Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1905-03-01
LOCAL BRIEFS.
From Thursdays Daily.


from Walker.
T. E. Campbell came up on yester-
days train from Phoenix.
George S. Porter came in on last
nights train from Los Angeles.
Ed Shievely, of Ash Fork, left for
home yesterday, after a short visit in
Prescott.
DR.. F. W. Sawyer returned yester-
day from a visit to Castle creek hot
springs to visit patient.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. L. Wright left on
Yesterdays train for weeks visit in
Los Angeles, where the former goes
on business.
The Yavapai club gave very pleas
ant dance to its members last night.
In spite or Indictment weather there
was good attendance.
Slight showers of rain occurred
again yesterday while towards evening
it settled down to steady fall and
continued for several hours with in
dications of keeping it up all night.
The funeral of the late Peter Bow.
man will probably take place today
from the parlors of Fl. NJ. Maus & Co.,
although at a late hour last night
nothing definite had been arranged in
reference to it.
A car containing $1,000 pounds of
merchandise was sent out on the
Crown King train yesterday. 1t was
the first supplies that have been gotten
over the railroad for nearly three
weeks.
L. L. Gatewood, of Albuquerque, a
field representative of the Equitable
Life Assurance company, arrived in
Prescott yesterday. The Equitable is
one of the strongest life insurance
companies of the world.
c. V. Burke, of Philadelphia
nephew of Dennis A. Burke, of Hotel
Burke, arrived in Prescott on Tuesday
evening for a visit here. His father,
John Burke, has been visiting in Pres
colt for about three months.
Marion Rogers, journal Miner car
rier, met with very painful accident
yesterday morning. He was engaged
playing ball with several other boys
when ball struck him in the left eye
causing it to swell shut in few min
utes.
Mrs. a. Gorley, sister of Mrs. j. E.
Mccoy, left for her home at Portland,
Ore, yesterday, after visit of sever
al weeks 10 Prescott. Another sister,
Mrs. G. F. Anderson, went with her
for visit of several weeks in Port
land.
Benjamin Heller, president of the
Orc mining company left yesterday
for Los Angeles for a visit with his
family and will thence go east to COD
fer with the stockholders of the Orc
Mining company in reference to fu-
ture development of the property.
Washington's birthday was a happy
day for Mr.. and Mrs. W. K. Flora, as
early in the morning a bright little
girl baby came to brighten their
home, being their first born. Mr..
Flora would like to have named the |
little one George, but as the name i
could not be appropriate he can chris
ten her Martha Washington Flora.
Washington's birthday was observed |
in Prescott as a holiday the banks,
business houses, and public offices all
being closed during the day, while !
our national flag fioated from many a
flag staff in the city. 1t has not been
the custom heretofore to observe this
as a general holiday. On account of
the holiday the local news crop is not
so large as usual.
A party who had anticipated pleas
ant weather for the Geo. Washington S /
birthday yesterday had planned a pic
mic to Granite Dells. The north |
bound train was late and by the time |
it reached Prescott it had commenced !
to rain but the party of picnicker;
were determined not to be disappoint-
ed so provided with umbrellas trey
held their picnic just as if no storm
had ever occurred.
a long string of empty stock cars
went south on yesterdays freight
train for the purpose of shipping
lot of fat cattle to the Los Angeles
market. 1t is an ill wind that blows
no one good, it is said, and the wreck
of the ella river bridge on the NJ. Il
P. railroad will divert large ship
ments of cattle from the south side of
the Salt river over the Santa Fe road.
The nerve and presence of mind of
B. A. Hussey, yesterday evening pre-
vented buggy of the Fashion stables
from being wrecked, and saved Mr.. ,
Hussey from possible injury. He had