the country there simply charm
ing. The abundance of rain has made |
the vegetation beautiful and there is
no dust and in fact it could not be |
finer for pleasant trip They also |
report great many visitors at the |
canyon.
Capt. J. W. Evans, one of the old |
time and we'll known citizens of Phe- |
nix passed through this morning on
his way to California to join his wife
who has been there for some time. |
The captain said last night was one of
the hottest and most sultry nights he
ever experienced in the Salt river val
ley. In fact, he said the past week or
ten days had been something awful
there.
F. NJ. Murphy went to Ash Fork
this morning with his private car to
meet General Baldwin and party who
arrived there at one o'clock from Den
yer. The general was accompanied by
his wife. grandson and Lieut. Drum.
They were brought to Prescott this
afternoon. The general has taken
great fancy to Prescott and will re-
main here until after the competitive
shoot is over and then he Will present
the winners with their medals as we'll
as the prizes that are offered by the
citizens of Prescott. Prescott is for
tunate in having the friendship of
General Baldwin, and our citizens
should do everything in their power
to make his stay here a pleasant one.
Schuyler Edwards and Miss Edna
Treganza were united in marriage at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Sharpneck
in West Prescott last evening at $50
o'clock, the ceremony being perform
ed by Rev. L. o. Lewis. The groom
is a very worthy and industrious
young mean who came here about a
year ago from Kansas and has made
many friends by his sober, quiet and
manly ways. The bride came to Pres
colt about three years ago from Can
l. Il /