Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1904-03-23
THE LOCAL NEWS...... ......CITY AND COUNTY

Sheriff W. W. Cook, of Maricop, county, came up on this mornings train.
 Mrs. J. A. Hope and Miss Nelli, Drake returned this morning from 6 visit to Phenix.
 Ben Spier, a commercial man from Brooklyn, New York, left on thi: mornings train.
 J. s. Detwiler, the well known s. F. P. X P engineer, left today for Los Angeles on a business visit.
 Mir. and Mrs. Howel Jones and their daughter left for their home at Topeka, Kansas, this morning.
 Posters received at this office an- neunce that the Floto Shows will ap- pear in Prescott on Saturday. April 9.
 The funeral of the late I. C. Taylor took place yesterday afternoon. There was a large attendance at the funeral.
 D. J. Sullivan went down to Con- gre-s last evening to look atfer his ex- tensive mining interests in that sec tion.
 The drug store of ". P CovilIaud was closed this morning under an at tachment by A. J. Head. The closing will only be temporary.
 Mir. and Mrs. John Burns came up on today's train from the south. They reside at Morenci, where MT. Burns is superintendent of railroad.
 P. \. Nissen, general manager for the Douglas, Lacey & Company's properties in this county, left this morning on business trip to Los An geles.
 Fred Hilderbrandt and family e. turned to Prescott last night after stay of few months in California. They left this morning for their home in Dewey.
 G. W. Hull returned to his home in Jerome today after a brief visit in Prescott. A party of English capital ists who are interested in mining with him are visiting Jerome.
 Charles E. Murphy, of Detroit, Michigan, son of Simon J. Murphy, arrived on this morning freight train from San Francisco. He will go to Phenix on tonight's train.
 Geo. c. Bowman, assistant revenue collector for New Mexico and Arizona, who has been spending several days in this city, left this morning for Albu- duerque, his headquarters.
 Mr. and Mrs. Geo. c. Ruffner have returned to Tempe, from visit to the Agua Caliente springs and will re- main there for some time, or until warm weather drives them north.
 4 private car of the Elgin, Joliet & Eastern railway was attached to this mornings north bound train. Its oc- cupants were the wife and children of A. F. Banks, president of the above company.
 John Berry who was arrested a couple of days on complaint of his brothers charging him with having burned wagon belonging to them, was tried before Justice Talbot this afternoon and discharged.
 J. E. Perry, of Tucson, arrived on this mornings train and is a great guest at the Yavapai Club. Mir. Per- is Grand Master of the Grand Lodge l. o. o. F. or this territory and will pay an official visit to Pres colt lodge this evening.
 Wallace Fsirbank recently made donation to the public library of about 100 volumes of very choice books. A few public spirited and generous citizens like this would soon swell the books in the library to a handsome number.
 pr. E. A. Lee, of Louisiana, who spent several weeks in this section last summer is expected here tomor- row. He is accompanied by patient of his who comes to Prescott to enjoy the fine Arizona climate, and to re- ceive the health restoring benefits of it.
 Park Roper, who has been visiting his brother R. J. Roper in Prescott for two weeks left this morning for his home at Santa Ana, California. MT. Roper is engaged in the stationery and book business in that town being the owner of the largest store of that kind in Santa Ana.
 It is stated that the Santa Fe com pany after a trial of several months with the monster freight engines has ordered fifty more of the same class for freight work Each locomotive will weigh 4SO, GOO pounds ready for the road. A number Of new engines for passenger service have also been ordered.
 J. NJ. Salter, the wool buyer, who was taken ill with pneumonia shortly after his arrival here a week ago, is very sick man today. His wife arrived from Denver on Monday night and re- mains constantly by his bedside. While his condition iS serious the at tendant physician has hopes of bring ing him through his sickness.
 The members of Mangus Tribe No 1, Red Men, of Jerome, have sent out invitations to their second great ghost dance which will be given in the opera house at the great copper camp tomorrow night, March IT, The Red Men only recently reorganized in Je- rome and it is said they have one of the largest and most prosperous lodges in the territory.