Weekly Arizona journal-miner. [volume] (Prescott, Ariz.) 1903-1908, 1904-05-11
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today by the sheriff as deputies.
Ed Kaufman, general Representative
of the W. J. Lemp Brewing company
who visited Prescott recently, goin,
south from here, was a passenger OF
this mornings north bound train el
route east.
Governor A. o. Brodie came NJ
from Phenix this morning for a day.
visit in Prescott. He will return t.
Phenix tonight. Mrs. Brodie who
has been quite sick for some time il
better now.
S. E. Bretherton, of the Val Verde
smelter, came in last night to spend
couple of days with his family
and to transact some business. Incl.
dentally he will take in the Mer-
chants carnival.
The condemnation suit of the city
against John Duke was tried before
Judge Sloan today and judgment was
rendered in favor of the city, giving
immediate possession with bond fixed
at $1,000.
There have been seven suits begun
by the tax collector for the collection
of delinquent taxes under the new
law. There will be about two hun
dred of these suits instituted by the
tax collector.
W. E. Smith, an experienced res
tauarnt mau, has rented the CONNER
cial Cafe, and will open 1t next Satur-
day evening at four o'clock. Mr..
Smith is quite we'll known here, hav-
ing been connected with the Cellar
restaurant under the Palace for some
time.
There are now 90 special deputy
sheriffs stationed at the different
places on the main line in this county.
So far there has not been the slightest
Indication of violence or any rash &C
ton among the strikers, and there
seems to be no reason to expect any
without some hot head starts some
trouble.
J. H. Emmert returned today from
a visit to Florence on railroad bust
ness. He reports the completion of
the 600 foot tunnel at the buttes and
also the completion of the temporary
bridge over the ella. Tracklaying
will now be resumed and the track
will be completed to Kelvin early in
June. Kelvin is in the center of
Pinal mining district.
Ed Mahurin, the we'll known resi-
dent of the Verde valley is in town.
He brought Charles Bristow, an insane
patient, twenty two years old in for
Young Bristow comes
of an excellent family aud the cause
Of his trouble is not known. He had
his examination yesterday afternoon,
was adjudged insane and was taken to
the asylum last evening by Deputy
Burns.
A Journal-Mine man WAS at Dewey
4 couple of hours yesterday afternoon
and saw one man kill an arm full of
loves in a few minutes within hun
1red yards of the depot. There are
thousands of doves in that vicinity
and it would make some of the spatter
gun cranks of Prescott dance with
delight to see the droves of them fly
ing in all directions. They are so
-hick that at two different times with
IN five minutes the hunter killed
four doves at each shot.
The custom of issuing passes to
;tockmen on a return trip from &C
shipments of cattle was
discontinued by the western railroads
IN January l. On the I'd of May,
however, the Santa Fe company abro-
gated the order, and will hereafter
ssue passes as before. 1t is the first
1ne of the roads to return to the old
order of affairs. The Santa Fe also
a material reduction on all
ocal freight. This was a voluntary
act on the part of the railroad.
Ed Durham, the we'll known stone
and brick mason and contractor, is
making some valuable improvements
10 his home west of Prescott. He has
put up a fine windmill and a 1000
gallon tank. He has little track of
TWO or three acres of ground and is
liking it up for nice home. He will
raise few hundred chickens for his
OVID use and some for sale. He has
he right idea and will soon have a
place that will be not only valuable
but very comfortable.
Grant Eads, the jolly, good nat
lred stage driver and mail carrier be-
tween Camp Verde and Dewey, came
into Prescott on last nights train and
took in the carnival from the stadium
to the fortune teller and did not even
overlook the peanut stand or the high
wire act. Grant is one of the best
and most careful drivers in the west
and is always "Johnnie-on-th e-spot"
when the clock strikes or the train
whistles. He returned to Dewey this
to make his regular trip to
Camp Verde. He reports business
along his line very good.
]. H. Foley, who was brought to
Prescott several days ago from Ash
Fork by Constable Kelly, on a charge
of insanity, has been examined by the
probate court and discharged, it be-
ing clearly a case of temporary in
sanity induced by long spree and
going without food. Officers of the
law should exercise great care in cases
of this kind before putting the county
to 500 or more expense for nothing.
If a few of these officers we're made to
pay these costs out of their own peck
cts there might be less cases of drunk
en- men being arresed on insanity
charges.
Deputy Sheriff Frank Burns return
ed this morning from Phenix where
be went to take Chas. Bristow 10 the
asylum for the insane. He said Bris-