The Clifton clarion., 1885-08-05
EDITORIAL ITEMS.

Arthur.
 Vice President Hendricks ad dressed 1,500 people on the 27th ult- at a town in Michigan, and spoke toucbingly of the great loss sustained by the nation in the death of Gen. Grant.
 Governor Tritle has issued a proclamation declaring that next Saturday, August Sth, shall be a holiday in this Territory, and recommends that business be sus- pended as Q mark of respect to the memory of General Grant.
 At meeting of the Cabinet, all members being present. on the 30th ult-, it was decided that the President and members of his Cabinet would attend the funeral of the ex-President. They will leave the capital on Friday next.
 At Sgwanee, on the Richmond & Danville Railroad, a tram ran over a COW, throwing one car from the track. In the car were fifteen negro train hands and six bars of iron. The car turned on its side and the iron fell upon the negroes, killing seven and wounding three more.
 A correspondent, writing to us from Virginia, says: II am try ing to keep cool, if such can be possible when the mercury is 800 in the shade" In Clifton when the thermometer does not reach an altitude superior to that, over coats and sealskin sacques ere in demand.
 A large number of we'll quail lied member, of the bar of the Territory are applicants for the office of District Attorney of Ari- zona, and all are well endorsed. From the weight of endorsement of each applicant, AIr. Oury, who has just arrived from Washington, thinks the choice will lie between Kerndon, of Prescott, and King, of Tucson.
 Secretary of the Navy Whitney has surprised his friends and the public generally. He took party of friends down the stream on an excursion of pleasure, and hired and paid for vessel to convoy the excursionists to the designated place. Tdis, says an exchange, Is unprecedented, for heretofore Sec retaries of the Navy have used the government vessels ad libitum.
 The President had made known his intention to leave Washington on the first of August for a va cation, but it was not definitely known where he was to spend the few weeks, seeking respite from official duties. The death of Gen oral Grant has caused him to alter his programme, and he will remain at the national capital until after the obsequies of the ex- x-President.
 Ben Morgan, who was at one time prominent attorney in Pres colt, and subsequently, a member of the well-known firm of Morgan, Silent & Stevens, of Tucson, as- pires to judicial preferment, and would not decline an appoint ment as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Arizona. Mir. Morgan is native of Virginia, we'll versed in his profession and a courteous gentleman.
 A division Is about to be made of the Palo Blanco cattle ranch, says the Rio Grande Republican. Of the 6O,000 head of cattle, Dor sey gets eight, to Alleys, Nelson's and Ingersol's eleven. Dorsey also gets one-half of the patented land, which amounts to 50,00O acres. His interest will then be worth close on to S1,000,00O. He has taken his family to the ranch, and will reside there perma- nently.
 Everything tends to show that the mining outlook for Southern Arizona is better than it has been for some time. While We do not anticipate anything but tempo rary spurt from Quiiotoa-which will chiefly make itself felt on the San Francisco Stock Board there is legitimate work being done in the Santa Ritas, the Santa Cata- linas and around Harshaw, that should have its effect on our local trade this fall.-Tailings.
 The Prescott Miner reports the rumor that au indictment has been