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THE LOCAL NEWS..... ‘From Wednesday's Daily. Dave Grabl left yesterday for Cali fornia. E. E. McVeich, one of San Fran 's creek shots, is in town. All members of O. J. host company are requested to attend the meeting of their company tonight. If you want to see the latest tele grams, you must read the Journal- The Prescott Tithe company has al new advertisement in this issue. Z. C. Brown, manager of this company ‘The subjects for the three remain-| Jack Yeager came this morning | From Friday's Daily ing meetings for the week's servions from Pheals, where he’ has, been for at the Congregational church, will be the past two months superintending. The temperature this morning this evening ‘“Temperance;”* Thurst the surveying of the Phenix-Eastern | 22 above zero. day, ‘Sunday Sebi railroad, Jack states that things are] 4... Haskell left for Jerome on “Revival.” lively in and around Fhants now, this morning's train, June Freeman has % and that the new road ws a looca tion with the Journal Mince and is |to the southern portion of the term| Generally rule tonight and Satur authorized to contract for advertis tory. eee peace need ing, job work and subscriptions, oe ~ ae = ~ Yount has returned from a visi! Fou want anything’in the newspaper | ¢,qargy Glover arrived in, the city | to Pobnix, Hine just call up guumber 14 on the | joury of several weeks He contem.| E. E. McVeigh, the commercial Prescott Electric company's phone| Hinter locating permanently in this |™an, arrived on the freight this morn and Mr. Freeman will call and supply | [Sciiity and may! make Prescott his | itg from Jerome, | your wants, home, as he is well pleased with the AL J. Allen and wife arrived in ©. C. Hutchinson, one of the most city. Presenit on this morning's freight —ee oa pe ed roti: ie Din wie aos = cae, from Jerome. Arizon jodas. Mr. | cit m0 for Grant Brox. | Hutchinson has just made wabipment| railroad contractors, stated to be ae a nae rataeaieet oF oe of 1,400 head of sheep from Prescott | Journal-Miner this morning that the fecl's Gulch” mine, is registered at to Cudahy Company of Los Au- work upon the new Bradshaw Mount*to Burke. ‘The Journal-Miner is the only paper feles and will ship 1,000 head today |tain railroad is being rapidly pushed | are H. M. Gibbes and children,who in Prescot that takes the Associatedrom Ash Fork to San Bernardino to/ a head. At present they have twelve have been visiting Mrs. W. W. Ross report, ayeeking house in which he is in miles of track laid from or out,for the past few days, returned fn terested. Mr. Hutchinson also has | and that inside of a week track | Jerome this morning. The R. L dlel: is the latest social | several thousand head of sheep on the | will be said as far as the power house . I pe +s . a organization in Prescott. It is come way south to place them on pasture of G. W. Middleton's mines, Conductor Tom Metrath, of the S. Posed of a number of young ladies for the balance of the winter. Her F. P. and P. railroad, who’ is taking A car load of laborers for the Bradill shear them at Houck’s place next, Forest Supervisor F. R. Stewart a few days lay off spent today in Pres s Mountain railroad came in on mouth, by Eea a last evening's train. A meeting of the entertainment piger accompanied him to take views t _ Tecel Ackers the little two-year-old The Bee Hive society will give a Committee of the Eagles held last) which Mr. Stewart will incorporate |daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 4 chicken pie supper and dance at Odd@vening, made arrangements for them into his annual report to the commissers,5 suffering from a severe attack Fellows hall February 23, entertainments to be given during/ sioner of the land office. He pre of pneumonia. It is to be hoped that Mr . the nest three months. A party at | pured one recently which has received | the little one will pull through all oor shied ee erase Cashin and | which there will be cards and dancing | most favorable comment, and for| Tight and that her recovery may be antes are haan insteee sro and a light lunch will be given this | which Mr. Stewart has been highly speedy. oe it bothdays a relatives} month, and in February the Aeria complimented, The idea of furnish. “ipa will give a grand ball. “The regularing an illustrated report was original JW, Wilson and A. J. Head who meting of the Aerie will be held with Mr. Stewart, were elected city councilmen yester tomorrow Thursday evening, at which day will take the places of Hugo|* full attendance of members is Sa Smalley, the Pacific Coast Richards and E. It . the latter desired, a a _ ao a Beat oe ‘* nee free ee 7 tance to order and to the city as sentative, is registered as « Burke, resigned several mot you ler ithe ago and Mr. well wil be uw . i ‘ seven the ago, a p for consideration,this being his first trip to Prescott Richards’ terms will expire this Eagies while a social and rough ‘the territory. He says largely, does not propose to confine that without a doubt we have a little he Brister, Drag compaison Hell entirely to this feature city here to be proud of, that he is Christmas, received a fine large cat, which can be senst their store. It is one of the pitied spwetmeas one can as it treardi . SS ee = mee i¢a careful, pastetaking, and reliable zenera. | Boal n w allie Geo. X. Gage, who the boon Oe ed eet ie tote tee to| Rev. F. ‘T. Bennett went to Jerome tex, Mrs RK. B. | duce their orders wi ae on Tuesday, where, in the afternoon, Barmister left litevenine for her Suet' gow enuagel In compiling ame baptized Horatio George Abbott, home at Tempe, abstract of title for the United Verde posbige reese akee to the Jon Miller Copper company of all the property | tne . Hi pen see man Fema ents owned by it in Jerome, which when|Cisted at evening prayer and to subscribe for it. Only 7 cents |Completed will be one of the largest |Preeched. Upon his arrival he war ‘pepanonth, or 80 yer year, abstracts ever gotten out in Yavapai | 0st courteously received by the Rev. county, and will contain 259 pages of Dr Miller. Congregationalist minis- For $2.55 you can receive the Weekly enter, and by the kind offices of several Ay Journal-Miner and twice a week esha mating friends there was a good congregation Globe-Democrat one seat. A better A. W. Edwards yesterday purchased | present to hear his sermon. During combination could not, be made to the mountain lion kittens brought in his short stay he met a large number wet all the local news as well as the |from Janiper by Joe Drew. Mr.of friends who aided in, making his news of the whole world. Edwards is starting menagerie, at | isit an exceptionally pleasant one, ed. old Miteke, OWEN hy erday morning, just before his de tye bile the elty's recider contained |p x. Murphy, which is on the new parture for Prescott, he solemnized eeeee cne hundred Met | boulevard, recently built by Mr.|che marriage of Dr. Kaull vo Mise Tree Nore teary Hitt ehtiomeer the| Mars, and thee “kittens are | Levinia Mary Hendey. ‘city who were compelled to swear fu |rgents bows laced | ins cage there. | the Journal-Miner runs more orig Totes on mccugat of their mames| £ 8 € collection of animals is small no 7 yse their vote, yet, as he has just started the enterial matter in proportion to the total being omitted. prise and has a yong deer, a coyote amount of reading than any other on- Miss Sharlot Hall left last evening | and some Arizona birds, in addition | per in the territory. Its news matter for Phenix for short visit whence |to these Kittens dells also expect | !s be more extensively quoted than she will go to Los Angeles to do some| ing » bear cub within the next few|that of any other paper, in most in special work on the Out West mmgu-|days, which has been promised for | stances, proper credit being giv e the annual show, while in a few instances papers pay it = Me PGE a garter nine ie a high compliment by quoting without |. lid up at the lame of his mother with | Three of the most prominent sheep |Credit. | It not infrequently happens a pistol shot wound in his reg. re|meo in northern Arizona have put | that items appearing originally in this ceived by the accidental discharge of |Chased a packing plant in San Ber. |Paper are found floating around in a A5-calibre pistol. His left knee cap | Hardin, Californis, and took passes. | other papers, credited to another pa in injured nod, he will probably teston often the first of January.| Ptr which has copied them without crippled for life. The accident hap. | They are C. C. Hutchinson, Gas| credit. Even this shows the merits of |, pened at the Vel Minto mining camp. |Reiier and W. B. Nichols, Messrs, | the items. Reimer and Nichols are in charge of | Work on the new oil tank which the | The Weekly Journal-Mines ithe i | aes pianee and sem the business while Mr. Hutchinson | Santa Fe, Prescott Phenix railroad to your friends It contains fifty per cent more reading than any other weekly newspaper published in North ern Arizona. Read the Journals clubbing offers, and pick out some good meta politen paper and order it with the Weekls Journal- Miner for 28K and you will get all the news. | Miss McDonnel.,a sister of Mrs. | James Cashin, arrived in Prescott | last evening, with Mr. and Mrs.| Cashin, and will remain there for| (BevELeay surprised at the amount of business that is done in a place, of its size, and is well pleased with Pres cott's business men and the city in Wild remains Arizona and Look after its building, is being pushed ahead, the supply end of the business. He there being at present in the neigh made his first shipment, to the newborhood of twenty men employed, firm today in an 1,000 head lot of ! When completed this tank will be the isheep from Ash Fork. The home kind in the territory supplies Redlands, Riverside and ons are as follows: Diam adjoining towns, and most circumference 234 feet, fhroug line of ft M. G. Burns of the firm of Wood, Dillon and Co., came in on this warn ing’s train, from the southern por tion of the territory where he has been looking over some mining prop erties in an official capacity for some parties interested. Here is a verdict returned in a re cent suit against a millroad in Penn syeyvanit. ar cue Ueens nee ures russ, it should have been ran, if the bell had been rung as it should have been ed i which they did tel would not have been injured when the wars killed. J.L. Ward, telegraph operator for the Santa Fe’ Pacific at Winona, Ari zon, accidentally shot himself through both legs Wednesday night. He was Ivine on the bed aluvine with caliber revolver when it was dis charged, the ball going through both legs above the knees. The wounds are not serious, Mr. Ward was taken to Flagstaff. ee SS OS OTTER BOO COU EE is a Tel is Lest Sa ae Manuel tine with meat, Mr. Huteh and is being used upon the ‘Souchert inson has also purchased a lot of fat Pacific and Santa Fe railroads almost cattle in Phenix for the firms. They exclusively, and it is the intention of open up with a splendid business, the S. F.. P. P. to do away with the Adeed has been filed for record | use of coal for engines entirely just from John Ludwig and wife to M. W. |as soon a possible, Aristine for a tract of land near Ash| E. D. Gibson left for Los Angeles if democrats voted their ticket | Pork located in two 21 N. R . w, the| on business this morning. com, there are just $3 democrats | consideration named being #25, Priccott as tut a the member of Stewart Bradford returned today The snnoal meeting for the election from a visit to Chicago and Mexico. votes received by We only candidate the lead his name, placed under that |f officers and directors for the Free! R.A. Tankman, a commercial man fication, J be held next Thee arrived from the «mth on this morn Jobin Lawler left of today's north oie the free regi Ene’s train. 7 bound train, for Los Angeles Mike Lawler is in town today from his mining camp. L. L. Eudworth of Jerome has gone to Southern Arizona to take a posi tion with Krit. Coleman. Thomas Rouch, the well known Tarkes Creek miner, is in town to A. A. Moore came up from Walnut rove today, for a few days’ visit in rescort. Sheriff Jon J. Roberts, has ap ointed as his deputy J. B. Town Dr. J. S. Barrett, who has been confined to his room for about ten days with sickness, is getting better and hopes to be able to be around again tomorrow. S ee Ph Skeaerd ws yeone ana invited to attend, M. B. Hazeltine will leave this evening on a busines trip to Phenix, |n returning Friday morning. Blizzard, blizzard, snow, high wind, falling temperature, etc.. is the bur den of today's telegraphic report from the east while here in Prescott at an altitude of 5,000 feet above sea level. there is a cloudless sky a dry bracing, and invigorating stancepests and ie temperature shout degrees above: zero. In fact the weather is ideal and could not be made to order any better. Through deeds from Mrs. Alice and Frank Dickerson of Winslow to Mrs. Lara Ginman, and from Laura and John M. Ginman to Santiago Palacio, the latter that received tithe to a tract of, ae near Ash Fork. in town ship 2 N 2W. the coeecareticeal AND Messrs. Andrews Eckert, the new of The Prescott Hotel, Wish to announced to the public that they now have in connection with the —— the only white help restau rant kept in the city. the rumor was current on the street that Jacob Henkle was married recently in Los Angeles. The rumor could not be traced to any authori taive source, but the Journal-Miner will extend its congratulations just the same 7 an El cme WEEK oh. From Thursday's Daily. Joe Drew left for home today. J. H. Collins returned today to Cot sottwood, Fiske Manage both fee hsc ott mines on this mornings train. A woman's salfircae hil will be in troduced in the next legislature. A new roof is being placed on the Congress house. W. J. Martin, superintendent of the Poland mine, is in town. Eagles meet taught. Do not for ret it members. Business of impor . In the probate court today an order was entered confirming the site of real estate in the estate of Murphy minam. The property consists of an, undivided one-half interest in Jot 5, block 21, City of Prescott. The pur chaser was C. B. Linn. Mr. Buechner, formerly of the firm of Buechner Eckert has sold his in terest in the Prescott Hotel tool. An drews, who is an old and experienced hotel man, who arrived there recently aes by een a Buech- tauce ver is of present added ae to what a businesse will nest cmterk in | All the Eagle birds In town belong- Succes to him and the new tirming to Prescott Aerie are requested to turn out to t Chu 5. McDonald, me of Detroit, | eigen ena Michigan, most prominent corpora.| Win. Button of the Button Gold tron lawyers, who has bert spending | Mining company has returned from a the past week in Prescott Woolkhg th 4 Sg er eee of his Se, AL W.. Edwards went to Hot for home this morning. He Springs Inet eve business sates that she was more than sneprie qn, one oe ene tac ed at the way Prescott has built op end procresed in the past two years. Last Sunday afternoon at and that he ex only make the meet vent Mission, Eyiocopal, Rev. favorable reports on his return. Kennett baptised Herman, the infant now of Mr. and Mins, Breuthal, H. Van Alen of the firm of Van], Alen and Archambeau made a flying visit to Prescott today returning to Ash Fork this evening. 1 Miss Claire C. Jewell from Chicago, has accepted the position as teacher at Shell Valley.aking the place of Miss Ida C. West who resigned. Dr. Carrier and faily, formerly of Jerome, but more recently of Cali fornia, came in on last night's train. They have been absent for two years, with the exception of one visit which the doctor made to Prescott. ‘They will remain here until spring. Sheriff Cook yesterday received a telegram informing him of the death of a brother who has been ving in Ecuador for several years. He had a letter a day or two before stating that this brother had been in an accident || in which he had sustained a broken || leg. His death is supposed to have resulted from the accident.—Repai- | Hieon, Yesterday afternoon # quiet wed ing occurred, the principals being | Ben F. Blackburn, of Skull Valley. |, j and Miss Ida C. Neff, who has been attending school in Skull Valley. |: Rev. Leon O. Lewis Siticiated. Mr. Hal ss, Black incon fesmesett to Bunt Valley last evening, where they will preside in the future. | There has been quite a uniformity in the temperature during the past, two weeks The mercury drops to ( or above zero every morning. during the day rises to between 40), and above. The thermometer has not verted four degrees from twenty in the meeting for two weeks. P. E McLellan, connected with t he American ‘Type Founders’ cam: |£ Ivans, of Tos Angeles, who cam to | Prescott to met the Journal|| Miver's Simplex machine early a 4 a month ago, torted the chine over this morning to F.C. Williams, an i i nexperienced operator and left for Las tea Mr. McClellan made many friends in Prescott during his brief | sojourn there. x Gen Ressman dAviese for ROH track velocipeds which is run by gaso line. It is a great improvement pot the former ax it does away with hand pumping. Mr. Tisdale, for whose use the machine was ondered, stated to the Journal-Miner reporter, this morning, that a speed of 2 miles per, hour could be obtained, and that it would carry a load equivalent to the hundred pounds up a three per cent Eide. The velocipede will be used for the purpose of bridge and track, inspection, FA. Norden, a prominent capi talist, of Chicago, a stockholder in the McCabe Extension Mining com —~— | From Saturday's Daily. C. C. Stukey, the Lynx Creek mer chant, is in town. Leonard of Kirkland is in town. Supreme court will meet in Phenix on Monday. Sheriff Roberts returned on this morning's train from southern points Fong Murphy reports that some one stole #1 from his clothes on Fri day morning while he was asleep. The temperature this morning, un der the influence of a north wind dropped to 19 degrees above zero. H. J. Smalley, Pacific Coast Biscuit Co.'s representative, was a passenger for Jerome on this ‘morning’ 's train. The funeral of the late Mr. P. J. Warley took place this morning at 10 to’clock from the Catholic church and was attended by a large concourse of citizens. J. P. Dillon says that the Elks have not abandoned their intention to build an opera house on their lot on i Gurley street, but that work towards its construction is still in progress . The Eagles will give a ball on Feb ruary 19. It was their intention to give it on February 22, but as that date falls on Sunday it was decided to give it on the former date. Mrs. Win. Roberts is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Solomon in Mexico. Mrs. Solomon holds a position on the railroad managed by J. S. Douglas. Judge Wm. Roberts, of Kirkland, is in town, being his first visit here for about two years. He was elected Justice of the peace at the November election. Mrs. A. J. Knoblock, who has been visiting her brother, R. Shultz, at Santa Maris, and who has been spend ing a few days In Prescott with Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Shultz, returned to Jerome on this morning's train, Geo. HL Cook has gone to Tucson to look after his business interests there. What with managing three places of business, and also managing a large mining company, Mr. Cook is kept a very busy man. Mrs. Foster, mother of Mr. Foster of the Samuel Hill Hardware com pany, is in town for a protracted visit with the latter and his wife. Wanted—Faithful person to travel the eat Nevice territorl tr for well established house in a few | Mr. Hall was a, bummeraath counties, calling on retail merchants | manager, and it will take aifficult to and agents. Local territory. Salary | get another man to take the same in 310240 year and expenses, payable | terest he did in it. $19.70 a week in cash and expenses! The contractors who have been try advanced. Position permanent. Busi-ing es drill and well at Deming for less successful and rushing. Stant the El Paso-Deming Oil company lard House, 1834 Dearborn, street, I have practically abandoned the work Chicago. 10. Let Puale and Skeaceeaatook Miss Daisy Blain, of Detriot, Mich, sister of Dr. J. Harvey Blain, who has been visiting him and his wife for the past six months left this morn ing for California, where she w: friends and relatives, retur way of Spokane Wash.. where he will make a short visit, to her home in Detriot, Mise Blain leaves a host of new made friends in Prescott who [wish her # pleasant trip, S. F. P. and P. R. BR. received Featividae a novette in the wae of « AU ISL Hugot sprayer meeting as the Methodist ccdurch, it was voted to continue the meetings which have been held during this week through out next week. The meetings have been well attended and great interest was manifested in them during the present week. A movement is on foot among a large number of patrons of the public schools to have a manual training de partment establ This has be come a regular feature of the public school system in many of the cities and towns of the United States. [Girls are taught to cook and sew as well as other practical duties or life while the boys are given similar practical instruction, so mission has been opened at 242], ezimay Where 2 good work the services to which all el are held for the present oi each evening, with a service at 3p. m on the Sabbath. Rev. David McLeod will preach each evening, while here and Sunday afternoon. All are invited to come to the ser vices, pany, and representing a number of Albert G. Ryan, secretary of the, other stockholders of the same com|Jecome Miners’ Union, is in town. | i | Mrs. Gen. H. Cook left for Phenix |, pany. arrived in Prescott last evening | 0.4 aes ago to spend the balance tottack| of the winter. 1 Monday. It is announced that work will be commenced soon after their election is held in the further devel opment of the prperty and that all outstanding dolts against the com pany will be settled. United Moderns will install officers tonight. The Monday club will meet in the banquet room of the Odd Fellows Hall on Monday, Jan. 12, at 2380 p. m. John Biungent the well known rancher of Williamson valley is in? town today. S.E. Thompson and Mrs. J. W. Akers have been appointed first and second readers respectively of the Christian Science church. A. Smith, administrator of the estate of Fred Grammont, deceased, has filed his final account together, with a petition for distribution of the estate in the probate court. A Walter Reese has resigned his posi ion as secretary and treasurer of the Riblett, Reese and McLallen com pany, and will move his office to his ‘Md location under the Bank of Art| , Sheriff Roberts has appointed Joe| The infant daughter of Mr. and Young of Seligman a deputy sheriff. | Mr. James Cashin is suffering from John Hatchings returned Tuesday |n relapse of pneumonia, that was con from California for 4 brief sojourn eee er eee ee it. was in mo ~ acer nouticed the child in no immediate | put the getlow of Albert Heller vs. | danger. + AL aNGeA” A. vonns, two quiet toe, judgment was rendered in favor of, plaintiff. B. M. Morris, representing San born, Wall and Co. art pods and stu .The demand for an increase in pay for engineers and firemen on the Santa Fe railroad has been favorably acted on and they will receive r a 10 to 12 12 per cent increase. only affects engineers and reser on the west end of the system. Lantry Bros. have commenced ors already on the Santa Fe cut off. It is estimated that it will take two cars to complete it on account of heavy rock work at Abopam, where work will be pushed night and day. PIONEER REMINISCENCES Interesting Scraps of Early History of Arizona and Truthful Tales of Thrilling Experiences. Paper Prepared by Mrs. T. W. Otis and Read at the Monday Club's Arizona Day. Arizona with its mysterious past, its will scenery, and its untold [eaten 36 4p MMMLEYEESy AFUE may other part of the country and pos sesed an interest all its own. Its his tory, whose book is now closed for ever to human knowledge, extends back into a dim and silent past, per haps more remote than that of Baby lonia or Assyria, possibly antedating the building of the pyramids or the carving of that old Egyptaan riddle, the Sphynx. Yet it is almost the lat est territory just redeemed from sav agery. The high mountains and deep canyons are veritable treasure houses of fabulous mineral wealth. The sun lighted moss and fertile valleys cover the remains of great cities once peopled by millions of an unknown race whose unwritten story lies bur ied under the dust of ages Only fierce wild animals but wandering tribes of savages inherited the land until the advent of the white man. Then what a wondrous change was wrought. But the contest with savage nature, where every tree and shrub was armed thorns, and the fight with the cruel Anache, was bitter and long, the memory of which has burned itself into the hearts of those first drive pioneers. In those early times, “the sixties ? Me they are called, there were no wagon roads, and long pack trains winding over the rough trails brought all the clothing, food and mails into the territory. The goods were taken by steamer from San Paradisco around Lower California, up the long, but saw were men of the Corman river, there to be transported by boats two hundred miles up that river to Ehrenburg. From there, pack trains brought them two hundred miles more, over deserts destitute of water, through mountain passes where the murderous Apache lurked to kill the unsuspecting traveler, till they reached the pleaent little valley where Prescott now stands. Every mile of ground traversed was at the risk of the lives of theeherioe men is two brothers Jacob and Sam C. Miller, the latter of whom is still living at |] the Miller ranch, a mile from town. | They were men of great courage and vendurance. Coming as they did in 186%, many a thrilling adenture and hair-breadth escape were theirs, LNeEy sUppHen, 1 regueren me we . The railroad from Tucnmear|, New | Burke. He is accompanied by his| TBF did all the government freight whee in tie Dawson couch feld= has | wife. ing, taking soldiers and their inpedi| n completed and the first train 'i terday of the|@ent into and out of the territory, passed over it last Sunday. cont tie meeting, Sera ins |to and from the various forte then, the Dr. R. J. Roper leaves this evening to consider the question of buildinging established. and ‘toting’? the for Phenix, where he will attend the fan opera house, favorable action was capital from Prescott to Tucson and meeting of the Territorial Dental taken, and the matter will be reported 2 Hoard, of which he is a member, at the nate meeting of the loden. Jack to Prescott agin and tally to Roma T. Jackson, a former Arizona newspaper man, died recently, very suddenly, at Half Moon Bay, Cali fornia, where he has been located for time. Secretary and Mrs. LT. Stoddard will give a reception at their home in penwuant Phenix on Monday evening, January| Owing to the increase of business to Governor and Mrs Bro | in the general passenger agent's office. A large number of pesitions connection with the General attor en received in Prescott. This new office, it will be moved into|they had on the way to Skull Valley woll be on the evening of the opening )the building now being occupied by some miles beyond Iron Springs. flay of the legislature, Walter L. Hill, wholesale fruit and set farther, on the trail, was a nar dt the ,tamkruntey proceings of produce hose, on or about Bebra aoe ieee et ewil's (ute, becamee Stocks, Trust Co., ax trustee reported some) Walter L. Hill's wholesale fruit and | * hing life 35.00) on hind. Judge! produce house, will move from us! Hoan declared a dividend of 52 per| Present location near the depot on’ of |! ‘ear to be distributed among the | shout February 1, to the basement of |, some creditors and ordered that a|the Burke hotel under Shumate's |, store. 7 The special car in charge of Mr. | Schreiber, containing the Model Min KR. L. Spencer, a member of the | ing creny party left last evening f irm of Douglas, Lacey and Sta their mutes atten ten [1 who are ee several . On their return from these i 4 for a period [Phenix probably its last resting ninew 11 Theodore Thomas, |i recent ton- Xo history of Northern Arizona would aoe a Hlatal Boke barker chon, [Ye complete without mention of them. Mr. Thorons states that he will con [The Indians hid ueny places for oot — # first the shop in every respect | looks usually on some high hill which He solicits a share of Your| commanded a view of the country for a long stance From these they could watch the packtrains each way on the trails. One such outlook when and for year iter Une Lodi concealed themselves there to attack the unweary traveler. Beyond this gateway j the canyon widens out into Skall Valley. At this place, at one time, the Indians having seen one of Miller's trains of twenty-five pairs of ‘mules, heavily loaded, approaching, through the valley, prepared a most ingenious ambush. The trail there passed through thick growth of || FH. Yusten left on this warn ing’s train for San Diego, California, where he will visit his parents for a short time, James Burtrem, formerly in the em ploy of the Douglas. Lacey Co., was a Burmister and Sons company went out this morning to the company's powder house about a mile west of a town, to secure some powder for all Toustomer. While he was inside of|] the magazine he heard his horses cease cosen cd | Dei naking his Periodical ‘visit to all the meeting ‘of the company will be. “held |* properties controlled by the shove|in Prescott on Monday, Iran. Mr. Spencer is accompanied by | op. e5 as je Journal- Miner's cgi Major Russell, of Los Angles, who). . NS J0urme Seth as charge of the firms business there, W. Conger, of Douglas, Lacey cae A comiionan in fawn venturdae foun some of the finest samples of pure A whistling exercise was introduced the Sunday school service in the J. F. Heminway, assistant treat Prestyterin chareh in Phenix on over of The Capra Colm Mining com: Sunday. it proved quite popular.| pany scoopmanied by his wife are The whistier wae J.C. elle and registered at the Burke. he whistled ““Life's Laliaher ald Lane and the Republican soy” did It in a manner that would have aroused the greatest appianes in any other place than » ebthes. Judice Richard Talbot tried his maiden cae yesterday. His victims were Ed West, Frank Tilley and ab a paevenger on the northbound train other boy who appropriated a hand this morning, en route to Sap carnad started south on it. Diego, i i overlooked the fact. in preparl their time schedule. thet a conn official. time ae train diepet Mr 4d. Andrews, wife of J. A. might change their schedule, and were direws. one of the proprietors of the accordingly surprised when they Prescott hotel, left for Los Angeles found the merke= of thie moorning. She will remain for a Kirkland station, whence they were short time on business returned by mir Hoberte to Pre cott, On tere ermigned before J Dr. FP, M. Metzgar with go to Phe. the Talbut y tay. end xbine mp LX fenerrow to attend a meeting of the smooth free young dicpetner of the Territorial Dental board of which justion, thes entered a plan of guilty brow recently appointed a member, and were entered to pay one all EY each, or a jail thirty dar. Not having the £ 8 they will board it out. A.J. Doran came in Inet evening from Mohave county where gaged the mining, with beadeiart Kingrenen, duke Webber, of Jecane, bn Pre ott visitor. | vats x Sug mo ee asarme uassemeeannie ide, got there just in time to see no immense mountain lion running win, where he is in ‘1 “ past, with three hounds and a third hopes of recovering his former health. l dog in full pursuit. The procession was headed westward, and he watched the chase until the animals all disap peared from sight. While the dogs were close on the heels of the lion they did not seem to be gaining on it. Where it had been rounded up by the dogs Mr. Beckman of course could not tell. Even Prescott is in the swim alone with the rest of the country in too fuel famine. Local coal dealers report that they have difficulty in se curing coal promptly on account of the congested ¢ nodes existing on the railroads, which are experiencing A petition will shortly be presented difficulty in securing motive power to wo Governor Brodie askin for the tandle the traffic. There has been no J. FL Lee is in town todlay from the pordon of T. M. Aldredge who is advance in price however, as it his American ranch. under # three years’ sentence in the| remained at the time price, 20.50. per AJH, Haskell, of Jerome, is in Muentiary for grand larceny, town. Col. 4, ¥. Wilson has gone to Phe: John Hiltreit, who own, several pix to epend the winter. Our next valuable mining claim in the Me j delegate to congress received # Cabe section, i+ visiting Prescott to: | 60) cash payment bet week for {his interest in the Herriett: mine } dis they wi Ms Nk Sh. McKacaie, tyrmedly on, clock [ee ee Sm im anny alde of Fanny in Hotel Burke, but at present in | charge of ©. P. Wingfield~ store at| ‘Che Congress House, under Huron, i¢ spending a few days Prescott, mal proprietor, will conn look tile a new hotel. Mr. Vincent i= mak The annual Iusines and socifling the changes he did, tee not teeting of the Congreationnal church repared money or expense and the inn. will be held Jan. 1, Wednesday even: provement that it makes upoo the old ing, at the residence of Jrmee and he of the congregation are invited,top to bottom, ton, for several years. Juniper wood is being held at 7.00 per cond by wood dealers, addon was examined to , would of examiners con sisting of Sam Mattes, H. T. Andrews and ES. Clark for the purpose of being admitted to practice law. — The examination was best before Judge the sterier jt management of Me, Wincest.itt] anti te Me tecade, the cation admitting Mr. Herndon te praction. ‘Thy Journal-Miner extends congratu lations and wiecces the young nun cue. jeess in his chosen profession, C. E.*Hart, has gone to Jerome to adds greatly to his credit, a take the position of agent for the Mia Brown. All members and friends the bupee has been renovated from United Verde and Pacific rathrend company. Jerome reported the fire e United Verde mine as being more fierce than at any time in its history. Later it was rumored on the streets that the fire is completely under control and that the company will start at once on a large scale. It is hoped that the latter rumor is true, as the United Verde plays a very important part in the prosperity of Yavapai county. The Prescott Eagles had an enthusi astic meeting last night. In fact there is always something doing in the regard | Prescott Aerie, Wil the choir. Six wings last night, six amore of membership in the order, and as with W. J. new binds ws dozen applications for membership re ceived. The J now number: 3a) members, and its membership as will les seen ative is repily incressius. At last night'’s meeting steps were tilt towards build q ° room ng omen led land opera house by the ander and a committees appointed to take the isat ter up. Tn the mmidanms proceedings, to determine apon thoes of the peace J. M Robert Connell an ted Scotinn tt “Sloan las clearly cover t hel Hity of J Moore a ors, Judge of the Statutes tow the ene, Demir [rer wie overruled and a mandatory [writ will be ordering that the books and papers in the possesion of dustices Moore wed Connell be turned Lover to dustic cossul candidat election, overpowered by his friends an though his case Dick Talbot, theatre at the November Justice Connell was , as wont mminet Isim, trac to net up the evis, sold imbedded tn ore, taken from the Viznaga mine located in Lower Cali fornia, eighty miles from Ensenada, and adjoining the Great Aurora mine, that he has ever seen. Without n doubt Douglas, Lacey Co. have a fine mine in the Viznaga. The subject of Rev. H. B. Long's sermon at the morning service in the Congregational church tomorrow will be “Personal Moral Responsibility. Revival services will be held in the evening and will be continued during the week, with the exception of Wed nesday evening, when the 50- day meeting of the church will be held at the residence of Judge and Mrs. RK. E. Sloan, Sheriff Roberts has appointed Jos. Cessna, of Poland, a deputy sheriff, Walter Beeke has engaged in busi nose alone, and says that hereafter he intends going it alone, Will D. Tinker and wife, of Je rome, came in on last evening's train, from Los Angeles, where they have been since last August. After the installation of officers last, night, the United Moderns served re freshments and had a good social. Prank L. Wright of the Prescott Electra company left this morning for business trips east A. F. Mulvenon has returned from a visit to his parents at Leavenworth, Kates. While there his sister, Mol- Tie Malvenon, died after a brief ill hers, | ‘hrub oak and other small trees. These they cut half off and beat them |+ ‘Town over the tral weaving them up an impenetrable thicket imposel hie to break through or to pass, Con walod here thee olenfulle awaited the lj DEBE BE BE pater the from twenty wonderful powers. No one can claim’ ive to sixty. But stop to the title of Old. Hassayamps, a title count them “good, more honorable than that of colonel , ” on the eve of the Treight. or judge, till he has drank of its wat ing party none were killed. They letters; neither can he after that ever tell, the bodies of their foes unburied the truth. Mind you he cannot tell, here they Tet, and for many years the truth afterward. He has none their bleaching bones remained an eon in the matter. Ladies, object lemon to the Apaches. The Prescott Monday club would like early settlers remember well these to take you there for a pleasure trip relics of the fight and some have pre- and let you test the truth of that tra served mementoes of atdition. ~ With the disap ofeae The Apaches had only one com-the red man and the roa agent, with a nendable trait. They never made the advent of steam and electricity, their attacks by night choosing most with close daily communication with frequently the early dawn, to do so. | the outside world, the picturesque old ‘Taking advantage of this peculiarity | Arizonian passed off the stage of ac uight over the more dangerous places. | are dropping away one by one, Their Almost the first gold discovered | places are being filled by ‘more comn | Everything New First Class, here was found on Lynx Creek by|manplace if more polished people. | Sam C. Miller. While camping on/Soon the last one will have crossed! ,| this stream with his brother he shot|the great divide from which none a large lynx. It bit him so severely |turn backward, and the treasures of that the next day he could not have historical lore concerning our inter camp. Tired of inaction, he idly resting past will perish with them, tested some gravel from the creek and Why should we not while these events found it rich in gold. By the time are still fresh in the memories o his brother returned he had “‘panned many and are crystallized into th out’ seventeen dollars They took names of so many of the localitie out that year 8,000 above expenses,and while numerous precious meme and the amount taken out between toes of these thrilling times are that time and this count up into the their possession, why should we not millions. Since that time the stream I say, have one department of ot, has borne its present name of Lynx! Federation devoted to collecting and creek, preserving these records and relics? About the same time some Mexican !Soon this early history which is so prospect respectors camped at the foot of a full of romantic interest will become ill near Wickering. One climbed mere tradition and many things of freighters and mailriders traveled by non. The ragged brave old pioneers | Strictly On the uropean Plan, SE BEE BE ARIZONA LAUNDRY Co. A NEW UP-TO-DATE LAUNDRY, J. Tl. HECK. New Sopatons. Tes ok giving your Laundry to Mr. HECK. the hill and, carelessly scratching | priceless value be destroyed or neat| the soil, unearthed a nugget of pure tered. Let us take prompt action in gold worth , then another. In this matter while we can and so pre short time pieces of all sizes up to a serve to those who come after us the thousand dollars in value were picked unique early history of our territory. ap. The hill was fairly paved with the precious metal. gold was purer than coins coming from the mints, so pure that only small grains of quartz were found in them. Mr. Dyeing and Cleaning by Dry Process, ie No. 291. Wagon will call yarney Stepnens wou was there abOUT four hours after the first gold was dis covered estimates that there was from the air in 4 company- EER eR then there have been produced several millions of dollars from that hill. It was one of the marvels and myste ries of modern times in ae a !There must be a ‘mother ‘s called from which use were broken. The fabulous which will be won by. is. for discover is one of the visions to be realized onl iant future. When Rieb Hi en of you will know why it 20 for that has been its iT hat golden Time. IL 18 ous, might fit — into the fables « “Arabian Nights yet the half of truth cannot be told that is charact istic of this land of wild Comanch where we find ‘‘truth is stranger the fiction. ** With San Francisco as the base supplies on the west, while on the east and north thousands of miles of wild, mountainous country, seamed by deep canons, “interspersed with of he arid deserts and infested by cruel sav ages lying between Arizona and ciu ration can you wonder that th e moon and beans, the miners’ sta in food, should be 312 pound? game supplied the meats and 1 plentiful, including quail and finest wild turkeys in the world * these prices coffee became a dillon, and sugar as if it Some way they bacca. Almost all the fa necessarily manufactured very quaint and pretty it “ill- war. | ples vuld fith tra- were strips in 15 camp: an d por asin looks: loved views who the 1 drive When town. of sigh beside alert, erin ’ bottomed with rawhi sand woven back and 1 very strong, comforta if after Gen. Crook's fur sign, eggs were at Chr a dozen, butter from 31.5 inch, milk was only to be b nally, with the price 25 cet uf quantity, and very , ng at that, but was eng suspicions, price and to Gen, Crook's coming went out of town a mile ‘isk of his life. Ther e no picnics, and little women and children ¢ at i son were ComMANded to Le at, while the driver anc him as guard were eve heavily armed. les and oranges were het mentale an Iarwserht Lostee some caneese ue smrenmane for many years sold for la st one time the legislatu session in solemn conclave + a messenger rushed in and nounced that a load of appl eived. In the twinkling « the ROSS some toere of them—adjourned and fell to the freighter who t that his apples were 31 eac put their purses together an they had just seven dollar bought seven apples, one for legislators and one seonsrwane: wunemee semey mee stoned to present it. They soo expectantly enter and waited for the judge to his apple. The judge was six last, appetite overcoming the governor asked where was, No reply. Addressing unmistakably to Fleury. “Where is my apple?” The f lenry replied, ““I have eate curum over ” which fallowed. Words can justice. Such # ae for fruit. seen reached his home, ‘The “jumped” him as he retw Wav no one except a te sust orl al! mot out the ‘He Ir red nd ever said “going to San ’ The correct expression was ‘going side. The genuine old Haswyas uses it still. The old Hassayan also in warning a traveler of possibl dager, would not say ‘Indians have been seen there, be careful.” but rather “‘look out! the varmint's tracks have been seen on that trail ! ‘The eastern mail for many years came he wee af Gan Brannan alnewn ey me = lthe coast as’ dia “the ‘goods, and” the people felt, when, after the Indians were subdued, the mails came weekly and only ten days from San Francisco, that rautle thaw worsantting fre cunt close touch with the” outside” war Letters were a month coming from t cast and the same time returning , one would have forgotten what questions written two months previ ously were when the answer woul dlte i. In those days they had no fine scales for weighing precious metals and gold dust being one of the chief mediums of exchange, they measured it out by the teaspoonful and tablespoonful, viving so many teaspoonfuls for so vand In Thay goods. Doesn't that so curious? ‘The passing of the Indien as a dan gerous factor in the life of the settle ments heralded the advent of broad agent as he was respectfully e, — tand walnite aamatimas ~ approach of the unsuspecting freight ers. But Miller, just as they were about to enter the trail, decided as they had that little water, that they must go up the valley to Tonte Springs and into Precott by the Granite mountain way. This change in plans saved their lives Had they gone on the trail not one could have escaped to tell the tale. It is gratify ing in the extreme to picture the ex ulting waiting of the saves sure of their victory which gradually changed it into a sickening fear and attack into a despairing certainty that their prey aad escaped. Speaking of Skull Wall it is ine ‘teresting to know how it came by such a gruesome name, for the valley in dbroud and fortl the inhabitants pleasing and refined, whose character isties are the reverse of bloodthirsti ness. Along freight train with ebht Cenme any exewenssnsa gy mem tee wegen store was passing through the valley, her powerful wees ae eee Sional fires on the hile told them of transaction, in were he for langer. ‘They hastily arranged their eae, re ee ee ee teams into a barricade to protect her Shriek oo shriek came forth till themselves ant their animals and sell their work was done. So you see their lives a dearly as possible. A) even that occupation has its anpleas | few Indians apy vol making signs | ant features of peace till very when a squaw| .To the south of Prescott some suddenly drew a knife, this being the twelve miles flows the Hassayampa s signal for the attack. Instantly the river and along the canyon are some place seemed alive with them. The] of the finest mines of this section white fought for dear life and This storied stream poseses some encrc ment of human in them. verses were committed on the stage road to the north. The usual mode of proceeding was to make the passengers alight, stand in a row, holding up both hands while they were being searched. At one time a young lady coming from the east was among them. Not having the fear of road agents before her eyes as a well trained Arizona maiden would, she most ungreatfully, that they did not rob her, belabored them with her tongue, telling them the unvarnished truth as she viewed it, about them, their actions, and what her bees for their future were. They ainded aridly to business, however, mildly aximonishing her that they were not molesting her and did not intend to. She was pretty. Whether that had any influence in inducing them to dis play such a forgiving spirit or whether it was real principle which actuated them we shall never know. A few days later an old lady was among the passengers “held up’? in the same way, but she caused a great deal more Deal ernation among the Sumamine at the ten of Belcher Props.
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Prescott Arizona Weekly Journal Miner
Prescott, Arizona, US
Wed, Jan 14, 1903
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