Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1905-03-22

horses oiciously siezed her by the shoulder with hIs teeth, biting through
 her clothes and deep into the flesh, also lacerating her arm. Dr. Criley,
 who was called to dress the wound. says that she will recover all right
 but she will have very sore shoulder and arm for several days.
 The Florence Enterprise tells of the difficulties experienced by J. F. Hesse while CD route to Benson to commence the survey of tract of land for the government at that place. His party consisted of five men and camp out | fit including some animals and in crossing the Gila river in boat they let the animals swim behind the boat, two mules coming very nearly being drowned. MT. Hesse has contract near Benson also another a little fur ther out from the town and another at Tombstone. He will be employed there for several months.
 Dr. W. E. Day yesterday received a telegram from Alex. Duff at Jerome Junction asking him to come there on the north bound train to attend to a man suffering from pneumonia and consumption. On arriving at the de- pot the doctor was informed by the train dispatcher that the patient was dead, and hence his services were not needed. On inquiry it was learned that the deceased was named R. Duff, that he was from Dundee, H., and that he came to the Junction recently suffering from consumption and subsa- quently had an attack of pneumonia which proved fatal.
 The Journal Miner is indebted to Augustin Pima, Mexican consul at Phoenix for a very neatly printed pamphlet entitled, "Mexico, Yester- day and Today" The pamphlet con- tains very interesting information concerning our sister republic. The book was printed in Spanish, French and German under the authority of the Mexican government for distribu- tion at the St. Louis exposition. hence the information contained within its covers is authentic and reliable. It contains a complete epitome of the re- public of Mexcio, its political his tory, Its industrial, enterprises of all kinds and is multum in parvo in its statistical information.
 E. Van Patten, formerly of Skull valley has located at Arizona and California Junction just north of Wickenburg and has engaged in busi- ness at that point. In letter receiv- ed at this office from him he states that work is progressing fairly well on the construction of the A. & c. rail road grade considering the weather. of about twenty miles and work is still continued as the weather permits. He says that the company has done considerable work at the Junction, having put in Y and passing switch have erected station house and sev- ersl other buildings. He says that the business outlook for the junction town is quite promising as several parties have located there.
 From Fridays Daily.
 Yesterday was a day that tried mems soles.
 The street car line was dug out of the mud yesterday and put in opera tion again.
 c. M. Raibie went over to Jerome yesterday to assess that part of the county. He will take in the Verde valley on the trip.
 F. L. Wright and T. c. Job have gone to Tucson on business which will require their presence there for ten days or two weeks.
 George Thomas has received pro- motion in the Prescott National bank | and George Meade has taken the posi- tion formerly occupied by him.
 The B-B company had one of the fin est displays of St. Patrick day en- blems in their show window yesterday | that has ever been seen in Prescott. !
 Col. J. F. Wilson is engaged at pres ent in cleaning up his office in the Hawkins building and in arranging his library preparatory to resuming the practice of law in Prescott.
 John Howell, formerly of this coun- | ty passed through Kingman few days since on his way to Australia, where | he is engaged in mining. MT. Howell is over eighty years old, but is said to be hale and hearty still.
 Frank Nevin embalmed the body of Ross Duff, who died at Jerome Juno tion on Wednesday and yesterday sent a casket out to the Junction to ship the remains to his former home in Illinois.