The weekly Arizona miner., 1878-10-25
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special to the Miner.

BY TELEEeT S AK
 special to the Miner.
 WASHINGTON NEWS.
 Washington, Oct. 2e.-Surgeon J. Yin .broo TayIor hes been appointed Surgeon f;ener,,. of the Navy, vice GrieT, retired. ! The Commissioned of the General Land Office transmitted =ts, the Secretary of the Interior the reduced estimates of amounts needed by him for the next fiscal year ! They aggregate about Sl,350,0Oo-
 President Hays will accompany Cover nor Carroll. of Maryland, to Cumberland, on Thursday next, to visit the Agricuiturai Fair.
 Senator Patterson is here, ana madam ln- terview with Attorney General Devens to- day regarding the condition of South Carolina affairs.
 Postmaster- General Key is expected here on Saturday, from his trip to the Pa cIfic coast. ,,
 Information has been received at the Mint Bureau that recent order for the pur- chase of gold bullion, at Charllotta, N. L., and Denver, Colorado is complete sue cess.
 DEATH Of \ Dlclitf.
 Charleston. Oct. 22.-To-day special term of the |. S. Circuit Court here, by Judge Bryan, under instructions from
 Columbus. Ohio, Oct. 25-Right Rev. Sylvester II. Rosecrans, Bishop of Coium- bus. died last night of hemorrhage of the, lungs. He was brother of General Rose crans.
 PRAIRIE FIRES. Chicago. Oct. a2.-A dispatch from Omaha says that prairie fires are raging m the country along the line of the. oma!" and and Republican Valley railroad, Tn Polk county and other sections Of Nebraska' The northern portion of the State Is suffer ing severely. Several persons have been burned to death, and a considerable mum Der are seriously burnel The loss of prop erty IS immense.
 WAR, R. R. COLLISION, DEFIANCE. London, Oct. 22-Advices from the ! Cape state that Cetyways, q powerful cilei of Sui:a Eaiiir's will shortly begin open hostilities aealnst the British. X railroad collision occurred to-day at Ponty Pridd, in which 20 persons were killed and 70 wounded.
 A Sinlla dispatch says the message ol the Ameer of AIghanistan fo tine Eicerov of India contains the following sentiment: -: Do your worst, tue issue Is in GcG' 5 hands l STAGE ROBBED.
 Ft Worth, Texas, Oct 2G.-Thc stage leaving here this morning for Weatherferd, was stoprcd 15 miles east of the latte, place by two masked men. The mai . taT,f- rifcd.
 HylfESIAi.
 St.Louis. Oct. 23.-The Globe-DemocEat will announce tomorrow that S. J. Tildcn is engaged to he married to St. Louis l belle, and tha; the wedding will take place within three months.
 The appointment 0f T. Snntl as Receiy- CT on the Kansas Pacific Railroad is claim ed to be a victory for Oaks, present Super intendent of the road, as in opposition to Jay Gould.
 COURT DECISION.
 Judge Bril- of Minnesota, decides that so much of the Election Law passsd last winter as requires the number of bal | lots to correspond wit, the numbered poll list, is unconstitutional.
 ABOUT MINING.
 | Washington, Oct 23.-The Commissioner of the General Land Office, in decioiGg the matter of the Hope 3iiling Co.'S appiica- ton for patent for the POtCsi lode, GD- nources the new and important ruling in regard io the width of all lode claims. Re fernng to section 23l0 of the revised stat utes, which provides that no claims shall extend more than three hundred feet on ci 9. ,t ' -i,py ! "When thc vein outcrops at the surface, , there can be no question aS tO the point from which the atcrel measurement must begin, but when the discovery shaft devel- ops this vein at some distance ba;ew the surface, and the locator does Dot determine further, by prospecting. that tae near- , est actual surface point is elsewhere, and the fact does Eot otherwise appear l am of the opinion that tie point of the vein so discovered must be assumed to be the mid dle of the vein, and the lateral measure mcnt must be calculated thercfrom. The law is mandatory and ccntempiatcs that but 300 feet shall be taken oD either side of the vein, and compliance with the law ne cess -tateS the fixing of point from which these measurements begin. l think the rule above indicated Is tEc only enc prac- ticable in this case, the width of the claim , or one side being more than 30J feet from the discovery opening
 , AFFAIRS IS INDIA. } Bombay, Oct. 23.-Government has pub ; lishcd an announcement: offering free pass :. age home to families of officers engaged in active service. Itis thought. however, that advances into Afghanistau will be impossi- ble for sone time, as the fever is steadily in creasing among the troops stationed at la mood and those eEcamped on the frontier Dispatches from Lahore say that several of the native princes have offered their forces for active service against the Ameer.
 RUsaIA STILL APf'REHESsIvE.
 London, Oct. 23.-Berlin dispatch saws that the Car has issued ukase ordering that military furloughs shall only be grant for particularly urgent reasons, and rot to extend beyond February next.
 UNEASY FEELING IS ENGLAND.
 London, Oct 23.-Sir Stafford Northcote Chancellor of the FSchequer, while speak ing at WoiHertampton admitted that he was not able to say that he was sure there would not be a renewal of war It is impossi bie, he said, to ignore the fact that dfficul- ties were being urged against the execution of certain parts Of the treaty of Berlin.