Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1903-03-04
sTHE LOCAL NEWS......
 E ......CITY AND COUNTY
From Wednesdays Daily.

bert Davls came up rom the sou
 this morning.
 FEE. Jones has returned from h
 visit to Tempe.
 Today is Ash Wednesday. the b
 ginning of Lent.
 T. M. Earnhart returned to Kirl
 land on today's freight.
 W. c. Bashford went out to the B
 Bug contry this afternoon.
 MT. and Mrs. Fay White of Poland
 are visiting in Prescott today.
 Hon. H. T. Andrews left this morr
 ing for business trip to Winslow.
 District Attorney E. s. Clark is r,
 ported quite sick with an attack (
 grippe.
 W. O. Ha~rell was in town toda
 from Poland where he is engaged i
 business.
 Shorty Simmons. the printer sho
 by Frank Spence recently, is able t
 be around again.
 Jim Wagner, formerly an employ of Shumate X Raible's went to Lo Angeles this morning.
 Martin Stitzer, who has been sicI since last August is reported in a cri tical condition today.
 Le Roy Anderson was admitted yes <erday to practice in the suprem, court of the territory.
 T. W. Otis distributed a choice lo Of artistic calendars today to all tn, pupils of the.public schools.
 The Depot House is being treated tC nice new coat of paint which very materially adds to its appearance.
 Mrs. T. C. Job. wife of Attorney Job, left last night for Phenix where she will spend several days visiting friends.
 H. A. Jewell. the Los Angeles com mission man, returned to Prescott to- day after a couple of days spent in Phenix.
 l.. W. Felt. superintendent and general manager of the Model Min ing company, came in from McCabe this afternoon.
 The Workmen have put up an cleo
  meeting nights the letters A. O. U. ". are flashed to members by it.
 HH Keays, a we'll known mining man, formerly of Groom Creek but located now in the Black Rock dis trict near Wickenburg is in town to- day on business trip.
 J. C. Herndon and his son Charles W Herndon are visiting the formers S sister in Colusa county. California. They expect to remain there for month and will engage in hunting during their stay.
 MT. William Peet of 40 Sheldon street diedt his morning at Il a. m. He leaves wife, four brothers and sister to mourn his loss. Funeral will take place Friday morning at 10 o'clock from the Catholic church un- der the direction of P. Mohn & Co.
 The remains of the late Mrs. A. s. Clough will arrive on tonight's train. The funeral will take place from the parlors of P. Mohn & Co. The hour of the funeral has not yet been defin- itely fixed it but will be tomorrow. Rev. A. M. Gibbons will conduct the services.
 W. H. McCord, a mining expert. of St. Louis, who has been spending some weeks in this section making a final examination of some mining properties for St. Louis and eastern parties, left this morning for New Mexico, where he has orders to ex- anime some properties.
 Prescott lodge No II. A. O. U. w. have completed negotiations with | Captain Hobson of Merrimac fame | whereby the latter will deliver Iec- | ture here on March 26 The lodge is to be congratulatoI n getting so prominent lecturer and will no doubt | be amply rewarded for their work.
 A telegram was received today by P. | J. Farley stating that s. l.. Riley had | met with a serious accident at Doug las, Arizona, in which he had received | fracture of the bones in the leg. No | details of the accident were given. | MT. Riley is well known on Groom | Creek where Mrs. Riley is now post mistress.
 When T. G. Norris went to Phenix on Sunday night be took his son Herndon Norris with him. The boy woke up on Monday morning with a severe cold and during the day symp- toms of pneumonia set in. and his con dition became so alarming that Mrs. Norris went down on last nights train to nurse him. His condition today Is reported somewhat improved. The Red Men of the local tribe had a great powwow at their council cham Der last night. Work was done in the Adoption and Chiefs degrees after which bounteous supply of refresh ments were enjoyed. The Red Men | are taking in members at every meet ing and promise to again take their place among the largest lodges of the city.
 Geo. Burch. A. A. Johns and A. D. ! Barnhart returned from Phenix this i morning where they had been in at tendance at the annual meeting of the l Shriners. NIT. Burch walked a little | lame like the bottom of his feet had been a little scorched by the hot | sands of the desert. but the rest of | the party, being old hands at the busi- ness, showed up none the worse for the trip. They all report having had | a good tune.
 The Santa Fe how has over a hun dred cars equipped with axle electric i lights. These cars include the entire nine limited trains, thirty Pull man sleepers. fourteen diners. nine buffet smoking cars and about fifty coaches and chair cars. All of the first class cars of the Santa Fe are to be equipped with axle lights and are even now heinz fitted mn as ona bv one they come into the shops for re- pairs, or as they are turned out of the car works in Chicago and other eastern cities.
 Mrs. M. E. Dowlen. who with her husband resided in Prescott some three years ago, returned to this city today. MT. Dowlen will be well re- membered by many people in Pres colt as a mining engineer of world wide reputation, having examined mines for great corporations all over the world. They came to Prescott a few years ago for the benefit of Mrs. Dowlen's health which greatly i'm proved while here, and she now re- turns to this city to visit old friends and acquaintances.
 A handsome cover design in colors by John Cecil Clay enhances ths value of contents of the popular monthly magazine - The Criterion A reference to the new series of pa pers on Recollections of Distinguished | Europeans. by General James Grant ] Wilson, will serve to recall that au- thor's previous excellent work. The first paper of the series. profusely iI- frustrated. deals with the "(Irand Old |