Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1903-01-28
SThE LOCAL NEWS...... $ ......CITY AND COUNTY
From Honday's Daily

B. A. Haggott went out to the Blu, Bell mine this morning.
 There was very slight furry O rain and snow yesterday.
 D. J. Sullivan returned last nigh from a months visit in the east.
 Do not forget the Free Reading room meeting on Wednesday evening for the election of officers.
 Rev. A. NJ. Gibbons of the Metho dist church is improving rapidly nov and hopes to be able to be out in few days.
 Richard Butler, of the Journal Miner force, went to Phenix on Satur day nights train to size up the legis lature.
 Commencing on February l tn, Prescott banks will close at 3 o'cIocl p. m. instead of at 1 o'clock as hereto fore.
 John R. and Louis Grant left yes terday for Los Angeles after looking over the work being done on theil grading contracts in this territory.
 NIT. Newmaster, who has been visit. ing with the family of Paul A. John, for several days, left for his home iI Chicago this morning.
 John Berry is in town today from Bunker Hill mine getting some extras for the whim on the above mine to re- place some pieces which were broken.
 Dr. Pratt, the we'll known optician of Phenix, passed through Prescott to- day on trip to Williams, Flagstaff and Jerome. He will visit Prescott in few days.
 The Saturday night dances are be- coming very popular affairs and are we'll attended. Last Saturday night there was an unusually large attend ance and the affair passed off very pleasantly.
 A brakebeam tourist on a Santa Fe train fell of his perch on Saturday and the wheels of the moving train ran over one foot crushing it badly. He was brought to the county hospi- tai last evening.
 T. l.. Harris, an old time attache of this office, who has been taking a va cation of several months, returned to xrorl- r-i4h tho To1rpaI ATiDar aCai 70, today and will fill the dual position of business manager and city editor.
 Rev. Fairfield of Jerome preached two discourses yesterday at the Meth odist church. MT. Fairfield is very fluent taIker, good thinker and his sermons were listened to with the closest attention by his congregation.
 The Beatty company had good audi ences Saturday afternoon and night at their moving picture performances. The audience was we'll satisfied with the exhibitions given and it was uni versally conceded to be the best pict- ure show ever given in Prescott.
 Robert Wuset and party of capital ists from Cincinnati, left this morn ing for their home, after visit to the Catoctin mine. They expressed them selves we'll pleased with their visit and with the above property. They visited the Cash mine yesterday.
 June Freeman, who has been con- nected with the Journal Miner for some time resigned his position on Saturday night. Mir. Freeman was of material assistance to the paper dur tug the time he was connected with it and the Journal Miner wishes him we'll in whatever he does.
 Mrs June S. Freeman and little daughter left today for few days visit with the family of Robert De Large at Dewey. She will also visit with the family of A. l.. Lasard, near Stoddard, before returning In the meantime June will either eat his own cooking, Chinese grub or hay, just as he chooses.
 G. WFrench, who has been making his home with his son, R. D. French, in this city for several months, re- eeived telegram yesterday of the ser ious illness of his son, M. P. French, who lives at San Jacinto, Calif.. and left today for his bedside. He ex- poets to return to Prescott as soon as his son is sufficiently recovered.
 Three Mexicans were arrested Sat urday night charged with having rob bed poker game in the saloon run by Cota Bros, where the shooting took place a few nights ago. They were tried today and one of the three named Emando was convicted and sen tenced to board ten days with Sheriff Roberts.
 A. H. Brewer, a very prominent business man of Delphi, Indiana, and an old time friend of Mir. and Mrs. J. M Watts, is visiting for a day or two with the latter in Prescott MT Brew CT had been spending a few weeks in Phenix and stopped off today for short visit as he passed through on his way to California, where he will spend some time before returning to his home in Indiana.
 Ed Shumate adopted a very novel method of advertising his masque- rade suits for the Mardi Gras ball. to- day. He dressed up one of his em- ployes in very fantastic Indian cos tune, armed him with a Winchester rife and started him around town with a placard on his back. The fellow felt so much like an Indian that he was soon walking down street locked arms with the real article in the person of a big Indian buck. The costume at tracted great deal of attention.
 The butterfly social on Saturday night proved a success socially and fi- nancially. Hot biscuits with butter and maple syrup and coffee were served to all corners. Games were played during the earlier hours of the evening and those in attendance had a very enjoyable time Each guest was presented with a paper butterfly on entrance to the hall. The Ladies Aid of the Methodist church. under whose auspices it was given. added be- tween s25 and 80 to its treasury. Andrew J. Snodgrass, brotner-in-law to the Mccoy brothers, arrived in Prescott last Thursday night from