Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1905-03-15

was fairly buried beneath the floral
 offerings of friends and relatives.
 Young schoolmates of deceased otiici
 ated as pail bearers. Her death just
 as she was budding into young woman
 hood has been a severe blow to her
 relatives.
 The union services, held at the
 Methodist church, on Sunday morn
 ing and in the Baptist church on SUn-
 day evening, were we'll attended, each
 church being filled at the respective
 services Rev. E. B. Taft preached a
 very instructive sermon at the morn- ing services and in the evening Miss
 Clothier delivered very interesting
 address at the Baptist church.
 John Mckenzie and Frank Barr had
 a narrow escape from drowning on
 Sunday. While returning from the
 vicinity of Thumb Butte in a buggy
 their vehicle was overturned in Will
 low creek and both men thrown into the raging torrent. By hard work and good luck they got the buggy righted and drove to town thoroughly | drenched.
 Mrs. Mary E. Bauer, of Whipple, aged fifty nine years, died at Mercy hospital on Sunday morning. She had been a resident of Whipple for great many years, her husband formerly being musician in the army. She leaves several children, the youngest of them being about seventeen or eighteen years old. The funeral will take place this morning at 10 o'clock from the Catholic church.
 The rain on Sunday night and Mon day caused the railroad to revise theIr Grown King time schedule again. Trains are running now only to May er Officials of the road were keeping a close watch on the Granite creek bridge at Prescott yesterday on ac- count of the high water, but at a late hour last evening it had not shown any signs of weakening.
 In a TOW yesterday between a rail road man and a soldier from Whipple the latter was hit over the head with the end of hose which had metal coupling on causing wound which is pronounced to be very dangerous. The soldier was taken to Whipple where two doctors dressed his wound. His skull is fractured, a piece of it being driven into the brain. The blow was struck over the left temple.
 The Journal Miner is in receipt of fine picture of the saddle presented to Governor Brodie by the Arizona rangers. The saddle as represented in the picture is resting on the back of handsome and stylish horse and together they present very beauti- ful appearance. The donor of the pie ture is E. W. Baker, of Douglas, and friends of the governor desiring one of them as keepsake can procure it by forwarding 50 cents to Mir. Baker at | the above address.
 Thomas Smith, who was hit over the head with Winchester rifle several day ago was able to be out of the hos pital on Monday. He tells somewhat of different story, about the trouble than that which has heretofore been published. He says that he gave no whatever for the assault, not having pulled gun as alleged and was hit when he feast expected it. The first blow knocked him out so that be was unable to defend himself. His head Is in pretty bad condition.
 After period of dry weather last ing for three days, rain commenced to fall again on Sunday night about mid night and continued "off and on'' lntil about dark on Monday. At times it came down in gentle showers and at other times it came down in regular deluge. Granite creek was up ' 70 flood height while a regular flood llso came down Miller creek. The l streets which had commenced to dry ID some are in a terrible condition f gain.
 The Copper Era says the high water ' las caused almost neat famine in Clifton. The railroads being tied up , 'attle could not be shipped in and nigh water in other directions cut off he focal supply. The butchers were C obliged to-slaughter almost anything hey could get in the bovine line, up f n the hills above the town and bring q he meat in on pack animals part of he way and in places where it was too | teep for pack animals, it was carried f ID the backs oi men.
 4 tallyho party was given yesterday { y Mrs. w. l. Clark of Jerome and t l