Weekly Arizona citizen., 1880-07-10
Suffering New York.
The Wages of Sin.

within the q hours ending at noon yestei iday.
 The Wages of sin.
 DASvlILE, Penn, July 9-Last night, about midnight, T D. Degar- ne;te entered a hagnio and inquired for Mollie Dcgarneite; and al bis re- quess tbe two went to priv9te room. The report of pistol shots followed, the police broke into the room, and the girl was found on the floor, her brother standing by with the pistol in his hand. He confessed the shooting of his sister, saying he had done it 10 Nipe out the disgrace of the family. The girl was shot five times, and her wounds will prove fatal. She pro tests that her brother was right in taking her life, and begs that be be not punished. Before the brother was taken to prison, he and his sister en- braced. The brother is a telegraph operator. aged 20. The sister is IT years old.
 Census and Assessments.
 SAN FRANCIsCo, July 9.-An assess ment of twenty-five cents each has been levied on Belvidere and Real Del Monte.
 The census returns give the popula ton of San Francisco 33,066, iuclud. 1 ing 20,549 Chinese.
 Gone the Way of All Libel Suits. SAN FRANCIsoo, July 8.-In the Police Court, today, in the case brought by Alex. Kidd against ". N. | Nelson, for libelling Mayor Kalloch ] in the "O'BrieG publication, Judge Rix said he believed the prosecution { had not been iu the interest of the people, and on motion dismissed the case.
 1 Business.
 SAN FRANCISCO, July s.-The town of MeTced has been lately overrun with bud characters, and several shooting affrays have occurred. The citizens got tired of it, and have organized a Safety Committee, which orde d al bad characters and trgmps 10 lcayel ! They are doing 50 in Q hurry. High-Toned Criminals. ] NEW YORK, July S.-Ihe Police In spectnr to day arrested L. R. Jerome, Jr., son of the well-known banker and sporting man, and young Mitchell, i manager of Inc banking house of Be yer ( Co.,, 40 Exchange Place, on a grave charge. A messenger boy in the employ of Brayton, Ives < Co, 40 Broad street, was sent out last Satur- dsy to deliver stocks valued at $S1, GOO He returned saying be had lost the package of securities on Wall street. l Mr. Ives reported the loss othe police and after long search the securities were traced 10 the possession of the prisoners. Both are unmarried young men, familiar with the ways of Wall street firms, being engaged in stock 1 speculations. After the arrest the se- curities were found in Miichell's office. It was admitted by the young men that they knew to whom the securities belonged, and that they intended to send them to Europe and have them negotiated there. The manner in which they obtained possession of the stocks was not divulged.
 We Take it All Back.
 NEW YORK, July S-The World 1 publishes the following cable dis ! patch:
 To THE EDITOR or THE NEW YORK WORLD, NEW YORK: am not the author of the Hancock letters or orders l concerning Louisiana. 1 knew nothing oflhem until l saw them printed.
 TSignedl j. s. BLACK, London. Death of the Nephew of Els Uncle.
 NEW YORK, July 6.-Col. Pelton, nephew of $. J. Tilden, died in this ely today.
 ] Crop Reports. CHICAGO, July S.-The Times has crop reports from the northwest, which are very conflicting. Some sections report wheat never better, while oth- CTS report almost failure IL summar- izes in the following headings: En- couraging reports from the harvest fields of the Northwest; indications ! that the wheat crop is better than ay- craze; the Lake Shore belt in Wiscon sin alf, oted slightly by rust and bugs large increase of acreage in the coun- try along the Northern Pacific railway excellent prospects for a large yield in Minnesota; prospects fair for good prices; less complaint than usual al harvest time; heavy rains this morn ing and last night cause anxiety among bears on change today"
 Fastest Time on Record. l DETROIT, July S.-Duriug the races today. in the three-quarters of mile dash, for a purse of $250, eight horses started. Knight Templar won, Big Medicine second. Time. l:142i-Ihe fastest time on record
 She Didn't Go to the Picnic.
 NEW YORK, July 7.-Jacob Kurtz who resides at Homestead station, on the Northern Railroad, New Jersey this morning went 10 the house Of hi: son, at Stone Hill, where his wife re sides. and forbade her going 10 pic nic. Upon her refusing, Jacob fatally shot her. He then killed himself He had several times attempted her life