Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1903-07-29
1.-THE LOCAL NEWS.
s ......QTY And COUNTY
From Saturdays Daily

Captain Christy, of Phenix, is in
town today.
B. A. Fowler came up from Phenix
this morning.
NJ. S. Taft has returned from his
visit to California.
j. G. Spangler, of Mesa City, came
up on this mornings train.
DR.. ]. NJ. Swetnam came III on this
mornings train from the south.
Victor Salinger left this morning
for a visit to Rochester, New York.
DR.. Sawyer returned this morning
from a professional visit to Hillside.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Marion Yves
ton, July %. daughter.
A troop of cavalry direct from the
Philippines is expected at WhippIe
within a short time.
Mr. and Mrs. ]. S. Cook left on this
mornings train for a visit to San
Francisco.
Quite crowd of Iron Springs col
onists came in this morning to spend
the day in Prescott.
The fat sack of the United Verde
Copper company evidently looks
good" to some people.
]. E. Jones came in last evening
from Flagstaff on a brief business
visit, returning north again this morn
ing.
Mr.. and Mrs. David Finnie are at
present located in Saticoy, Cali
fornia, pleasant little village near
Ventura.
The Jury in the Joe MackIn adultery
case in the United States court yester-
day evening, acquitted the defendant
on technicality.
Eli S. Perkins left this morning for
St. Johns for a brief visit with his
family and to receive the months ill.,
come of Ships and Herald.
P. n. Nissen, consulting engineer
and mines manager for Douglas, La
cey & Co.. left for California this
morning ON a short business trip.
H. B. Wilkinson,a prominent young
lawyer of Phenix, accompanied by bis
cousin, E.. B. Quackenbush, came in
this morning from Iron Springs for a
brief visit.
Herman Voge left this morning for
a short visit to California where his
family has been for some time. he
will combine business with visit
with his family
Some of H. j. Aliens Prescott
mules do not seem to relish the thistle
diet which the Journal Miner has been
dishing up to them from the brays
which they are emitting.
Fenton E. Jones,a prominent young
business man of Flagstaff, is in town
attending United States court as a
trial Juror. Mr.. Jones is son of j.
E. Jones. the well known Flagstaff at
torney.
DR.. Geo. B. Pratt, of Phenix, came
up on this mornings train accom-
panied by his family. DR.. Pratt will
make professional visit to Flagstaff
and other northern Arizona points,
and his family will remain in Prescott
for a month or six weeks.
James c. Evans and Miss Addie
Tompkins were married Thursday
evening at the home of the bride, on
Alarcon street, by Rev. E. b. Taft
of the Baptist church. After the GER
emony a bountiful dinner was served
to those present.
H. A. Suttle, of Peoria, Illinois, ar
rived on last nights train from the
east for a brief visit here TO look after
his mining interests. Mr.. Suttle Is
interested in the Illizona Mining com
pany's property near Kirkland, also
in the Burlington company's mine in
Big Bug.
President Ripley of the Atchison,
Topeka & Santa Fe, says, regarding
the crop outlook: The harvest OF
wheat in the southwest for 1903 is the
best in the history of our road, Texas
and Oklahoma being far in excess OF
all previous years, while in Kansas
the crop has on only two occasions
equalIed the yield of this year. ="
1t will be sad news to the Append
citis club, which rejoices in the alb
sence of the vermiform appendix, to
learn that the doctors have discovered
a use at last for the organ from which
many have been separated in recent
years After all, nature generally
knows what she is about, even though
the doctors do not always find out.
Officials of the Lake Shore railroad
gave out figures which disprove the
claims of the Great Western worlds
record for long distance run. On
May q last, No. %. the twentieth cen,
tury limited, left Cleveland, at Or
a. m. and arrived at Elkhart, Ind, al
Z :23 a. m. making the time 22l min
utes for DAG. u miles. The record
made by the English road was 24(
miles in 233 "a minutes.
Colonel B. W. Leavell, adiutanf
general of Arizona, has just mustered
in the second cavalry troop in The
territory. 1t is located at Morenci anC
the officers are Captain, Tuthill.
First Lieutenant Purdham and SeconC
Lieutenant McGonigle. There an,
thirty four men in the troop, which
will be mounted and equipped witt
Krag-Jorgensen rifles. The other cav
airy troop is located at Nogales AND
participated in the late Morenci war
Beginning August /, the Southern
Pacific will permit no more passenger
travel on its freight trains not pro
vided with passenger coaches and des
ignated en- the published schedule
"mixed'' trains. Heretofore travel
ing men and all others holding mile
age scrip books have been permitted
70 use freight trains between reCulal
stopping places. This is of cours,