Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1903-10-07
THE LOCAL NEWS......
 ......CITY AND COUNTY
From Saturdays Daily.

John Sorg left this morning for his ! home at San Jose, California.
 Max Alwours was in town today hay ing recovered from his recent illness. The open season for deer this year lasts from September l5 to Novem- Der l.
 Mrs. Reese Nj. Ling sreturned on Thursday evening from her visit to Jerome.
 Clarence DavIs, of Juniper, came in yesterday to attend the funeral of his mother.
 J. C. Herndon is at home again from Williams where he went on profes- sional business. 70 F. A. Tritle has accepted position in the auditors ofilce of the $. F. ?. & P. railroad.
 The funeral of the late zMrs. P. E. Davis took place sthis afternoon from the Baptist church.
 Prof A. J. Matthews of the Tempe normal school came up on this morn ing's train for a short visit.
 Joe McNulty has returned from his California visit. While there he at tended the marriage of his sister.
 Howard Burmister and M E. Morin went up to Rock Butte on this morn ing's train for a deer hunt of couple of days.
 A. J. Doran returned this morning from attending meeting of the board of managers of the St. Louis exposi- tion.
 A. E. Frankie has resigned his posi- tion as foreman of the Val Verde smelter and left this morning for Chi cago. Mrs. J. D. Bethune, of Los An geles, will arrive on tonight's train for visit with her daughter Mrs. w. c. Brandon.
 W. c. Sanders, storekeeper for the s. F. P. X P. railroad left this morn- ing to spend a ten days's vacation, fishing at San Diego.
 Work on the pipe line of the new gas works has reached point in the alley between Hotel Burke and the Journal- Miner office
 Leroy Anderson will leave on Sun day for Taylorville, Illinois, to attend court there in connection with the Crowned King litigation.
 H. P. Anewalt went up to Ash Fork today to meet General Freight Agent Edward Chambers of the Santa Fc road, and have a conference with nin.
 MT. and Mrs. R. B. Burmister will leave on Sunday for a short visit iA 1 California. Miss Helen Burmister will accompany them and will enter | school there again.
 Thomas Fisher, who went to San 1 Francisco a few weeks ago for the | benefit of his health has returned and i is now in the Mercy hospital in qui;e l a critical condition.
 The dance given at the Athletic 1 club last evening was very enjoyable ! affair and it was attended by a large | number of ladies and gentlemen. The | club is noted for is pleasant parties.
 G. W. Middleton left on this morn ing's train for New York on mining business. As his business will detain him there for some time, Mrs. Mid oleton accompanied him for a visit.
 T. l.. Harris, business manager of the Journal Miner will leave on Sun day for visit to his old home at Hamburg, Iowa. He expects to be ab- sent about three weeks and on his re- turn will be accompanied by his wife and children who are now there The report of his going to Chicago. as published by the evening news guess CT, was simply another case of Canu- ANAAAs as AiC AidlS AAb llAANllAlO4 Ol kO4uA to Chicago.
 Deputy Sheriff Geo. Heisler went north on yesterdays train on official business. He wired the sheriff office today that be had been successful in his mission and had in custody Harry Upson who is charged with forging the name of the Mother Superior of Mercy hospital to check of s25 on the bank of Arizona. The check was cashed in one of the Prescott saloons. and as soon as it was found that it was a forgery complaint was lodged against him. He was arrested on the line of the Santa Fe railroad.
 The funera! of little Lavina Bailey. daughter of Mir. and Mrs. L. Nj. Bail ey, took place this morning from the Catholic church and was attended by a large cOneourse of sympatbizing friends of the afflicted family. After nearly every member of the family had gone through a siege of typhoid fever this little one was stricken with pneumonia, and despite all the skill of physicians and the loving care and nursing of devoted parents, its life went out leaving, an aching void in the hearts of its relatives-a void which time only can heal
 Charles E. Pearce, superintendent for Grant Bros. railroad contractors. was in town today. He says the rail road track is laid about three miles beyond Middleton at present and i within the next three weeks it will be laid to the summit. The grade is completed to the summit and there is about one mile of grade completed be- yond the summit. Altogether there is gap of incompleted grade between it and the summit. The grading force is kept up at about 25O men, and it is expected to have the grading complet- ed to Grown King by the end of Feb ruary or middle of March. The Jewish people of this city have decided tO start a Sunday school here, where their children may be taught their religion. The matter has ? been thought of some. and mentioned a several times by prominent Hebrews '