Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-02-13
OVER THE WIRES.
san Francisco News.

| lnStOn, 1OlO county, from hete.
 A man, supposed to be Henry o Beaman, killed himself in JeitersUr Park at 1.45 p. m, with a pistol sho in the head.
 The Pacific Stock Board now makes no other chance for listing stocks thar the $50 for annual dues. Quite | number of active stocks not previous ly on the list have recently beer added in consequence of this move. The Grand Lodge of k. of Pythias al its session this morning went into cleo ton for officers for the ensuing year with the following result: Grand Chancellor, John II. Harney; Y. G C., Henry Bernard; Grand Prelaie, c. w. Perham; G. NJ. of K, Geo. Can- tus; G. O. of R. & S., A. G. Booth Supt. Rep. P. G. s., Eli Blackmeri Trustees, c. $. Haley, G. II. Winter, c. Ii. Gysloar.
 A dividend has been declared by the Northern Belle of 90 cents per share. Prescott Headquarters to be Rebuilt
 WASHINGTON, February 10.-The Secretary of War teddy officially Ie- ported to Congress tLe recent destruc- ton by fire of the ar.ny headquarters at Prescott, and added. '' The Gen eral of the army has submitted an es- timate, recommended by the Quarter master General, and an appr priation of the amount estimated, namely S30, 900. is earnestly needed"
 Delegate Campbell, who has been very active in procuring these actions, intends to follow up the matter and Is confident the desired item will be in cluded in the sundry civil appropria- tion bill.
 Good for the Cowboys.
 SANTA FE. N. NJ, February 10.-A had d fight with thirty eight Indians, and left six of Ihe reds dead on the field
 Outbreaks in Ireland.
 DUBLIN, February 10.-A serious encounter has taken place at a fair held in Kilkenny, in which the peO- pie stoned the police. An encounter also occurred at Ballyhaunes, where the police charged "a crowd at the point oi the DayOnet.
 The Panama Canal Begun.
 PARIS, February 1O.-DeLesseps has received a telegram, from Panama announcing the commencement of operations on the canal.
 Counting the Electoral Vote
 WASHINGTON, February 9.-The gal. leIies of the House are crowded, in anticipation Of the electoral count, but there is DO excitement as ther was four years ago. The morning hour was dispensed with, and the House went into committee on the legislative appOrtionment bill, but rose without concluding, and Single ton altered q resolution extending the privileges of the floor tO ladies who could not secure gallery seats Adopted. Shortly after noon the Pres ident and Senate arrived. The Vice President took a seat on the right oi Speaker RanGall, and the Senators took the fr"nt rows of desks.
 The Vice President called the as- sembly tO order, and said the tw" Houses being assembled in pursuance of the Constitution, the votes may now be counted and declared for Pre- sident and Vice President. Il be- comes my duty, under The Constitu- tiou, as President of the Senate, to open the certificates If election of the several States of the Union, in the presence of the two Houses ,and 1 now proceed 10 discharge that duty.
 The ;,l'crs having taken their places, the Vice President said;
 |" open a package purp0rting to contain the certificates Of election Of the State of Alabama and send the certificate 10 b. reported" Senator Hamlin read the certificate slowly, showing ten votes for Hancock and English, and the Vice President sand . " The vote of Alabama having been recorded by the teIlers, open and hand to them the certificate of Arkansas" The same proceeding was observed iL that case. Began then moved Co dis pense with the formal reading. Agreed 10. The California certificate showed five of the six votes of that State for Hancock and one for Garfield. When Georgia was reached, Crowley read the certificate, Springer demanding the reading in full. IL shows that on December the eleven votes Of Ger gia were cost for Hancock and En- glish. The Vice. President said: It appearing from the certificate that the vote of Georgia was cast on day other than the day fixed for casting such votes by the Act of Congress, in pursuance of the COasti uJiou, the re- suit of this certificate will not be r,- corded until, in the language of the concurrent resolution under which this cOnnt proceeds, it will appear whether the counting or emitting 10 count such votes will change the re- suit of the electiun." Illinois, Iowa and other States in order " re counted. The tellers footed up at the close of the reading, and Thurman announced tue whole number of electors voting to be 369, of which a majority Is lSJ. II the vote of Georgia electors, cast on the Sth of December, were counted, the result would be, for Garfield, 2l6 {; Hancock, l5J. IT not counted, the result would be, Garfield, 216; Han cock, IA. In either end, James A. Garfield has received a majority of the whole number of electoral votes. The same statement was made respecting the Vice President. wherefore the Vice. President declared James A. Garfield President and Chester A. Arthur Vice. President of the United States for four years, beginning March i, 17S1. Loud applause.J
 The Sentate then retired, and the House presented the House report, and after a formal record by resolution of the proceedings, the House went into committee on the legislative ap- portionment bill.
 Rich Strike
 CoLrON, February 9'-Considerable excitement prevails here over the rich strike in the San Jacinto Law he mine m the Pincate District, about 20 miles from this place. The strike was made in cutting through what was supposed to be the foot wall They discoy cred an eightinch stratum Of ore assaying