Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1903-02-18

 be sent in until notified that they were ready for them. The agency had been given more than three months ago and they had never been able to notify the agency that they were ready for orders.
 From Thursdays Daily.
 Otto Lind Is in from Walker today.
 Geo. II. Schuerman has gone to PheniX.
 J. B. Girand went north on today's train.
 This is the anniversary of the birth of Lincoln.
 Citizens of Congress will give St. Patrick's ball,
 Mrs. Wilmot Pentland is in Mercy hospital sick.
 W. II. Dickson, of Oak Creek, is in Prescott today.
 The temerature this morning was 34 degrees above zero.
 H. E. Armitage came up from the Hercules mines this morning.
 Mark Paterson and Chas. Suber, of Walker. are in Prescott today.
 A. s. Haskell of Jerome is paying Prescott a business visit today. = A. D. Hammond was an arrival from Benton Harbor. Mich. last evening.
 The Catholic Knights are arranging to give a grand St. Patrick's day ball.
 Mr. and Mrs. c. G. Fennell of Val Verde. came in for last nights opera.
 W. L Johnson went to Cedar Glade today to see about his wood interests at the place.
 Ranger Webb was exonerated by a coroner's jury for killing man re- gently at Douglas.
 Maricopa county is advertising for proposals for the construction Of a branch jail at Wickenburg.
 Dave Finney. the well known ran cher of the Montezuma Wells section, is trading in Prescott today.
 L. Schwab. of Switzerland, is a guest at Hotel Burke. He is repre- senting the great Schwab steel com binatiOn.
 Storm symptoms were on this morn ing according to forecast of weather bureau but the storm failed to ma terialiZe.
 Clay Simpson was on trial yesterday before Justice Talbot. and a jury on
 -Thn faIl lad to agree on a verdict
 The afternoon has been spent in Justice TaIbot's court securing new jury in the beef killing case against young Clay Simpson.
 The first hospital car of the South ern Pacific railway has just been placed in commission, and will be located at San Antonio.
 With bill introduced in each house providing for it, Prescott should have no trouble in getting a manual training school
 J. s. Swartz, the well known painter and sign writer. died at his home this morning after an illness lasting sev- eral months. No arrangements have been made yet for the funeral.
 Morris GoIdwater. of the firm of M. Goldwater & Bro. left for the east to- day. He will visit Chicago, New York and other points for the pur- pose of laying in an immense stock of goods for their Prescott and Phe- nix stores.
 c. W. Woods. travelling freight and passenCer agent for the St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad company, came up from Phenix this morning and is spending the day in Prescott in the interest of his road. He will return to PheniX tonight
 For several weeks there has been a freight gorge all along the main line of the Santa Fe which has resulted in a scarcity of freight for this sec ton. In fact the thing has reached a uO.nt wher. our merchants are badly l handicapped for want of merchandise.
 Mrs. J. E. McNeely. wife of Engi- neer McNeeiy. of the $. F. P. and r. railroad. returned to her home in Ast i Fork today after a stay in Prescott of several months with her parents | Mir. and Mrs. Howe. Mrs. McNeely has just recovered from a sick spell o several weeks duration.
 H. K. Belden. one of the Pacific ! coast managers of the Hartford lnsur ance company is ill town, making hl headquarters with Martindell q ] Horne. the Prescott agents of th' company. This is one of the mos substantial fire insurance companle of the country.
 The latest statehood news iron Washington is that Arizona is goinl to absorb New Mexico. These Nev Mexico fellows have had heaps of ful at our expense. Now the worm ha turned and we are liable to get tha territory in our vest pocket, leglsla ture. interpreters and all.-Democrat
 Billy Dugan returned today iron San Diego where he went a few day ago to figure on the steam heating and plumbing of large government contract. He did not succeed in cap turing this plum but did get good contract. while there. that o putting in the heating plant for tn new county hospital. The contrac
 is good for about 5000. 90 he feel
 that the trip was success Two Chaldean missionaries arrive in Prescott this morning from tn south. They were unable to tai : enough English to make their want
 known. but from what could b . learned they wanted to make thei . way to Los Angeles but were almos without means. The only man the , found who could understand them g all was G. B. Braievich. and he coul
 make out very little of what the , sad.
 : An advertisement of E. J. Arnol and company's cooperative stables o' ] cupied a whole page of PheniX papt . recently. The fattering inducemeI
 of two per cent week or l04 per ceI a year was offered to all investors, (
 a person investing 5000 was to receiN D weekly returns of Sl00. Another Ph'
 nix paper now contains the announc' I ment that the thing has busted. " Iv n per cent a week beats the newspap' f business.
 I The right of way for the PheniX al D Eastern has been about completed C t this end by Mr. Randall. and we ul : derstatnd that as soon as the compaI e receives a guarantee that all the col ' struction material can be placed (
 the ground. work will commence ( b. this end of the road says the BensC II Press. Mir. Randall has complete 1T the securing of titles for over | r. miles on the PheniX end. and as sot If as he has secured the right of way O l. of Benson, a grading force will -e once be put to work.