Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1905-01-11

Pile mines are desirious to retrieve lost !
honors.
William Oliphant has been appoint
ed deputy sheriff at Congress by
Sheriff Lowry. What is the matter
with that vigilant of all officers, Pete
Boscha. The latter is the constable of
that town. Probably he does not want
an extra shift to work on.
The legal firm of Hawkins. Ross &
Anderson has been dissolved by mutual
agreement. Mr. Ross while retiring
from the copartnership, will be iden-
titled with Mr.. Hawkins, and Mr.. An
derson will open private office by
himself. The latter gentleman has
rented offices in the Elk 5 building,
aud after his term as a legislator will
return to Prescott to practice his
profession.
! The Bisbee Review wants the AriZo
ma legislature to meet and adjourn
and then hike off to the big capital of
the nation to scrap the senators on
statehood. The idea of bunch of
Arizona legislators bucking or break
ing into such an institution as the
senate of the United States. Give US
any old kind of statehood in prefer
ence to such rash actions as that.
F. NJ Murphy sends the reassurIng
news from Washington in a telegram
to G. W. Middleton that the possibil
ity of the passage of the Hamilton
statehood bill is not possible under
the conditions in evidence there. Mr..
Murphy is keen politician, and being
on the ground is naturally in the
thickest of the fight and probably
knows what attitude the senators are
in. We trust his prophecy Will BE- full
filed although the situation at the
| present time is an oimnous one.
A Whipple base ball player says that
the soldiers in the recent games at
Phoenix were shot all to pieces by the
Phoenix pitcher, five men being hit on
the body by that twirler, and in taking
the bat in hand at the plate was next
to taking ones life in his hands
Sharpneck, the pitcher for the sold
iers, had his wrist cracked in the first
game by the Phoenix pitcher, and
others met with other injuries We
would suggest to the boys in blue that
they take along thei1 Krag- Jorgensen
implements the next time, so that
rough standof can be made.
/ Miss Clara Lee, young woman who
arrived in Prescott about two months
ago, suffering with hopeless case of
consumption, passed away yesterday
morning at the. Sisters hospital. She
came to this section in the hope that
the climatic conditions would afford
her relief, but SO far advanced was her
disease, that nothing could conquer
this terrible affiiction. She was a
stenographer by profession, and was
employed at Norman, washington.
Her home was in Minnesota, and
pending the receipt of the wishes of
her people as to what disposition will
be made of the remains, Maus & Co.,
are holding the body at their under
taking parlors.
From Saturdays Daily.
Mrs. F. G. Brecht left Wednesday
for San Diego to spend the balance Of
the winter.
J. W. Smith, in charge of tbetOctave
Mining company store at Octave, was
in town yesterday.
7. r. Lee. a we'll known miner of
the McCabe section, is paying Prescott
visit for few days.
The Commercial Trust company has
been appointed trustee of E. H. Mott S
interests as bankrupt.
Captain W H. spangle, of the Glad
stone mine, was visitor to this city
yesterday and left for Phoenix last
night to spend several days in visiting
friends
Mrs. Leroy Anderson, who has been
quite sick for two or three days was
taken to the hospital last evening to
be cared for. While her condition is
quite serious, it is not considered
critical.
The funeral of Mrs. Eliza Dryer
will take place this afternoon at . 30
o'clock from her late residence Rev.
Father Bennett will conduct the ser
vices and the friends of the family are
invited to attend.
The new supervisors, Smith and
Sattes. are very observing and duti-
fully inclined. They are familiarizing
themselves with the various questions
to be sovled and are looking into he
many interests of the county that de-
mand attention.