Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1904-12-21
LOCAL BRIEFS.
From Sundays Daily

H. A. Smith will leave today for hi!
 home in Peoria, Illinois.
 Mrs. Fen s. Hildreth entertained
 the Euchre club on Friday afternoon at her residence in Otis addition.
 John Barry came in from his mining property on Lynx creek yesterday and reports satisfactory progress a4d showing at the mines.
 While jumFiJg rope few days since little Eva Iia-in tripped and feii breaking her -rm. This makes the fifth time that she has had her arm broken withiJ year.
 FEE. EIlil wood. district attorney elect, yesterGay filed his bond of 5000 with the board of supervisors. The Pacific Surety company is his financial guarantee for that sum.
 Lyle P. Conner, the financial agent for the Crittenten Home went out to Mayer this morning in the interest of that institution. He will visit McCabe and possibly other camps before re turning to Prescott.
 The finest display of electric read ing lamps ever seen in Prescott, or shown in the Prescott electric win dow. The company has taken great <o fO 11f goods for the holidays not only in lamps, but in all electrical goods.
 Mir. and Mrs. A. J. Thayer, Of Hampton, Iowa, father and mother of Miss Louise Thayer, the operator Of the Journal Miner Simplex type set ting machine, arrived in Prescott last evening to take up their residence here.
 Mir. and Mrs. J. c. Palmer are in town from Fossil Creek, where the former is employed as superintendent Of the Arizona Power Construction company. They vii remain here un- til Tuesday when they will leave for Los Angeles to spend the holidays with Mrs. Palmer's relatives. Mrs. Palmer has been absent from home for over a year and half.
 The Prescott National bank has just circulated among the residents Of Prescott very beautiful calendars for the year 1905. The calendars are what are known as hangers and are very artistic both in design and execution, being ornamental as we'll as useful.
 Last evening party of nine boys and seven girls with Misses Ethel Dayton and AImira Wilder as leaders, all with mysterious bundles, made pleasant surprise on Miss Edna Young of 7l0 Western avenue. It was one of those good old fashioned parties and a good time was enjoyed by all.
 Mir. and Mrs. W. L. Coffin are re- joicing over the arrival at their house i of fine girl baby on December 18th. | It was an event of considerable impoy- ] tance to them as we'll as to brothers ! and sisters Uf the father. It is the 1 first born to the couple and while l there are ten boy cousins to the young lady, she is the only girl. MT. Coffin i is a brother of Mrs. E. s. Clark.
 During these nights, while the Storm | frfo sr i'm ,-k s- turned in sort of lodging house. The jurors who are engaged in the l trial of the case are supplied with two | quilts and a blanket to each man ] which are spread on the floor and the ] jurors occupy them during the night. Deputies Cook and Heisler. also have a mattress each which are placed in froIt Of the door of the court room to prevent communication with the jurors.
 A. J. Head has an electric light at the entrance to the Head house which wlnks at every young lady, old lady or any other Told person. who looks at it after dark. It will not only wink once but will keep up a regular Irritation by winking and blinking, if person will only stop and look at it. The electric light globe contains a mechanical contrivance whereby the current Is shut off and again turned on at intervals. While common il large cities this the first one to be in troduced in Prescott.
 Mrs. l.. B. Corbin died at an early [ hour on Saturday morning after ali operation in which one of her limbs l was smputated. She has been suf- ferer for some time and only recently returned from Los Angeles, where she had been in a hospital for several weeks and underwent an operation. { Deceased was beloved by all who knew l.. l