Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1905-01-25

ed improvement.
 Rev. s. F. Heitman, elder of the Free Methodist church for this dis t1ict, is expected from Phoenix on to- day s train and will preach at Pres colt Mission this evening. All are cordially invited to attend. Other announcements later.
 A wreck occurred on Wednesday near Chalendar, to west bound Santa Fe passenger train. Luckily, howev- CT, no lives were lost among the pas senger A hobo stealing a ride on the baggage car was thrown under the wheels and had one leg cut off and it was thought he might die.
 E. J. Wells and John Lawler have each purchased one third interest ln the Bashford block, the building being owned by Hugo Richards, E. W. Wells and John Lawler. Homer R. Wood, is business agent of the owners and has charge of the rental of the proper ty and the collection of rents.
 The railroad company is putting one of the Carrigan patent dampers in en- zine No. II and when completed will put the engine back on the passenger run against the other engines without dampers. In this way thorough com parative test of the value of the damp CT can be made the previous tests on the road having been independent and with varying loads, that an exact esti- mate of the saving made by it could not be made. There is no doubt of the merits of the invention.
 Mrs. J. c. Palmer wife of the su- perintendent of the Arizona Power company at Fossil creek returned on wednesdy night from spending the holidays with her mother in Los An geles. She was accompanied by her niece, Miss Jessie Carpenter. Both left on Thursday morning for Fossil creek where Mr Palmer is at work, having returned a couple of weeks ago from Los Angeles.
 T. E. Campbell passed through Pres colt yesterday en route to his home at Jerome from visit to Phoenix. He expressed himself as quite incensed at the recent publication charging him with being a secessionist and accusing him of promoting scheme for the division of Yavapai. He characteriz- ed the article as baseless lie without even a spark of truth for its founda- ton and made apparently for the avowed purpose of injuIing him.
 The Benedictine mining people did not take any chance of getting drown ed on their return trip from here. h. stead of going via the M. & P. road and being ferried over the Gila the party took its departure from Phoenix for the Southern Pacific main line, travelling via the Phoenix & Eastern railroad to Florence and thence by stage to Casa Grande. At that point connection was made with the private car and the journey east resumed.
 The recent storm caused a flood which destroyed over Sl00,000 worth of property at Clifton including the public school building and number of lives were also lost the exact num- Der not being known. Five bodies have thus far been recovered. As the floods destroyed the telegraph and railroad woru of the disaster did not get out until several days after the occurrence. The first news of the flood was taken out by travellers who rowed forty miles to the railroad. From Saturdays Dilay.
 James Rybon came in last evening from McCabe.
 Barry N. Goldwater returned to Phenix last night.
 Ed NJ. Blake left last night for his home in Naco.
 Mrs. l. J. CarIlgan came up on yes terday's train from Congress to visit her husband who is in Mercy hospital.
 W. P. Parkhurst, representing the American Tobacco company left for Phoenix last night after a few days spent in Prescott.
 Victor Funder, who has been visit ing his sister, Mrs. P. Jasperson in Prescott for few weeks, left yester- day for Los Angeles.
 Dr. J. K. Mcdonnell was an incom- ing passenger on last nights train from Crown King The doctor was burned out of house office and home by the recent fire at Crown King.
 Hank Bevering has been removed to Mercy hospiaI where the doctors sue ceeded in locating and removing the bullet from his arm.
 Mrs. F. L. Wright returned yesterday from Castle Creek hot springs where | sba hoe baoD ,;e;t;po e., -or,o 4;-..