Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1905-01-18


81. so per hour.
r. f. Morrison left on Saturday for
Los Angeles where he was summoned T.
to attend a meeting of the stockhold- |
ers of the Mitchell Mining Company.
f. E. Ellinwooi and J. P Dillon
went to Phoenix on Friday night 5
train to be present at the opening of
the legislature on Monday. If there
should happen to be call for duty in
some legislative position with an at
tractive salary attached to it, Mr..
Dillon may possibly respond to it and
remain three during the session.
Mrs. Shadreck, who has been visit
ing Mr.. and Mrs Peck, at Lynx creek,
for some time, left yesterday for her
home at Albuquerque. Mrs. Shadreck
formerly resided at Lynx creek where
her husband, DR.. Shadreck, was for
merly company physician for the Penn
Gold Mining company. Both of them
are in love with Arizona's climate and
hope to return here again to reside.
NJ. Goldwater K Bros have their an
nouucement for their annual rummage
sale in this issue. The sale will COM
mence tomorrow morning or about
month earlier than usual on account
of the recent fire in the building
which damaged some of the goods with
smoke and water. This firm gives
genuine bargains in these rummage
sales which have become feature
annually of the firm.
J. S. Bright, of the contracting firm
of Bright & Drew left yesterday for
Los Angeles on brief visit. The firm
has quite an extensive contract for
changing a portion of the grade of the
S. f. P. & P. railroad at Bell canyon
near Kirkland and are also figuring on
a contract in California, which if
awarded to them will give them three
years steady WORK. Mr. Bright was
resident of Prescott in 1867.
J. y. Rodenburg received a telegram
last night from his son julius at Oak
land, California, announcing the
death of Mrs Inez Roden burg. Her
death occurred last evening but the
telegram contained no particulars con
corning either her illness or her
death. The announcement came as
complete surprise to Mr.. Rodenburg
as he was not aware of his daughter
in laws illness.
News was received here last night
that L. W. Greer, an engineer at Oc-
tave. has lost his eyesight through an
explosion OF some kind, the particu-
lars of which were not learned All
that is known is that he and those
with him left Octave for Phoenix to-
day arriving at Congress Junction just
after the freight train had left, hop
ing they might catch that train. They
then telegraphed that they would be
down on the regular passenger train
this morning. Mr.. Greer is a cousin
of R. E Mccall an engineer at the
Phoenix city water works. -Repbuli-
can.
Col. J. S. Cooper, of Chicago, &C
companies by his sister, Mrs Burns,
passed through Prescott on Saturday
morning on a special train en- route
to Phoenix. where the formers daugh-
ter had died The evening previous.
Their train arrived in Prescott about
/ 9 clock in the morning and after
stop OF ten minutes proceeded on its
way. Miss Mary Grace Cooper, daugh-
/ ter of Col. Cooper, who has resided in
Phoenix for the past nipe years was
taken seriously i'll last Tuesday and
Col Cooper and sister left Chicago
on the limited train, hoping to reach
Phoenix in time to see her before her
death, but in this they failed as she
died about 4 o'clock on Friday after
noon.
The ball given by members of troop
L 9TH cavarly at Whippie on Friday
evening was a very elaborate and plea
SAINT analr. i great many people from
Prescott were present to enjoy the
princely hospitality Of Uncle Sam 5
fighting contingent and the latter
showed that they understand the art
of entertaining perfectly. The coca
sion was graced by the presence of the
officers aud their wives during the
early part of the evening. The dance
was given in the spacious hall of the
new barracks and was a sort of dedi-
catory ceremony as the men will occu-
py the comfortable quarters afforded
by this building in few days. Con
veyances were furnished to their
guests from Prescott both in taking
them our and bringing them back at
the close of the ball.
Forest Ranger W. P. Mcleod was in
tOWn Yesterday from VDv creek He