Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1904-02-17
THE LOCAL NEWS...... ......QTY AND COUNTY

California poinsettias for valentines, or sale today at Wooster's at 9 cents each.
 L A. Wood, of the Barkley Preston Stetson Company, left this morning for Los Angeles.
 The citizens of Jerome will hold a mass meeting Feb. 16 to protest against joint statehood.
 A. l.. DeMund, Prescott's popular lumber dealer, is confined to his room with an attack ot grip.
 Miss Mabel Hooker entertained a party of her girl friends this after noon with a valentine party.
 W. c. Parsons, enc of the former owners of the McCabe mine, arrived in Prescott last night from San Fran cisco.
 N. J. Drury, master mechanic of the railroad shops at Winslow, Arizona, has been visiting in Prescott for a day or two.
 The officers picked up an insane Frenchman on the streets yesterday and he has been confined in the coun- ty jail until the probate judge is able to examine into his case.
 Word has been received in this city of the death of Katherine Spencer, the twelve year old daughter of Mir. and Mrs. Spencer, at St. Louis. Mrs. Spencer is the daughter of Governor and Mrs. Tritle.
 The fire delegates met last night and unanimously elected the follow ing officers for the ensuing year: Chief of fire department, A. A. Johns; assistant cbiet, Chas. Kearley; secre tary, Brick Fredericks.
 N. P. Nissen, general manager for Douglas, Lacey & Co.,, in this part of the territory, returned today from a trip east. While in New York he at tended the annual meeting of the stockholders of the company.
 Dick Butler went to Kirkland last night to attend the birthday dance and came home with sand in his eyes. Dick says those people are too long winded for him to keep up with the procession.
 An alarm of fire called out the de- partment this afternoon the cause be- ing the burning out of hue at N. NJ. McDonald's residence. The fire was extinguished and very little damage was done.
 Mrs. J. c. Slaughter, sitser of Mrs Ed Derham, who has been visiting here for some time has returned to her home in Tombstone. She will prob ably return here to make her home in the near future.
 A. J. Doran came up from Phenix this morning. While in that city he attended a meeting of the Worlds Fair commission and considerable inn portant business in connection with Arizona's exhibit at St. Louis was transacted.
 F. A. Boze, Geo. Noll and T. D. Irish. who have recently finished their enlisted term in Uncle Sam s army, left this morning for their homes in the east, the first two going to Richmond, Va, while the latter goes to Kansas City.
 Newspaper men are proverbial hust- lers, but the limit was reached at the county jail yesterday when Mir. Wal ters, representing a coast publica- tion, canvassed that institution. And the strangest part of it was that he se- cured a subscriber among the prison ers.-Gazette.
 Gov. A. O. Brodie, one of the most popular governors Arizona ever had, was here the first of the week. He was here to lend his aid and influence in behalf of the citizens of this coun- ty in establishing the boundary line between the Navajo Indian reservation and this county.-Flsgstaf Gem.
 There were several people went from Prescott Ito Kirkland to attend the birthdaty dance given in honor of Miss Clara Dickson at tbe home of MT. and Mrs. Oakman near Kirkland. They report having had fine time, the dancers not being satisfied to stop until SIX o'clock this morning.
 There was lively fist fight in the alley back of the Journal Miner office this afternoon, the combatants being miners. It is understood that the trouble grew out of differences of opinion on the union question. While no battle ships were damaged it is said several "schooners'' sunk both before and after the battle.
 The call for the county republican convention and primaries will be found in this issue of the Journal Miner. The date of the convention has been changed from what the first announcement was to March 4. This was done in order to give the dele gates time to reach Tucson for March &.
 J. R. McNaughton, son of Mrs. Ter esq Greenwood, of Fort Whipple, is lying very ill at the Mercy Hospital from the effects of an operation upon Monday and was some better Tuesday, but on Wednesday he grew worse and he is still very low. MT. McNaughton is an employe of the railroad shops, where he has been for three or four years.
 ". s. Head, one of the pioneers and leading citizens of the Verde valley, returned to Prescott Thursday night after spending the winter in California. He visited all along the coast as far north as 100 miles above San Francisco, and reports the farm CTS of northern California in good shape with excellent prospects for crops, but in the southern part the droutb has already hurt them to