Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1903-09-30

Fred Williams, the soldier who Twas tried in Justice Talbot's court yester- day on a charge of stealing pair of shaps was found guilty and sentenced to pay a fine of S20.
 Miss Meredith, who has been spend ing the summer with relatives and friends ill West Virginia, returned home last evening and will open her school at Yaeger Canyon next Mon day.
 Judge William Roberts, of Kirk land, is in town to receive medical treatment for an attack of neuralgia and incidentally { visit his daugh- ters, Mrs. F.. A. Kastner and Mrs. Thomas Nolan.
 Prescott is to have another gas fac tory. The capacity of the one which has been in operation for about ten months is not large enough to meet the requirements of the town, al- though it is conceded to be a hum- mer.
 J. C. Herndon left on this morn iug's train for the north. His destin- ation was somewhat uncertain. He expected to meet some parties at Ash Fork, and might continue his journey further, or may return on this evenings train.
 The Mccoy company will open its new bowling alley tomorrow evening. It promises to become a popular re- sort, as the game is fascinating and furnishes good exercise and the place will be run in such manner that none can object to it.
 The annual conference of the Meth odist church opened in Tempe yester day. It is presided over by Bishop Cranston. 1t will continue its session until Monday evening, when the clos ing exercises will be reading the ap- pointments for the year.
 | A suit has been brought against the Poland Mining company for slO, 900 damages alleged to have been sustain ed by Harry Mccullough last Feb ruary, by the explosion of an air re- ceiver Hawkins, Ross & Anderson are attorneys for palintiff.
 There is an unusually large num- Der of commercial travellers in Pres colt at present. One would think that there was a convention of them being held. All report good sales in Prescott which is an indication that business in the town after all is not so very dull.
 One of the greatest electric storms of the season occurred last night. Flash of lightning followed flash un til the roar of thunder was almost continuous. There was quite heavy fall of rain but the heaviest portion of the storm seemed to be south of Prescott.
 F. l.. Joslyn, who left here for the San Jacinto hot springs, California, several weeks ago, has returned to Prescott. He reports very enjoyable trip but did not receive the benefit from the springs that he had hoped for. He says the Castle Creek springs | did him more good than the San Ja- | cintO springs.
 J. H. McSparrin and Miss Libbie R. | Lewis were married in Prescott last | evening by Probate Judge Hicks. The groom has been a resident of this place for some time and is engaged in the freightIng business, while the bride arrived here on last evenings train from near Topeka, Kansas. They will make Prescott tkeir future home.
 Word has been received here that one troop of the Fifth cavalry now stationed at Huachuca, will be order ed to Whipple just as soon as the re- mainder of the regiment arrives from the Philippines, which will be some time in November The troop which will come to Whipple is under com mand of Captain Holbrook, and has been back from the islands only about two months.
 The Prescott Electric company received instructions this morning by wire from their chief, Frank L. Wright, from Los Angeles, to com mence laying gas mains at once. In accordance with instructions a force of men will be placed at work next Monday morning at Willis street in the alley, between Montezuma and Granite streets and mains will be laid the entire length of the alley just as fast as the work can be accomplished. |
 Word was received in Prescott today that Willie Lawler, nephew of Mike and John Lawler, had been killed by a train in Campbell, New York. The | particulars of the accident were not | sent, further than that both legs had | been cut off. The young man was we'll known here, having been in this section for some time, and was at the Hillside mine quite while where he took up the study of assaying. He was bright young man and his death | is cause for deep regret.
 A car loaded with lumber passed | through Prescott on this mornings | freight which attracted general at tention from visitors at the railroad | station. It was car from the Penn | sylvania road, one of the very latest | and most modern ones with a carrying | capacity of 1O0,O pounds or fifty tons, and its load today consisted of over 30, GOO feet of lumber. The lum- Der was for the Phenix & Eastern | railroad. It is not so many years ago | when a car load consisted of ten tons, or 20, 900 pounns. When the capacity was increased to twenty and twenty four tons they were thought to be large. l Cars of forty and fity tons capacity | are now becoming quite common.
 The Peoples hall, on the west side of the plaza has just had two signs painted which are a credit to the sign painters art. There is one on each side of the entrance. They arc repro ductions of the trade mark of the fa-