Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1904-04-06

few days left this morning for hi
 home.
 Mrs. B. B. Dolly left today for Me
 Cabe to join her husband who ha
 charge of the switch board of the tele
 phone company at that place.
 Owing to the congested condition
 of business in Justice Talbot's cour
 the preliminary examination of J.
 H. Mulrein has been postponed until
 next Tuesday.
 Ernest Heydom and Miss Ida Nixon, both of Prescott, were married March 30, by Probate Judge c. P. Hicks, at the residence of MT. and Mrs. Wm. Brobst.
 There was an exchange this morn ing of about score of passengers in Prescott on the north bound train, that many getting off here and an equal number getting on.
 Grading for the street railroad has reached point almost opposite the old O. K. store and the ties are laid practically up to the end of the grade. Rails were laid yesterday for dis tance of two blocks.
 B. W. Zachau returned this morn- ing from a visit to Florence and incl dentally from a trip to Los Angeles. He went to the latter place some time since, and on his return went through Prescott to Florence without stopping here.
 Justice Talbot, this morning, con- cluded the preliminary examination of Dr. J. B. McNslly, on charge of carelessness in administering an anes- thetic causing the death of Opal Ken nedy. The doctor was discharged from custody.
 H. H. Cloud returned last night from his visit to Los Angeles. His wife, who was taken in there sick, has about recovered, while their little boy, who fell down a sixty foot shaft in now able to walk and will soon be as we'll as ever.
 A car load of mules, fourteen in number, arrived in Prescott yesterday for Whipple Barracks. Whipple is commencing to take on its old time activity aside from the activity of the large force employed in the construc- tion of the new buildings.
 Miss Laura Irwin, of Phenix, has been elected grand secretary of the Grand Lodge of Good Templars, vice A. P. Walbridge, who rendered his resignation on account of leaving the territory. Mir. Walbridge had held the position nearly ever since there was a grand lodge of Good .Templars.
 Harry L. Heck came in last night from Los Angeles, where he has been for several months. Mir. Heck is en- gagged in mining in Mchave county in addition to his piano business. After brief stay here he intends go- ing to Douglas on a business trip and may decide to remain there per manently.
 J. H. Emmert and U. T. CIotfelter returned this morning from Florence where they had been in attendance of court. Car "Ninety Eight" was attached to the north bound train and the couple went to Ash Fork in it to meet E. D. Kenna, vice president of the Santa Fe and chief counsel for the company, who is returning east from a visit to Los Angeles.
 Phenix Elks last night elected the following officers: NJ. O. Bicknell, exalted ruler; Harry Tasfe, esteemed leading knight; R. A. Warner, es teemed loyal knight Frank Connolly, esteemed featuring knight; Claude Ar thur, tyler; Rupert Doris, secretary c. H. Akers, treasurer; Frank Ly- man, representative to the grand lodge
 A cold wave set in last evening sending the mercury away below freez- ing point. The cold spell was pre-. dicted by the weather bureau. In fact the latter never misses its prediction on cold weather, but comes about as nearly being correct in its predictions for rain as the "hurld' was in the l election of pope few moons ago.
 Word has been received here of the death. in San Francisco, few days ago of Chris Linde, former old time | resident of Prescott. MT. Linde left | Prescott several years ago and went to South Africa, returning later to this country. He has been sick in the German hospital in San Francisco for about two years.
 Seeing the big crowd at the railroad | station today, an eastern tourist in quired if this was an excursion day. | When informed that it was not, but | that it was the usual number, who | were to be seen on the arrival of a tarin, he remarked that Prescott must | be a big place. When further inform ed that only small portion of the population was there he seemed still more greatly surprised.
 The numerous reading rooms pro- vided for employees of the Santa Fe railway system are in a class by them selves. They are not smere places in which to read-a sort of Carnegie li- brary in miniature-though the de- mand steadily increases for high class like the works of Eliot, Ebers, Kingsley and Irving. They have become social and educational centers. They promote high think ing, high living and rational enjoy ment.
 The examination of J. W. Doty was held before Probate Judge c. P. Bicks today. The unfortunate mans son told the story of his fathers afflic- tion saying that he first noticed the symptoms about three weeks ago. At l. l. .-,, ko -o l