Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-02-09

and murderous campaign against the
 settlers Tn that part of the country
 ZunIga and others have come into the
 nearer settlements to avoid trouble. CISosNNATI, Feb. 1-Hartwell, aged
 go, a lsbOrer living at Mt. Auburn, brut-
 ally killed his wife and endeavored to chop her body to pieces and hide 1t
 under the floor. Hartvell resisted ar
 rest defending himself in his house with Rn ax. He was so badly injured that he had to be taken to the hospital. An iu- l quest of lunacy was held on Hartweil on testimony of neighbors, but he was de- clared sane.
 NEW YORK, Eco. l-Ihe business failures for the last seven days number 3I3, as compared with 3l7 the previous week.
 SAN FRANCISCO, February Under instructions from Mint Director Bur chard, of Washington, fifteen employ8s in different departments of the mint Tn this city were this morning discharged The reason assigned IS that the reduc- 'lon ln coinage makes a reduction in forces necessary.
 SAN FRANCISCO, February IA Calls special says; President Gonzales has issued decree ordering the retirement Mexican States politicians have tOstered the belief among the laboring classes that nickel coin IS poisonous.
 TORONTO, February I.-Adamson's elevator burned last night. It con- tained a hundred thousand dollars worth of wheat and 45,000 bushels of barley valued at S60,0O0 The building was valued at S50000. The fire spread rapidly to an adjoining pier, firing it, and Chapman S Sons elevator was burned. The latter contained 5000 bushels insured for S30,000. The loss is S250,0O0. At 3 a. m. another large fire was raging in the western part of the city. Both fires are believed to be the work or aA incendiary.
 WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-Morrison, chair man of the ways and means committee, announced he would introduce in the House on Monday, his bIll approved by s~alsinrity of the committee, making a ''i Senator Ser CaldHSslr dHsr cent. in the existing tion adopted by Lincoln Post No. l, G. A. R. of San Francisco, asking that the preference in making appointments to sll offices be given those who were sol diers ID the war. They say under the present civIl service rules, school chil- dren stand much better chance of passlrp the civil service examinations than do men of practical knowledge and experience.
 WAsH1SGroN, Feb. I.-House: Dock cry introduced d bill to prohibit the re- moval of employees of the House except for cause during the vacation Of con- gress. Referred.
 NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 1.-Evidence in the trial of Troyyille Sykes, for the mur- der of the notorious Kate Townsend, oueen of New Orleans deml-monde, closedito-night. The defense rested Slts case on the plea of self-defense. Sykes Appeared as 6 witness in his own behalf and made a statement, the first since the killing. Attorneys for the state l charged it to be deliberate murder. Sykes knew he was Kate's heir, had ire oueptly seen the will which made him | rich. As one of the counsel for the state was speaking the district attorney obiected to hIs line of argument which might have been deemed favorable to | Sykes: amid hot remarks he was retired | from the case The defense seemed to
 be confident of success. It is known
 that Sykes Is willing to give hslf hls newly acquired wealth which would be | SI5nOOO for an acquittal. The case was submitted to the jury last evening.
 SEATTLE. WIT, Feb. 2-SeventeeI
 hundred Chinese at work on Greer
 River extension, struck, not being will ing to accept the reduction from on'
 dollar to eighty cents per day.
 ASTORIA, Feb. 2.-The Sullivan com
 bination has arrived and were greeted
 by crowded house. Sylvester Lagaroi the Astoria champion, lasted just twent.
 seconds before the Boston boy, when h
 WAS knocked down and threw up hi
 gloves and refused to stand up again. ! Cz1cAGo, Feb. 2.-The Harper hig license law State enactment, which nxe
 the minimum license for selling maj hauors within the limits of the State 6
 siJO a year and for selling splrituou liouors $500, will enter into effect in tn city after April first In view of th
 general belief as many as l5O license
 will be used as cover for the sale
 spirituous liquors. A sentiment ht
 been worked up in favor of unlfOri
 $500 licenses. A canvass of the votln , strength i'll the counsel shows 2Z favor of high uniform license and fou teen for graded license. The May' favors graded license, but If the counc ? estimate correct, the ordinance can , adopted over a possible veto.
 GALVESTON, Texas, Feb. 2-The NeV
 Fort Worth special says: A girl name a Fannie Murphy, teacher Tn the We - Ivan college, and daughter of Rev. J. f Murphy, was the recipient of box 9 fine candies day or two ago; m the b' n was a card bearing the signature ot - young gentleman acquaintance. Nil a Murphy had been warned by an anon l. nous latter net to eat anything sent hs f The candy was not touched. It VI ,- learned tonight the candy was heavI - impreg gnated with arsenic
 Q BosroS, Fec. 2-The Harwo' e university crew, has accepted a chsllen l. from Columbia.
 CHICAGO, Feb. "A Times New To g. special says: At a recent conference IS the Ti.den men in New York 1t V ie agreed that R. P. Flower IS the only n Il who can carry his State against Arthl y The name of eI-Senator Eaton of G ot necticut was mentioned as that of II unexceptionally strong man.
 srl ALLIANCE, Ohio, Feb. A terril ,e explosion took place in this city vest T. day, burying in the ruins many peep at The explosion Is supposed to be fro II gas escaping from a tank of gasolil of and ignited by a stove in Orrs sto Is There were a number of people lived te the upper stories of the house, most r. whom were killed Workmen a rs busy this morning clearing the stree -i- of the debris and saving property fro le the wrecked buildings. No more bodi ta have been found and no name can
 added to the list of killed and vounds