Weekly Arizona journal-miner. [volume] (Prescott, Ariz.) 1903-1908, 1903-08-12

aVapal producing properties.
From nonday's Daily.
E. E. Ellinwood has returned from
his visit to Kingman.
j. Q. Stephens came in from Will
iamson-valley yesterday.
The funeral of the late Mrs. John
Farren was largely attended yesterday
afternoon.
Probate Judge c. P Hicks will
leave tomorrow for the coast to spend
his vacation.
Kingman is having another gold ex-
citement. Mohave county succeeds in
getting up a mineral excitement every
few weeks, but none so far have been
of a lasting nature.
Yesterdays base ball game resulted
in a victory for the Ash Fork team
by a score of %, to II for the railroad
boys.
]. d. Wakeley's commission as no
tary public expired on Friday even
ing but on Saturday morning he re-
ceived a new commission for four
years more.
Andy Knoblock, the Jerome mer-
chant and crack shot, came over to
the county seat yesterday to take part
with the Prescott Gun Club in their
practice shoot.
J. H. Clinkscales, the insurance
adjuster, arrived from Los Angeles
last night to adjust the losses in the
recent fire which destroyed the three
lodging houses belonging to Mrs. Alex
Thompson.
While the rain on Saturday was not
heavy in Prescott there was a heavy
down pour south of town causing
quite a rise in Granite creek, large
volume of water coming down the
creek for about an hour.
]. S. Acker, wife and children, left
this morning for visit on the coast.
Mr.. Acker will combine pleasure and
business and will only remain there a
few days, while Mrs. Acker and the
children will probably stay several
weeks.
Miss Kate Smithson, who has been
visiting her sister, Mrs. j. S. Acker,
in this city for several weeks, left this
morning for Salt Lake City. Miss
Smithson made many warm friends
while here who hope that this will
not be her last visit to Prescott.
Eli Perkins is moving his News
Herald to Martinez. Eli has been
shifting round nearly as rapidly as
BoreIll's comet since engaging in the
newspaper business year or so ago.
1t is reported that he has had an eye
on the Prescott newspaper field for the
past six months.
The August number of Table Talk,
Philadelphia, is received and as u.s.
ual gives the best information to
housekeepers on all matters pertaining
to the table, its fashions, and furnish
ings, cooking and serving, etc. Sample
copies will be sent free to all who re-
quest.
Captain W. H. Hardy of Mohave
county has brought suit against three
ex supervisors of that county and
their bondsmen to recover $4,000,
money alleged to have been misappro-
priated by them. E. NJ. Sanford rep
resents Mr.. Hardy and E. E. Ellin-
wood represents the defendants.
A man claiming to be an officer of
the society for the prevention of
cruelty to animals served notice, to-
day, on the editor of this paper that
he would be held amenable to the laws
under which animals are protected,
unless the editor of the "hurled'' is
let severely alone hereafter. So 1T
will be protected.
Seeing an item in our morning con-
temporary that "Chas. Owens, the en-
gineer, received telegram yesterday
from Wickenburg that his brother,
VIM. Owens, had been seriously shot
at that point the Journal-Miner
telephoued to that point for particu-
lars concerning the alleged affair and
the information was waited back over
the wires that it was all mistake and
that instead of his being shot he was
only "half shot. "
Miss Amy UtIey of Phenix, was a
passenger this morning for San Fran
cisco.
DIR. o. L. Geer, the Martinez mer-
chant, came up from the south this
morning.
Miss Nellie Stone left this morning
for Lansing, Michigan, to visit with
her parents.
DIR. Geo. b. Pratt returned Saturday
evening from his visit to Williams
and after few days visit in Prescott
will return to his home in Phenix.
Mrs. NJ A. Dugas will leave to
morrow for San Diego for two
months visit. She is suffering with
rheumatism and hopes to get cured
of it there.
B. B. Dolly, who has been an ac-
commodating liveryman for the b. b.
company for some time, has been pro-
NOTED to position in the hardware
department of the firm.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. o. Wiley, well
known residents of PheDix, passed
through on today's train on their way
to northern California, where they
will spend several weeks visiting.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. ". Cunningham,
who have been visiting for few days
in Prescott with the family of Dave
Amber, left this morning for San
Francisco, where they will visit some
weeks before returning to their home
Missouri.
Mr.. and Mrs. Goodman were passen-
gers on the north bound train this
morning. Mr.. Goodman is the very
efficient superintendent of the Indian
School at pbauiv Thav wara accom-