Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1903-10-14

tion furnished on application to his
office. The government reserves the
right 10 reject or accept any or all
bids or parts thereof. Bids will be
opened at three O'Clock p. m. Octo-
Der D.
Smiths meat market was burglar
lied couple of nights since and So 60,
which had been taken in after the
cash for the day had been made up, and
which had been hidden away was
stolen. AS the money was hidden in
an out of the way place and not left
in the cash drawer the indication is
that some one bad been watching MIR.
Smith when be put the money away.
{ The sum was rather small one for a
man taking the risk of going to the
penitentiary few years.
Frank Barnes, the seal trainer with
Ringing Brothers circus, who fell off
the circus train near Maricopa. as it
was en- route to Phenix, died yesterday
in Phenix. In the fall Barnes sustain
ed fracture of the skull, and cencus-
sion of the brain. Mr. Barnes was
only about twenty eight years old and
was without a peer in the training of
seals. The seals with the Ringing
Bros. show we're simply remarkable
for their performances.
The city council chamber was the
scene yesterday afternoon of an ami
mated discussion between the mayor
and some of the other officials. Coun-
Gilman Mulvenon presented his resig
nation, but the mayor refused to &C
cept it. The resignation, however,
was not withdrawn but is on file with
the city clerk. E. b. Modem also ten
dered his resignation as city clerk as
there has been considerable friction
between him and the mayor.
The county Jail at present contains
twenty nine prisoners. Of these, nine
are serving sentences under misde-
meanor convictions and twenty are
awaiting the action of the grand jury.
Four others awaiting the action of the
grand jury are out on bail. From
this it will be seen that the criminal
docket of the next term of court
promises to be quite heavy one. As
court will not convene for nearly a
month there is no doubt but this num-
Der will be still further augmented by
the time court opens
The sheriff's office broke all pre-
vious records in the history of this
county last quarter in the collection
of licenses, turning i'll s9035, for the
quarter. On account of the labor trou-
BILE twenty gambling games in the
county were closed during the quarter
and other sources of license also fell
off, but for which the license fund
would have aggregated $1,000 This
is good evidence that the business of
the county, which is in the hands of
the sheriff is being looked after in a
business manner.
From Fridays Daily.
J.R. EsteII was in town from Dewey
today.
J. c. Hurley came up this morning
from Phenix.
f. A. Kastner found a large taran
tula yesterday in a bunch of bananas.
Mrs. E. W. Richardson is in Phenix
where she expects to remain for some
time.
DIR. j. B. McNally returned last
night from a three weeks visit in Cal
ifornia.
Joe Gilbert. who stabbed miner at
Wickenburg recently, has been indict-
ed by the Maricopa grand jury.
The city council at its sessions this
week audited a whole batch of over
due bills. They resolved to hereafter
pay all bills on the 10th of each
month.
Geo. Henry is building "a nice com
Portable residence for himself and
family on Virginia street in Otis addi-
tion.
The consignment of eight monkeys
and two balloons for the Murphy zoo
is due to reach Prescott tomorrow
evening.
a. W. Edwards left this morning to
meet his wife on her return trip to
Prescott. They will arrive here to-
morrow evening.
Charles P Meyers has just com
pleted a nice two story residence in
Otis addition. which he will occupy
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