Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-07-25

would reply. If you wish me to suaI
 antee the results I must design th
 ship. The letter continues. "Let
 be noted that this wicked assault upoi
 NIT. Reach by two newly pledged Cab
 met ministers reveiling m misused pow
 er, IS perpetrated solely for the assume,
 reGson that the Dolphin has not a if
 teen knot sea speed, when in fact on ev
 cry one of her several trial trips she la
 reached fifteen knots, and the Inst tril
 was made at sea in persuBnce to th,
 orders of Whitney. but Whitney eurag
 ed Gs the result says tha. the sea wa
 not hlRh enough, and a IJ kuot sea speed
 means IT knots when there is not
 high sea, and upon this aTbItary assrmp
 tiOD the whole fabric of the outrGg,
 committed ty him Is built" The com
 munlcatlon concludes by saying that
 even the picked board organized by hin | w hiiney) tO condemn the Dolphin re
 ported that the engines, boilers and
 maln machinery appeared to bs in Hc
 cordance with the contract and change
 made by the A3';sory Board.
 LONDON, Juiy l7.-The decree divorc.
 ing the Marquis De C4ux from Madame
 Patti, has been pronounced.
 LONDON July I1-Tne Sun's LonGOn special says: We do not believe there IS any serious cause for alarm in ;he new
 phase Of tbe Afghan boundary quest On.
 The special Russian cCmmlssiOusr in London expresses confidence that Sails bury would never fight for e., I1isera- bic strip of territory TOW su dispute. Some military experts declare that the territory Tlli give absolute command or ZulEkaT Psss and thence tO HeTat. These officers insist that conflict is inevitable. but the war talk Is almost wholly confined to army circles and there the wish IS understood iO be father ot the thought. it k noticed that the naval officers a.e less beligerent m their talk and It l. suggested that thtir change of tone may be d..e Ca recent exposures ot defects in British WET vessels: the proven iLeficieDcy oi She torpedo boats and the practical .G.iuTs Oi the cruisers.
 Los ANGELES, July IT, Nearly mile of Iron has been laid on this md Of the Los Angeles * San Gabriel valley raIl- road and the work Is being pushed. Ihls road will be carried to Mud Springs, 9 miles out. and Il Is generally understood that a connection with the Atlantic & Pacific extension through the Cajon Pass Hlll shortly follow.
 VIRGINIA. New, July 1.-The Ex- press mill, m Six Mile Canyon, at the base of Sugar LoGt mountain, was de- strOyed by fire at an early hour this morning. The mill IS about three miles from this city. The loss is estimated at about SJ,OOO; no insurance. All the woodwork about the mill WIS complete ly consumed and the machinery was reudered worthless by the intense heat. The mill was the property Of tine Union Mill aud mining company. The fire IS supposed 10 be the work of an incend- ary Gs no fire had been used upon the premises for over five years.
 MADRID, July 17.-There were 1929 new cases of cholera and G72 deaths re- portei yesterday from all points in Spain.
 PRINCETON, Cal. July IA slight shock of earthquake was felt here last night.
 NIT. MCGREGoE, July 17-General Grant slept full eight hours last nIght and Is dOzing this morning. The wealth CT is bright and warm and it is expected the patie-t may ride in his bath chair to-day. The subject ot employment for tho Generals mind is engaging his physiciGns. The enforced idieness of the past week IS growing irhs0ma to Gener- al Grant It i3 though. some means Of interesting hIs thoughts may prove ad- visable.
 BALTIMORE, Mo, July Fire iericls Barmelsier, the we'll known wealthy German restaurant propUetOr, after causing hIs wife and daughter to commit suicide, took his own life yesterday. About the first of last October he went home and assaulted his wife. Shortly after she was found by ueighbor lying oD .he floor of her bedroom with the main artery of her left wrist severed and in an inseLsible condition. Bur meisier was in drunken stupor. When bis wife Tegaiuei consciousness she said her husband had inflicted the injuries and the latter was arrested. Burmeister threatened hIs wife after she recovered and sad that f she ever pros- ecnted him for cutting her, be would kill her. Through fear Ot her husband the poor woman hanged herself the day before the ;TIRl. BurmeIster then trans ferrei his brutal treatment tO his chIl- dren and month later his eldest Lizzie, aged 2l years, con- mittei suicide by hanging. BurmeIs- ter leaves gn estate valued at Sl000O0. He has four children living.
 NEW YORK, July 1.-The seventh edi- ton Of Miss Cleveland's book issued last was entirely sold before it came from the bindery. The eighth edition has been entirely exhausted and the publishers yesterday ordered the ninth edition to press SO soon as the eighth IS Even Australia has become a market for the book through San Fran cisco.
 NEW York, July l6.-The Pacific Mail steamer Colon, from Aspinwall, which arrived here to-day, had three deaths from Chagres fever during the voyage: Wm Scott, John Doyle and George Grovanis, steerage passengers. An drew Dresser and John MOkin. also steersge passengers, were suffering from the disease.
 SAN FEAYCIsco, July 16.-Judge ClOugh, who was recently found insane and committed to Stockton, 1t is stated, will soon recover. and no appOintmen will be made to fill his place nntIl the exact extent of his ma!aly is ascertained- l
 SAN FRAScIscn. July I6-Another l white baby, being the tVeHty-sixth, was 'ound in this cIiy ia the possession O. Chinese foster parents, and was taken 1 rom Chinese lodging house to-day by 1 Inc police. The ChinRman fIom whom | t was taken stated that the child, l ! two-year-Old girl, cost him Sl0o. l |; was turned over to the care of the l society for the prevention of cruelty to children,
 NEW YORK. July lS-A special to the l Tribune from from Lancaster, Ohio. 1 ,ays: 4 dispatch was received here to- l Jay by Major J. c. kinkead, announcing | the dying condition of his brother, J. H. | e1 Governor oi Alaska, who l vas on the point of departure for the l UnIted States when stricken with par | llysis.
 FnRT RENO. July lS-Nothing Of 4s- pecial interest has developed here. Gen | .ral Sheridan has talked with a number l )f Indians, including Stone Calf, one of l he leading dissatisfied chiefs. They l sre divided on the question of lease to l he cattle men. The Indians appear to |