Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1904-03-02

DER CO.,. NEW YORK.
 | to Cincinnati for burial in the family
 cemetery.
 Word was received here yesterday
 that Irene Curry, grand daughter of
 James Miles, who has been quite sick
 in Phenix for several days is now i'm
 proving slightly.
 W. F, Peters, an employe of the
 United Verde mine, met with a hor-
 rible death there on Sunday. He was
 brakeman on the motor, and in run ming a car of slag to the edge of the dump he went over with a pot of mol ten slag and was burned to death.
 The following complimentary notice from the evening "guesser" is highly appreciated by the editor of this pa- per: 'The Journal Miner is getting to be pretty fair paper since the ed itor and proprietor has been away
 Harris does pretty we'll when let alone in the way of getting locals. We have heard several remark that the paper has improved lately"
 J. c. Reiman, son of Chris Reiman.
 left this morning for Oxnard, Cali fornis Mir. Reiman recently gave his son an interest in his business in that city and the young man goes there to personally look after the business. He is very bright young man and will undoubtedly be successful business man.
 A notice appears in this issue of the opening for lease of a portion of the Peck mine. The old mine has been a phenomenal producer in the past, and has made several men rich. Lessors in the past have made big 'money in working it, as ore running up in the thousands of ounces in silver have been taken from it.
 The remains of an unknown man were found near the Congress pump l ing plant on Date creek last week. The skull and other bones were scat tered around for several feet. There vas no clew as to the identity of the man and partly filled bottle of laud- anum and another bottle containing chloroform suggested it as case of suicide.
 Miss Viola Wurzburg, daughter of Mir. and Mrs. Henry Wurzburg, former we'll known residents of Prescott, was married at the home of her parents, in Chicago, on Monday, February p, to Lawrence M. Stein, a prominent young business man of Chicago. The Journal Miner extends its most hearty congratulations to the young couple, the bride being a most estimable and worthy young lady and the groom be- ing equally we'll spoken of.
 On Saturday morning at Peach Springs, J. K. Foster, Santa Fe>con- ductor, was shot and instantly killed by tramps whom he was attempting to put off the train. His body fell be- meath the wheels and was cut into shreds. The bullet struck him in the forehead and passed out at the base of the brain. Officers are on the track of the murderers. Several tramps have been arrested and are in jail at Kingman on suspicion.
 P. s. Roper, a brother of Dr. Ralph | J. Roper, arrived on last nights train from Santa Ana for a brief visit with | his brother here. Mir. Roper is a prominent young business man of Santa Ana, and is an old friend of G. | P. Campbell of the Journal Miner force. His first impressions of this vicinity are very favorable, and he is particularly delighted with the invIg- orating atmosphere.
 The editor of this paper returned | last evening from Los Angeles, where he has been for the past three weeks in attendance upon his son, Jay Mar tin, who underwent an operation for appendicitis. The latter is making a speedy resovery, and on Saturday was able to sit up in bed for short time, and unless some entirely unex- pected complication should arise will proE ably be able to return home with in the next ten days.
 P. W. O'Sullivan discovered smoke issuing from Adams Bros. second hand store, in the old "Howey hall" buiid- ing on Sunday afternoon and gave the alarm of fire. The Toughs hose com paDy was the first on the scene, and soon had strong stream of water on the fire, and it was soon extinguished. The contents of the lower floor were badly damaged by fire and water. The origin of the fire was not learned. The loss is said to be fully covered by in- surance.
 l.. NJ. Thomas, who has been run ming on the passenger train between Ash Fork and Phenix as news agent for the past four years, rent through this morning on his last trip over the road in that capacity. He and his brother, H. M. Thomas, of Phenix. h will leave next week for Los Angeles where they will equip themselves | with a complete photographIng outfit and will travel all over the state talk ing photographs. MT. Thomas has { been very popular with the travelling l public since he has been on the road. 4 gentleman by the name of H. Ketchem will take his run.
 When the editor of the Journal Miner left Los Angeles on Saturday night the rain was falling there in r torrents and the streets were flooded with water the result of several hours | -ain during the day. Reports were to t he effect that the rain was general L