Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1903-06-17

From Fridays Daily.
Mrs. F. W. Dugas, from near Stod-
dard, is visiting relatives and friends
in town for several days.
Those who came up from Phenix
this morning report that very heavy
rain fell in that city last night.
Messrs. c. P. Collins,J. H. Leonard
and gentleman by the name of Hum,
came up from Octave this morning.
Gus Hershfield, the we'll known
sporting man of Phenix, passed
through on this mornings train bound
for Chicago.
Mrs. J. H. Hise and her daughter,
Miss Snyder, came up from the south
this morning from visit 5to the min
ing properties being operated at Pla-
ceritas by Mr.. Hise.
Sheriff A. V. Lewis, of Cochise
county, came up from the south this
morning looking for witnesses. Court
is in session in that county and the
officers are having their regular round
up of witnesses.
In the trial of the two Mexicans,
Andreas Venegas and Domingo Desc
to, in the district court yesterday on
charge of horse stealing, the former
was found guilty and the latter was
acquitted.
In fixing up frame for the exhibit
ton of a screen door in the big show
windows of the Bashford- Burmister
company's store yesterday afternoon,
a timber accidentally struck one of
the large plate glass and broke it into
thousand pieces. This Is the third
large glass that has been broken in
this window.
Mrs. E. d. Treadwell went to Ash
Fork Thursday with the intention of
going to San Francisco, but was in
formed that there would be no west
/ bound train pass Ash Fork for two
days, so she came back to Prescott
and took new start this morning.
There were five passenger trains ex-
pected to pass through Ash Fork to-
day from the east.
An enormous crowd of people turn
ed out last night to listen to the CON
cert by the Tent City band and to
hear the lecture by A. A. Weiss, which
was illustrated by over 100 splendid
views. The lecture was listened to
by probably 1000 people and was a
fine talk on the subjects handled. The
out doors band concert has ever
been excelled by any band that has
ever visited the city.
A. H. Gunnett, field superintend-
ent of the Child's Home Association,
of Los Angeles, is visiting Prescott
in the interests of the home. This in
stitution has done a world of good
since its organization ten years ago.
In that time it has found good homes
/ for about $50 homeless children. Dur
ing the past year they have cared for
At of these poor little helpless Great
ures, and the good that will come of
this kind of work may never be known
in this world
Engineer Gus Barth went to Ash
Fork this morning to meet his father
and mother who are expected to ar
rive at that place today from an ex-
tended visit in the north and west.
They will accompany him home to
Prescott this evening and remain here
for several days before returning to
their home in Wichita, Kansas.
Monday afternoon at o'clock, the
closing exercises of the junior depart
ment, st. Joseph's Academy, will take
place in the lecture room of the Cath
Ollie church. On Tuesday, at the same
hour, the primary class will give an
entertainment in the same place, and
on Wednesday evening, at 40 o'clock
the seniors will present a play, 1.-THE
Champion of Her Sex Diplomas
for completion of grammar course
will be given on Wednesday evening
No admission fee will be charged.
Friends and patrons of the academy
cordially invited.
Manager Shumate, of the Granite
Dells summer resort, has just com
pleted the new pavilion at that place.
1t is capable of seating between 300
and 400 people, is entirely covered
with heavy canvas and is one of the
finest pavillions in the territory. Mr.
Shumate has spent a pile of money
this spring in putting this resort in
fine shape so that our people could
have pleasant place to go and spend
a day or go and stay a few weeks, if
they so desired, and there is not a
more pleasant place for rest and rec
reation anywhere than Granite DelIs.
P. Mohn u Co. received word early
this morning from Mayer that G.. W.
Hill, a rancher near that place, had
died about o'clock and were asked
to send a casket out on the s 80 train.
The casket was sent and the body will
be brought to Prescott this evening at
80 and the funeral will take place
tomorrow morning. The deceased was
about 60 years of age and had been
suffering for long time with kidney
trouble.
The death OF W. NJ Munds, which
was announced in these columns last
evening, has caused a pang of real
sorrow in the hearts of a great many
of the people of this county, and es-
, pecially is this so of the old time res
| idents of this section. Mr.. Munds
came to this county about twenty five
years ago, coming here from Oregon.
He had been on the frontier of Texa:
before going to Oregon, which made
5 him a pioneer of the western country
, all his life. He was a man of the
strictest integrity, kindest of hearts
} and firmest of friendships, and hi
5 friends Fwere legion in kthis part O
Z the territory. When the town of Je
rome was incorporated some thre,
years ago he was chosen as its frs
I mayor. For the past year his healtl